A Little about Thailand

Thailand is in the middle of Southeast Asia.

It is bordered by Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia and Cambodia and shares waters with Vietnam.

Bangkok is Thailand's largest city and its capitol, centre of political, financial, cultural and commercial industries.

Most of Thailand's economy is based on exports and tourism, and it is rapidly industrializing.

It is the 20th most populous country in the world with 63 million people. 75% of whom are ethnically Thai, 14% are Chinese, and 3% are Malay. They are devoutly religious and 95% of all Thais practice Buddhism, specifically Theravada Buddhism.

It is slightly larger than Spain making it the world's 50th largest country with 513,000 square km of land.

Thailand is a constitutional monarchy ruled by King Rama IX who is the longest ruling monarch in the world. Reigning for over 1/2 a century. He is now 82 years old and held in very high esteem by the Thai.

The currency is the Baht. And 1 CAD = ~ 30 Baht


(All images in this post taken from the web.)