Al-(chaing) Rai-ght! Tuktuk in your shirts, and don't Phuket it's Thai-m to "Koh" and "Wat"-ch this new GN episode! Thanks Julie Som and Anya for guest starring in this episode! you all were so fun to have and also thanks to all YOU guys the Thai Geograpeeps for all your help with this episode too! Khop Kun!
I'm from Japan , Thailand it's the best country in South East Asia. My dad have been working in phuket be a engineer. My dad said this country have a lot of beautiful things traditions, food , and others love thailand from Japan 🇯🇵❤️🇹🇭
Fun fact: Thailand drives on the left because of (indirect) British influence. The Japanese started exporting many vehicles to Thailand and also helped a lot with their transportation infrastructure. The Japanese themselves drive on the left because the British built their railways and then roads followed suit.
Thailand also border British colonies like Myanmar/Burma and Malaysia which also drives on the left, In the case of Myanmar, their dictator leader woke up one day and have a divine dream that everyone should drive on the right in the 70s.
I would say not likely true. Left side driving seems to start before WW I in Thailand due to the need to seamlessly connecting with British colonized neighbors as well as the meter gauge rail system( as you said). Japanese auto builders only came in the 60s ,quite late in time though slowly but strongly predominating the Thai auto market to date. Coincidently that Thai and Japan both have the same driving rule on the left.
No my friend, there are really a lot of Japanese that love Thai and have been moved to lived here in Thailand like over 100,000+ population but in terms of the transportation infrastructure were all about auction my friend, they didn't help Thailand it's because there are a lot of companies fought for those projects and yes probably what you saw many times were the Japanese company won but not most of them my friend they had to competed with others company in Thailand to won the auction too to worked on those project, and like I saw about 25 years ago when you have a big project such as big long second or third floors Toll way, BTS skytrain or MRT underground train they still have a lot of companies from many countries worked together because it's really a big project and what I've seen too like you was one of them always the Japanese company it's probably because they are professional and won because sent a good price at auction but ofcourse not only the Japanese company worked on those project, like when we built the MRT 25 years ago we called Joint-Venture BCKT as a name of a company because we have 4 company doing work together only dig the tunnal hole itself for the MRT underground train already used the machine fromThai company+Japan company+ Germany company. We have to do together because it was a really big project. If it's not that big project, Yes probably they could do that project by only 1 big company and that's mean only one country do that project. Just like we Thai company just already completed built the First SkyTrain for Bangladesh people it's called the Dhakha Metro Rail Project, and they already tested the train to use since last year.
As a Tai Ahom from Assam 🇮🇳, Northeast India, Thailand is like my solace purely because I relate with everything there. From language, food, dresses, culture to looks, I feel more connected to this land than any other place. I highly recommend anyone from Northeast India especially the Tai communities to atleast pay a visit once, in order to know how a Tai speaking community lives. I have personally visited Thailand 3 times. Covered most of the regions. My favourite city has to be Chiang Mai. Can't wait to be back again soon to discover even more. ขอบคุณมาก 🇮🇳🇹🇭
I have always felt at home in Thailand, the people are so kind and I never felt I was away from my own India... Lots of love to our Thai brothers and sisters...
I visited Thailand 8 times. I love the vibes of Bangkok, beautiful scenery in the southern part, hospitable people and the friendliest environment for the tourists. Thank you Thailand for being such an awesome country. ❤ from Bangladesh
As a Burmese,I feel really close to Thailand even though we had wars in the past,when I visited Thailand for the first time,the tour guide are really friendly and singing for us in the bus on the way to the market we visited,some Thai people took me for a Thai when I stopped by and asked how much is that, overall Thailand is the land of friendly people.
I am Thai and I used to visit Myanmar and so much impression for people, and we are Buddhism and very impression for faith of Burmese to Buddhist🙏🏻 Myanmar is my favorite country, I love in your faith and soul, Burmese are nice.
My Aunt visited Thailand 🇹🇭 with some of her friends. When she came back home, she couldn't stop speaking about the food, hospitality and the beauty of the country. Would love to visit. Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦 👌👍👊😉
As someone who has met many natives IN Thailand I can say that these guests represent Thai people SO WELL. They are always friendly, open, fun and playful.
Thailand is a beautiful place, I love how close the Indian and Thai cultures are. When I first went to Thailand, I was fascinated by your jiggly-wiggly letters, similar to our Indian scripts and some Ramayana excerpts in the form of Drama, as we do Ramlila in India. But, i couldn' t make any from the language which seemed very sinitic and cute to me, with the tones. Plus, being from Odisha state of India, we had trade relations with Thai kingdoms too.
I have always felt like Thailand and Philippines are twins. Although they both don’t share borders, they are very similar in many ways. Greetings from Thailand’s 🇹🇭 southern neighbour, Malaysia 🇲🇾. Many Malaysians also have Thai descent.
I can honestly say: this is my favorite channel on all of UA-cam. I’m a flight attendant for a large US airline. I visit this channel WEEKLY as I’m traveling around the world. Gives me an incredible appreciation and small glimpse into the places I visit and the people on my flights. THANK YOU! Def think I would fangirl if I ever saw you on one of my flights hahaha
Greetings from Boyolali, Central Java, Indonesia. Our king used to be really close. Several Siam kings visited Surakarta, Yogyakarta, and Mangkunegaran palace in Java when Java still under colonial rule, and have really good relationship that Rama V fascinated with Javanese culture. He even has a ton a collection of batik.
I visit the Royal collections from time to time, and LOVE the richness of Javanese batik culture. One national artist, for fabric art, residing in Krabi in Southern Thailand, traces her lineage back to Java, when her family was invited to Siam with the blessings of the Yogyakarta court. Her works are amazing, and I an proud to own two pieces from her studio.
A fun fact from Thailand. Rama V was also enthralled by the Javanese gardening so much that he brought some Javanese people to plant around Sanam Luang or Royal Field. So we still have citizens of Indonesian blood until now. 🇹🇭❤️🇮🇩
I've been to Thailand for a wedding among a lot of other countries. I would recommend Thailand as my number 1 place to visit. Beautiful people, the best food. Cheap prices. The beaches are paradise. I can't wait to go back. Go on a boat tour to the phi phi islands, it's absolutely insane
Love this episode! Thailand is amazing and Thai people are indeed very nice! Had to laugh when you say “not Taiwan”. As a Taiwanese living abroad, I often have to say “we are not Thailand” 🤣
I love Thailand's great people, food, culture, and beautiful environment. As a Lao-America, I agree that both Lao and Thai share a similar culture and language. Regardless of history, we are one. Love from Lao. 🇱🇦 🤍 🇹🇭
FYI: Tambralinga (ตามพรลิงก์) is the name of the long lost biggest kingdom of the south of Thailand which situated in nowadays Nakhon Sri Thammarat province and also the people from the south (like me) never call our home with this 'fantasy' word 😆 we just simply call it "Pak Tai" (ภาคใต้, ปักษ์ใต้)
After this video I got to know that Thai has A LOT of cultural connections with India, just as little simple things, like most people won't go to barbershops on Tuesdays, the names of the days in the week like Mon, Tues, etc connected to planets, and a lott I found very similar! Also, I find some common words to Indian languages for example the name of Thai international airport Suvarna Bhoomi, most of the Indian languages Suvarna means gold or good looking structure, Bhoomi means land or earth.
