What to bring from Thailand?

As in any other exotic easterncountry, in Thailand, you will certainly run away from the abundance and variety of souvenirs offered: you will want to bring everything from Thailand immediately! What souvenirs and gifts are worth your attention? What beautiful and useful things can you bring from Thailand? Let's try together to understand the rich assortment offered by Thai traders.

Let's start, perhaps, with small souvenirs. As in any other tourist country, inThailand can buy T-shirts, caps, pens, key chains, cups, plates, magnets, bags, stickers with local symbols. It is good to buy such gifts for friends or colleagues: there is no point in buying something expensive for the "cap" acquaintances, but a keychain in the form of a map of Thailand will help to pay attention and not too much people who are not very close to spending.

If you want more authentic souvenirs, pay also attention to souvenirs with images or in the form of elephants (Thais consider a white elephant a sacred animal) or luxurious Thai fans. By the way, the elephant's trunk should be pointed upwards. All over the country are also sold carved pictures, made on teak - teak wood. They are very beautiful, but please note that they are quite difficult to carry. Also from teak wood and coconut make a variety of dishes.

In addition, you can bring pictures from Thailand,made on silk, velvet and even buffalo skins, silk carpets, napkins, bedspreads, ponchos, capes, silk and paper umbrellas, bamboo furniture, bamboo and coconut lamps and lamps, ceramics, trays, caskets, trunks, dolls (national and theater shadows), shells, orchids in small bottles ... This list can be continued almost endlessly.

Women should be brought from Thailand clothing from natural fabrics and Decorating from coconut, shells and pearls. Beads from natural pearls can be bought directly on the street for a ridiculous price of $ 7. Quality clothes and shoes in Thailand can be bought very cheaply, but you will have to choose carefully, because the quality and price range may be significant. In Thailand, you can buy both branded clothes, and ethnic dresses (for example, sarongs).

By the way, if you buy souvenirs, clothes, shoes or jewelry on the market, do not deny yourself the pleasure bargain - can go out to cut the price by half. The more goods you buy from one trader at a time, the more you can count on a large discount. Note that not all indigenous Thais like to bargain (unlike traders - people from Arab countries), and if the product is initially listed as a price, bargaining is useless.

Thailand is also famous for its cosmetics: massage oils, scrubs, creams, figured soap in the form of flowers, aroma-oils, spa cosmetics and coconut oil. Together with cosmetics you can buy aromatic sticks and candles.

Lovers delicious should pay attention to Thai sweets. In Thailand, abundantly grow coconuts and cashews, so be sure to bring with you or althoughtry on the spot coconut candy, chips and milk. Cashews are sold here in very different forms: salted, pepper, with sesame, coconut, chocolate, honey. In Thailand, you can try a drink from cashew apples (a pseudofruit that closes with a cashew nut). You can stock up in Thailand with dried fruits, for example, durian (because of its specific smell in fresh form you can not take it out).

If you like exotic cuisine, exceptsweets necessarily get spices and herbs (kalgan root, lemongrass, curry, kaffir lime leaves), sets of products for making famous Thai soups Tom Yam and Tom Kha Kai and Thai herbal teas.

Choosing Thai souvenirs, you need to remember a few nuances. At first, You can not buy jewelry with precious stones in suspicious shops or with hands (on the street, on the beach). When buying, you should ask for a certificate. Secondly, the export of stuffed crocodiles and Buddha figurines banned laws of Thailand.

As you can see, the list of gifts and souvenirs that can be brought from Thailand is almost endless. And what would you bring from this unusual country?