On vacation in Thailand, in front of many tourists, the question arises: what souvenirs and gifts to purchase relatives and loved ones, and what to pamper yourself your loved one. After all, I want to share a piece of Thailand with each part.
The most common souvenir, which can be purchased at the resorts literally at every turn - magnets with elephants, as well as with Thai landscapes and beaches.
At the same time, magnets with views of Phuket, Samui or the province of Kanchanaburi can easily be found in any bench of Pattaya. Such a souvenir can be used as a present to colleagues at work: here it is not a gift of roads, but attention. By the way, such a gift is really inexpensive. On average, the price of magnets is 100 baht for three pieces, and in the night markets 100 baht for five pieces. For about the same price, you can purchase key chains made of leatherette or plastic. Not so long ago noticed another souvenir from a series of inexpensive gifts - matchboxes with images of Thailand, although they probably will be more suitable for collectors.
Souvenirs made in the form of elephants or decorated with images of this animal are greatly popular.
An elephant in Thailand is a sacred animal, so the choice of similar products is simply huge: ranging from the statuettes made from a variety of materials (glass, wood, tin, ceramics) and ending with photo frames and photo albums that thais are made from elephant poop. By the way, choosing an elephant, remember that the trunk raised upward means that the elephant attracts well-being.
Also often brought from the Thailand statuettes of the Buddha, but their size should not exceed 15 centimeters, otherwise it will be taken from customs inspection.
Very large demand among tourists is the clothing of Thai production. These are children's cotton summer things, and sportswear, and T-shirts with various inscriptions and drawings. Cheap children's things can always be found in Tesco Lotus and Big C hypermarkets network. Sports of popular firms at discounted prices can be purchased in Outlet stores. T-shirts that miraculously can be used as a gift can be purchased from 100 to 300 baht. At the same time, the quality of the image is very good - there is a feeling that the drawing is not translated into the fabric, but is drawn on it. There are enough of them, as a rule, for a year of constant socks.
In Thailand, you can buy clothes and bedding from Thai silk, but acquire them better in the factory or in branded stores. What is sold in stalls is usually fake. Real silk things do not differ overly low prices, but in quality are superior to those sold in Russia.
The same applies to Latex products. If you decide to make an expensive and high-quality purchase, - go to the latex factory: here you will tell you in detail about all the products and their differences from such goods that are often offered to purchase at low prices. Latex pillows at low prices are not a fake, but the content from them latex is much lower than in the factory. The pillow at the factory will cost you about 3,500 baht, the mattress - starting from 15,000 baht, depending on the thickness. In my opinion, latex products, with all their convenience, there is one drawback - the smell of rubber, which I, for example, prevents it from relaxing and enjoying a dream on a latex pillow.
Many, coming to rest in Thailand, hurry to electronics stores, because here prices for tablets and cell phones differ from the Russian, probably on a quarter. But it is better to do such expensive purchases in corporate stores.
Many among our acquaintances ordered us to bring drugs: pills from cough and pressure; Yellow, green and red balsams; herpes ointment; whitening toothpaste; Soap with the addition of snake fat. All this is better to acquire in the pharmacies of Thai traditional medicine, and not on the beach in merchants.
The same applies to cosmetics - coconut oil is sold in all pharmacies and is fairly cheap. Recently, pineapple oil has become popular, which has a pleasant sweet smell. It is based on face and body care cosmetics. By the way, in Thailand, you can purchase a famous cream for slimming Golden Shape.
Those who have unlimited financial opportunities will have to make the choice and purchase of silver jewelry with precious stones, which can be purchased at jewelry factories. Prices here begin from about a thousand baht for a ring with Fonit and do not have the upper limit when it comes to products like the work of art. By the way, at jewelry factories, it is not bad to bargain, as the prices for jewelry are initially overestimated.
In addition to jewelry with precious stones, Thailand is also known for inexpensive pearl jewelry.
Very often on the beaches they offer to buy beads from pearls in just 500 baht. It cannot be said that it is a fake pearl. It is real, but you need to keep in mind how it grows. A real pearl is brought in literally from the grains, this process takes a long time. The basis of a cheap pearl is taken by a larger item. Accordingly, the pearl in such pearls is very small, from here and cheap cost.
And, of course, it is impossible not to say about the accessories of the skin of the snake, the skate and crocodile, which are sold on the beaches, markets, in stores - in general, literally at every step. On the fake rummage is very simple. How to distinguish a real thing from artificial? First of all at the price. No one will sell you a bag of crocodile with a big book just for a thousand baht. Wallet from the skate for 500 baht is also a fake. The cost of the real bag from the snake is at times exceeds the one as they ask on the beach. Many resting still grabs naivety to believe that in Thailand everything can be bought for a penny. The quality of things in some cases will also be kopeck.
Of the products from Thailand are mainly carried by fruit: local mangoes are much tastier and cheaper than those who lie on the shelves in Russia. Unfortunately, they are not very well transported. The king of fruit - Durian - for exportation from Thailand is prohibited. The only way to treat them relatives and loved ones is candy and chips from Durian, which, however, do not pass its original taste. We are constantly bringing from Thailand Coconut Iriski, which are sold in some Big C stores, and chocolate candies in the form of elephants, tuk-tuk and orchids that can be purchased at Duty Free. In this case, we buy Thai beer Singha, in this case the norm of transporting fluid in the baggage is not taken into account, although the cost of beer exceeds the shop times in three.
