In today's video we're going to talk about 10 things you should never do in
Thailand. What is going on YouTube! I've been traveling most of my life and
one of the places I keep going back to and one of my favorite places is
Thailand. I reached out to my Thai friends Miao and Ton and asked them if
they'd help me put together a list of 10 things you should never do in Thailand.
So if you don't mind join me in thanking Ton and Miao and type down below thanks
Miao out and thanks Ton. Ok so the first thing you should never do in Thailand is
never eat with a fork one of the best things about Thailand is the food and
when you go to a restaurant or you go to a street vendor stall they'll give you
both a knife and a fork however you don't use the fork to eat your food you
use the fork to push food onto the spoon the second thing you should never do in
Thailand is never touch someone's head the head is considered the cleanest and
holiest part of the body in Thailand so touching someone's head is considered a
sign of disrespect so never touch someone's head in
Thailand the third thing you should never do in Thailand is never use your
feet for anything but walking in Thailand the feet are considered the
lowest and dirtiest point of the body pointing your toes or the bottoms of
your feet at someone or something is considered very impolite in Thailand
you should also never have your feet facing a Buddha a temple or a monk the
fourth thing you should never do in Thailand is never disrespect the royal
family the king and the royal family are very highly regarded in Thai society
it's considered very disrespectful to say anything negative or act in a
negative way towards the royal family even if you drop a Thai coin on the
ground and it starts to roll away from you you should never step on it because
it contains images of either the king or someone from the royal family and
remember what I said before Thai find the feet dirty and offensive so if you
step on the coin you're essentially stepping on the king so make sure you
remember this and just be respectful to the royal family the bit thing
should never do in Thailand is never take pictures with captured animals
we've all seen the pictures of people laying next to a tiger those Tigers have
a horrible life if you're laying next to that tiger odds are that tiger has been
drugged you'll also see people walking around with small cute little animals
like the loris the loris is super cute and cuddly and you're gonna want to go
up and hold it and take a picture with it but don't do that
their teeth and their claws have been ripped out so they don't hurt tourists
when tourists are holding them it's very cruel just whatever you do don't take a
picture with a loris the sixth thing you should never do in Thailand is never
overstate your visa Thailand is an amazing place and you're probably going
to want to stay longer but don't do it every day you stay longer than your visa
permits you get a $500 bond fine and once you're caught you could be banned
from Thailand forever so don't take that risk just going to reset extended or
leave the country for a day and come back in and you can get your visa reset
the 7 thing you should never do in Thailand is never wear your shoes
indoors this is a common rule in Southeast Asia and it's been in a lot of
my other videos but in addition to a Thai person's home you should never wear
your shoes in a temple and even sometimes in some restaurants and shops
a good rule of thumb is if you see a bunch of shoes outside the door of a
place then you should probably take your shoes off too before you enter the
eighth thing you should never do in Thailand is never whistle at night
things like this are why I love doing these never do this videos you find all
kinds of crazy traditions and superstitions Thai people believe that
if you whistle at night you'll summon evil spirits so don't be surprised if
you start whistling at night if a Thai person gets up and runs away from you
the ninth thing you should never do in Thailand is never try to shake
somebody's hand Thais are not big on physical contact with strangers so
consequently they don't like to shake hands instead Thais place their hands
and a praying motion against their chest and they bow slightly a little side note
do not bow to children or people much younger
you this will just embarrass them ties have great respect for their elders the
tenth thing you should never do in Thailand comes up a lot in my videos
never take taxis just like other places where there are a lot of tourists
sometimes taxi cab drivers take advantage of those tourists luckily
technology has provided a workaround there's an app called grab which is very
similar to a burger grab actually bought out uber in most of Southeast Asia just
download that app and you can call taxis you can call motorbikes you can call
almost anything and it'll be super cheap and you don't have to worry about
somebody overcharging you ok so those are the ten things to never do in
Thailand thanks again Thanh and Miao for helping
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