No matter which direction you chose to travel in Thailand, you will fell in love with the place. Northern part of Thailand is full of mountains and high terrains that are covered with fog and mist making it all the more adventurous. Contrastingly different is the central and the northeastern Thailand where the mountains disappear and you come across plain landscape. Eastern plains of Thailand are covered with forest and land that is good for agriculture. Southern Thailand on the other hand flaunts some of the most exotic beaches and islands you may ever come across. Apart from all these Thailand has metropolitan areas; Bangkok the country’s capital being the most advanced and formidable one.

Thailand boasts its culture diversity to the same as extent as its geographical diversity. Unlike all the neighborhood countries, Thailand has never been colonized and has a history and culture that is not doped. The people of Thailand are mostly followers of Buddha and practice rituals that are unknown to many who visit the country and that adds to the country’s appeal. Chinese influence in the north and Islamic dominance in the south adds to the diversity the country is already so rich of.

Another major aspect of Thailand travel is its night life. Night life with cabarets and luxurious pubs and bars also attract people. The restaurants and the cuisines they provide complete the list of things you will enjoy in a spectacular package this country offers.

Apart being from so simple and natural, Thailand is one of the most advanced countries in the world. Infrastructure, Transport, banking, and telecommunications are as modern and advanced as in the countries of Europe and America. This helps in visiting and spending your vacations in the remotest of villages in Thailand with ease and convenience. This aspect of Thailand draws lot of travelers. People for business visits, for leisure visits or training courses, all are entertained and satisfied by the diversity that Thailand provides.

As beautiful and tranquil as Thailand, are the people of Thailand. Rarely are occasions where you will find a Thai not smiling. People with lot of character and temperament inhibit Thailand and that adds to the country’s beauty. Despite the mess and disarray the modern life has created, Thailand remains one of those places where people are placid and calm. Perhaps it is in the air of Thailand that all people who come here are pacified and go in a state of tranquility.

No matter whatever is the reason you visit Thailand for, it is almost guaranteed that you will think of visiting Thailand once more.

In the Western world shows that public sentiment are very common. You will often see couples holding hands and kissing in public. No-one even thinks twice if they see this in public. It is considered very normal behaviour. But despite Thailand’s reputation among many Westerners as being the sex capital of the world, Thai culture actually frowns upon public displays of affection.

No Thai women, even bar girls, feel comfortable with public displays of affection. Public kissing is seen as shameful and lack of thought. As Thailand has started to become more westernized, you may see some couples holding hands, but this only tens to happen in Bangkok.

If you have a Thai girlfriend, she may even expect you to walk a few feet away from her when out in public in Thailand. To the Western man this may seem like she has lost interest in you, but this is very important to the Thai woman. In most parts of Thailand, if a Thai woman is seen holding hands with a Western man, it might be assumed that she is a bar girl and that you are her customer. She wants to avoid these judgements at all costs, so respect her wishes.

But what’s interesting is that it parts of Thailand it’s very normal to see two women holding hands, because they are friends and are therefore allowed to show affection to each other.

On Thai television, lip kissing has only recently begun to appear in some of the latest films. And often, the kissing will be done by a double, because the Thai actress doesn’t want the stigma of being seen kissing.

Thai culture is very conservative, despite what you may have seen in parts of Bangkok. If you visited Soho in London for a weekend, you wouldn’t assume that the whole of the UK is like that, so don’t make the same assumption about Thailand, based on visiting a few of Bangkok’s entertainment districts.

Muay Thai is a very dangerous form of Kick Boxing that originated out of the country of Thailand. There is some resemblence to this form of Combat Sport and other Indochinese or Southeast Asian forms of Boxing. Cambodia has a similar style which they call the Pradal Serey. Malaysia practices a similar form called Tomoi. The people from Myanmar also known as Burma use a style called Lethwei. And the people from Laos which is also in Southeast Asia practice a style called Muay Lao.

Muay Thai Boxing is the main Combat Sport and is the considered the National Sport in Thailand. A style called Muay Boran was the old traditional form of Muay Thai where they fought with less rules and wasn’t a sanctioned sport like it is today. Rumor had it that before a fight their hands were wrapped in hemp rope and then dipped in resin and small glass chips to make these fights extremely brutal. This sport is frequently known as the “art of 8 limbs”. The reasons this term was coined is because punches, elbows, knees and kicks were used which resemble the 8 points of contact. This is in contradiction to the 2 points that were used in Western Boxing.

The term Nak Muay is given to anyone in Thailand that practices Muay Thai. If someone from the west practices this sport they will be called Nak Muay Farang which means someone foreign that practices this sport. Many different styles of Kick Boxing have been practiced within Southeast Asia. Chinese Martial Arts Masters say that these disciplines have been practiced for about 2000 years. They also believe that Cambodia had a big effect of spreading these styles all over Southeast Asia.

They believe that Muay Boran, the old style of Muay Thai, was used by Siamese soldiers after they lost their weapons during a war. Some believe the Siamese Military created this sport from Krabi Krabong, but others believe they were both created at the same time. Krabi Krabong had a lot of influence and set the stage for Muay Thai. This sport then went on in Thailand to be fought in front of many spectators and even for entertainment for Kings.