In nowadays most barbershop in thailand aren't stop to service in wednesday but some of barbershop at rural area still close and not service in wednesday
Indonesian here and was looking forward for the Thailand episode like from centuries ago LOL Sending loves to my neighbor country, one of my favorite ASEAN country-mate to visit!
As a Thai, one thing I love is the people. We tend to really to share our culture to others. Unfortunately, most of us can’t speak English, once we can we will not stop speaking until you are tired of it, but you won’t, believe me.
One of the greatest experiences I had was traveling to Thailand to teach music. I recommend any 'touristic' activity or location that are well known, but take a chance to and get in touch with local communities and 'normal' Thai. The respect they show to others is admirable, and they truly are the most polite and hospitable people I've met. Almost to the extreme, which will take some getting used to. If the whole world was a little more like Thailand, we'd have a lot more peace. Also, you forgot a little detail in the friend zone. One of the oldest diplomatic relations in the world and in Thailand is between the royal families of Thailand and the Netherlands! Over 400 years of friendship!
I found interesting when people have amazing admirable but in other app like quora, people also comments about got rob/not that admirable thing etc in the local communities. Btw Asian in generally famous for their polite & hospitality
Being a Thai myself, I'm really excited to see this episode. Aside from the puns and the pronunciations, I think you've done a great job. One thing I'm rather disappointed about is that there's no mention of my home province Buriram. Buriram is a province located on the southern part of Isan. It is where the Panom Rung castle (a castle that works kinda like the Stonehenge ie the sunset will align along the middle of castle sometime in a year) and the Khao Kradong (one of the few dormant valcanos in Thailand) are located. Really want you guys to cover that. But other than that, I think you guys have done great job on this episode.
I visited Chiang Mai about 4 or 5 years ago. I took a cooking class, went to an elephant sanctuary, went hiking, and went ATV riding. It was a great trip.
I remember when I was in Alaska I was driving out in the middle of nowhere and seeing a log cabin that was also a Thai restaurant. I was so shocked that I laughed
ancient name and the same reason they conquered the malaysian empire until the south of thailand became the property of thailand even though the islamic population there was large, did thailand propose a new border
@@afizi1213 Tambralinga It is an ancient kingdom centered in the present day nakhon si thammarat province. I live in the southern thailand. there are mostly buddhists and christians here. did you know that southern thailand has a population of about 7 million. and the total muslim population in thailand is about 2-7 million people. ( the total population of thailand is 70 million people.) just narathiwat, yala and pattani there's the most muslims. ( means that the majority of the population is muslim. )
Hi I am from Thailand. Aside from visiting Bangkok, Pattaya, Krabi and other famous provinces you may have heard of, you could try going to Hua Hin, Prachuapkhirikhan next time. It is wonderful there and I love Hua Hin so much because it is my hometown.
Thailand, it reminds me of relationships & events related to my country 🇮🇩 (don't forget history & love 🇹🇭 too from your neighbor country, Indonesia 🙂): 1. Rescue from an Indonesian plane hijacking at Don Moeang Airport in 1981 (aka Operation Woyla) 2. The handover of the Angklung musical instrument to Prince Bhanubhandu Savangwongse in 1908, then introduced it to his students of the art of music. 3. Cultural similarities in the Old Javanese era such as the Zodiac (in the Srivijaya era). If in Thailand the zodiac will be the month on the date 4. There are Javanese villages & Makkasan settlements 5. And many others
I an happy to see a lot of hindu and buddhist influence in the thai culture. I was literally able to understand most of the thai words spoken in this video because of the mix of sanskrit and pali in their language. May god bless Thailand
I'm kind of surprised they didn't talk about Prince Bira of Siam. He's the first Thai F1 driver and competed in the Olympics for sailing if I'm not mistaken. But still what an amazing video.
I have a friend from Thailand. We've been friends since the age of 10. We were actually introduced through his aunt because my mother worked with his aunt. He would come visit during April. Last time I saw Mac was 7 years ago and he was studying to become an engineer. I promised to come visit him one day.
I was so lucky to visit Thailand in 2018, still the best travel experience I ever had. Swimmed in the Maya Bay just before it was closed down. Such a nice people, made a lot of friends, will definitely come back! 🇹🇭💛
“When I left America I understood the formation of public opinion in Southeast Asia. I had had the best course possible, taught by a famous Asian expert. Two minutes at Chulalongkorn taught me that I might just as profitably have studied the zither.” ― Carol Hollinger
My favourite country in the World. Shout out to Theerathon “Aum” Bunmathan, Messi “Jay” Chanathip, Thanapitchakorn “Nhim” Kanuengpim, Sek Loso, Por Annop - who are my favourite Thai Celebrities, Sportsmen. I hope to visit again soon! It’s been 2 years, damn. Love from Singapore 🇸🇬 Phu Thai Dai Nid Noy 🇹🇭
Also, Thai BL (LGBTQ web and TV drama) industry is very influential globally and they hold a large market share of the content produced around the world
As a Vietnamese i adore Thailand, i have so many friends who are mix Thai so i get to experience their culture 1st hand n i love it. So beautiful and colourful 💖🇹🇭 💛🇻🇳
@@quanquoctruong1276 Well I've also saw on Google that they follow mixture of Buddhism,Taoism, Confucianism & also worship local folk deities & ancestors Does this make up the concept of "Vietnamese Folk Religion"? Also saw there are about 8%-10% Christians & also religions like Hoahaoism,Caodaism(which I haven't heard before) Looks like Vietnam is a multi religious country!
@@nncrystal7065 yes that's mostly the concept of "Vietnamese Folk Religion", tho most of us just call ourselves Buddhist if we fallow it. Hoahaoism n Caodaism are religions that were created here in vietnam. Hoahaoism is like either like a folk religion or a sect of Buddhism. While Caodaism is a new religious movement established in the city of Tây Ninh in southern Vietnam (this idk much about). N indeed vietnam is a multi religious country, we except all beliefs here.
Kudos to the team for this vdo. As a Thai myself, I rarely see a very informative vdo about my country like this one(and very accurate,like no media of this country would never dare to show it). Your pronunciations are very on point. Love your co-hosts too.
I have been traveling around the world doing Freelance jobs for 7 years now. Whenever I go to a new place I make sure to watch the geography now about the place. Always amazing tips and I have so proud of how you and the crew have grown Barbie. All love brother !
Thailand, which has about the same land area as Spain or France, consists of two broad geographic areas: a larger main section in the north and a smaller peninsular extension in the south. The main body of the country is surrounded by Myanmar (Burma) to the west, Laos to the north and east, Cambodia to the southeast, and the Gulf of Thailand to the south. Myanmar extends along the western portion of the peninsula as far as the Isthmus of Kra, after which Thailand occupies the entire peninsula until reaching its southern border with Malaysia at roughly latitude 6° N.
26:26 same here in India 🇮🇳 🙌 The days also represent different planets and sun. For e.g Shani(Saturday)-Saturn ;Bruhaspati(Guru)ie(Thursday)-Jupiter ; Surya-Sun(day) ::))
As a Malaysian Malay, i really hope to see more of the tambralingga part. Because there where the Pattani region seperated to two parts, the northen part were given to Siam, and the southern part were given to British, and as the result, these people which share same culture since Funan and Langkasuka empire, are in different countries today, Malaysia and Thailand.
