Thailand's Culture

• Thais do not shake hands, rather, they place their hands together in a prayer-like manner as their greeting
• It is considered rude to point your foot at someone
• The Thai people consider the head a sacred part of the body, so it is frowned upon when someone touches the head of another
• Thais believe very much in personal cleanliness and will bathe daily
• The most common spectator sport is Muay Thai, otherwise known as kickboxing
• Confrontation is considered rude
• Bargaining is a common technique used in Thailand

Links
The following links are a few of the sites that offer a wide variety of pertinent information.  This is a great place to start to learn about Thailand and it's culture.

The Thailand Adoption Page

Designed and maintained by volunteer adoptive families with children from Thailand as an information and communication resource.

Thailand factsheet for adoption travel

USCIS information on Adoptions from Thailand

http://www.achildsdesire.org/thailandfacts.htm

http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/