See Bangkok, Knows Thailand
November 11, 2009 by Pattaya Girls
Filed under Thailand Travel Guide
Next to the Royal Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, there is a vast open ground called Sanam Luang or Thung Phra Men. There may not be much going on, but Sanam Luang has some historical significance. At the time when Bangkok was first established, the ground was a rice field and was sometimes used as a location for a royal crematorium, Phra Men in Thai. The ground was, thus, otherwise called as ‘Thung Phra Men’ which means the crematorium ground. In considering that the name was inauspicious, King Rama IV had the ground renamed as ‘Thong Sanam Luang’, or the Royal Ground, and the rice farming there cancelled. The area is used for various public events, most notably for political activities during election time. It is still also used as a crematorium for the high-ranking Royal family members.
If you have a few hours to kill in the afternoon, there are a few places around the Grand Palace that is worth seeing.
Wat Mahathat
This old temple was built in the reign of King Rama I. Located on Na Phrathat Road near Thammasat University, the temple houses Mahachulalongkorn Buddhist University, one of the two highest seats of Buddhist learning in Thailand and also offers meditation classes for foreigners.
Open: Daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tel: 0 2222 6011; Meditation Centre Tel: 0 2623 6326
The City Pillar Shrine.
According to an old Thai tradition, a city pillar had to be built upon the establishment of a new city. King Rama I had the Bangkok city pillar erected near the Temple of the Emerald Buddha on Sunday, 21 April, 1782, with the city’s horoscope inside. The original pillar was made of cassia wood known as Chaiyaphruek, measuring 75 cm. in diameter and 27 cm. high. In the reign of King Rama IV, the old dilapidated pillar was replaced by a new one made of the same kind of wood, measuring 270 cm. high and standing on a base of 175 cm. wide, sheltered by a Prang-shaped shrine as it appears today. The shrine also houses images of protective deities including Thepharak, Chaopho Ho Klong, Phra Suea Mueang, Phra Song Mueang, Chaopho Chetakhup and Phra Kan Chai Si.
Open: Daily Admission: Free
The National Theatre, located on Na Phra That Road next to the National Museum, is the official centre of Thai classical performance. Call 0 2224 1342, 0 2222 1092 for a current programme.
Patravadi Theatre is near Wat Rakhang, Thon Buri. Renowned for its lavish productions, this outdoor theatre has gained popularity through its modern adaptations of classical Asian literature, with each play demonstrating an ingenious blend of various theatrical techniques. The theatre also operate a riverside restaurant with some great view and tasty Thai food. Showtime is on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Call 0 2412 7287-8 or www.patravaditheatre.com for a current programme.
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Medical Tourism Destination of Thailand
November 3, 2009 by Pattaya Girls
Filed under Thailand Travel Guide
Author: Christopher Snyder
Source: add-articles.com
Thailand is acceptable one of the accepted destinations for medical tourism. It attracts bags of visitors who are absorbed in visiting Thailand for medical reasons. It is not just humans from the US who appointment Thailand to account themselves some medical analysis but humans from abounding European countries as able-bodied appointment Thailand for specialized medical treatments including collective backup (knee/hip), cardiac surgery, dental surgery, and corrective surgeries a part of others.
Why do humans biking to Thailand for medical treatments? Do they not accept the all-important medical accessories in the US and in their own countries? Yes, these countries do accept the medical accessories needed. However, it will be awful big-ticket to abide their treatments in their own countries.
Thailand has won the account and assurance of the western apple for its top accepted medical facilities. There are amount of hospitals in Thailand that baby to adopted visitors. In actuality there are amount of hospitals that accept up to 65 % of its patients from adopted countries. There are abounding accounted hospitals in Thailand that action specialized treatments to abounding complicated bloom issues. These hospitals accept the accomplished standards in agreement of the superior of the account offered, cleanliness and the acquaintance akin of the staff.
All the medical agents in these accounted medical institutions are able of speaking in their bounded accent as able-bodied as in English so there will be no accent accompanying problems. This is one of the affidavit why abounding humans adopt Thailand for their medical tourism.
However, one of the above affidavit for humans preferring Thailand for their medical tourism is the amount factor. It works out to be cheaper to accept the medical procedures done in Thailand in animosity of the biking and adaptation expenses. Accordingly abounding humans adulation to biking to Thailand for medical reasons. Moreover, they can aswell club their cruise to Thailand with their vacation. Though the medical costs are actual cheap, there are able and awful accomplished medical professionals in Thailand. All the hospitals aswell accommodated all-embracing standards therefore, one charge not accept to be anxious about the medical accessories or about the acquaintance akin of the medical professionals.
Since, medical tourism is axis out to be one of the above sources of acquirement to the country, the government of Thailand is aswell affable medical tourists. It concentrates on medical tourism as abundant as it promotes added areas.
In general, Thailand is accepted for its Asian accommodation and affable culture. This non-threatening ambiance is awful helps patients ailing from assorted bloom accompanying problems balance faster. As it is accepted popularly, it is a “land of smiles”, it is a awful accessory ambiance for the accretion appearance afterwards a austere centermost procedure.
All these affidavit accomplish Thailand a admirable destination for medical tourism. When you wish to biking to Thailand to account yourself some specialized medical care, you have to aboriginal get in blow with the hospitals in Thailand to acquisition out what affectionate of treatments they offer. You have to appear with all the medical history so that your physician in Thailand can analyze your medical action fast and action the best analysis possible.
Copyright 2008 Asia Products LLC. All Rights Reserved. Christopher Snyder is the Founder and Managing Director of Asia Products LLC and currently is living in Bangkok, Thailand. He manages an e-commerce store buying products to sell on www.asiaproductsllc.com. He is documenting some of his more interesting travels in his Asia Travel Ideas website : www.apllc-connect.com.