Travel Thailand

Thailand's King and Royal Family are probably more revered than monarchs in any country in the world. Their status is reflected in the grandeur of Thailand's royal palaces. These truly are spectacular places to visit and receive a glimpse of Thailand's regal past and an insight into the lives of Thai royalty. In many of the palaces there are museums reflecting aspects of Thailand's past, but museums are by no means restricted to royal palaces - there are scores around the country. Bangkok's National Museum does a thorough job of reflecting all aspects of this diverse country, but each Thai province has its own museum reflecting important aspects of the locality's past and present. Often directly alongside Thailand's museums there are a number of galleries reflecting the country's art though the work of past and present artists. Thailand also boasts numerous theatres and cultural centres which host traditional Thai theatre and dance and offer cultural shows and events. Of course, as with any country in the world, when you visit Thailand you should visit its monuments and shrines. Although you may not grasp their full significance, they still warrant visits; who would go to France without visiting the Arc de Triomphe? And what visit to Thailand would be complete without seeing a Thai boxing match or a trip to a floating market?

One of the key reasons people visit Thailand is the physical beauty of the place and for the adventurous there is plenty to see. Thailand abounds with waterfalls, hot springs and places of natural beauty. There are caves to see and mountains and hills to visit. But even in the cities and towns there flower gardens to escape to.

You will never want for a place to visit and something to see in Thailand. The wealth of attractions makes a trip easy and means you can plan what you want to see with relative ease. Make the most of what's on offer, and make the best of your time in the kingdom.

Northern of Thailand

Most areas in Northern of Thailand is surrounded by mountains or hills here is cooler than rest especially in December and January. The region border is next to Myanmar and Laos. Thus Cultural in Northern of Thailand is influenced from the neighboring cultures of Myanmar and Southern of China.
Besides of the beautiful mountains and waterfalls, hill tribes are one of the main attraction in these area. Their ethic are interesting. Tourists like to visit, walk through villages, elephant riding, trekking and rafting.

North-Eastern of Thailand

 The east part in North of Thailand is bordered to Laos and the south to Cambodia. There is Mekong River lieing between them. Agriculture is main activity. Because it is hot, dry climate and output lags, most people have low revenue and become the poorest region.
Most areas are plateau and temperature is 32 celcius degree (avg.) and 45 celciuse degree (max.). Rice is main crop besides sugarcane, cassava, tobacco and pineapple.
Northeastern (Isarn) food is sticky rice, som tam (papaya sald), larb (meat or pork salad), grilled chicken or pork. These have all spread and are favourites to other parts of Thailand in later. Some people eat a variety of fried insects such as grasshoppers, silkworms, dung beetle including frogs and lizards

Central of Thailand

This region is the third largest area in Thailand. Most area in Central of Thailand is plain because there are many river passing through this area. It cause this area is plentiful. Most people earn a living with agriculture and domestic animal such as cow farm, shrimp farm and fish farm. For some provinces where is connected to sea, they earn living with fishery and salt pan except for Bangkok Metropolis and neighbor.

Especially for Bangkok, it is Thailand 's capital and central of economic. These are many people living here including International Airport (Suvannaphoom airport) and Seaports.

Besides above, there are mountains, waterfalls and caves in these area. Because there are many rivers and canals, tourists like to travel with home-stayed style in order to see villager 's lifestyle along two sides of river or canal. Transporation to each place is comfortable on both car and boat. 

Eastern of Thailand

Most area in this region is plain and short hills and connected to sea (Gulf of Thailand) with a Phranom Dongrak mountain range bordered between Thailand and Cambodia. There are many beautiful beaches as Pattaya beach and islands as Koh Chang, Koh Samed, Koh Mandt and Koh Lan.

Main economic is agriculture (fruits) such as Durian, Rambutan and mangosteen including rubber tree and fishery . They sell fresh aquatic animals or foods or transform to products. Moreover, some area in each province are industrial estate and jewelry source as well.

Besides attractive natural places, each provinces in Eastern of Thailand are center of industrial economic (Chonburi and Rayong province) or gem source (Chanthaburi province). There are many factories and industrial sea ports. All provinces in this region are travel sources attractive to both Thai and Foreign tourists.

Western of Thailand

Most area in Western of Thailand is surrounded with mountains or hills and shares borders with Myanmar. Thus there are Burmese, Karen and Mon living around there.

Main occupation is agriculture that plants sugarcane for making white sugar and pineapple for being diversified to canned pineapple or juice. Main source of sugarcane and pineapple is Karnchanaburi and Prachub-Khirikhan province respectively.

There are few large dams in this side such as Phumiphol dam, Srinakarin dam and Khoa-Laem dam. They can generate electric power more than one-third of all generated one. They are places suitable for sight seeing and spending a night as well.

In Phetchaburi and Phachub-Khirikhan provinces, there are famous seasides or beaches such as Cha-am beach, Chao-Samran beach and Hua-hin beach. 

Southern of Thailand

Both eastern and western part in Southern of Thailand is dominated with Andaman sea and Gulf of Thailand but the southern part is next to Malaysia. There is the narrowest part of Thailand called "Kho Khort Kra" or Kra Isthmus. Because the southern part shares border to Malaysia, most pepole around there are muslim especially for Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat.

The western coast is steep coast but there are many beatiful islands on the western part (Andaman sea) such as Koh Tao, Koh Nang-Nguan, Koh Surin, Koh Phi-Phi, Koh Similan, etc. Koh is pronounced in Thai language and means "island". 

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