Actually, It is really normal for modern day because of nationalism system that makes us separately. For example, there are around 25 million Thai who have to separate from Thai mainland and live under China territory in Guangxi and Yunnan. Moreover, there are Thai in northern India and northern Myanmar too. In addition, Laos and Thai are same race but have to separate the country because of French during the colonization period. So, every country also has the problem of unfair territory which separate their brothers and sisters apart. But we do not have to be angry by the past. We have to create the better world that all races can live together, no border , no nationalism, unite as one.
It truly surprises me how megacities like Bangkok have almost double the population of my country of Serbia, with the territory of 88000km2, compared to the 1500km2 of Bangkok, that's crazy
Yeah but you wouldn't want to live in a 30 sqft pod in the 43rd floor of a building but rather a suburban/exurban town with a large beautiful yard located with picturesque views
same case with HK , Singapore , and other densely populated "small countries/cities". my friend live in a flat (only 2.5 x 3.5 meters, basically 1-car parking lot size), on the 48th floor, Hong Kong.
As an Indonesian, I always like that we and Thailand (and other indochinese countries) are grouped into 1 southeast asia despite having very very different culture and language!
I believe we can easily divide south east Asia into mainland vs maritime, even then there are still many differences in the countries of each group but I think the mainland vs maritime geographical location plays a big role in determining the difference between each respective group
สวสดีครับ Greetings from Indonesia to my Thai brothers and sisters! I especially really like the Thai language, I love the script's look so much! Also the anthem of Thailand is one of the first foreign anthems I memorized by heart Love from Indonesia
I'm from Thailand and I really love this video! I've been watching Geography Now for a while already and ever since 2017, I've been anticipating the Thailand episode, and I must say this didn't disappoint! Although there were a few minor inaccuracies, for the most part this was really well-researched and I have faith that it'll teach other people more about Thailand! ขอบคุณครับ! 🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭
@@MichaelSmith-fy1jj One inaccuracy was that "Pak Kret" was described as a city surrounding Bangkok, which isn't true because Pak Kret is a district within Nonthaburi (though it surrounds BKK and is part of the Greater Bangkok Area)
Really need to go back to Thailand Went in 92 for Cobra Gold, US Military and Thai military exercises, got my Thai wings there Bangkok was overwhelming but awesome, got to visit the Reclining Buddha, ate awesome Thai food Not sure where we were but saw a giant Buddha carved in to the side of a mountain Overall great people and places
I’ve been dreaming of visiting Thailand for so long and i was supposed to do that in 2020, but Covid messed up everything. Thailand has many thing to offer from big cities, nightlife, food, history, temples, wildlife….. finger crossed for one day (also hope they get rid of covid restrictions) 🇹🇭
Songkran is the thai word derived from the sanskrit word sankranti and is also the hindu new year throughout the indosphere-india, burma, srilanka, bali etc( celebrated as vishu, baisakhi ,puthandu, bihu etc all on the same day april 14 to 15). Most of the similarities in culture and language are very evident and obvious to Indian ears, especially the names which have heavy sanskrit influence. Even the thai script is of tamil origin. Entering the airport one can definitely see heavy indian influence even in the airports name- suvarnabhumi which in sanskrit translates to golden land and the display of the hindu story samudra manthan. Most would certainly forget that even today the priests of the royal family are hindu bramhins whose ancestors were brought to thailand from southern india to perform the rituals needed for the royal family and also introduce most of the common hindu rituals and practices. The present day thai calender, astrology zodiac, ramakien, heavy thervada buddhism and even the traditional dresses like sabai (from saree)are derived from India. even the thai greeting customs is of indic origin.(sawadee with folded hands was) In the modern world thais may forget their deep relationship with their Indian counterparts but we must not forget the tree who loses its roots is doomed for sure. Hope the two cultures reach their glory together and not lose it in the name of modernization.
The culture part might be in the historical side but Thai people still watch Indian drama and movie quite a lot till today. It's kinda wierd that 20th century Indian food doesn't exist in Thai cookery, while Indian movie and drama still popular during this period (and super popular around 50 years ago)
National anthem is also played before every film. Everyone will stand up. It's played after all the adverts and trailers but before the film. I haven't been of late, but there used to be a selection of different video version of the King along with the anthem.
The episode I wanted to watch the most!😆 I LOVE THAILAND, is my favorite country in the world, and this episode is my favorite now. Love from Uruguay.🇺🇾❤️🇹🇭
Portugal was the first European nation which have the contact with the Kingdom of Ayutthaya. The Portuguese people introduced the Roman Catholic Church and modern warfare, the using of firearms, to the kingdoms in the region, especially the Siamese Kingdom of Ayutthaya and the Burmese Kingdom of Taungoo. Many Portuguese people worked as missionaries traders and mercenaries in the both kingdoms' troops and many were awarded the Siamese noble peerage. After the Fall of Ayutthaya in 1767, King Taksin estabished Thonburi as the new capital. Many remaining Portuguese people in Ayutthaya moved to the new capital. Their descendants are still living there today, in the community near Santa Cruz Church. Even many of them assimilated with the Siamese, Mon and Chinese, they still preserve their Portuguese roots, such as being Roman Catholic and having a unique cuisine. Many Thai desserts also have the Portuguese influences too.
@@thboy1037 that is a great rundown of the history of luso Thai relationships, and all very true also. I've been in the Santa Cruz District, visited the church and the school and you are right, there is still some remnants of Portuguese food there made by what at first sight looks like a Thai person. I'm very happy to live in this country and proud of our past relationships which can be said, have been great.
@KIT-Nascimento I make way more than sustainable level. Don't believe everything under qualified backpackers tell you about work in Thailand lol. Also, what it is it with you or the topic
The part in which you say that Lan was divided into 5 smaller kingdoms at that period is a bit wrong though. The area which is called Lan Na didn't get divided into 5 smaller kingdoms until the times of Rattanakosin era when it became a vassal of present-day Thailand or at that time called "Rattanakosin".Before that, in the Ayutthaya period, Lan Na is still a unified kingdom ruled by the " Mang Rai" dynasty until it became a vassal of the Taungoo and Kaungbaung Dynasty later on. After the Ayutthaya kingdom fell, the Thonburi kingdom took back Lan Na from Burmese ruled and established 5 smaller kingdoms as a vassal that you have said in the video. These so-called kingdoms would later get slowly abolished and fully annexed into Thailand during the reign of King Rama the V.
Thais and Filipinos look like each other and the only times we fight is during the beauty pageant season, especially Miss Universe! ❤️ Love from the Philippines 🇵🇭 🤝 🇹🇭
Al-(chaing) Rai-ght! Tuktuk in your shirts, and don't Phuket it's Thai-m to "Koh" and "Wat"-ch this new GN episode! Thanks Julie Som and Anya for guest starring in this episode! you all were so fun to have and also thanks to all YOU guys the Thai Geograpeeps for all your help with this episode too! Khop Kun!
