Turkey or Thailand

Cesme, Turkey

2012-08-20T01:44:00.000-07:00

Cesme is one of the most gorgeous gems in Turkey with pristine beaches, luxurious restaurants, cafes, high society all year round on the Aegean Coast. Sheraton hotel is located in the area. Surf schools in Alacati, very good and sustainable infrastructure comprising motorways, ferries to Greek islands just half an hour hour from the Cesme peninsula enables this place indispensible for tourists. You can find cheap condos, villas, summer houses all year round starting September through May with half price nearby the Aegean sea at affordable prices.

Best Parks of Thailand

2011-06-11T15:15:00.000-07:00

In 1954 Mr.Pisit and Mrs. Nongnooch Tansacha bought 1500 rais (approximately 600 acres) of rolling hills and valleys at kilometer marker 163 on Sukhumvit road in Chonburi province. The newly purchased land was anticipated to become a fruit plantation filled with mangoes, oranges, coconuts as well as many other local fruits. But as fate may have it, Mrs. Nongnooch during her trip abroad, was inspired by the beauty of the world-renowned gardens and decided to turn the fruit orchard into a tropical garden of ornamental flowers and plants. At first meant for botanical conservation, the garden was later turned into a tourist attraction fully equipped with Thai style houses, cottages, villas, seminar halls, banquet halls, swimming pool, restaurants as well as other facilities constructed for tourist’s convenience.

Opened to the public in 1980 , the garden was named “ Suan Nong Nooch ” in honor of Mrs. Nongnooch, as the word “Suan” means garden. In addition to continuing on her life’s work of the garden, Mrs. Noongnooch spends her time between Bangkok and the orchard in Chieng-rai as well as Nong Nooch camping resort in Prachinburi province, which made its debut in 2001. In order to maintain the gardens, management was than handed over to her son, Mr. Kampon Tansacha.

Presently, Nong Nooch Tropical Garden & Resort is well known to those who want to take in an impressive Thai Cultural Show and find the biggest and most beautiful botanical garden in Southeast Asia. More than 2,000 visitors from around the world visit our garden daily for their enjoyment. At Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, we’re always developing and improving the beautification process in order for the garden to look as it does today. Nong Nooch garden is also dedicated to education, preservation, research as well as the conservation of its vast palm collection and other tropical plants.
Since its debut as a tourist attraction, fascinating Thai Culture and traditional dances are presented daily in the theater within the garden compound. Besides the traditional shows, visitors will have an opportunity to see other performances such as religious ceremonies, martial arts, and The Elephant Show – one of the most popular attractions here. The shows are presented 3 or 4 rounds daily featuring elephants with special skills in playing football, dancing, and even interacting with tourists!!! Come ride on elephants, sightsee the garden via mini bus or relax in our lake on a pedal boat. Savor the taste of Thailand and other “Western” style food and beverages at any of our two restaurants Plubplung and Wivat kitchen. A mini bus service is available to those who want to rush back to Pattaya. To make your visit at the Nong Nooch Garden a memorable one, overnight accommodation is also available. Enjoy the “ Paradise ” by day and gaze the “ Starry ” sky by night – it’s an experience you’ll never forget.

The most popular park in Thailand is Khao Yai Park. Khao Yai National Park is situated in the Sankambeng Mountain Range, the southern prolongation of the Dong Phaya Yen Mountains, at the southwestern boundary of the Khorat Plateau.

This park lies largely in Nakhon Ratchasima Province (Khorat), but also includes parts of Saraburi, Prachinburi and Nakhon Nayok provinces.

The park is the second largest in Thailand. It covers an area of 2,168 square kilometers, including evergreen forests and grasslands . Its altitude mostly ranges from 400 to 1000 m above sea level . There are 3,000 species of plants, 320 species of birds like red junglefowl and green peafowl and 67 species of mammals, including Asiatic black bears, Asian elephants, gaur, tigers, gibbons, Indian sambar deer, crab eating macaque, Indian muntjac,dholes, and wild pigs. Its waterfalls include the 80 metre Heo Narok, and Heo Suwat made famous from the film The Beach. Namtok Sarika is popular with the Thais.

Recent wildlife studies show that animal ranges, particularly the few resident tigers, are impacted by human activity near the center of the park. This study has not impacted the government's call for private lodging concessions within the park itself.

