text: Thai in Brief
  Thailand is a Southeast Asian country, mapping on the heart of one, predominantly Buddhist Kingdom almost equidistant between India and China. For centuries known by outsiders as Siam, Thailand has been something of a Southeast Asian migratory, cultural and religious crossroads. With an area of some 510,000 square kilometres and a population about 67 million, Thailand is approximately the same size as France. Thailand shares borders with Burma to the west and north, Laos P.D.R.to the northeast and north, Cambodia to the east and Malaysia to south.
  Weather: Thailand enjoys a tropical climate with three distinct seasons: Summer starts from March through May; Rainy Season with plenty of sunshine drops from June to September and Cool Season begins from October till February. The average annual temperatures is 28° Celsius (83° Farenheit), ranging, in Bangkok, for example, from 30 degrees Celsius in April to 25 degrees Celsius in December.