For your average European tourist Thailand is the gateway to the Orient. Sindbad, as much as he disliked tourism, was not quite prepared for what he experienced in the kingdom of Siam. Although it was the only Asian country beside Japan to escape colonisation, it suffered a harsh blow from modernity. On touristic spots the original culture only existed in traces, like the remnants of rainforest in the deserts of palm plantations. And what was there resembled a museum rather than real life.
Thais and Ties, Lands and Languages
Thais and Ties, Lands and Languages
Thais and Ties, Lands and Languages
For your average European tourist Thailand is the gateway to the Orient. Sindbad, as much as he disliked tourism, was not quite prepared for what he experienced in the kingdom of Siam. Although it was the only Asian country beside Japan to escape colonisation, it suffered a harsh blow from modernity. On touristic spots the original culture only existed in traces, like the remnants of rainforest in the deserts of palm plantations. And what was there resembled a museum rather than real life.