Lodging near Khao Yai Park

Bobbys Apartment and Jungle Tours, in Pakchong. 291/6 Moo 18 Mittapab Rd., T. Pakchong A. Pakchong, Nakhonratchasima 30130, ☎ 044-328177(bobbysapartmentandjungletours@hotmail.com),
Pronounced "Bo bees." An outpost for European travelers and the occasional North American run by a Brit and a German and their Thai girlfriends.
Sak Phu Duen Hotel, [6]. edit, in the heart of Khao Yai. Facilities include a restaurant and pool. Cost approx £30 sterling per night for a double room.
Park bungalows sleeping from 2 - 24 people are available for rent from the park office, or check the Department of National Parks website.
Greenleaf Guesthouse & Tour, ☎ +66-86-2523238 (info@greenleaftour.com), [7]. 300 Baht. editis just outside of Pak Chong. Every day tours are organised to the park. It offers clean, basic double rooms with fan, the people are lovely and the tours are great.
The Palm Tree, ☎ +44-365 073 (ftw@loxinfo.co.th), [8]. 950-1400 baht. edit
Greenery Resort, [9]. Rooms 3600-8000 baht. edit
Baan Saranya Lodge & Restaurant Khao Yai, 298 Moo 2 Pak Chong, Thanarad Road, km 13.5, Muu Si (In Muu si, the last village before the park entrance, along Thanarad, the main road access to the park), ☎ 044-297-597 (baansaranya@hotmail.com), [10]. Recently open clean bungalows with A/C, hot shower & TV from 800 THB. A nice setting with good looking bungalows, restaurant & bar and nice Thai family owners. 800-1200. edit,
Payboon Apartments, In Pak Chong. Ask for directions to Charlize Bar. Payboon Apartments is on the right hand side of the road before you get there unfortunately the sign is ONLY in Thai. Turn right off the main road just after two nice big open air restaurants and opposite to a hill side temple on the left (it is high up so you may miss this)., ☎ +66-44-316-692. edit You can call and they will pick you up but ask to talk to Katoo as he can speak some english. The rooms are spick and span with good shower and were 350 baht for a room with a fan and 650 baht for a room with airconditioning. The family that run it are very nice and helpful. Breakfast in the garden is 50 baht per person and is coffee, tea or chocolate, bread, egg, and sausage and fruit. Or you can have rice soup. Alternative telephone number +66-81-875563.

Ankara photos and days of our lives...

2011-06-09T09:31:00.000-07:00

This is Ankara, the capital, 1st world,very developed city of Southeastern part of European Union. Openning your ltd or inc company is the easiest ever in this 16th best economy of the world. There are lots of empty shops, restaurant places in Vialife shopping mall, Umitkoy neighborhood, Temelli neighborhood and Eryaman Goksu shopping center neighborhood. You can open your ethnic food shops and restaurants (Asian, European, American, South American,Chinese etc. and become very rich) in these places. For expertise call me 00905334163430 Abdullah.
Our days are passing near the swimming pools of Sports International open pools staring the city of Ankara. Membership to this sports club begins from 2000USD per year and you can use all kinds of exercise equipment, swimming pools, squash courts. Compared to Dubai or Bangkok, your 1 month total expenditures equals your 1 year expenditure in Ankara Turkey including rent. People are driving Porsches, lamborghinis, BMW 750s and other kinds of luxury cars in Ankara Turkey ,same as Dubai.
www.sportsinternational.com.tr

2011-06-02T11:11:00.000-07:00

Bangkok is the most travelled destination in Asia

2011-06-02T11:03:00.000-07:00

Globally, the capital is the third-most-popular destination among air travellers and comes fourth in terms of visitor spending.

About 11.5 million air travellers are expected to visit Bangkok and spend US$14.4 billion (Bt436 billion) this year.

However, contrary to the popular perception that most visitors to Thailand are thrifty backpackers, it is estimated that Bangkok's expenditure per visitor is $1,252, which is ranked third globally after New York ($2,671) and London ($1,274).

The estimates are based on findings in a research programme by MasterCard Worldwide called the "Index of Global Destination Cities", covering 132 cities around the world with the potential of being "centres of commerce" for regional and global economies.

The author of the report, Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, said the findings showed that Thailand's political conflict over the past five years, which turned deadly last year, had only a temporary impact on the country's status as a preferred destination among international travellers.

Visitors appear to have kept coming to the capital despite the political unrest, he said during a meeting with a group of Asean journalists in Singapore on Monday.

