[JennyStewarta]

Also check this out

http://www.thailandguidebook.com/dosanddonts.html

It's the best short guide around to Thai customs.

[SigNeewfoew]

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?

[JennyStewarta]

In the places I've stayed (mostly in the South) houses are generally single storey. In the south you also see some houses on stilts a bit like they have in Queensland and the Northern Territory.

You will certainly see quite a range of fashion in the cities - Bangkok in particular. People will mostly be a little more casually dressed than in Japan, because its sooo hot. I guess you'd say the dominant dress sense is casual but modest. You won't see as many outrageous outfits as you will see in Japan. Most of the time people (both men and women) prefer to wear long pants and short sleeved shirts. I guess if their jobs demand suits, they dress accordingly.

[Adamdjeffe]

Zaidee-have just sent you a private message with my contribution-took me so long that you and billk have filled 2 pages-anyway, hope it is of use.

[SigNeewfoew]

In the places I've stayed (mostly in the South) houses are generally single storey. In the south you also see some houses on stilts a bit like they have in Queensland and the Northern Territory.

You will certainly see quite a range of fashion in the cities - Bangkok in particular. People will mostly be a little more casually dressed than in Japan, because its sooo hot. I guess you'd say the dominant dress sense is casual but modest. You won't see as many outrageous outfits as you will see in Japan. Most of the time people (both men and women) prefer to wear long pants and short sleeved shirts. I guess if their jobs demand suits, they dress accordingly.

Cool, thanks Billk

[SigNeewfoew]

Zaidee-have just sent you a private message with my contribution-took me so long that you and billk have filled 2 pages-anyway, hope it is of use.

cooli

[Immampdah]

Hi Zaidee, first of all I'd like to say that you must be a great student, at least you have choose a country that you did not know much about, instead of goes for easier choice Secondly, there is nothing wrong to ask the questions for your research, research is not limited to search and re-search, otherwise the work will not discover anything better than or different from previous works, so what's the point of such research, then!

There are lot of methods to do research, questionnaire/interview are some of them which are quite close to what you have asked, though you should ask a lot of people, so you can compare and contrast the answers, and also compare these answers with information that you've got from other methods. Then, you can make your own conclusion for your works

So I guess you've already got some answers from Billk and Khun Don, which I am sure very valuable. I'd like to add at the point that Billk remarked in Q2 (I'm Thai), hope it is not too late. (for Q3-5, my answer will be the same as Billk).

2) What do people expect when they visit Australia?

2. My guess is that Thai people are typical of visitors to Australia - wildlife and spectacular landscapes are highest on their agendas. They might not expect Australia to be as highly urbanized as it is. (Wait and see if any Thais respond to this Q. I could be wrong).

Although it is true that the highest agenda would be taking photo with Kangaroo and Koala , we do not really bother about landscapes. I believe we do know that Australia has amazing scenery but we don't really give them that much attention, i.e. we would not packed our 7-days tour with too much landscape, probably just 1 day, the rest is for cities, wildlife centre, theme park and shopping.

By the way, if you look at the Package tour (arrange be Thai package-tour company), the itinerary will be around the big cities e.g. Canberra for new parliament, Brisbane: for Sea World, and Warner Movie World; Sydney: for Harbour Bridge and Opera House; Perth for umm shopping I think, Then one of the day gotta go to nereast wildlife or national park (Featherdale, Yanchep, Nambung etc.) to see Kangaroo, Koala and other activities like sand boarding, etc. or go to see Three sisters, but the main point is to go in gold mine. They also goes to Melbourne and off to Phillips island for wine tasting. Oh, and they do lots of shopping, too.

In sum, we would expect Australia to look modern and clean. Has good transportation system (i.e. no traffic jam, or people cramped in Buses). Nice sunny but not-too-hot weather. We do expect Australians to be friendly and easy going. And we expect people to say Good Day, instead of Good Morning.

[JennyStewarta]

G'day TK! Really interesting.

[timmybrown]

(I'm Thai), hope it is not too late. (for Q3-5, my answer will be the same as Billk).
2) What do people expect when they visit Australia?
Although it is true that the highest agenda would be taking photo with Kangaroo and Koala ,

I rest my case.

