{"id":48,"date":"2014-05-13T20:29:50","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T10:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.project.com.sg\/rtw\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2014-06-10T00:02:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T14:02:43","slug":"thailand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/?page_id=48","title":{"rendered":"Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:right;width:170px;margin-left:15px;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/flags\/flag.thailand.gif\" style=\"border:1px solid #888;\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"cont_429db6b0dc40af9517adc1c9e46dade3\">\n  <span id=\"h_429db6b0dc40af9517adc1c9e46dade3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theweather.com\/bangkok.htm\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#808080; font-family:Helvetica; font-size:12px;\">Bangkok Forecast<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n  <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theweather.com\/wid_loader\/429db6b0dc40af9517adc1c9e46dade3\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Capital City:<\/b> Bangkok<\/p>\n<p><b>Population:<\/b> 67,741,401 (July 2014 est)<\/p>\n<p><b>Currency:<\/b> Thai Baht (THB)<\/p>\n<p><b>Land Area:<\/b> 513,120 sq km. Controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore.<\/p>\n<p><b>Dominant Religions:<\/b> Buddhist (official) 93.6%, Muslim 4.9%, Christian 1.2%, other 0.2%, none 0.1% (2010 est)<\/p>\n<p><b>Land Boundaries:<\/b> Myanmar (Burma) 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km, Malaysia 506 km<\/p>\n<p><b>Location:<\/b> Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma<\/p>\n<p><b>Climate:<\/b> Tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid<\/p>\n<p><b>Terrain:<\/b> Central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere<\/p>\n<p><b>Visa:<\/b> VOA is granted to Australian passport holders at all points of arrival. Thai Immigration will issue a 14 day visa at land border crossings, or a 28 day visa at airport arrival. Penalty for overstay is THB1,000 for each day past the visa expiry date<\/p>\n<p><b>Entry Point:<\/b> Wang Prachan (from Wang Kelian, Malaysia)<\/p>\n<p><b>Exit Point:<\/b> Mae Sot (to Myawaddy, Myanmar)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Cuisine:<\/b> The food alone is really reason enough for a trip to Thailand. Curries, fruit shakes, stir fries, fresh fish made a zillion ways &#8211; and that&#8217;s just the beginning. Food in Thailand can be as cheap and easy as 25 baht pad thai (Thai fried noodles) cooked at a street stall or as expensive and complicated as a $100 ten-course meal by a royal chef served in one of Bangkok&#8217;s 5 star hotels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangkok Forecast Capital City: Bangkok Population: 67,741,401 (July 2014 est) Currency: Thai Baht (THB) Land Area: 513,120 sq km. Controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore. Dominant Religions: Buddhist (official) 93.6%, Muslim 4.9%, Christian 1.2%, other 0.2%, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":597,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions\/597"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}