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Things we noticed about Thailand- written by Chelsea, Nathan and Parker

By Parker
After a month in Thailand, we noticed the following things:
  • Great beaches
  • Baby jelly fish in water sting us without us knowing....until later!
  • Thai people are friendly- most smile at us and some even touch us
  • Thailand is not as cheap as we initially thought- it depends on the items
  • Lots of crafts and handiwork at markets
  • 7-elevens are everywhere
  • Very few branded stores
  • You need to take toilet paper with you before you go into the stall
  • You need to pay to use some public toilets
  • Most prices are negotiable
  • People eat out a lot
  • Street food is EVERYWHERE
  • Purified ice and water was more available than we thought
  • Safety is not important- no helmets on scooters, crazy drivers
  • Tuk tuk rides are even crazier than we thought they would be
  • There are markets everywhere
  • Cheap massages
  • During a thai massage, the masseuse stands on people!
  • Massage parlours and nail salons on every corner ...sometimes lining an entire street
  • We liked Phuket best because of the beaches.
  • We liked Chiang Mai better than Bangkok- it seemed cleaner and less polluted
  • We felt safe in Thailand
  • There was a street in Bangkok that had only silver shops
  • Main soft drinks are Coke and Fanta
  • The roads are usually taken over by tuktuks and scooters
  • We saw a family of 5 on 1 scooter....and only the dad had a helmet on
  • Most trees were tropical.  We saw lots of plumeria trees like Hawaii.
  • We saw lots of wild dogs and lots of skinny cats
  • We saw very tiny geckos and huge geckos
  • At hotels, the pools were all infinity pools
  • The most common insects were houseflies and mosquitos
  • Lots of crepe stands in Phuket
  • Temples are called wats...and there are lots of them
  • Most restaurants are indoor/outdoor without a proper door
  • Longtail boats actually have a long tail
  • Restaurant kitchens are outside even if customers eat inside
  • We loved trying different fruit shakes: lemon/mint, lemon raspberry, strawberry, passionfruit, mango, mixed berry, pineapple/strawberry/banana, lychee/passion fruit- so yummy!!
  • Elephants can sense vibrations from 20 miles away
  • 95% of Thailand is Buddhist and there are statues of Buddha everywhere
  • There are huge billboards with a picture of the King everywhere
  • Saying goodbye to our friends
  • Favourite fruit in Thailand: mango
  • Favourite food: pad thai (Nathan),  pad thai (Chelsea), lab- spicy minced chicken/pork with herbs (Parker), pad see ew- fat noodles with greens and meat (Mike) and panang curry and mango sticky rice (Cheryl) 

We LOVED Thailand!  It was so different from home.

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