Thailand wrap-up

- There is this thing here called "playing the Chang lottery". Apparently the alcohol content of beer isn't regulated. So you never really know what you gonna get. Watery or strong. So sometimes 4 beers can do you in :-D
Chang means elephant and is the main beer brand.

- Bangkok's full name is 168 characters long and is the longest city name in the world. It reads "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udom Ratchaniwet Maha Sathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit" which means "City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Visvakarman at Indra’s behest"

- you can find a 7eleven shop every 100m (except if you are looking for one ;)

- there are overweight people in Thailand. Indicating a bigger wealth than other southeast asian countries

- cats and dogs are often dressed up with little sweaters or costumes

- the Thais love their king. It is not simply the official pictures in golden frames on the side of each big road or placed in front of important buildings, that could be pure megalomania, but they do have t-shirts or pictures in the rear view mirror with his face, or have a book about him second in the top 10 best sellers

- people were generally smiling and eager to help, genuinely friendly

- in Thai you add the word "kaa" as a mark of respect at the end of a sentence. You hear it quite a lot ;).Leggi altro