Maj pen raj! Tajlandia dla dociekliwych

Do you want to visit the Land of Smiles? The eleventh volume of the series will take you there A world for the curious. Let's go - we're going to Thailand!

What can you get a white elephant for? Why do ghosts drink orangeade? How many animals are in the alphabet? What color is Monday? When did Buddha wake up?

Don't you know? May you be in paradise! - that's okay! You will learn everything from this book!

In Thailand, grass forests and a hundred varieties of bananas are grown. In the jungle you can meet tigers, huge butterflies and the smelliest flowers in the world. Dragons and monkey gangsters roam the streets, and witchcraft is practiced in the market.

Thai men and women eat rice for breakfast, pay with baht and drive tuk-tuks. They build ghost houses, wear yellow on Monday and don't use their names. And above all, they are always smiling and do not show anger so as not to lose face.

When it is night in Poland, it is day in Thailand. When we welcomed the 21st century, the year 2543 began! We invite you on a journey to the future!

Series A world for the curious presents the culture of various countries: it talks about places, people, monuments, dishes and concepts that almost everyone has heard about, but few people really know the stories behind them - as well as those less known that are worth knowing.