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What
you should know:
Type
of holiday: Whatever you want it to be: beaches, wildlife,
cities, temples, mountain trekking, spiritual quests………..
Money
- Baht:
· Budget meal: US$2-4 · Moderate restaurant meal: US$4-7 ·
Top-end restaurant: US$10-20 · Budget room: US$3-10 · Moderate hotel: US$15-40
· Top-end hotel: US$150 and up
Dress:
Thai people are unhappy that many western visitors dress
with no regard to what is acceptable here.
When
visiting temples, museums, government offices, etc people should not wear shorts,
sleeveless tops or, women, low-cut, revealing tops. In fact, these kinds of clothes
are only really suitable for tourist beaches and resorts.
Clothes
are cheap here so it is not difficult to find something comfortable and suitable
- look at what the locals are wearing and do the same.
Many
Thai people look down on untidy, unwashed budget travellers. One phrase I was
told was 'farang kee nok', which translates as 'foreign bird shit'.
Of
course, Thai people do not say this to you as it is not in their culture to speak
so directly.
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