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I really want to go to Thailand one day :)
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I'm from Japan , Thailand it's the best country in South East Asia. My dad have been working in phuket be a engineer. My dad said this country have a lot of beautiful things traditions, food , and others love thailand from Japan 🇯🇵❤️🇹🇭
as you all said Thailand has many things for us to discover many new things. love from UK 🇬🇧❤️🇹🇭
❤love Japan too from 🇹🇭 Thailand, and we welcome to Thailand ❤
คนไทยจะรักคนญี่ปุ่นมากที่สุด เพราะคนญี่ปุ่นมีบางอย่างคล้ายคนไทยคือสำรวม เกรงใจ ให้เกียรติผู้อื่น แม้ว่าในอดีตคนไทยจำนวนไม่น้อยอพยพมาจากจีนและมีลักษณะแบบคนจีน แต่ทุกวันนี้ได้หลอมรวมและกลมกลืนกัน และพวกเขาเป็นคนไทยสมบูรณ์แบบ ไม่เชื่อไปถามเขาดู เขาภูมิใจในความเป็นไทย แม้ว่าจีนจะยิ่งใหญ่แค่ไหน เพราะเราเชื่อมั่นว่าจิตใจของเราให้เกียรติคนชาติอื่นมาก และนี่ที่เรารักญี่ปุ่น
Love Japan, too, from Thailand! I thought Thai people were a bit too laid off for Japanese preference. Hahaha
Love Japan from Laos 🇯🇵 ❤️ 🇱🇦
Thailand is one of my best favorite country in the world!
Love to thailand🇹🇭 from japan🇯🇵
We love Japan too♥️
tbh I don't really like Japan historically during the Japanese Empire but i love modern Japan, welcome!
I’m from Thailand so hi 🇹🇭
เคยรู้ไหมในทุกๆประเทศทั่วโลก คนไทยชอบคนญี่ปุ่นที่สุด😊
ขอบคุณมากคร้บ อยากบอกว่าคนไทยทุกคนรักและชอบประเทศญี่ปุ่นมากที่สุด
I want to go so bad to Thailand, this country is a gem. Greetings from Costa Rica. Btw our countries have smilar flags 🇨🇷♡🇹🇭
i sure wonder why people think we copied eachother
when i heard cr word i thought croatia but it is called hr (hrvatska) in croatian sheeze
I LOVE GEOGRAPHY NOW ❤️
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If you fold a map in half… thailand and costa rica touches. Try it out now
Fun fact: Thailand drives on the left because of (indirect) British influence. The Japanese started exporting many vehicles to Thailand and also helped a lot with their transportation infrastructure. The Japanese themselves drive on the left because the British built their railways and then roads followed suit.
Thailand also border British colonies like Myanmar/Burma and Malaysia which also drives on the left,
In the case of Myanmar, their dictator leader woke up one day and have a divine dream that everyone should drive on the right in the 70s.
I would say not likely true. Left side driving seems to start before WW I in Thailand due to the need to seamlessly connecting with British colonized neighbors as well as the meter gauge rail system( as you said). Japanese auto builders only came in the 60s ,quite late in time though slowly but strongly predominating the Thai auto market to date. Coincidently that Thai and Japan both have the same driving rule on the left.
No my friend, there are really a lot of Japanese that love Thai and have been moved to lived here in Thailand like over 100,000+ population but in terms of the transportation infrastructure were all about auction my friend, they didn't help Thailand it's because there are a lot of companies fought for those projects and yes probably what you saw many times were the Japanese company won but not most of them my friend they had to competed with others company in Thailand to won the auction too to worked on those project, and like I saw about 25 years ago when you have a big project such as big long second or third floors Toll way, BTS skytrain or MRT underground train they still have a lot of companies from many countries worked together because it's really a big project and what I've seen too like you was one of them always the Japanese company it's probably because they are professional and won because sent a good price at auction but ofcourse not only the Japanese company worked on those project, like when we built the MRT 25 years ago we called Joint-Venture BCKT as a name of a company because we have 4 company doing work together only dig the tunnal hole itself for the MRT underground train already used the machine fromThai company+Japan company+ Germany company. We have to do together because it was a really big project. If it's not that big project, Yes probably they could do that project by only 1 big company and that's mean only one country do that project.
Just like we Thai company just already completed built the First SkyTrain for Bangladesh people it's called the Dhakha Metro Rail Project, and they already tested the train to use since last year.
Britons invented everything. Just ask them.
As a Tai Ahom from Assam 🇮🇳, Northeast India, Thailand is like my solace purely because I relate with everything there. From language, food, dresses, culture to looks, I feel more connected to this land than any other place. I highly recommend anyone from Northeast India especially the Tai communities to atleast pay a visit once, in order to know how a Tai speaking community lives.
I have personally visited Thailand 3 times. Covered most of the regions. My favourite city has to be Chiang Mai. Can't wait to be back again soon to discover even more.
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Love you from Thailand
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Baperor murtu
I'am from Tamil Nadu and I like how Ahoms defeated mughals 17 times
I love Thai people, when you come to Thailand, you are warmly welcomed, you will feel like you are home. We love you Thailand, from Indonesia.
Siam and sri lanka are friends since ancient times😊🇱🇰love from srilanka.
I subbed this channel for 2-3 years,(since the M's) now my country has finally arrived! Good work man.
Great that it didn't come until now. The videos are more than 3x longer than they were with the countries at the start of the alphabet.
me thai too
Three years and we're almost to mine ... Trinidad and Tobago.
I since the S countries
I’m waiting for v countries
I have always felt at home in Thailand, the people are so kind and I never felt I was away from my own India... Lots of love to our Thai brothers and sisters...
Love Thailand from Brazil 🇧🇷♡🇹🇭
Love Brazil too from Thai❤❤❤❤
I visited Thailand 8 times. I love the vibes of Bangkok, beautiful scenery in the southern part, hospitable people and the friendliest environment for the tourists. Thank you Thailand for being such an awesome country. ❤ from Bangladesh
One of my favourite countries. I love its language, series and culture. Greetings from Chile 🇨🇱🇹🇭
As a Thai, your welcome my friend.
@@Dun41I love thailand ❤🇹🇭 of south America 🌎
Lots of love to Thailand 🇹🇭 from Japan!!
We love Japan too!!
We love japan
i despise thais and japanese . they refuse to learn english for tourists. Their languages is a torture.
As a Thai that lives in Malaysia for nearly whole life, what a good episode.
The only thing that lacks is the true Thai comfort food, Ka praw 😅
I was a Thai person who lived in Malaysia before as well สวัสดี
Ahahaha I was too surprised they didn't mention it. Ka praw is like the Thai burger. Comfort, cheap and available everywhere. I love this country
Pad Ka Prao is the most wholesome meal ever. Don’t forget the sunny side up egg
@Yesus You're a gross man just trying to get other men to click on your profile.
I am Thai ครับ and I from จันทบุรี
As a Burmese,I feel really close to Thailand even though we had wars in the past,when I visited Thailand for the first time,the tour guide are really friendly and singing for us in the bus on the way to the market we visited,some Thai people took me for a Thai when I stopped by and asked how much is that, overall Thailand is the land of friendly people.
the new gen actually didn’t care about the wars anymore. we should progress together!
I am Thai and I used to visit Myanmar and so much impression for people, and we are Buddhism and very impression for faith of Burmese to Buddhist🙏🏻 Myanmar is my favorite country, I love in your faith and soul, Burmese are nice.
Love to burmese
Lots of love to my Burmese friends🎉
Burmese is trouble maker in ASEAN...
I'm here in Thailand right now for work and I was so excited to watch this episode! What wonderful timing. This series is divine - thanks team!
What work are you able to find in Thailand, as an expat?
