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**IodinkBoilk** · 07-07-2007, 01:28 PM

Hey billk, can I ask? Are most houses in Thailand like it is decribed by gor?

"In my soi there are 20 houses. I know all of my neighbours. Everyone is very kind.

I live in a terraced house. It is medium sized and has 2 floors, 2 bedrooms and 2 toilets. We don't have a dining room, but we eat our meals in the living room. There are 4 people in my family , my mum, my dad, my brother and me. My house doesn't have a garden but we have some plants in pots. We also have some small fish. My mum like the plants very much, she usually water and looks after them when she's at home."

Also I was wander about a dress sense there? if you where in japan you would see a range of fashion on the streets, from traditional, casual to very different shall we say. Is it similar in Thailand?

Thai people in Bangkok are tremendously fashion conscious. They wear the latest fashions and are dressed immaculately. Women must have their shoulders covered and wear a dress or skirt to go into Buddhist temples. They are becoming more lenient with dress, as they used to expect the same attire on the street as in the temple. The teenagers wear a lot of shirts that have English words or sentences on them. Depending on where you go outside of Bangkok, the dress may be more traditional for the tribal people up north and more casual at the touristy beaches in the south.

Few people live in the luxury that Gor describes in his book. Most people in Bangkok live in a one room apartment with a balcony and a bathroom. The rooms are barely large enough for a double bed, a wardrobe, and a chest of drawers. The bathroom has a toilet, a very small sink, and a shower that has nothing but a drain in the bathroom floor, no enclosure. They have no kitchen for meal preparation. The apartment building has a kichen, sometimes on the roof where tenants can buy meals for about 15-30 baht a meal. Some of the tenants buy small refrigerators for about 7000 baht to put into their apartments. The apartments run about 4000 baht a month. And the average factory worker in Bangkok makes 160 baht a day. A school teacher with a college degree makes about 8000 baht a month.

Outside of Bangkok, some people find shelter where ever they can. I visited a family of rice farmers in Roi Et near the Laos border. There were 13 people that lived in a one room wooden structure about 13 feet by 13 feet that was raised up off of the ground on wooden posts. It was raised to keep out cobras during the night while they slept. Most of their time was spent in the rice fields during the day. Under the house on wooden posts, they had some large rocks in a circle that they used to cook in. They used an open flame for cooking. At that time, a 2 year old girl had severe burns to her right leg where she had tripped into the fire. Around the fire and under the house were 2 tables. There was no flooring under the house, just dirt.

I'm sure the situations I've described are not for individuals that would be traveling to Australia. I hope that helps.

I hope this helps you

07-07-2007, 01:28 PM	#49
IodinkBoilk Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 453 Senior Member	Hey billk, can I ask? Are most houses in Thailand like it is decribed by gor? "In my soi there are 20 houses. I know all of my neighbours. Everyone is very kind. I live in a terraced house. It is medium sized and has 2 floors, 2 bedrooms and 2 toilets. We don't have a dining room, but we eat our meals in the living room. There are 4 people in my family , my mum, my dad, my brother and me. My house doesn't have a garden but we have some plants in pots. We also have some small fish. My mum like the plants very much, she usually water and looks after them when she's at home." Also I was wander about a dress sense there? if you where in japan you would see a range of fashion on the streets, from traditional, casual to very different shall we say. Is it similar in Thailand? Thai people in Bangkok are tremendously fashion conscious. They wear the latest fashions and are dressed immaculately. Women must have their shoulders covered and wear a dress or skirt to go into Buddhist temples. They are becoming more lenient with dress, as they used to expect the same attire on the street as in the temple. The teenagers wear a lot of shirts that have English words or sentences on them. Depending on where you go outside of Bangkok, the dress may be more traditional for the tribal people up north and more casual at the touristy beaches in the south. Few people live in the luxury that Gor describes in his book. Most people in Bangkok live in a one room apartment with a balcony and a bathroom. The rooms are barely large enough for a double bed, a wardrobe, and a chest of drawers. The bathroom has a toilet, a very small sink, and a shower that has nothing but a drain in the bathroom floor, no enclosure. They have no kitchen for meal preparation. The apartment building has a kichen, sometimes on the roof where tenants can buy meals for about 15-30 baht a meal. Some of the tenants buy small refrigerators for about 7000 baht to put into their apartments. The apartments run about 4000 baht a month. And the average factory worker in Bangkok makes 160 baht a day. A school teacher with a college degree makes about 8000 baht a month. Outside of Bangkok, some people find shelter where ever they can. I visited a family of rice farmers in Roi Et near the Laos border. There were 13 people that lived in a one room wooden structure about 13 feet by 13 feet that was raised up off of the ground on wooden posts. It was raised to keep out cobras during the night while they slept. Most of their time was spent in the rice fields during the day. Under the house on wooden posts, they had some large rocks in a circle that they used to cook in. They used an open flame for cooking. At that time, a 2 year old girl had severe burns to her right leg where she had tripped into the fire. Around the fire and under the house were 2 tables. There was no flooring under the house, just dirt. I'm sure the situations I've described are not for individuals that would be traveling to Australia. I hope that helps. I hope this helps you
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