The country's largest Buddha, the Loy Krathong Festival of Lights, fantastic beaches and the metropolis of Bangkok are just a few of the highlights that Nina Heins and Jonas Weinhold visit on their journey through southern Thailand. They learn how to properly dish out Thai boxing, restore corals with a marine biologist and feast their way through the cuisine of the Asian country. (The next episode "Kuba" by Nina and Jonas is available here in the ARD media library: https://1.ard.de/thailand-erleben?yt=d )

00:00 Greeting
01:08 Bangkok: Loy Krathong Festival of Lights
06:05 Coral reefs around Krabi
13:00 Maharaj Market in Krabi
15:32 Tiger Cave Temple, Tiger Cave Temple Krabi
18:10 Railay Beach on Ko Hong
22:54 Emerald Cave Emerald Cave in Koh Muk
25:25 Royal Palace in Bangkok
26:36 Street food and Pad Thai noodle dish
30:17 Thai dance
33:15 Thai boxing
36:47 Chinatown
37:27 Temple ruins of Ayutthaya
40:30 Waterfalls in Erawan National Park

The backdrop of the Krabi region could not be more spectacular: with turquoise water, rugged limestone cliffs overgrown with greenery and bright sandy beaches. There, Nina and Jonas meet a biologist who restores damaged coral reefs. At a depth of six meters, they get to know his work and can lend a hand. The beaches around Krabi are among the most beautiful in all of Thailand. The famous Railay Beach looks like the setting of a travel magazine. The boat takes you to the island of Koh Hong - there is also the finest tropical beach here. In Bangkok, Nina and Jonas experience the Buddhist festival Loi Krathong.

This festival is celebrated in honor of the water goddess. A kind of Thanksgiving festival, for which countless floating lanterns are lowered into the water on rivers and lakes. Nina learns to build the small floating boat from banana leaves and flowers herself. You can eat authentic Thai food in Bangkok in one of the countless food stalls. Thailand's street food is world famous. Nina and Jonas get a Pad Thai cooking class - right down the street. The traditional Thai noodle dish should not be missing on any trip to Thailand.

In Thailand, the national sport of Thai boxing is still a male domain, but more and more girls and women are being drawn into the ring. Nina and Jonas meet Nong Toom - a former male boxer who funded his gender reassignment surgery with prize money and went from fighter to fighter. The boxer now teaches in her own studio and shows Nina how to properly dish out. A visit to the impressive temple ruins of Ayutthaya and the Erawan National Park with its turquoise waterfalls completes your trip.

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A film by Nina Heins and Jonas Weinhold. This film was produced for hr in 2021. All statements and facts correspond to the status at that time and have not been updated since then.