Of course I wouldn't suppress my urge to chime in in a topic like this, lol. I'm not gonna go into much details about Thailand since you guys probably know enough from tourist advertisements and such, the stuff that makes Thailand look overly nice most of the time. Not saying my country is bad, but it's not as good as many imagine either.
I stay in Chiang Mai to study at the moment, but my actual hometown is Lampang, a smaller town in the valley close to Chiang Mai. It's surrounded by three mountain, one of which is the source of Tal river, a small but long river in front of my house that's dry most of the time unless there's a heavy rain and the dam on the mountain breaks. There used to be sand flowing in with the water too but people got the sand from the dam on the mountain so there's no more sand now. Sand used to get in houses and field whenever there was a flood. If I dig the dirt in my house deep enough, as deep as my height probably, I can still see sand. Dad once dug up enough sand to build something without having to go buy it anywhere. I'm not sure how people dealt with sand iinflux in their fields back then. Most of those old enough to see that happen died. The rest are too old to provide useful information. I knew this from my grandma when she was still alive.
My village is a pretty rural one, though not as rural as I wish it was. There're rice fields here and there, a temple where everyone gathers on Dhammasavana day which is the day Buddhists go to temples to cleanse their mind, pray and follow the 8 precepts, though it is actually a day where elders gather to gossip and have fun under religious masking as far as I can see.:p
My house is located on the road to the graveyard. Not many people use this road, unless it's cremation day. On that day, people would finish the last funeral gathering at the temple with monks chanting for the spirit and so on, then there'll be a band or a car with tape playing funeral songs, then the coffin carriage, and a super long rope everyone who wants to send that spirit to rest holds on to. The monk will be the first to drag the carriage, and the rope will be pulled. People will walk holding the rope from the temple to the graveyard, passing my house. I like funerals here, not because of the fact that someone dies but because I can really see how close my people are and how they enjoy helping others, especially the family of the dead. There was once a group conference on Teamtalk when a funeral march was passing by. People on tt literally fell in love with that. It's very spiritual.
My hometown is renowned for horse carriages, elephant conservation center, countless temples, two beautiful waterfalls, one of which has hot mineral water spring. There're not many malls here, though of course there're more than when I was a kid. There was one mall back then, a pretty small mall. But now there're like 3-4 something malls, doesn't count the smaller ones, too small to be called malls by any sense.
Our Signature food is a kind of crispy rice battered in special, sticky sugar, baked grains, and even dried shredded pork. The food is called Khao Tan. Not my favorite but makes perfect snack for anyone. I'm sure many of you'd like it too if you have a chance to try.
Why do ghost hunters have to hunt ghosts? Well, there's a fear of being ghosted out there. They may need therapy as well as their ghost hunting kit.