travel notes
I. Luggage:
1. When traveling abroad, carry light luggage, durable suitcases and bags, and try to avoid valuables;
2. Check one piece of luggage for free (the total amount is not more than 20kg, and the total length, width and height are not more than 269cm). Daily necessities, laundry, fruit knife, etc. You can put it in the suitcase.
3. Carry-on luggage (the total length, width and height shall not exceed 1 15 cm). Please put valuables and fragile items or items that need to be taken at any time in your carry-on luggage. For example: self-provided drugs, cameras, camera negatives, batteries, etc. Note: Please bring your passport, air ticket, cash, etc. With you;
4. The front desk of overseas hotels provides free safes for guests. Don't give valuables, certificates and money to others for safekeeping;
Traveling abroad may make you feel unwell, so you should prepare some spare medicines. If you take certain drugs for a long time, such as hypertension, heart disease, stomach trouble, diabetes, etc. Please bring enough medicine and doctor's prescription just in case;
6. Most types of films can be purchased locally, but the price is relatively expensive. You'd better prepare enough film before you leave. Whether the film has been used or not, it should be put in the carry-on bag to prevent it from being exposed due to X-ray inspection during airport security inspection;
7. According to Thai customs regulations, the number of duty-free commodities allowed to be brought into the country is: 1 000 grams of sweet wine and spirits, 50 cigars, 250 grams of cut tobacco or 200 cigarettes, 5 rolls of film or 3 rolls of film. At the same time, customs regulations prohibit bringing animals and plants into the country. Passengers can buy 1 bottle of wine (1 liter), 1 cigarette (200 sheets of paper) and other personal items (such as cameras, video cameras, personal jewels, etc.) at the duty-free shop.
Second, the climate and clothing:
1. Thailand has a tropical monsoon climate, which is hot and humid all year round. The annual average temperature is 28 degrees Celsius, and the temperature is relatively high. The average temperature in April is 30 degrees Celsius, and that in June is 5438+25 degrees Celsius in February. Tourists are advised to bring summer clothes, and it is best to bring more sweat-absorbent T-shirts. Ladies should take skin care products and sunscreen products to prevent excessive sun exposure.
It's best for men to bring a formal suit (such as trousers and shirts) when they are on formal occasions and visiting temples. Ladies should wear more solemn clothes when visiting palaces and temples. For example, don't wear sandals, shorts, sleeveless tops and other clothes without suspenders, and wear knee-length skirts to avoid unnecessary trouble during the visit.
Third, catering:
1, our agency arranges meals, with buffet as the main breakfast, Chinese food as the main lunch and seven dishes and one soup as the standard dinner in Thailand.
Singapore and Malaysia are six dishes and one soup;
2. If tourists have certain dietary taboos, they should inform our agency before the team leaves, so as to make proper arrangements in advance;
3. Please choose the appropriate quantity at the hotel buffet breakfast. It is very impolite to leave too much food or pack.
4. Thai hotels don't prepare boiled water. If tourists drink boiled water, please bring your own water cup to the hotel restaurant, or bring your own electric cup.
In all hotels in Thailand, there are two bottles of free mineral water for tourists to drink in each room, and the tour guide will point out in detail. If tourists drink other paid drinks, please pay for them.
Fourth, accommodation.
1. Gambling is prohibited in Thailand. You can't play cards or mahjong even in a hotel room.
2. When staying in the hotel, tourists are not allowed to wear pajamas out of the room, and they are not allowed to wear slippers in the hotel lobby or restaurants, bars and other public places;
3. Loud noise is forbidden in the hotel, so as not to affect others' rest;
4. Toothbrushes, toothpaste and slippers are usually not available in overseas hotels. Visitors are requested to bring their own belongings.
Some overseas hotels have pay TV service. Please consult the tour leader or tour guide before checking into the hotel to avoid unnecessary expenses.
6. The telephone in the hotel is very expensive. It is recommended to buy a telephone magnetic card for public telephones. If you bring your mobile phone into the country, please know the relevant charges and usage standards in advance so as not to delay contact with family and friends;
7. When the tourists leave the hotel, please be sure to inform the tour leader in advance.
Verb (abbreviation for verb) transport:
1. It is forbidden to use mobile phones, BP machines and game machines on the plane;
Please choose the right seat on the plane. If you need to adjust your seat, please change it without affecting other passengers.
3. Smoking is prohibited in the engine room, tourist buses, some restaurants or public places. Please obey the instructions and respect the interests of others.
The urban traffic in Thailand is quite crowded. There are various means of transportation in major cities, and long-distance buses are the main means of transportation between cities.