Hedrick-Wong, a Canadian, is global economic adviser at MasterCard Worldwide and visiting professor of international business at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Most visitors to Bangkok travel from Asia, with those from Singapore the largest group among the 10 top origin cities at an estimated 869,000 visitors, followed by Hong Kong (822,000), and Tokyo (711,000).

London, Frankfurt and Sydney are also among the top 10 origin cities for visitors to Bangkok.

Inbound business travellers make up a large portion of air visitors to Bangkok, ranging from 29 to 37 per cent. Among the top five origin cities, 35 per cent of visitors from Singapore are business travellers, 37 per cent of those from Hong Kong, 28.9 per cent of those from Tokyo, 29.3 per cent of those from Seoul and 31.7 per cent of those from London.

Interestingly, many outbound visitors from Bangkok fly to Macau, which is well known for its huge casino business. An estimated 181,000 visitors from Thailand will fly to Macau and spend $172 million there this year, much of it on gambling, Hedrick-Wong said.

Macau is ranked ninth in the top 10 destination cities for outbound travellers from Bangkok. Most other outbound travel is for business purposes, with the top five destinations for this being Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei and Tokyo.

Hedrick-Wong said the projections made for Tokyo - which is ranked 20th for visitor arrivals and 15th for visitor spending - may lack accuracy because of the recent earthquake, tsunami and nuclear scare hitting northern Japan. The calculations for this report were done before the disasters struck the country, which resulted in sharp decreases in tourist arrivals.

London was the world's top destination among international visitors travelling by air last year, at an estimated 20.1 million, and Paris was second (18.1 million). London is still the world's No 1 in terms of visitor spending ($25.6 billion) but interestingly, New York is expected to see the second-highest visitor spending, with $20.3 billion, surpassing Paris' estimated $14.6 billion.

New York is the only city outside Asia and Europe on the list of the world's 20 top destination cities, which contains nine Asian cities and 10 in Europe. New York is ranked 12th.

However, when it comes to visitor spending, seven Asian cities make it into the top 20. Eight cities in Europe, three in the United States and two in Australia are also on the list.

Bangkok is the last among the 10 cities with the highest growth rates of visitor spending, which when compared with 2010 ranges between 18.6 per cent for both the Thai capital and Seoul and 30.1 per cent for the Turkish city of Istanbul, according to the report.

However, Bangkok fails to make it into the top 10 among the cities with the highest growth rates of visitor arrivals. The Spanish city of Barcelona heads the list, with a 24.3-per-cent expansion, and New York is placed 10th (11.7 per cent).

Both tourists and business travellers are covered in the MasterCard study; it does not, however, include visitors who cross borders overland.

If you need any language translator in Turkey and Thai culture

2011-06-02T07:29:00.000-07:00

If you are from Spain or Japan or China and you are in urgent need for translator in your mother tongue in Turkey , just click http://www.tomer.ankara.edu.tr/ or http://www.ceviridernegi.org/ or http://www.tuced.org.tr/Default.asp?Lang=ENG for notarized translator services immediately. Also you can learn Turkish in Tomer easily for low prices and their website is http://www.tomer.ankara.edu.tr/
Learning native language is learning the country's culture. In the big cities of Turkey, there are no customs among young individuals, they mostly live like British or American youngsters. So as foreigner, you can easily get in contact with them and learn more about Turkey. They are helpful.
Thai people and Turkish people are somewhat alike and have following traits.

 The values and traits of Thai people include these:

Relaxed, not in a hurry about anything, cannot be hurried
Polite interaction, pleasant
Family, friends, community and good food are most important
Be happy, have fun ("sanuk")
Avoid conflict, keep your cool, don't lose your temper
In case of conflict, stay cool and reasonable, and compromise
Follow the authority(s)
Conform fairly well, but tolerate
Tolerate different kinds of people

Thais don't tend to be self-starters or very creative people (except at humorous things). There aren't many inventions in the world from Thailand. While some products are improved here, many others are just made more cheaply which includes cutting corners on quality.

Discipline must be maintained in a workplace. What tends to work best is constant auditing whereby they know they are being audited, and a little bit of fear of the big boss. Not too much fear or they will go crazy and leave, but not too much fear or "when the cat's away, the mice will play". Be firm, yet polite. To be respectable, you should be respectful.

If confrontation is necessary, it is extremely important to do it in private, not in front of other people. Thais are much more sensitive to "Saving face", which is much more important in Thai culture than in European descended cultures.

