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Only in thailand do they call disaster a holiday,,,land of smiles
The Thai word often used for a 'day off' which could be a holiday - วันหยุด (wan yut) - literally means "day"+"stopped". So, used in this context it doesn't mean the English "holiday," and would be better translated as "days off" or "shutdown." A Thai word that more directly means a 'holiday' or 'festival' is วันฉลอง (wan chalaawng) which means, literally, 'day' + 'festival'. The word 'holiday' was a bad translation.
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Lowest in 49 years? There were no tourists 49 years ago. When I went to Phuket in 1969, there were only a couple of two story Thai hotels downtown. The Erawan Hotel, was an elegant but sleepy, two story hotel with a wonderful lunch by the pool. Chiang Mai had horse drawn carriages.
OK, there were some tourists back then, but I saw more tourists in three months in Chiang Mai this year than I did in three years in Thailand in the '60s. Even if they count the US soldiers on R&R from Vietnam as tourists.
I knew it just couldn't be right, so I checked the Bangkok Post article:
The tourism industry has suffered its deepest slump in many decades with the number of visitors expected to be down 22 per cent on last year, according to the Tourism Council of Thailand chairman Kongkit Hiranyakij.It was the biggest plunge in tourism growth in 49 years, he said.Tourism GROWTH plunged, but it wasn't a 49 year low in tourism.
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Well that worked the first time I tried it, but now I get a message that says the number is not in service. Using Dtac - the 011 999 1111 number. Anyone have information on this? A new number? Thanks.
I'm using Skype in the meantime.
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collect calls to the US can be made by calling the above number 001-999-11111
collect calls to the UK can be made by calling 001-999-44-1066
Thanks, this was helpful. Had to call credit card company in US. Worked like a charm. Well, there was one glitch. The answer machine said it would accept collect calls, but the ATT robot detected an answer machine and rejected it. But an operator came on shortly and when I told her what happened she redid it and I got through.
US Peace Corps volunteers in Thailand photos from early 1960s on
in Thailand and Siam History Photos
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Here's a link to a Friends of Thailand webpage with links to photos taken by US Peace Corps volunteers starting in the early1960s through the 2000+.
lhttp://www.friendsofthailand.org/digitalarchives/main.html