I went to Phuket, Thailand via a cruise and enjoyed it so much! 🫶 Literally had the fullest meal ever there! Love from fellow ASEAN Singapore 🇸🇬❤️🔥🇹🇭
My Aunt visited Thailand 🇹🇭 with some of her friends. When she came back home, she couldn't stop speaking about the food, hospitality and the beauty of the country. Would love to visit. Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦 👌👍👊😉
I have a friend who lives in Johannesburg and he said that it’s very beautiful there! I’d love to visit South Africa one day 🇹🇭❤️🇿🇦
@@drift752 That's awesome. I'm from Cape Town(Born and Bred), but have family in Johannesburg as well. You more than welcome🙂🙂🙂
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Please visit one day, personally I want to visit South Africa one day :)
As someone who has met many natives IN Thailand I can say that these guests represent Thai people SO WELL. They are always friendly, open, fun and playful.
Thailand is our close friend in the southeast Asia region. High respect from Indonesia 🇮🇩🙌
Especially in sports, we may often compete for top spot in ASEAN events, but we always cheer for each other🇲🇨🤝🇹🇭 Respect Indonesia.
@@captlove8788 yes, unlike Vietnamese 😂
Love Indonesia from Thailand
Indonesia is paradise on earth! Love, from Thailand
We love Indonesia!
Thailand is a beautiful place, I love how close the Indian and Thai cultures are. When I first went to Thailand, I was fascinated by your jiggly-wiggly letters, similar to our Indian scripts and some Ramayana excerpts in the form of Drama, as we do Ramlila in India. But, i couldn' t make any from the language which seemed very sinitic and cute to me, with the tones. Plus, being from Odisha state of India, we had trade relations with Thai kingdoms too.
ประเทศนี้เป็นประเทศเพื่อนบ้านที่เจ๋งที่สุดที่ฉันเคยไปมา พวกเราชาวอินโดนีเซียชอบคนไทย และเรายินดีต้อนรับคนไทยเมื่อพวกเขามาที่นี่ สวัสดีประเทศไทย!
คนไทยก็รักคนอินโดนีเซียครับ
Yes.
Thanks and hope to see your friend
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มีเพื่อนสนิทเป็นคนอินโดนีเซียที่เยอรมันจ้า
I have always felt like Thailand and Philippines are twins. Although they both don’t share borders, they are very similar in many ways. Greetings from Thailand’s 🇹🇭 southern neighbour, Malaysia 🇲🇾. Many Malaysians also have Thai descent.
I don’t see any similarities between PH and TH maybe with Indonesia but definitely not Thailand. Totally different.
As a Thai, we love the Philippines but we are quite different. I’d say we’re twins with Laos and siblings with Malaysia, Cambodia, and Indonesia
Twins don't necessarily need to be the same
@@Gebri3l that defeats the meaning of the metaphor lol. Lots of love for our sister country, the Philippines 🇵🇭🇹🇭♥️
Types of SEA countries
🇲🇲🇱🇦🇰🇭🇹🇭🇻🇳= Buddhist
🇮🇩🇧🇳🇲🇾= Muslim
🇸🇬🇹🇱= The smallest
🇵🇭= The Lone Wolf🐺👑
I can honestly say: this is my favorite channel on all of UA-cam. I’m a flight attendant for a large US airline. I visit this channel WEEKLY as I’m traveling around the world. Gives me an incredible appreciation and small glimpse into the places I visit and the people on my flights. THANK YOU! Def think I would fangirl if I ever saw you on one of my flights hahaha
Perhaps you should join the team 😊
Greetings from Boyolali, Central Java, Indonesia. Our king used to be really close. Several Siam kings visited Surakarta, Yogyakarta, and Mangkunegaran palace in Java when Java still under colonial rule, and have really good relationship that Rama V fascinated with Javanese culture. He even has a ton a collection of batik.
Wow, kulo nembe mawon ngertos saking panjenengan menawi wonten sejarahipun niku
I visit the Royal collections from time to time, and LOVE the richness of Javanese batik culture. One national artist, for fabric art, residing in Krabi in Southern Thailand, traces her lineage back to Java, when her family was invited to Siam with the blessings of the Yogyakarta court. Her works are amazing, and I an proud to own two pieces from her studio.
Aku wong Boyolali yoan mas, daerah Teras
Rama 5 also brought back rusa deers and water hyacinth from Java
A fun fact from Thailand. Rama V was also enthralled by the Javanese gardening so much that he brought some Javanese people to plant around Sanam Luang or Royal Field. So we still have citizens of Indonesian blood until now. 🇹🇭❤️🇮🇩
I've been to Thailand for a wedding among a lot of other countries. I would recommend Thailand as my number 1 place to visit. Beautiful people, the best food. Cheap prices. The beaches are paradise. I can't wait to go back. Go on a boat tour to the phi phi islands, it's absolutely insane
Yes, a tour to Phi Phi/Maya Bay was my favorite trip here in Thailand
I'm from thailand but I recommend going to Philippines Island since it's a fr paradise and it's the most beautiful beaches in southeast Asia
Love this episode!
Thailand is amazing and Thai people are indeed very nice! Had to laugh when you say “not Taiwan”. As a Taiwanese living abroad, I often have to say “we are not Thailand” 🤣
I love Thailand's great people, food, culture, and beautiful environment. As a Lao-America, I agree that both Lao and Thai share a similar culture and language. Regardless of history, we are one. Love from Lao. 🇱🇦 🤍 🇹🇭
Ikr
เหมือนกันครับ
Laos?
@@norahsaliko1653 Laos actually read as "Lao". It became Laos because of the colonial era or something like that i can't remembered the exact reason.
คนบ้านเดียวกัน รักกันเเหละดีเเล้ว❤
As a Thai person living in the US, I’ve been waiting for this video for a long time. Thank you for making this!
FYI: Tambralinga (ตามพรลิงก์) is the name of the long lost biggest kingdom of the south of Thailand which situated in nowadays Nakhon Sri Thammarat province and also the people from the south (like me) never call our home with this 'fantasy' word 😆 we just simply call it "Pak Tai" (ภาคใต้, ปักษ์ใต้)
After this video I got to know that Thai has A LOT of cultural connections with India, just as little simple things, like most people won't go to barbershops on Tuesdays, the names of the days in the week like Mon, Tues, etc connected to planets, and a lott I found very similar! Also, I find some common words to Indian languages for example the name of Thai international airport Suvarna Bhoomi, most of the Indian languages Suvarna means gold or good looking structure, Bhoomi means land or earth.
Yes, Suvannabhumi means golden land 😃
Im able to understand almost all words like tambralinga, and the big city name of bangkok and everything, that's incredible
Actually it's like is a hindu country with budhist philosophy!!!
In nowadays most barbershop in thailand aren't stop to service in wednesday but some of barbershop at rural area still close and not service in wednesday
Most of the bloodline shared among the population in the central part of Thailand is Mon.
Indonesian here and was looking forward for the Thailand episode like from centuries ago LOL
Sending loves to my neighbor country, one of my favorite ASEAN country-mate to visit!
As a Thai, one thing I love is the people. We tend to really to share our culture to others. Unfortunately, most of us can’t speak English, once we can we will not stop speaking until you are tired of it, but you won’t, believe me.