[AcecePesFeacy]

Yes, you are correct. I was in a coma for awhile and have lost my sense of smell. It just seemed odd to me that an academic researcher would have so many grammatical errors. It would have been kinder to have kept my mouth shut.

If you can get hold of any copies of the Journal of the Siam Society, they have articles about Thai customs ranging from the past (Thai society in Ayutthaya) to the present day. There are some books that focus on the laws and customs of the old Thai kingdom of Lanna Thai such as, The Laws of King Me(a)ngrai by David K. Wyatt, and The Sheaf of Garlands of the Epochs of the Conqueror, which, I think is a treatise on 15th century Chiang Mai customs. It might be interesting to compare what you read in these books to more recent articles.

Good luck with your research.

[JennyStewarta]

I rest my case.

Good call Bucky

[SigNeewfoew]

I rest my case.

I recamened visiting Victoria and going to Healesville Sanctuary then. They have a great bird show and the birds could fly right over you head, lituraly. Although the emus scared me when they used to let them rom the park freely.
They stole my food. T_T

[SigNeewfoew]

Yes, you are correct. I was in a coma for awhile and have lost my sense of smell. It just seemed odd to me that an academic researcher would have so many grammatical errors. It would have been kinder to have kept my mouth shut.

If you can get hold of any copies of the Journal of the Siam Society, they have articles about Thai customs ranging from the past (Thai society in Ayutthaya) to the present day. There are some books that focus on the laws and customs of the old Thai kingdom of Lanna Thai such as, The Laws of King Me(a)ngrai by David K. Wyatt, and The Sheaf of Garlands of the Epochs of the Conqueror, which, I think is a treatise on 15th century Chiang Mai customs. It might be interesting to compare what you read in these books to more recent articles.

Good luck with your research.

Thanks, I'll check them out and I am not an academic researcher, I'm a student, in my second last year of school.

[SigNeewfoew]

2) What do people expect when they visit Australia?
Although it is true that the highest agenda would be taking photo with Kangaroo and Koala , we do not really bother about landscapes. I believe we do know that Australia has amazing scenery but we don't really give them that much attention, i.e. we would not packed our 7-days tour with too much landscape, probably just 1 day, the rest is for cities, wildlife centre, theme park and shopping.

By the way, if you look at the Package tour (arrange be Thai package-tour company), the itinerary will be around the big cities e.g. Canberra for new parliament, Brisbane: for Sea World, and Warner Movie World; Sydney: for Harbour Bridge and Opera House; Perth for umm shopping I think, Then one of the day gotta go to nereast wildlife or national park (Featherdale, Yanchep, Nambung etc.) to see Kangaroo, Koala and other activities like sand boarding, etc. or go to see Three sisters, but the main point is to go in gold mine. They also goes to Melbourne and off to Phillips island for wine tasting. Oh, and they do lots of shopping, too.

In sum, we would expect Australia to look modern and clean. Has good transportation system (i.e. no traffic jam, or people cramped in Buses). Nice sunny but not-too-hot weather. We do expect Australians to be friendly and easy going. And we expect people to say Good Day, instead of Good Morning.

TK, your half way there but if you listen to me I recamend these places, you hear me recamend. lol

"Canberra for new parliament, Brisbane: for Sea World, and Warner Movie World; Sydney: for Harbour Bridge and Opera House; Perth for umm shopping I think, Then one of the day gotta go to nereast wildlife or national park (Featherdale, Yanchep, Nambung etc.) to see Kangaroo, Koala and other activities like sand boarding, etc. or go to see Three sisters, but the main point is to go in gold mine. They also goes to Melbourne and off to Phillips island for wine tasting. Oh, and they do lots of shopping, too."