General tools;
When tourists leave the hotel in their leisure time, please inform the tour leader and bring the hotel business card in case they get lost. build
It is best to have people who know foreign languages when traveling together.
Six, shopping:
1. There are many things worth buying when traveling in Thailand, such as Thai silk, cotton products, ebony inlays, silverware, bronzes, ceramics, gold, leather, wood carvings, Thai dolls, tin wax vessels, jade articles and jewels.
Thai currency is called Thai baht, which can be exchanged at the local tour guide. 1 RMB can be exchanged for about 4 baht. (Please refer to the local exchange rate for the specific exchange rate).
Seven, tips:
1. Tips for overseas tour guides and drivers are part of their income. On the premise of good service, please pay the driver a tour guide tip in 30 yuan RMB every day;
2. If tourists have any comments on the local tour guide, please communicate with the tour guide in time, and ask tourists not to argue with the local tour guide because they refuse to pay the tip, so as not to delay your trip with other tourists.
Recommendation of tourist attractions
Located in the northeast corner of Bangkok Grand Palace, Jade Buddha Temple is the most famous Buddhist temple in Thailand and one of the three national treasures in Thailand. Jade Buddha Temple, built in 1784, is a part of the Grand Palace in Thailand, accounting for about 1/4 of the Grand Palace. Jade Buddha Temple is a place where the Thai royal family worships jade Buddha statues and holds religious ceremonies. Named after the jade Buddha enshrined in the temple. There are Jade Buddha Hall, Wang Xiandian, Buddha Bone Hall, Sutra Pavilion, Bell Tower and Golden Pagoda in the temple. Jade Buddha Temple is the main building of the Jade Buddha Temple, and the shrine in the center of the temple enshrines the jade Buddha statue regarded as a national treasure by Thailand. Jade Buddha is 66 cm high and 48 cm wide. It is carved from a whole piece of jasper. Whenever the seasons change, the king of Thailand will personally change clothes for the Jade Buddha to protect his country and defend his country. Whenever the Thai cabinet changes, all cabinet members of the new government will be sworn in to the king at the Jade Buddha Temple. Every May, during the Agricultural Festival, the king will hold religious ceremonies here to pray for a bumper harvest. There is a wall gallery about one kilometer long around the temple, painted with 178 beautiful color comic strips with the theme of Indian classical literature Ramayana, and accompanied by Thai-translated poems. The story of China's Romance of the Three Kingdoms is painted on several large porcelain screens in the Jade Buddha Temple.
Phuket Phuket is a representative tourist attraction in Southeast Asia. Located in the south of Bangkok, 862 kilometers away, the west coast of the island is facing the Indian Ocean, which is the largest island in Thailand. The island has all the charming tropical scenery: dense tropical rain forest, neat rubber plantation, soft and delicate beaches and steep cliffs, which make the sports and leisure projects here colorful. Phuket's charming beaches, rich marine sports, wonderful nightlife and gorgeous hotels welcome tourists from all over the world.
Koh Samui is the third largest island in Thailand and belongs to Surat Thani. Koh Samui is about 80 kilometers from the provincial capital and 560 kilometers south of the capital Bangkok. That is, in the recent 10 year, it has developed from an unknown island to one of the top seaside resorts in Thailand. Because the government "would rather refuse the glory of film selection, but also keep it isolated and pure and natural", it has become one of the most attractive places in Thailand and the first choice for Europeans and Americans to spend their holidays in Thailand.
Pattaya tourist area is famous for its sunshine, beaches and seafood. Known as "Oriental Hawaii", it is a world-famous emerging seaside tourist destination.
Located in the lower reaches of Chao Phraya River, Bangkok Palace is the capital of Thailand, the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of the whole country, and the second largest city in Southeast Asia. It covers an area of about 1560 square kilometers and has a population of about 8 million. To the east of Chao Phraya River is the new city Bangkok, where palaces, state organs, business districts and financial institutions are located.
Wat Mahathat, located in the center of Sukhothai ancient city, is surrounded by ditches. It began to be built during Indra's reign and was completed in Li Taihou's reign in 1345. It belongs to the royal ancestral hall. There are 209 pagodas and 10 temples in the temple, but most of them only have foundations.
Wat Saphan Hin, also known as Shiqiao Temple, has a long bridge-like step paved with big stones, which is 200 meters long. Although it can pass, it has collapsed, making people feel scared when walking. According to the stone tablet left by King Lankanheng, Shapanxin Temple is a place where monks live and where King Lankanheng looks at the terrain and looks for water for the whole city. Every important festival, he also rides an elephant to worship.
