Thailand is located inthe centre of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India in the Andaman Sea to the southwest.
Bangkok is the capital city of Thailand.
The geography of Thailand greatly affects food habits through the country.
In the North fattier and glutinous foods are more common like pork and sticky rice.
In the South, seafood is regularly eaten
In the centre of Thailand, it is blessed to be fertile soil meaning all kinds of crops are grown year round and incorporated in their diets.
Curries and spice are no question through all their dishes.
Many of their famous desserts and use of ingredients have been adopted through time from other cultures from the past like Portuguese influence and Islamic influence in the south.
Climate:
The climate of Thailand is tropical lending to be a lush and fertile country and is always flora.
Thailand has a tropical monsoon climate. The rainy season is from May to October when the south-west monsoon sweeps across the Indian Ocean to drench Thailand , hitting from the south first. The cool, dry season is from November to February when the north-east monsoon brings cooler, drier weather from China . This hits the peninsula east coast after crossing the South China Sea , making it very moist, and therefore extending this region′s rainy season until January or later. This rain makes Thailand an ideal place to grow rice in its waterlogged paddy fields.
Written by Carolina
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