Williams Trip to Thailand and Myanmar

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Williams Trip to Thailand and Myanmar

• January 2 22, 2005

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Getting There

• It takes a long time to get to Thailand.
• One flight from New York to Frankfurt (7 hours)
• One flight from Frankfurt to Singapore (11 hours)
• One flight from Singapore to Bangkok (2 hours)
• On the way back it took longer due to head winds.

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Transportation

• There are many kinds of transportation in
  Thailand and Myanmar
• Airplane
• Tuk Tuk
• Skytrain
• Boat
• Trishaw
• Songthao
• Horse carriage
• Ox cart
• Taxi
• Bus

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Airplanes

• We flew on many kinds of airplanes on our trip
• Boeing 747-400
• Boeing 777-300
• ATR 72
• A300
• Boeing 717
• Here I am with the captain, co-pilot and head
  stewardess of the Singapore Airlines 747-400

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Tuk Tuk

• I am pretending to drive a tuk tuk in Bangkok. A
  tuk tuk is a three wheeled taxi with no windows.
  It is more dangerous than a regular taxi and you
  have to bargain for the fare.

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Types of Transportation
Ox cart
Floating market boat
We rode in a songthao on bumpy roads
A trishaw is a three-wheeled bicycle
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Saying Hello
To show respect and to say hello in Thailand, you
wai. Even Ronald McDonald wais to greet people
coming to McDonalds.
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Creatures

• We saw many different animals and reptiles in
  Thailand and Myanmar.
• Some of my favorite were
• Snakes
• Monkeys
• Elephants

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William and the Python

• We went to a snake farm where they make
  anti-venom for snake bites.
• Around my neck is a python.
• We also saw cobras, water snakes and other
  different kinds.

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Monkeys

• Monkeys live around many temples.
• They sometimes try to grab things from people
  like hats and glasses so you have to be careful.

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ElephantsIn northern Thailand, we visited an
elephant sanctuary.
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• I got to feed, bathe and ride the elephants.

Elephants like to eat lots of bananas and corn
(but you have to husk the corn first).
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Buddhism

• Buddhism is a religion.
• It started a long time ago with the birth of
  Buddha. In Thailand the year is 2548.
• Most Thai and Burmese people are Buddhist.
• There are many temples and pagodas.
• Buddhists try not to kill anything, even ants or
  mosquitos.

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Making Merit with a Monk

• In Chiang Mai I made merit. That means I did
  something good like giving food to a monk. A monk
  is a religious person like a minister or priest.
  Women cant touch monks. Monks live in
  monasteries. I saw a monastery once.

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Monks

• Young monks are called novice monks. Boys can be
  novice monks when they are 6 or 7 until they are
  20 years old. They live at the monastery and are
  taught by older monks.
• They help clean the monastery and go with older
  monks to collect food every morning.

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• In Thailand, monks wear orange robes.
• In Myanmar, monks wear red robes.
• Can you guess which country I am in?
• All monks, even novice monks, have to shave their
  heads.

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Temples and Pagodas
People like to pray to Buddha. They light candles
and leave food and money so that Buddha will help
them.
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• Here I am pouring water over the head of a god
  that helps people born on Fridays (like me!).
  Each day has a different god and a different
  animal. Mine is a guinea pig.

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Spirit Houses
Spirit houses are everywhere in Thailand and
Myanmar. People believe that spirits live in the
ground, trees, and air. When a person builds a
house, they also build a little house for the
spirits to live in to keep them happy. They
decorate it with flowers and add small dolls to
keep them company.
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People

• People dress differently in Thailand and Myanmar.

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• The woman above is selling toy grasshoppers made
  of leaves.
• The woman and baby at the right are members of a
  hill tribe in northern Thailand.

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• This man lives near Mandalay in Myanmar. He is
  selling pinwheels from the back of his bicycle.
  Most men in Myanmar wear longghyis which is
  material wrapped around like a skirt.

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Trying New Foods and Drinks

• I tried lots of different food and drinks
• coconut milk
• mangosteen
• rambutan
• papaya juice
• dumplings
• raw sugar cane
• My Dad tried snake wine and fried crickets.

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Buying lots of fruit at the floating market

• Trying some raw sugarcane.
• (I think the elephant liked it more)

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Here I am helping the ox grind the palm nuts to
make palm sugar candy.
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Schools
There are many different kinds of schools. Some
are like ours, others are poor. In Bangkok,
students learn about Buddhism and how to meditate.
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Squat Toilets

• One thing that was different was the toilets!
• This is a squat toilet.
• You dont sit down.
• When you are finished, you dont flush you pour
  a little water down the hole.
• It is stinky.

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Can You Read Burmese?

• Can you read this?

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How About This?
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The EndbyWilliam Stifel