Culture shock in Thailand

1. Culture shock in Thailand

2.

Traffic chaos
Car’s just don’t stop for pedestrians. Not even at the white zebra-crossing
style lines that are painted on the road. This is actually pretty easy to adjust
to. Just wait. And wait. And wait more until a suitable time to cross. Or use
one of the footbridges. Or use traffic lights.

3.

Some things are ridiculously expensive…
Ever tried buying cherries in Bangkok? Or antiques? These are just two of
the grossly overpriced types of products to be found in Thailand. I’m
guessing Thai antiques sellers and market stall dealers think they can flog a
vintage telephone that would cost about £20 in the UK, to an unsuspecting
Thai (see ripping off their own people below) or a tourist for eight times the
value.

4.

No kissing in public
Public displays of affection (PDAs) are quite normal in the west. Not so in
Thailand. Everything is kept quite formal and polite in public, and the
naughtiness is reserved for the bedroom. It’s a bizarre paradox – walk down
Soi Cowboy and there are Thai girls in suspenders dragging men into dens
of vice. But try and give a girl a friendly peck on the cheek in public, and
you’re branded a big-nosed barbarian farang.

5.

The street food is often awful
A lot of cliche travel sites bang on about great Thai street food like it’s a
mystical culinary Mecca. Maybe it’s OK if you’re a backpacker on budget,
or you’ve never tasted a great Thai dish. Or it might taste awesome at 3am
with a bellyful of beer. Yes, it’s convenient and great that food is
everywhere. Other than that, it’s the cheapest gunge you’ll find.

6.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Thailand may
face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTresidents.[1] Both male
and female same-sex sexual activity are legal in Thailand, but same-sex
couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for
the same legal protections available to opposite-sex couples.
In 2013, The Bangkok Post said that "while Thailand is viewed as a tourist
haven for same-sex couples, the reality for locals is that the law, and often
public sentiment, is not so liberal.

7. Thanks for attention