The Elephant's Embrace of Thailand
The mental food, as any other food, has to be tasted personally.
No matter how many stories you have heard about this beautiful country,
where people are always smiling and friendly, and no matter how
many photos of temples and Buddha you have seen, you won't feel
the most important thing - the taste of the unusual and spicy adventure.
Watch and listen - we are talking about Thailand - an exotic country,
striking with its diversity. Its boundaries are reminding of an
elephant's head. The capital of Thailand is Bangkok. It's called
the East Venice, but not everyone understands the reason. The city
is located at the outflow of the high-water river Menam (Chao Phraya)
and it's divided by hundreds of radial and concentric channels.
And while nowadays in Venice the gondolas are a tourist attraction,
the boats in Bangkok are part of peoples' life. Even from the first
hours, spent in Thailand, the tourist notices the uncountable ghost's
houses. They are part of the traditional beliefs of the people here.
The small house is built for the grand-parents, who had lived on
the same place. Every day the Thais are bringing fresh food and
smelling aromatic sticks in front of the houses.
The capital of Thailand is young and many-sided. Tourists are walking
around in the King's palace with the Temple of the emerald Buddha
(green in fact), the Temple of the dawn, the Sleeping Buddha, the
Golden temple; businessmen are visiting the centers for wholesale
and retail trade, where you can buy everything - from electronics
to local souvenirs. In the Temple of the lying Buddha tourists are
taking small bowls with 25 Satangs coins and throw them one by one
in 108 (the sacred number for all Buddhists) metal pots. According
to the legend, if the coins are enough for all pots a happy event
will happen soon. In nights the life in Bangkok doesn't stop - everybody
is moving, walking around, dancing, tasting incredible dishes in
the many small restaurants, something is sold, something is bought...
It's never
cold in Thailand...
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