Shopping / Handicrafts
Hand-painted
fans - a popular buy
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Thailand is
extraordinarily rich in handicrafts. Most famous of course is
handwoven Thai silk which is cheaper in Thailand than anywhere
else in the world. Aside from silk, there is a wide array of pottery
as well as of wood carvings. Among the most original Thai
handicraft products are painted umbrellas of handmade paper.
Available in Thailand are also large quantities of handicrafts
of neighboring countries, especially Burma. Actually, as
the current Burmese government still prefers to keep the country
isolated, more Burmese handicrafts are traded in Thailand than
in Burma herself.
Aside from
Burmese handicrafts, Vietnamese products are also readily
available, especially in towns along the borders to Laos
and Cambodia. It is said that Vietnamese handicrafts smuggled
into Thailand are considerably cheaper than the same products
in Vietnam.
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Now, if those websites that claim to sell standardized tongkat
ali extract would give some indication for which chemical substances
they allegedly standardize their extract (if all that standardization
talk is based on reality in the first place) that would be a step
forward.
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http://www.asiatour.com/thailand/e-02trav/et-tr237.htm
Jan Garanoz
869/116 Thanon Pemavipat,
Chiang Rai, 57000 Thailand
Created: September 1, 1995
Last updated: January 25, 2010