15 things you (probably) never knew about Thailand.
1 - Thailand literally means 'Land of the free'
2 - Thailand remains the only country in Southeast Asia never to have been colonised.
3 - Formerly known as 'Siam' it was changed to 'Thailand' in 1939.
4 - 'Ayutthaya' was the capital of Thailand before Bangkok.
5 - King Bumipol Adulyadej or King Rama IX, is the worlds longest reigning monarch.
6 - Monks are forbidden to touch or be touched by a woman.
7 - Tradition dictates that a King will always rule Thailand and not a Queen.
8 - Thailand has 3,219 kms of coastline.
9 - Population 65,444,371 (estimated July 2005)
10- Thailand's land area covers 514,000 sq km.
11 - Bangkok is the 19th most populated city in the world (London being the 16th)
12 - Thailand is also the 19th most populated country in the world (UK being the 21st)
13 - Thailand is 95% Buddhist, 3.8% Islamic, 0.5% Christian, 0.1% Hindi and 0.6% other.
14 - The unit of currency is the Thai Baht. 100 Satang = 1 Baht.
15 - Bonviveur and all round good guy 'Dave Wilson' moved to Hua Hin in September 2004.
2 comments:
Boy did you do the right thing! England is a real dead loss sold out by unscrupilous (think thats how you spell it?)and shady politicians regularly caught with thire pants down.
Hi Steve I know what you mean but you ain't seen real corruption until youv'e been to Asia!
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