Thailand Information
Thailand in a nutshell: Available English-language newspapers, Thailand currency, Cambodian demographics, travel tips...
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Water sports, such as scuba diving, windsurfing, sailing,
parasailing, deep sea fishing, and sea canoeing are available
off many of the main beach resorts. There are now over 160
top golf courses around the country.
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Thailand sits at the very heart of South East Asia and is
considered a natural gateway to Indochina. Shaped somewhat
like an elephant's head, the country is bordered at its most
northern extremes by Laos and Myanmar. The border with Laos
runs down the elephant's ear, along the north east of the
country, until it meets with the Cambodian border, which runs
down the east of the country, before reaching the Gulf of
Thailand which caresses the elephant's jowls.
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80% of the population of Thailand consists of ethnic Thais.
Roughly 10% of the population is Chinese, with Malays adding
an additional 4% to the blend. Lao, Mon, Khmers, Indians, and Burmese make up a smaller
percentage, while numerous ethnic hill tribes, inhabiting
the mountainous border areas in the north of the country,
are rarely included in population figures due to a lack of
the necessary paperwork.
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