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Thailand through

eyes of AITians

“Thailand is nice place to be. The culture, lifestyle
and environment is totally different than my home
country. “

“One amazing thing, I observed here is the absence
of HORN, I have never heard the sound of horn in
past one and half year.”

“Khao San road is the most crazy (in a positive way)
spot I ever visit. I love the way people from different
countries interact.
“They have the capital with the longest name. The
thai language teacher was even singing the real
name of Bangkok.”
“In Thai language, there are many words that are
derived from Sanskrit language originating from “They smile a lot, but these have all different
Indian subcontinent in the past.” meanings.”
“Thailand is the only country in South East Asia “They love their king very much, who taught them
that was not colonized by Europeans and hence, to live with enough through his ideas of sufficiency
it has no independence day. The king’s birthday economy.”
is celebrated as the national day of Thailand. The
biggest festival in Thailand is Songkran which is “Thai culture is not only influenced by buddhism,
famous for friendly water fights.” but also brahmanism and old beliefs. The spirit
houses for example are not something typical
buddhist, I think.”

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