What NOT To Do in Thailand 🇹🇭 (Top 10 Tips)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2022
- My top 10 what not to do in Thailand cultural tips. When I first arrived in Thailand, I wasn't aware of the culture and the things I should avoid doing. Things that are second nature in your home country can be forbidden or even illegal in Thailand. In today's vlog, I go over 10 of the things you want to try and avoid doing in Thailand. Thailand has different rules and these rules should be respected. I knew some of these but I wish i had done my research on some of the rules I didn't know about.
Do's and Dont's living a Thai life.
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I don't know what happened to Tip 3? I must of been to busy trying to get in the movie 🤣
Sound advice Wayne. Cheers for sharing, ive learnt the hard way about a few.
Thanks mate. Yep, always good to learn before. I wish i learnt some of these before arriving.
Great advice Wayne thanks for sharing.
Hope you're well Julie 👍
Always good info - respect - Thanks Wayne 👍
Top man Ant 👌
Thanks Wayne.. good wholesome advice..
Nice one Amel 👍
Nice topic! 🙌 It’s always interesting gain knowledge about these differences. So different and kind of opposite from standing out culture of other places.
Thanks Cee Jay 👍
Nice video Wayne. I liked the way you styled this, changing things up a bit. Take it easy man 👍🙏
Nice one mate. Yep, like to change it up sometimes buddy. Take it easy Simon man. 👌
Thanks Wayne Great info. Knew a few of them but not all. Doing my research before heading north in late Sept for a bit over a week with a few days in Chiang Mai on a Solo trip.
Thanks mate! Hope the trip goes well and maybe see you around Chiang Mai. 👍
Great stuff mate see you next month.
Nice one David, hope to see you in Chiang Mai soon mate.
some great points! 😃 good video
Thanks 👍
Good tips Wayne, I arrive in Chiang Mai for the month of August.
Nice one! You'll soon be living the good life 👌
Good list. Hey! I've used to hang in this park a lot. I lived a short bike ride up the road.
Cheers Don. Kawilla park is a nice spot, i always come here to chill.
all good advice... enjoy the unique culture..
Cheers Ken
Well said Wayne 😊👍
Hope you're well Kashif 👍
@@WalkAboutWayne I'm fine thank you 😊👍
Thank you sir.
Thanks Jaafar 👌👌
I am doing my research,that's why I watch videos like yours..I spent almost 9 years in Philippines and wish that I would had done more learning b4 the move.
Thanks! I wish i researched before aswell. 👍
Good stuff, Man. If you don't know some of these customs, some problems might develop.
Yes mate, it's always good to know some of the Do's and Don't''s before ending up on a spot of bother.
#7 I learned here in Mexico. Good stuff, man.
Thanks man
A really helpful practical video Wayne. Thank you. Keep them coming.
Cheers Andrew 👍
Good list Wayne. I also made the mistake of patting a bar girl on the head at John's Place (miss that bar) and she freaked. Never did that again. There are pedestrian lights near the North gate but don't assume traffic will stop if you have a green light. Another big don't do is lose your cool and raise your voice. Again I really upset a hotel receptionist because I showed frustration and anger over some issue. I smoothed it over with her but she was really upset and almost in tears. It achieves nothing flying off the handle over there.
Keeping calm here is essential, for sure Doug. 👍
Another one to add to the list is never try to stop a coin or note by stepping on it., could be locked up for it.
Yes Murray, that's one that could be easily forgotten, as it's something we would all do naturally.
@@WalkAboutWayne i think it,s because your stepping on the kings head of the note
Good one Wayne👍🏻. Just adding a quick one:
11. Don’t try to hug someone as a greeting unless you have explicit consent. Greeting verbally is good enough usually. SE Asians have different ideas about personal boundaries🙈🙈.
Nice one mate, that's another that i didn't know about 👌
Awesome video! Here in Tangiers, every street is FILLED, no PACKED with pedestrians, cars and the innumerable petit blue taxis. Everyone is constantly jostling for their own space but I haven't seen any one get hit by a car yet. It's like this MASSIVE understanding between cars and the crowds of pedestrians to respect each other no matter what. Also, I, sometimes, will hand some of the begging children change. They are so respectful. They'll approach me and say, "Bonjour". Then shake my hand. I give them one dirham (10 cents); sometimes I ruffle the young lads' hair. And they always say, "Merci beaucoup." Would this get me in trouble in Thailand? I just find comparing different country's cultures truly fascinating! 😃
Always great to hear your storys about Tangiers Brian. I think "ruffle the young lads hair" would be best avoided in Thailand mate. I'm not sure that would go down well. Thanks.
@@WalkAboutWayne , yes, good to know and thank you. I have degrees in psychology and biology. Would love to do a formal study one day on cultural differences in interpersonal body contact. I would say in the U.S., today, roughly half the population do NOT want to be touched by anyone outside of immediate family while the other half are very touchy feely. I fall into the latter because of how I was raised where physical affection was abundant. I've always stated that human beings are the most interesting species on the planet! 😃
Hi John Wayne, I recently visited Thailand (Bangkok & Pattaya) Wanted to visit also Phuket but short visa did;nt allow me to do.Anyway nice video. Well One can do in Thailand what you can't do in other lands!😇😋
Nice one! Hope you had a good stay in Thailand and hope you can return soon.
@@WalkAboutWayne Hope So.😊Food costs a hell as compared to Singapore Thanks Buddy.
To touch someones head. You can touch everyone if you know him well like your family member, friend.
Seriously, don't touch the head someone that you don't know. If you want to try I suggest you should learn Mauy Thai first.
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Number 3 seems a bit harsh, Wayne :)
I missed number 3 😥.
hold the child's head But don't touch your friends' heads. Because Thai people consider their heads to be high. But the truth is that the head is the most important thing in the body.