Canberra - head up closer to queensland and see the dish. If you like austonamy... but it's also good to see.
Brisbane - Sea World, and Warner Movie World, they are ...okay but Wet and Wild rocks! And if you stay till late they have movies in the big wave pool and if that don't interest you when the movies on there are liturly no line for all the rides! Very good to go in the Summer, it's winter right now... I hate winter.. unless theres ice-skating, which there isn't...
Oh and you have got to see the great barer reef, while it's alive...
Sydney - I agree
Perth - couldn't say, haven't been there
Melbourne - well maybe by then I will have my own clothing line, and I know just what I'll call it.
You should go to Sovereign hill, it's a total reenactment of the "gold rush", You can even look for gold!
The Puff and Billy is good, it's one of the few remaining steam trains in Australia and is over 100 years old! And if you stop as ... something arother lake on the way you can pedal these floating things on the lake.
Phillips island - is good, theres a lot one can do there.

Main I'm getting tired of thinking now.. theres so much else but I'm having a mental blank.. and you said sight seeing isn't the main aeration.
Oh yeah theres Luna park in the city, referring to Melbourne.

[JennyStewarta]

Here's an intriguing Australia-Thailand connection:

Melbourne Museum has the tastefully preserved remains of
¿éÒààź (Phar Lap), which is Thai for lightning and a fine name for a horse who ran like lightning.

http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/pharlap/index.asp

[Adamdjeffe]

Useful post there, Zaidee-never knew Oz had so much to offer in its cities-beyond the usual Malls, Zoo's and restaurants etc.

[SigNeewfoew]

Here's an intriguing Australia-Thailand connection:

Melbourne Museum has the tastefully preserved remains of
¿éÒààź (Phar Lap), which is Thai for lightning and a fine name for a horse who ran like lightning.

http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/pharlap/index.asp

was that the horse that got poisoned when racing in America?

[SigNeewfoew]

Useful post there, Zaidee-never knew Oz had so much to offer in its cities-beyond the usual Malls, Zoo's and restaurants etc.

There are a lot more, I just can't name them all.

Like if you go to this area near the top of queens land there a small barkery, lothing specal really, only that she the owner makes the world BEST meat pie! It's some sort of family recipe and if you go to this town in the hills which you can get by long windy road or a scenery filled ride a couple of feet above a rain forest, you'll find some really nifty shops, including a very well hidden salt water crocidal shop.

Or somewhere awhile along the road that you turn of for the dish, there is the world last remaining fighter plane from world war 1 or 2 can't remember. Very cool planes, they where painted with a shark like face on the noses of them and were very good planes.

[largonioulurI]

If you are an academic researcher, you really need to shore up your English language grammatical skills. To communicate effectively, you need to have a firm grasp of the English language.

I've read his post 10 times over, and I have yet to find any thing wrong with the way he writes English, Maybe you should listen to the way the real world speaks English, and stop reading English from a text book. I see nothing wrong with his communications skills, as I understood every word he said. Maybe some academics should learn real world English instead of old world English that would have been understood 100 years ago by the average Joe. English has changed, I suggest you and all the other academics, with there English elitism get with the times, and start talking real world English so people like my self can actually understand you, as for the moment, when some of these academics start talking with a plum in there mouth, I can barely understand a word there saying.

[SigNeewfoew]

I've read his post 10 times over, and I have yet to find any thing wrong with the way he writes English, Maybe you should listen to the way the real world speaks English, and stop reading English from a text book. I see nothing wrong with his communications skills, as I understood every word he said. Maybe some academics should learn real world English instead of old world English that would have been understood 100 years ago by the average Joe. English has changed, I suggest you and all the other academics, with there English elitism get with the times, and start talking real world English so people like my self can actually understand you, as for the moment, when some of these academics start talking with a plum in there mouth, I can barely understand a word there saying.

Hey Paul, I truly appreciate you sticking up for me but um.. and please don't be afended if it dose afended you, please don't be.

A few things though, I'm a girl, lol and UpToYou_inUdonThani has, in a sense apologized for what was said, although s/he (I can't tell because there are to people in the photo) doesn't seem to get that I'm a student and not an academic researcher. lol
Um, one other thing. isn't posting in red a bit much, I understand that you are frustrated but doesn't red mean that some one has died/is dead or that you wish them to be?

But thanks again for sticking up for me. I won't lie though, my spelling can be rather bad.