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Thai Cooking
 If your interest is simply in learning more about what
goes into Thai dishes in order to enhance your knowledge
and enjoyment when dining out, don't hesitate to join one
of the cooking courses available on the island.
The Traditional
way to eat Thai food is to share several different dishes
at same time, enabling each dinner to discover al many
different flavors as possible. One spoonful of one dish at
a time, ladled onto a plate of steaming fragrant rice
(Khao Plow), helps to keep the flavors distinct, while a
sip of Chinese tea (Cha Jin) in between mouthfuls helps to
prepare the taste buds for the next exhilarating
experience.
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Fruit & Vegetable Carving
 Whether
you entertain your guests by cooking Asian or Western
cuisine, nothing enhances a carefully prepared dish, like
a graceful fruit or vegetable carving, or some simple but
elegant garnishes.
In the fruit carver's skilled hands and using a small and
very sharp pointed knife, an ordinary papaya or pumpkin is
turned into a bouquet of flowers, a radish becomes a tiny
rabbit or daisy or a carrot a rare orchid. Almost any kind
of fruit or vegetable can be used.
The carver must understand the texture of each and use its
natural colour to imitate that of the chosen subject. Not
all the carvings are as small as a flower; a large round
watermelon becomes a richly decorated and lidded bowl to
be used as a container for fruit salad. The green outer
skin is cut away to make a pattern in relief of flowers or
even characters in Thai literature.
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Thai Boxing
Learning
Muay Thai
 Muay Thai, with
its emphasis on both offense and defense as well as on
stamina, is a martial art anyone can learn: men, women,
young or old. With the interest in Muay Thai growing fast,
martial-art schools in Europe, America and Asia have added
it to their curricula. Some hire former Muay Thai
champions as instructors, others have trainers who studied
with Thai teachers. These schools may teach all the right
moves and maneuvers, but Muay Thai isn’t just about
punches and kicks.
To learn Muay Thai is to learn about its roots and its
purpose, and there’s nowhere better to do that than in its
homeland. In the past, foreigners wanting the real thing
would go to one of the stables, where training focuses on
professional competition. For those not so inclined, there
wasn’t much choice, and language was sometimes a problem.
Not anymore, since Thailand now has a school for total
Muay Thai education for both professionals and
amateurs. If you are interested to know more about Thai
boxing you can visit one of the stables which are located
in the main areas of Samui to look, learn and try. All
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Diving
 Scuba diving is Thailand's most popular water sport, and
it's an experience you cannot forget. With magical
apparatus allowing you to breathe underwater, a whole new
universe opens up to you. Some of the most extravagantly
beautiful creatures in creation await you in this
weightless, watery world. Explore brilliantly-coloured
coral reefs and be dazzled by fish of a thousand hues.
Expect close encounters with giant barracuda, manta rays,
sea cows and even sharks!
Thailand is the central focus for scuba diving in
Southeast Asia. Thousands of people learn to dive in
Thailand every year and become avid divers for life. There
are world-class locations for every level of expertise and
scores of professional. Well-established dive shops are
located all over the southern peninsula. Diving in
Thailand is competitively priced, and once you have
achieved your certification in Thailand, you can use it to
go scuba diving all over the world. |
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