CultureShock! Thailand: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette

CultureShock! Thailand: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
ISBN-10
9814841390
ISBN-13
9789814841399
Category
Travel
Pages
421
Language
English
Published
2019-02-15
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Author
Dr. Robert Cooper

Description

CultureShock! Thailand is the complete guide for those who wish to make sense of the fascinating, manifold and often contradictory aspects of this ancient kingdom. Can you tell your tom yum goong from your tom kha kai? Do Buddhist monks eat meat? Why do Thais all seem to call each other “Khun”? When introduced to someone, do you shake hands, wai or do both? What is Buddhist Lent? What is a farang to make of the famous Thai Smile? Whether you’re in Bangkok for business, Hua Hin to soak up the sun, or on a retreat at a forest wat to find inner peace, get the most out of your stay with this essential guide written by an old hand to the intriguing mass of contradictions that is Thailand – the country with so much that is often both calming yet infuriating, passionate yet passive, and chaotic yet beautiful.

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