My visits to the kingdom of Thailand
Some new pictures from Uthai Thani
Posted a few new pictures from Uthai Thani in Thailand. More to come soon..
http://www.visit-thailand.tk/provinces/uthai-thani/pictures.htmlLabels: Thailand, Uthai Thani Pictures Budha
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Just a few tips:
-Be flexible on travel dates.
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Top 4 reasons I like thailand.
1. Climate
What can I say ? Always warm and sometimes a litle bit hot, but with air conditioning on its no proble. And when it rains it rains, but finishes quickly.
2. People
The thai people are always very nice. Always helpful and interested in foreigners.
3. Food
Thai food is many things. Sometimes like the weather, very hot. The thai kitchen is very broad and they use all that the country can provide in their cooking.
4. NatureThailand has great nature; long beaches with clear blue water, picturesque plains where the rice is grown with beatiful hills sorounding it. And of course deep jungle and unique UNESCO protected rain forrests.
Back from Thailand:
Came back a few weeks ago from Thailand.
Still like the country, but dislike the coup more.
I cannot understand why the thai people think it is ok for generals to seize power in that way.
Corrupt leader or not, the people should choose their leader.
Sometimes its hard to understand the people over there.
So not much , if anything, have changed after last years coup.
Still a lot of yellow "we love the king" shirts to be seen, maybe even more yellow shirts.
But I had a great time with friends and family. As I always have.
Coup in Thailand
A military coup in thailand this fall, and the world does not seem to mind it that much.
European Union officals boycots Thailand, they are noe allowed to visit the country.
(Even in their holidays as it would be seen as supporting the coup.)
When reading bangkok post to day I see that the army is getting a 33.8% budget increase big suprise (not).
And Sopon Onkgara in a column in The Nation (http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/12/06/opinion/opinion_30020847.php) calls for the government to quell anti coup activists.
Very democratic indeed. Silence those who not agree with you.
Is thailand becomming a new Burma ?
Thais need to take charge of their own country and stop relaying on "strong" men, and start building a real democraty for the people.
Phone cards: Save money or talk more ?
Or do both. Whenever I call to thailand I buy phone cards from this site:
http://internationcalls.pushline.com/.
Rates are low and I can control how much I spend.
I know IP-phones (or pc to pc) would be allmost free, but the people I'm calling do not have access to internet, at least not broadband.
And beeing able to call from anywhere to anywhere is importent for me. Because of the time difference to Thailand I sometimes need to make a call while at work. Using phone cards and calling toll free numbers this i possible without my boss knowing about it. :-)
Just a litle weblog about my trips to Thailand, and my thoughts about the country.