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**VXHLrsO1** · 09-21-2012, 05:46 PM

I was a young officier in the Australian Army and based in Malaysia when I first came to Thailand - Haad Jai, just for the weekend.

Crossing the border it was immediately apparent that things were more relaxed here. People seemed to walk slower and smile more. I noticed the gold shops. Where in Malaysia the gold shops all seemed to have a man out the front with a shotgun, in Thailand the gold shops just had a smiling Thai woman inside who was busy combing her hair. People seemed to take a great deal of care about their appearance in Thailand.

When I changed money I noticed that I the exchange rate here seemed good.

I needed a hair cut and so went to a hairdresser. There were 5 beautiful Thai women with nothing to do working there, so while 1 cut my hair, another 2 did my nails, another massaged my shoulders and the other just stared at me and giggled. And this all cost very little. WOW!

I didn't learn much about Thai culture on that trip. I mainly spent it with my soldiers and they mainly spent it drinking, but somewhere in the back of my head I remembered that Thailand was really nice and relaxed and had a happy feel to it. I think this was the seed of the thought to live in Thailand.

09-21-2012, 05:46 PM	#13
VXHLrsO1 Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 473 Senior Member	I was a young officier in the Australian Army and based in Malaysia when I first came to Thailand - Haad Jai, just for the weekend. Crossing the border it was immediately apparent that things were more relaxed here. People seemed to walk slower and smile more. I noticed the gold shops. Where in Malaysia the gold shops all seemed to have a man out the front with a shotgun, in Thailand the gold shops just had a smiling Thai woman inside who was busy combing her hair. People seemed to take a great deal of care about their appearance in Thailand. When I changed money I noticed that I the exchange rate here seemed good. I needed a hair cut and so went to a hairdresser. There were 5 beautiful Thai women with nothing to do working there, so while 1 cut my hair, another 2 did my nails, another massaged my shoulders and the other just stared at me and giggled. And this all cost very little. WOW! I didn't learn much about Thai culture on that trip. I mainly spent it with my soldiers and they mainly spent it drinking, but somewhere in the back of my head I remembered that Thailand was really nice and relaxed and had a happy feel to it. I think this was the seed of the thought to live in Thailand.
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