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Thailand attracts more tourists than any of countries located in Southeast Asia due to its innate wealth of pristine natural beauties, gorgeous temples, hospitable people, exclusive cuisine and marvelous historic sites. Thailand, one of the fascinating countries that lie in the southeastern part of Asia, is enclosed by Cambodia and Laos in the south, Malaysia and Gulf of Thailand in the south, and Myanmar and Andaman Sea in the west.
The spectacular mountains of stupa covered Mae Hong Son, thriving limestone islands on the Andaman Sea, the hip dance clubs in Bangkok and the quaint villages beside the Mekong River, everything in Thailand has a lot to present to the tourists and visitors in this country.
When to visit Thailand?
Monsoons of Thailand, irritating and unpredictable, arrive here on the month of July and continue till November. The following months from November to February, are actually the ideal time to visit Thailand when the climatic conditions remain great and the beaches also offer the best. These months are also perfect for visiting Thailand as visitors here can also enjoy themselves at the regional and national festivals being held in this time of the year. In fact, the best time to visit Thailand is between the months of November and March, preferably up to the end of March. Other times of the year when you can visit Thailand include the months of July and August.
Why visit Thailand?
Thailand is home to diverse natural beauties, age-old traditions, peaceful temples and contemporary city life. With a tumultuous past that dates back to seven centuries from now, Thailand has successfully adopted a number of diverse influences of foreign cultures like those from China and India, and incorporated them into the distinctive characteristics that are exclusively Thai. Theravada Buddhism forms the core of present Thai belief and uniqueness. Thai Buddhism has also over the ages included a number of different religious beliefs like ancestor worship and animism. In fact, the Islamic religion prevails in the southernmost regions of the country.
Thai Cusiine
World-famous Thai cuisine embraces all the basic five flavors of sweet, sour, salty, spicy and bitter, the most common ingredients being incorporated in the preparation of the Thai foods being lime juice, lemon grass, fish sauce, chillies and garlic. The staple food of Thailand, is however rice, especially jasmine variety rice, which is a part of nearly every meal. The most interesting destinations in Thailand cover Chiang Mai, Kamphaengphet, Nakhon Sawan, Mae Hong Son, Uthai Thani, Ang Thong, Nakhon Pathom, Samut Sakhon, Bangkok, Chon Buri, Kalasin, Udon Thani, Krabi, Phuket, Trang and Yala.
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