Watt Phra Singh is a collection of many of Lana's most important artistic essences. Founded in 1345, the then King Fayou first built a tower here to store the ashes of his father King Jinfu.
Tourism shopping strategy
Thailand's tourism shopping also has its own characteristics. Silk products in Thailand are the most important part of Thailand's national industry. Clothes made of Thai silk, such as headscarves, ties, sofa cushions, etc. , exquisite and beautiful, economical and practical, with Thai national style. Even clothes made of Thai silk have become the status symbol of Thai upper class. A Thai silk dress worth 5,000 RMB was presented as a valuable gift to the heads of state attending the APEC international conference.
Woodcarving and horn crafts are very striking works of art in Thailand, with exquisite craftsmanship and rich imagination. Leather products are also unique, such as world-famous crocodile skin products, pearl fish products, elephant skin products and so on. There are rubies, sapphires and turquoise in eastern and western Thailand, which are all cheaper. In particular, "Siam Diamond" has a special shape and a very cheap price. Although its hardness is not as good as that of diamond, its radiant color is very popular with shoppers.
Almost all cities in Thailand have their own shopping advantages, and Chiang Mai is the center of national handicrafts. Bangkok is full of businessmen, good quality and low price; Pattaya is "shine on you is better than blue", and the prices of many commodities are much cheaper than Bangkok. In particular, the price of textiles in Thailand is only half that of similar products in Europe and America, which is very worth buying.
People can not only go to shopping malls to buy goods, but also go to the traditional Thai market to see the lively scene of water trading. Good quality and low price, it is also a good place to shop. BanglamPhu market, full of vitality, takes ready-made clothes as the sales protagonist; PraTunam, near Indra Hortel, is an amazing place, where all kinds of cheap clothes are gathered. Sampheng in Yaowarat, Chinatown, is long and narrow, with everything from roadside stalls to gold ornaments and kitchen utensils. Chatuchak Weekend Market is the largest hawker market in China. Its business hours are from Friday night to midnight on Sunday. There are many forests, including almost all products made and grown in Thailand. As far as tourists are concerned, the main areas they set foot in are: Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, Koh Samui and Chiang Mai.
Shopping instructions
1. The Thai government expressly stipulates that foreign tourists buy antiques:
(1) If antiques are taken out of the country, the buyer must obtain a license from the Thai Ministry of Art five days in advance.
(2) Antiques of historical or educational value to Thailand are not allowed to be taken out of the country.
Before buying an antique, be sure to confirm whether the store you sell can handle the above procedures for you. When the reliability of the goods is in doubt, the customer has the right to ask the merchant to issue a guarantee that it can be returned.
3. Do not accept tour guides, shopping guides and other services provided by strangers.
Pattaya shopping
Pattaya has no local specialties, but all kinds of products produced in other parts of Thailand can be found here, and they are cheap and good.
A variety of cotton T-shirts are essential for tropical travel. Pattaya's T-shirt designs are dazzling, cheaper than those in Bangkok, and worth buying more.
Brand-name clothes, especially casual coats and jeans, are much cheaper than those in China because they are produced in Thailand.
Thai cotton cloth is soft and durable, cheap, with bright patterns and rich national characteristics; Thai silk is exquisite and elegant. Clothes, headscarves, ties and sofa cushions made of these local fabrics are all good gifts, and you can also choose some fabrics to customize clothes. The effect must be amazing.
The support foundation founded by Queen Sirikit set up Chitralada in Pattaya, which specializes in promoting and selling all kinds of handicrafts. If you are afraid of buying fake and inferior products, you might as well go to this shop.
Pattaya's beaches are not the best in Thailand, but it still attracts a large number of holidaymakers because of its proximity to Bangkok. There are many water sports such as water skiing, surfing and skydiving on the 40-kilometer-long Pattaya beach, and colorful fireworks decorate Pattaya's night sky at night.
The core of nightlife is South Pattaya, commonly known as Strip, with open-air bars, nightclubs, restaurants with live performances, and Palladium, the largest disco in Southeast Asia.
Pattaya is the most famous shemale performance, and Tiffany Performance Company and Oscar Performance Company are the most famous shemale performance companies in Pattaya.
Delicious and healthy Thai food is becoming more and more popular all over the world, so learning Thai cooking is very popular among foreign tourists, and all major hotels have short-term Thai cooking classes. It is also a respectable thing to learn one or two authentic dishes and show them off at home.
For tourists who stay in Thailand for a long time, learning Thai language and culture is another way to deeply understand the local people's thoughts and feelings, and it will also make your holiday more fulfilling and enjoyable.