Don't point your feet because it's like an insult because feet are considered low
When entering the house, take off your shoes. to keep the soil or dust into the house as well
Thanks for the info, i didn't know about the child's head. 🙏
I asked my partner about the child’s head as she has a niece and I’ve been touching her head when hot wiping away sweat and she says absolutely no problem at all. Touching an adults head different game altogether.
Her family also laughed at the feet comment. Maybe it applies in some areas but up here in Isaan no one cares about pointed feet
I'm in Bangkok now. Is there a rule about eating on the street? I was eating from some street stalls on a road side next to a wall. I noticed one guy was staring me down. Is eating a no no?
Eating on the streets in Thailand is one of the most common things you see and do. It's part of the culture.
In Benidorm it's not okay either... 😅 Even if it's "normal"
Thumbs up to Benidorm 👍
Thai people are about etiquette. and seniority are important such as raising hands to respect adults, thanking, walking through adults must bow. getting the elderly, pregnant women, and the disabled to sit at us, lining up, and not getting involved in other people's affairs. with people who are not very close Thai people will keep their distance for your privacy Unless they start to get close to each other to talk to. and if next to each other They often share food to support each other. such as watering the plants or take care of the house while we travel or run errands and in addition to your independence and personal but ready to help If you need help always and maybe give more than you need. and may share food or water with unknown people. In the past, Thai people would have clay pots in front of their houses. to quench the thirst for pedestrians
Thanks again for the info.
Always avoid an argument or conflict with a local, they can all handle themselves and others will jump out of the woodwork in seconds. Seen it a few times in Pattaya and Bangkok.
Very true mate, falang will always lose.
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here is the do not step on money in thailand ? It's very illegal to do so
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My friend is a woman attending a meeting at the National Bank of ASEAN countries. in manila and saw people kissing or holding hands in public places she can't accept And she's usually a person who doesn't fear anything. But there she said that there were eyes staring at her. When she looked at those people's eyes, they didn't turn away. The way that Thai people hide away and the guard is a machine gun It made her even more afraid.
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Where are you there? I struggle to find somewhere new to walk my dog
This is at Kawila park mate, at the King Kawila statue. Just down from the Iron Bridge. Nice place for chilling.
My girl used to come unglued if I whistled? Not at another girl, just whistling. She would not talk about why? Can someone comment??
Whistling wakes up the ghost in Thailand. I think Thais don't whistle because it brings bad spirits.
@@WalkAboutWayne thank you!!
When I was in the monkey island in Phuket I saw a moron throw some small rock on the monkeys. The Monkey bite him in his leg.
🤣🤣 best to leave them alone
Pointing with your feet is worse as I found out pointing my foot at a budda outside a temple was like importing 39 kilos of heroin
Yes mate, lifting feet off the ground and pointing is one to avoid for sure. 👍
Good tips and good to be reminded of some of the no-no's as can be easily forgotten when you are there You will have to keep an eye on Thai cinema releases to see if you are in the movie 🤣🤣
Thanks Monica. Hahaha, i think i might be in the background of the movie, walking past making a vlog 🤣🤣. I wish i asked the name of the movie.
"#11 learn the language if you're going to be living here for years." 😄
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That pointing one is gonna be hard to unlearn. Geez.
Yes, that's one that i always do. It's so hard not to.
Hey mate, should update the Title to: 10 Things What NOT to do in Thailand in Public 🇹🇭
Bit of a mouthful that Rob mate. Cool title though, but would have to change the "In Thailand in public"
Hey Wayno, my first thai trip with my thai wife, I walked through Bangkok in songkran topless with a beer in hand. The thais loved it and saw me as a rebel until l walked into the mall and the security swarmed me, haha l never did that again
Oh my days! I guess Songkran made it a bit more relaxed. Yes, i can imagine what happened when walking into the mall haha. Thanks Darren.
Second nature touching someone else's head? Dude maybe for you 😅 but thanks for advice
Yep 👍
Come to the Philippines..
I hope to return to The Philippines one day 👍
@@WalkAboutWayne ohh been here? Where the videos then?.
Yes, I stayed in The Philippines before. I wasn't doing TH-cam or making videos then 😭
@@WalkAboutWayne then you.moved to Thailand?.
Yes buddy, after I went home to England for a while.
i know another one Wayne do not touch a Monk especially a Woman, i found this out when i fell down steps in a Temple and i fell onto a Monk not good
Oh my days , that must have been embarrassing Leila.
Number two don't drink too much coffee ☕
Eh...? Why not ?
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Stepping on baht/money, this is considered very disrespectful to the monarchy and is completely illegal (as feet are considered dirty). Just let that coin roll away 😂
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@@clivebaxter6354 totally agree. My partners Thai family laughed at some of the comments posted on here.
Yeah feet are considered so dirty that many Thais put their feet up on buses etc
@@clivebaxter6354 Quite openly for obvious reasons.
And remember it's illegal to go commando in Thailand
🤣 Yes, i wouldn't recommend going commando .
When I worked with Filipinos they pointed with their chin. But I love touching hair, even brushing my girlfriends hair.......If I had one LOL. Wow surprised about the vaping, but it IS not good for you. Where the F is Benadorm? Sounds like something from Harry Potter hahahaha.
🤣🤣🤣 Benidorm is in Spain. Vaping is one i didn't know about when i first arrived here.
Corfu? Showing your age Wayne 😂
🤣 Them was the days mate. £199 - 2 weeks all inclusive 🤣
@@WalkAboutWayne I never thought you were one for a bargain 😉😂
@@scottgregory7088 it wasn't always 5 star cruises mate. 🤣🤣
Foreigners, can you kiss your wife or husband in public.
You can, but probably best to do it at home , behind closed doors .