If you learn the language, then you will learn the "polite particles" in the Thai language for which no equivalent exists in Western society. (Learning the Thai language and customs is a good way to learn the culture.)

Thai culture is fairly homogenous, compared to many other countries and regions of the world. It is remarkable that the Thai language is the native language of the indigenous people over such a large country, approximately 1500 km by 500 km. (In fact, the Lao (Laos) language is very similar to the Thai language, using essentially the same written characters and most of the same words. The Thai language also extends into the southernmost edge of China.)

The "religion" is Buddhism (and there has never been a war or fighting over Buddhism), which over 90% of Thais call themselves. The main exception is the small southernmost provinces bordering Malaysia which are predominantly Muslim.

The homogeneity of Thailand's culture and language has contributed to the peaceful and smooth nature of Thai people.

Prefabricated Housing in Turkey

2011-06-02T06:42:00.000-07:00

In Turkey, you can purchase prefabricated houses with 40 years of guaranty from several companies such as:

http://www.mtnprefabrik.com/?mtn=luks_dublex
http://www.ucuzprefabrik.com/

Tel:0216 374 33 24 Gsm:0532 477 59 59

www.nestavilla.com
http://www.demirag.net/

In Thailand, check out the number one prefabricated house manufacturer http://www.lifesbox.com/ for cheap housing options.

LifesBox Modular Co.,Ltd.

805, 9th Floor, 21 Tower
Srinakarin Rd., Suanluang,
Bangkok, Thailand 10250
Tel: +66 2721 3544 Fax: +66 2721 3545

Enjoy hassle free, luxury lifestyle in both Turkey and Thailand.

Owning a Land and Summer House in Turkey or in Thailand

2011-06-02T05:46:00.000-07:00

In Turkey foreigners can own land of around 5000 or more square meters and build their own villas with swimming pools freely. Prefabricated housing is also another option and Turkey has good designed prefab house professional manufacturers available. Just call me and I will arrange a meeting for you. 150 square meters , two storey very nice looking villa costs around 60.000USD and the manufacturer can assemble it in 15 days time whereever your land is in Turkey.

Whereas in Thailand, foreigners can own only 1600 square meters and they have to invest 40 million thai baht in government bonds. If you are married to Thai lady, you can purchase the house and land in her name only. So Turkey is best for summer house and land investors in the Aegean and Mediterenean coastal riviera. So come and invest in Turkey and go to Thailand as tourist instead. Become incumbent of Turkey, this is the best option. In Didim,Fethiye and Bodrum, British expats invest heavily in summer houses and in Antalya, Alanya German and Russian expats invest heavily. There are also charter, low cost direct flights to London, Amsterdam, Munich, Frankfurt , Moscow, Kiev. So become expat in Turkey with your girlfriend visa free and enjoy cheap life like other expats in Turkey. Don't think that this is muslim country, you can find whatever you like and need in Turkey like in European Union countries. www.hakanozcan.weebly.com

