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My trip to Thailand was memorable for 3 reasons: 1/ They spent a lot of money to build Buddhist temples and grand structures. They are obsessed with it and bel

by _kava 3y ago

My trip to Thailand was memorable for 3 reasons: 1/ They spent a lot of money to build Buddhist temples and grand structures. They are obsessed with it and believe it is a form of saving karma for the next life. It reminds me of the Pharaohs. 2/ They royals are literally gods and beyond reproach. We got a Thai native assigned to our group just to make sure we would not misbehave or something and our guide told us one of the most severe crimes that no one can bail us out from would be lese majeste. Stuff like don't point at the king picture and laugh or step on anything with his picture, including the money. 3/ Plenty of tourist traps, ranging from honey farms to homeopathic "institute". And lots of good street food.

sottol 3y ago
My trip to Germany was memorable for two reasons: 1/ The King of Thailand rents/bought(?) a hotel in the southern alpine part of Germany and spends a lot of time there [1] 2/ This caused some consternation in Germany because foreign heads of state are not to conduct business from Germany [2] and they had to figure out how to handle the king spending so much time there. The whole thing is kinda fascinating really. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-luxury-hotel-thailand-king-rama-isolating-coronavirus-bavaria-germany-2020-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-luxury-hotel-thailand... [2] https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.dw.com/en/thai-king-maha-vajiralongkorn-under-political-and-tax-scrutiny-in-germany/a-60770986 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.dw.com/en/thai-king-maha-va...
extraduder_ire 3y ago
>Stuff like don't point at the king picture and laugh or step on anything with his picture, including the money. This seems odd to me that they'd put his face on there at all if it causes this problem. For contrast, before the euro, Ireland's coins were going to have saints in the designs but were changed to stylized animals when it was realized they'd be used to gamble.

by _kava 3y ago

sottol 3y ago

My trip to Germany was memorable for two reasons: 1/ The King of Thailand rents/bought(?) a hotel in the southern alpine part of Germany and spends a lot of time there [1] 2/ This caused some consternation in Germany because foreign heads of state are not to conduct business from Germany [2] and they had to figure out how to handle the king spending so much time there. The whole thing is kinda fascinating really. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-luxury-hotel-thailand-king-rama-isolating-coronavirus-bavaria-germany-2020-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-luxury-hotel-thailand... [2] https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.dw.com/en/thai-king-maha-vajiralongkorn-under-political-and-tax-scrutiny-in-germany/a-60770986 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.dw.com/en/thai-king-maha-va...

extraduder_ire 3y ago

>Stuff like don't point at the king picture and laugh or step on anything with his picture, including the money. This seems odd to me that they'd put his face on there at all if it causes this problem. For contrast, before the euro, Ireland's coins were going to have saints in the designs but were changed to stylized animals when it was realized they'd be used to gamble.