One of the greatest experiences I had was traveling to Thailand to teach music. I recommend any 'touristic' activity or location that are well known, but take a chance to and get in touch with local communities and 'normal' Thai. The respect they show to others is admirable, and they truly are the most polite and hospitable people I've met. Almost to the extreme, which will take some getting used to. If the whole world was a little more like Thailand, we'd have a lot more peace.
Also, you forgot a little detail in the friend zone. One of the oldest diplomatic relations in the world and in Thailand is between the royal families of Thailand and the Netherlands! Over 400 years of friendship!
I found interesting when people have amazing admirable but in other app like quora, people also comments about got rob/not that admirable thing etc in the local communities. Btw Asian in generally famous for their polite & hospitality
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thailand is quite amazing, my grandma lives in Chiang Rai and ive been there lots of times
@Yesus You're a gross man just trying to get other men to click on your profile.
@Yesus I reported your gross video so nobody will ever click on it.
5:20 full name : His Majesty King Ramathibodi Sri Sinthon Maha Vajiralongkorn Mahisorn Bhumibol Ratchawarangkun Kitisiri Somboon Adulyadej Yaminthrathibesorn Rajavarodom Borommanatbophit Phra Vajiraklao Chao Yu Hua
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Thailand. A country of beautiful landscapes, culture, food and interesting history. Just like Poland! Greetings to Thailand from Poland! 🇵🇱🤝🇹🇭
สวัสดีคนโปแลน
โปแลน หรือ โปลิช???
Polen
I love poland
Why?
I love poland
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yall should add a section for public transports such as bus, subways, urban railways, of the biggest cities.
If they had that section, the US would have 1 sentece about their puplic transport and that is it
@Yesus what does that have to do with anything?
It’s already a 33 minute episode dude
Oh yea the public transport is sooo important that it deserves its own section in 20 minute + videos am I right guys?
@Yesus Thank you! Didn't ask!
Thailand is such a beautiful country, I went in 2019 to Phuket for songkran and it is one of my most treasured memories, love from Australia 🇦🇺❤️🇹🇭
Much Love To Thailand From Laos!!! 🇱🇦❤️🇹🇭
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Thailand has one of the best wildlife hotspot countries to visit in my opinion!
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Nope ,Africa has that crown.
What is the best wildlife hotspot in Thailand?
@@KimAhrina11 mosquito in thailand they are so cute
as a Filipino who studied in Thailand, it’s literally the best place I’ve visited so far. 💗
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Ive been to Thailand 5 years ago on 2017 😁👍 LOVE IT from Indonesia 🇮🇩 💖💖 🇹🇭
Thought that was Monaco 🇲🇨for a second.
สวัสดีคนอินโด
Love you too 🇹🇭❤️🇮🇩
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@@tuatorsiripat8839I love thailand ❤🇹🇭 of south America 🌎
Being a Thai myself, I'm really excited to see this episode. Aside from the puns and the pronunciations, I think you've done a great job. One thing I'm rather disappointed about is that there's no mention of my home province Buriram. Buriram is a province located on the southern part of Isan. It is where the Panom Rung castle (a castle that works kinda like the Stonehenge ie the sunset will align along the middle of castle sometime in a year) and the Khao Kradong (one of the few dormant valcanos in Thailand) are located. Really want you guys to cover that. But other than that, I think you guys have done great job on this episode.
@Yesus You're a gross man just trying to get other men to click on your profile.
I'd love to visit Buriram one day. From Vietnam.
@@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou OH MY!
you're so right.
"aside from the puns" haha
i'm thai too.
I've lived in Thailand for over 2 years and still learned a lot from this video.
I visited Chiang Mai about 4 or 5 years ago. I took a cooking class, went to an elephant sanctuary, went hiking, and went ATV riding. It was a great trip.
I remember when I was in Alaska I was driving out in the middle of nowhere and seeing a log cabin that was also a Thai restaurant. I was so shocked that I laughed
yea, us Alaskan love thai food fsr
Salmon curry sounds great.
As a Thai, I find this funny and enjoyable. Well done!
Thailand is an extremely beautiful country, delicious food and nice people, greetings from Malaysia! 🇹🇭🤝🇲🇾
@Yesus Ja
@Yesus You're a gross man just trying to get other men to click on your profile.
@@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou Did you?
@@Dita000 Was wondering why he replied "I'm Asian" to dozens of different comments, and I couldn't make out what his profile pic was, so...
@@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou that's a bot . ignore or report
Tambralinga is actually a name for an ancient kingdom located in southern Thailand.
ตามพรลิงค์
ancient name and the same reason they conquered the malaysian empire until the south of thailand became the property of thailand even though the islamic population there was large, did thailand propose a new border
@@afizi1213 Tambralinga It is an ancient kingdom centered in the present day nakhon si thammarat province. I live in the southern thailand. there are mostly buddhists and christians here. did you know that southern thailand has a population of about 7 million. and the total muslim population in thailand is about 2-7 million people. ( the total population of thailand is 70 million people.) just narathiwat, yala and pattani there's the most muslims. ( means that the majority of the population is muslim. )
@@chaniquecasemzhang5991 ohhh yahh 🙃
Majority of Nakhon Si Thammarat province are non-Thai even until today.
I hope to visit Thailand one day! I’ve heard nothing but good things and Thai food is my absolute favorite!
Wow, this really made me want to go to Thailand again. Such an awesome country. It's one of the world's biggest tourism hotspots for a reason.
Hi I am from Thailand. Aside from visiting Bangkok, Pattaya, Krabi and other famous provinces you may have heard of, you could try going to Hua Hin, Prachuapkhirikhan next time. It is wonderful there and I love Hua Hin so much because it is my hometown.
Thanks for your recommendation! I'd love to visit your country one day.
Love fron srilanka😊🇱🇰❤️
I went to the Hua Hin beach (in 2016) and it was sooo nice.
Hua hin got so many farang though
Are old people called crusty Krabis?
Such a nice feeling to see this video after coming back from Thailand, definitely going back to this amazing country
Thailand, it reminds me of relationships & events related to my country 🇮🇩 (don't forget history & love 🇹🇭 too from your neighbor country, Indonesia 🙂):
1. Rescue from an Indonesian plane hijacking at Don Moeang Airport in 1981 (aka Operation Woyla)
2. The handover of the Angklung musical instrument to Prince Bhanubhandu Savangwongse in 1908, then introduced it to his students of the art of music.
3. Cultural similarities in the Old Javanese era such as the Zodiac (in the Srivijaya era). If in Thailand the zodiac will be the month on the date
4. There are Javanese villages & Makkasan settlements
5. And many others
@RA Yup, and of course he presented a statue of an elephant which is now in front of the National Museum, Jakarta 👍. You can visit it too
Mau claim 😂😂
@@nigolgonilnigol152 Blm sampai, yg pnting menghargai budaya aslinya jgn sampai kayak *uhuk*🗿
@@kakfafadillahe The 5th information you said is not true, Thailand is nothing like Indonesia, everything in Thailand is similar to India😠
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I an happy to see a lot of hindu and buddhist influence in the thai culture. I was literally able to understand most of the thai words spoken in this video because of the mix of sanskrit and pali in their language. May god bless Thailand
Indonesia: 14:53
Philippines: 19:42
Malaysia: 13:19
East timor: 9:28
Brunei: 11:24
Myanmar: 16:10
Cambodia: 11:16
Singapore: 28:07
Laos: 12:33
Thailand:...................33:28!!!!!
