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The Thailand Portal with travelogues, pictures, tips and information.
Some time ago I lived in Bangkok as an exchange student. I was a visiting son in a Thai family, visited a typical Thai school and plunged fully into the culture of Thailand.
On this site I publish my experiences and impressions of my exchange school year in words and pictures.
My goal is to you an insight into Thai culture, school, family, placement in language .... Be there live - from the beginning to the end of this adventure in Thailand!
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Elephants in Thailand
"Chang" means elephant in Thai and Thais love elephants
they promised happiness, both in nature and in symbols.
Chang Phueak called the white elephant, which are highly sacred for Thais. A symbol of royal power, the white elephant, adorned with a white elephant until 1917 the flag of Thailand (then Siam).
Thai people but especially tourists like to visit elephant village in the jungle, "work camps" or rearing - to secure their survival.
Unlike elephants specially set up stations, in which tourists have presented a show and then go on an elephant ride, visitors can admire the elephant camp these animals in their original work.
Heaviest load service in rough terrain, they do with strength, dexterity, endurance and intelligence.
Today, this is only allowed in elephant villages, as work animals are elephants in Thailand are no longer allowed.
Formerly ridden Thai kings on their elephants in battle, and only by elephants as working animals are the gigantic monuments of those times have come, today there are unfortunately many dilapidated mahout (elephant driver), which elephants illegally through the streets of the teeming metropolis of Bangkok-šschleppen ".
These tourists spend for bahts mahouts banana or photos. The only way they can pay for the upkeep of the animals see, but unfortunately seems that the asphalt jungles and many of the smog for the oppressed (baby) elephant quickly leads to death.
Fortunately, a growing trend the survival and care of elephants in tourist camps to secure and protect wild elephants on.
By the way:
- In Thailand, there is an island shaped like an elephant's head, "Koh Chang" called.
- In addition to Singha beer Chang is the most popular Thai beer.
- After the 2004 tsunami elephants came from the north as a helper.
Money Tree
Here in Thailand we see wondrous trees and flowers which grow on money!
It has at least the appearance.
For every Buddhist festival - temple festival, priestly ordination, temple inauguration, etc. offered by the faithful notes, a kind of bell-type bag.
The green and red notes are artfully draped on the tree branches, he is ever full, he looks more interesting!
This tree in the photo I met at a carnival - a monk folded his bill-delicate fruit on the branches - this money tree collection bag was used for the renovation of a temple.
When I asked what it needs the tree, they told me that the tree represents the fig tree under which Buddha experienced enlightenment.