Comparing Thailand and Turkey in Daily Life and in Tourism

2011-06-02T05:24:00.000-07:00

Wellcome to my blog.I am Abdullah Hakan Ozcan from Ankara Turkey. I am Turkish national and I am here to compare 2 magnificent touristic countries.
Turkey has 73 million inhabitants and the 16th biggest economy of the world. She just entered the BRIC countries and Istanbul and İzmir with their promotions and with large commercial sea ports continue to attract foreign investors and multinational companies. I wish Ankara with its very fine infrastructure could attract multinational companies to the city but it is like Phoenix Arizona in nature with not so many natural attractions. In Thailand only Bangkok attracts foreign investors mostly and it has fine infrastructure of road and train(not high speed trains) networks and abundant with low cost air carriers to most of the Southeast Asian and Chinese cities.
Turkish people like hardworking and take initiative in initiating and sustaining successful construction companies and banks. ENKA, Ronesans Construction, Gama Holding, Tepe Construction Inc. are main infrastructure builder companies in Turkey and they have accomplished lots of high rise condos, motorways and other sorts of commercial buildings and shooping malls in Russia and CIS countries. Turkey has 40 USD billionaires whereas Thailand has only 11 USD billionaires. Both of those countries must increase their investments in road, train and airline network infrastructures. Turkish Airlines has placed recently Istanbul-Toronto, Istanbul-Los Angeles, Istanbul- Sao Paolo flight networks and the airline company heads of being one of the world's top 10th airline carrier in 10 years time. Turkish Airlines is already a member of Star Airlines group. Most modern terminals in Turkey are Istanbul Ataturk Terminal, Ankara Esenboga Terminal and Izmir Terminal. Turkey has lots of historical monuments and archeological sites especially in Bible belt city of İzmir, Denizli and Kuşadası, Bodrum, Antalya from Roman Empire. Thailand has only Ayuthaya budhist temples dating 800 BC.
During my visits to Thailand, I have seen lots of backpackers from around the world whereas in Turkey mostly high caliber tourists come and visit the country. In Thailand Kaosan Road, Soi Cowboy, Patpong, Nana Plaza are the hotspots for tourists and I like those neighborhoods with its live music and affordable girlfriend availabilities. Whereas in Turkey there are no places like these. So Turkey is good for only couples as Turkish girls are not good at dating most of the times (It is because of genetic and religious beings of Turkish girls). So Thailand is best for solo male or female travellers.
You can not find foreign ethnic and nationality foods in Turkey other than Turkish kebaps and Turkish food is little bit heavy and greasy. Thai food is healthy and with varieties of spices, they are very attractive to foreign tourists.
Istanbul has 110 shopping malls for 10 million inhabitants , Ankara has 40 shopping malls for 5 million population, Bangkok has less than 20 shopping malls for 8 million inhabitants.
If you know Turksih well, foreign students can study in Turkey for very cheap costs. For example Kırıkkale University and other universities in small Anatolian cities incurs only 25 USD per year for tuition and fees for masters and doctorate degrees and they are well known around the world and with good reputation. So come and study in Turkey as full time student with very good Turkish language background. Also living expenses are very cheap. Monthly expenditure in those small cities in Turkey for students is around 600USD per month
including meals, accomodation. So with your girlfriend it is really a bargain to earn MBA in Turkey.
Thailand has ongoing monthly full moon parties in Koh Phangan, Koh Samui islands. Phuket is very popular among very rich American and European tourists. Krabi in Thailand is suitable for young couples and for solo travelers as well as backpackers. There are everyday flights from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport to all of the cities in Thailand. Also visit Hat Yai, Danouk ,Trat in the southern provinces, you will sooth the tranquility and enjoy "land of smiles" of Thailand from muslim perspectives. In the south mostly Chinese and Indian Malays, Singaporeans come for nightlife, for karaoke and chinese foods with thai hospitality.
In Turkey, if you want to spend a very affordable summer holiday, go to Anamur city near Alanya.Anamur , with its very cheap hotels, affordable food options and nice and helpful city dwellers, you will definitely enjoy Mediterenean coastline's beauty.
In Thailand, Isaan province is not so wellcoming to solo male travellers as the local people don't speak so much English and local girls are afraid of grapevine(they don't speak foreign language other than English in Thailand but in Turkey there are French, German, Italian secondary and high schools in Ankara,Istanbul so no problem to find Turkish translators in touristic areas).
It is nearly impossible to see American, Canadian or Asian tourists in Mediterenean or Aegean cities of Turkey even though they will get the most of archeology (unlike New York Metropolitan Museum has lots of Turkish archeological and historical monuments in Anatolia, Middle East section), so we are awaiting American tourists to Turkey as well. Turkey has extremely luxury hotels catered to Russian ,CIS and European tourists at low costs compared to Florida hotels and resorts. One example for all is http://www.rixossungatehotel.com/ which is 7 star resort for only 180USD per person all inclusive style perfect golf resort with all kinds of imported alcoholic drinks available for free. You can make all kinds of reservations to these hotels from www.booking.com or www.agoda.com . If you are solo male traveller from USA or Canada you can arrange a thai girl from thaiescorts.com site and pay all the prices for her travel to Turkey (i.e. import girls to Turkey for God's sake, so not get bored in Turkey) . You can also rent a car in Turkey and the roads are fine in touristic places. www.avis.com.tr has affordable cars in their vaults. If you need any help just call me 00905334163430 or visit my other websites www.hakanozcan.weebly.com , www.wix.com/hakanozcan/eng
To rent summer houses in Turkey is cheap and abundant. Just go to realtors in Didim, Bodrum, Antalya and you can rent furnished summer houses for 700USD per month (villas not apartments). But in Thailand it is expensive for long stays. So prefer Turkey for long stays upto 3 months especially in low season times such as September to January.
This is it for this time. Hope to enjoy your vacations in Turkey or Thailand.