I'm kind of surprised they didn't talk about Prince Bira of Siam. He's the first Thai F1 driver and competed in the Olympics for sailing if I'm not mistaken. But still what an amazing video.
Did they mention how Rama VIII and Rama IX were born abroad and Rama IX became the only monarch born on American soil to rule a nation.
@Yesus You're a gross man just trying to get other men to click on your profile.
Sounds like he's too cool to be real ;p
@@theawesomeman9821 he is. Google it my guy :)
@@donovanlocust1106 I believe you
I have a friend from Thailand. We've been friends since the age of 10. We were actually introduced through his aunt because my mother worked with his aunt. He would come visit during April. Last time I saw Mac was 7 years ago and he was studying to become an engineer. I promised to come visit him one day.
I was an exchange student in Thailand when I was in High School and that whole experience feels like the most delicious dream I’ve ever had.
I've visited Thailand once in 2017, really love their hospitality and cuisine, would be eager to return once i would have the chance to.
Hope you do :)
I was so lucky to visit Thailand in 2018, still the best travel experience I ever had. Swimmed in the Maya Bay just before it was closed down. Such a nice people, made a lot of friends, will definitely come back! 🇹🇭💛
I miss Thailand very much, basically I travel to Thailand every year before pandemic hits. I hope can go there soon.
Love that you had Thai people there to help present the episode ❤️
It really adds a great aspect to learning about Thailand
Been to Thailand several times and love their food, shopping, peoples and tourist spot... Lots of love from your brother Malaysia
“When I left America I understood the formation of public opinion in Southeast Asia. I had had the best course possible, taught by a famous Asian expert. Two minutes at Chulalongkorn taught me that I might just as profitably have studied the zither.”
― Carol Hollinger
My favourite country in the World. Shout out to Theerathon “Aum” Bunmathan, Messi “Jay” Chanathip, Thanapitchakorn “Nhim” Kanuengpim, Sek Loso, Por Annop - who are my favourite Thai Celebrities, Sportsmen.
I hope to visit again soon! It’s been 2 years, damn. Love from Singapore 🇸🇬
Phu Thai Dai Nid Noy 🇹🇭
Also, Thai BL (LGBTQ web and TV drama) industry is very influential globally and they hold a large market share of the content produced around the world
Love from the United States of America to Thailand! 🇺🇸❤️🇹🇭
As a Vietnamese i adore Thailand, i have so many friends who are mix Thai so i get to experience their culture 1st hand n i love it. So beautiful and colourful 💖🇹🇭 💛🇻🇳
Are Most Vietnamese Buddhist like Thai,Cambodians,Burmese & Laos(Like Buddhist South-East Asian Neighbors)?
@@nncrystal7065 well there are influences from buddhism, but they merged into our very own folk religion, so called "Vietnamese folk religion"
@@quanquoctruong1276 Well I've also saw on Google that they follow mixture of Buddhism,Taoism, Confucianism & also worship local folk deities & ancestors
Does this make up the concept of "Vietnamese Folk Religion"?
Also saw there are about 8%-10% Christians & also religions like Hoahaoism,Caodaism(which I haven't heard before)
Looks like Vietnam is a multi religious country!
@@nncrystal7065 yup, we are quite free in regards to our religions. People believe what they believe.
@@nncrystal7065 yes that's mostly the concept of "Vietnamese Folk Religion", tho most of us just call ourselves Buddhist if we fallow it.
Hoahaoism n Caodaism are religions that were created here in vietnam.
Hoahaoism is like either like a folk religion or a sect of Buddhism.
While Caodaism is a new religious movement established in the city of Tây Ninh in southern Vietnam (this idk much about).
N indeed vietnam is a multi religious country, we except all beliefs here.
Kudos to the team for this vdo. As a Thai myself, I rarely see a very informative vdo about my country like this one(and very accurate,like no media of this country would never dare to show it). Your pronunciations are very on point.
Love your co-hosts too.
@Yesus You're a gross man just trying to get other men to click on your profile.
Kudos คืออะไรครับ
@@JEMXliveChannel เป็นคำที่ใช้ฟีลแบบ ยินดีด้วย อ่ะค่ะเวลามีคนประสบความสำเร็จ หรือทำอะไรสักอย่าง
I have been traveling around the world doing Freelance jobs for 7 years now. Whenever I go to a new place I make sure to watch the geography now about the place. Always amazing tips and I have so proud of how you and the crew have grown Barbie.
All love brother !
Thailand, which has about the same land area as Spain or France, consists of two broad geographic areas: a larger main section in the north and a smaller peninsular extension in the south. The main body of the country is surrounded by Myanmar (Burma) to the west, Laos to the north and east, Cambodia to the southeast, and the Gulf of Thailand to the south. Myanmar extends along the western portion of the peninsula as far as the Isthmus of Kra, after which Thailand occupies the entire peninsula until reaching its southern border with Malaysia at roughly latitude 6° N.
26:26 same here in India 🇮🇳 🙌
The days also represent different planets and sun.
For e.g Shani(Saturday)-Saturn ;Bruhaspati(Guru)ie(Thursday)-Jupiter ; Surya-Sun(day) ::))
Thailand has brings a lot of Indian cultures through Hindusim and Bhuddism.
It mostly comes under indospehere historically
@@thatchatajariya9974 it hasn't bought. It was always there just Hindus aren't more but Sanatan Dharm remained there
@@aniruddha3431 it wasn’t always there, it didnt just came out of now where the culture was spread during the golden age of hinduism and Buddhism
@@VedanshK ya that's what I am saying before any beliefs came to the country the Dharma was always there.
As a Malaysian Malay, i really hope to see more of the tambralingga part. Because there where the Pattani region seperated to two parts, the northen part were given to Siam, and the southern part were given to British, and as the result, these people which share same culture since Funan and Langkasuka empire, are in different countries today, Malaysia and Thailand.
They suppose to mention that
@@kudamasin4992 agreed...
Actually, It is really normal for modern day because of nationalism system that makes us separately. For example, there are around 25 million Thai who have to separate from Thai mainland and live under China territory in Guangxi and Yunnan. Moreover, there are Thai in northern India and northern Myanmar too. In addition, Laos and Thai are same race but have to separate the country because of French during the colonization period. So, every country also has the problem of unfair territory which separate their brothers and sisters apart. But we do not have to be angry by the past. We have to create the better world that all races can live together, no border , no nationalism, unite as one.
Finally, I have been Waiting for a video like this. Greetings Thailand From USA
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ในชีวิตก่อนตายผมขอไปอเมนิกาสักครั้งรีกและหลงไหลอเมริกา
It truly surprises me how megacities like Bangkok have almost double the population of my country of Serbia, with the territory of 88000km2, compared to the 1500km2 of Bangkok, that's crazy
Yeah but you wouldn't want to live in a 30 sqft pod in the 43rd floor of a building but rather a suburban/exurban town with a large beautiful yard located with picturesque views
same case with HK , Singapore , and other densely populated "small countries/cities".
my friend live in a flat (only 2.5 x 3.5 meters, basically 1-car parking lot size), on the 48th floor, Hong Kong.
As an Indonesian, I always like that we and Thailand (and other indochinese countries) are grouped into 1 southeast asia despite having very very different culture and language!
I believe we can easily divide south east Asia into mainland vs maritime, even then there are still many differences in the countries of each group but I think the mainland vs maritime geographical location plays a big role in determining the difference between each respective group
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Greetings from Indonesia to my Thai brothers and sisters!
