What are examples of soft power activities that have qualified for DTV besides Muay Thai and cooking? I will be living in Khon Kaen and am interested in learning the language and culture, attending festivals, visiting temples and learning more about Buddhism. I haven’t found anything at Khon Kaen University (I think I need to learn from a Thai language tutor and immersion before taking a college class offered in Thai).

Suggestions?

What about volunteering in Thailand?

i have a wat i work with. they have helped me greatly and when i go there in person this year, i’m planning to offer to help them with anything they may need a hand with.

is it really true you can’t help monks and practice merit as a farang? it’s against the law?

how does this on any way protect thai workers and how is this even appropriate? i thought wats and monks were given some special preference. how can they deprive them of farang helping them out around the wat?

Seems kinda un-Buddhist

Edit: i’m kind of bummed out how this thread is going. Nobody knows what they’re talking about first of all, second, people aren’t even reading what I wrote or getting the right idea of what happened. I’m talking to my teacher who is ordained at the temple, I’m trying to go help out at. They thought it was a great idea to help out, and give some merit that way as well as the money I already give. So drop all these weird posts please with all the bizarre assumptions

Update: www.withlocals.com was great!!! 🤩

Easy to check availability, to book, to message the tour guide and to book with Polly! Who was a great local tour guide.

We learn so much about Buddhism ❤️ and she knows 99% of the answers, good English and you could trust her knowledge, compared to the random tour guide we came across in Wat Pho 😅 bless him.

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Hello! Does anyone recommend a tour (for tomorrow!) In the old city, we would like to understand the history/religion in Bangkok.

No monuments entry, just walking around. Thanks!

Who has been? Hard to find a lot of info online about this temple...