Dos & Don’ts in Thailand
Do Do learn to greet properly people with the traditional wai (the hands positioned on or below the nose depending on whom the wai it is addressed to). Do take off shoes when entering a person’s home or a religious site. Do bow slightly when passing in front of or between people conversing as an […]
Tempting the Taste Buds: Eating Your Way Through Bangkok
There’s something about a visit to Bangkok that can transform you. You arrive not knowing galangal from a cheaplu leaf. You can’t even pronounce gai hor bai toey, let alone know what it is. And yet, by the time you leave, dried chili, lemongrass, and kaffir lime are your friends, and you know how to […]