I especially really like the Thai language, I love the script's look so much!
Also the anthem of Thailand is one of the first foreign anthems I memorized by heart
Love from Indonesia
its สวัสดีครับ but i think your thai is pretty good (thai here)
@@UnCursed he probably used a translator?
@@manleyaccmanley617 i think he just wrote it by himself. there is no way the translator will forgot the ั
@@UnCursed im no expert in thai so i cant argue with a thai expert lol (from cambodia btw, love u guys, ignore the mobs hating the thais)
Royalists
Love from India to Thailand 🇹🇭 🇮🇳
We have been friends for many years and try make sure this continues
another informational, educational episode,
and not to forget, lovely co-hosts!
I'm from Thailand and I really love this video! I've been watching Geography Now for a while already and ever since 2017, I've been anticipating the Thailand episode, and I must say this didn't disappoint! Although there were a few minor inaccuracies, for the most part this was really well-researched and I have faith that it'll teach other people more about Thailand!
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Can you clarify the inaccuracies please?
@@MichaelSmith-fy1jj One inaccuracy was that "Pak Kret" was described as a city surrounding Bangkok, which isn't true because Pak Kret is a district within Nonthaburi (though it surrounds BKK and is part of the Greater Bangkok Area)
@@kitfisto999 interesting. I appreciate the clarification!
I’m in Thailand rn! Loved it so much. What an incredible place and lovely people
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Big love from Canada to Thailand 🇨🇦❤🇹🇭
Really need to go back to Thailand
Went in 92 for Cobra Gold, US Military and Thai military exercises, got my Thai wings there
Bangkok was overwhelming but awesome, got to visit the Reclining Buddha, ate awesome Thai food
Not sure where we were but saw a giant Buddha carved in to the side of a mountain
Overall great people and places
Buddha Mountain, outside Pattaya in Chonburi
You should really go back for a visit. Much have changed in the past 30 years-- it would be like your 1st visit all over again-- lol!
I’ve been dreaming of visiting Thailand for so long and i was supposed to do that in 2020, but Covid messed up everything. Thailand has many thing to offer from big cities, nightlife, food, history, temples, wildlife….. finger crossed for one day (also hope they get rid of covid restrictions) 🇹🇭
Please do visit :)
Songkran is the thai word derived from the sanskrit word sankranti and is also the hindu new year throughout the indosphere-india, burma, srilanka, bali etc( celebrated as vishu, baisakhi ,puthandu, bihu etc all on the same day april 14 to 15).
Most of the similarities in culture and language are very evident and obvious to Indian ears, especially the names which have heavy sanskrit influence. Even the thai script is of tamil origin. Entering the airport one can definitely see heavy indian influence even in the airports name- suvarnabhumi which in sanskrit translates to golden land and the display of the hindu story samudra manthan.
Most would certainly forget that even today the priests of the royal family are hindu bramhins whose ancestors were brought to thailand from southern india to perform the rituals needed for the royal family and also introduce most of the common hindu rituals and practices.
The present day thai calender, astrology zodiac, ramakien, heavy thervada buddhism and even the traditional dresses like sabai (from saree)are derived from India. even the thai greeting customs is of indic origin.(sawadee with folded hands was)
In the modern world thais may forget their deep relationship with their Indian counterparts but we must not forget the tree who loses its roots is doomed for sure. Hope the two cultures reach their glory together and not lose it in the name of modernization.
Love my Indian brothers :)
Thai people are so friendly they have two Friendzones- one at 17:09 the other at 29:37
It's fascinating how There is a lot of Indian influence in thai culture fascinating.
Love Thailand from India.
The culture part might be in the historical side but Thai people still watch Indian drama and movie quite a lot till today. It's kinda wierd that 20th century Indian food doesn't exist in Thai cookery, while Indian movie and drama still popular during this period (and super popular around 50 years ago)
National anthem is also played before every film. Everyone will stand up. It's played after all the adverts and trailers but before the film. I haven't been of late, but there used to be a selection of different video version of the King along with the anthem.
Thailand is a beautiful country in the world ❤️🇹🇭
Greetings from Philippines🇵🇭
Thailand and Philippines is best friend forever 🇹🇭💞🇵🇭
@@samutprakarnboi9565 Yay 🇵🇭❤️🇹🇭
The episode I wanted to watch the most!😆 I LOVE THAILAND, is my favorite country in the world, and this episode is my favorite now. Love from Uruguay.🇺🇾❤️🇹🇭
I also loved Uruguay 🇺🇾 From Thailand 🇹🇭 but your country name just sus 😭
Hello Thailand, we love your ads, from an Indonesian with love.
As a portuguese man living in Thailand I've been waiting for this episode for a long time! I love it here, no intention of moving elsewhere
i love portugal
Love Portugal, we have a long history together :)
Portugal was the first European nation which have the contact with the Kingdom of Ayutthaya. The Portuguese people introduced the Roman Catholic Church and modern warfare, the using of firearms, to the kingdoms in the region, especially the Siamese Kingdom of Ayutthaya and the Burmese Kingdom of Taungoo. Many Portuguese people worked as missionaries traders and mercenaries in the both kingdoms' troops and many were awarded the Siamese noble peerage. After the Fall of Ayutthaya in 1767, King Taksin estabished Thonburi as the new capital. Many remaining Portuguese people in Ayutthaya moved to the new capital. Their descendants are still living there today, in the community near Santa Cruz Church. Even many of them assimilated with the Siamese, Mon and Chinese, they still preserve their Portuguese roots, such as being Roman Catholic and having a unique cuisine. Many Thai desserts also have the Portuguese influences too.
@@thboy1037 that is a great rundown of the history of luso Thai relationships, and all very true also. I've been in the Santa Cruz District, visited the church and the school and you are right, there is still some remnants of Portuguese food there made by what at first sight looks like a Thai person. I'm very happy to live in this country and proud of our past relationships which can be said, have been great.
@KIT-Nascimento I make way more than sustainable level. Don't believe everything under qualified backpackers tell you about work in Thailand lol. Also, what it is it with you or the topic
The part in which you say that Lan was divided into 5 smaller kingdoms at that period is a bit wrong though. The area which is called Lan Na didn't get divided into 5 smaller kingdoms until the times of Rattanakosin era when it became a vassal of present-day Thailand or at that time called "Rattanakosin".Before that, in the Ayutthaya period, Lan Na is still a unified kingdom ruled by the " Mang Rai" dynasty until it became a vassal of the Taungoo and Kaungbaung Dynasty later on. After the Ayutthaya kingdom fell, the Thonburi kingdom took back Lan Na from Burmese ruled and established 5 smaller kingdoms as a vassal that you have said in the video. These so-called kingdoms would later get slowly abolished and fully annexed into Thailand during the reign of King Rama the V.
Thais and Filipinos look like each other and the only times we fight is during the beauty pageant season, especially Miss Universe! ❤️ Love from the Philippines 🇵🇭 🤝 🇹🇭
I love Thailand from india 🇮🇳🤝🇹🇭
I've been living in Thailand for all my life and I just heard the Thai car company "Thairung" for the first time. Thank you Geography Now!!
i miss Thailand, one of my favorite places
So pleased that Plastic Plastic got a mention in Keith's music segment. They're one of my favourite bands and you should definitely listen to them!