Category Thailand

There’s no doubt Thailand belongs to the world’s most popular and exciting vacation destinations. Thanks to the amazing natural potential which gave this authentic Asian country plenty of beauties reflected in fabulous beach landscapes, fascinating rainforest vastness and wildlife diversity, it definitely has much to offer to everyone who sets out here. Actually, spending a time in Thailand, apart from pleasant seaside moments, opens opportunity for other unforgettable ventures, such as wonderful things to learn. If you want to merge amusement and pleasure along with creating memories for life, enrich your Thai time with those funny activities:

Take a cooking class

Great things to learn in Thailand include taking a cooking classe.

Thai cuisine is pure explosion of delicious tastes, exotic ingredients and fascinating cooking skills combined in the way which leaves exceptional impression to anyone who tries Thai specialties. Regardless whether you’re fan of exotic dishes or you want to take a piece of Thai cooking magic with you, cooking classes will give you fun and a chance to discover the secrets of one of the world’s most astonishing cuisines. While you can choose the exact length of the course, cooking experts are also willing to present you crucial spices and combination of groceries needed for authentic meal. Besides, you’ll be taught some great culinary tricks and, what’s very exciting- there are stunning food kinds you’ll introduce for the first time.

Scuba diving schools

Learn to scuba dive in Thailand

You were admiring outside sea wealth of Thailand beaches, but what’s deep in the water will certainly blow you away. There’s no excuse to miss this stunning adventure, since most of the coastal and island resorts abound with schools offering excellent scuba diving courses. Apart from receiving great knowledge about diving techniques and equipment, trainers will lead you through the most glorious submarine places where you’ll be face to face with sensational animal species and divine undersea scenes.

Learn massaging techniques

Massage techniques specific to Thailand can be picked up while staying in country.

There’s nothing what explains Thai pleasure more than perfectly performed mind and body relaxing treatments. Although pure joy comes from the moments while you’re relishing in wonderful massage during your leisurely vacations, wouldn’t it be great for you too to actually learn Thai massaging techniques? Unique mixture of skills and knowledge related to body care achieved maximum in Thailand, and for those who treat their bodies with respect, there are beneficial coaching opportunities where you can master fantastic massaging techniques. This way you won’t just gather magnificent manual skills to afford to your friends or family members, but you’ll discover which methods thrill your body.

 Practice yoga and meditation

Though it hails from nearby India, yoga has become popular in Thailand.

Oriental spirit of Thai culture is greatly expressed in local meditation activities, which are real treasure for our mind. Whether you already meditate or you plan to start yoga sessions soon, Buddhist temples in Thailand are the best place where you can learn original and proper ways of successful mind –relaxing mediation.

Take a batik course

Learn to dye fabrics the traditional way in Thailand.

Thailand offers a chance to expand your creativity by obtaining unique batik skills based on artistic textile dying. This traditional craft is pretty attractive, interesting and useful, so you can apply it whenever you make decorating items or authentic gifts. Besides, batik course will flare-up your imagination and boost your artistic potential.

* Guest post by Nicole Noel

Top Four Places We May Consider Living

As the journey to Ashgabat approaches, careful planning is necessary.  We also need to plan for what we will do when we get return, and where we would like to go.  We will travel through some of our favorite places in China and will certainly discover more as we go.  With jobs scarce, careful consideration needs to be given to choose the next destination.  Also, just for fun I have listed the top 5 places I would consider moving to and living for the next year or two.

XinJiang

Easily a favorite of mine, the Taklamakan Desert is fabled for expeditions and discoveries; from Maro Polo to Sven Hedin and Aurel Stein, lost cities and ancient ruins are splattered across the desert.  Arguably the harshest desert in the world, surrounded on the west by the Himalayas and the Gobi Desert to the far East, crossing the Taklamakan Desert of XinJiang Provence, China has been a long lasting goal in my mind.  With some of the friendliest people I have ever encountered, Turpan, Urumqi, the capital, and Kashgar – the famous Silk Road trading outpost – would be great places to spend a portion of one’s life.

Uzbekistan

Easily a road less traveled for most westerners, Uzbekistan, a former Soviet Republic, is one of the most remote “Stans.”  With a wide variety of languages, cultures and ethnic groups, Uzbekistan would be a great place to discover something new.  Tashkent, the capital, would be a good place to start and find a job.  The famous shrinking Aral Sea is rapidly decreasing in size due to drastic misuses of water from the sea and Soviet cotton production.  Boats can be seen sitting in a sand dune where the harbor used to be 50 years ago.  Having a 50% Muslim population would also add to the illustrious and interesting nature of this possibly misunderstood and understudied country.

Thailand

Considered the vacation hot spot for Australians and many Europeans, much like the Caribbean is for North Americans, Thailand is a tropical paradise.  With several islands, forests, beaches and sunshine, Thailand would be a significant change from the smoggy air of Shanghai, China.  Although Thailand is currently suffering some political upheaval over their democratically unelected prime minister, it is still a safe and desirable place to live.  Famous for Muay Thai boxing, several areas in Thailand host Muay Thai training camps to give foreigners the change to learn this incredibly powerful art.  For $3500 USD, one can live and learn Muay Thai for one month.  Many foreign companies have set up branches or offices in Thailand because of labor costs and simply for the desire to live on the ocean.

Ecuador

Right smack dab on the equator, another warm beautiful country, perhaps not as frequented by travelers as Thailand, Ecuador bosts great culture and history on the otherside of the world.  With thousands of years of Incan hisotry, World National Heritage sites like the Galápagos Islands, and massive diversity in climate because of the different elevations, Ecuador would be a great place to live – and learn Spanish.  Also having friends from Ecuador, makes is a very desirable place to consider.  Teaching Enlgish while learning Spanish would be a phenominal way to ride out the recession or just live regardless.