Nice Experience in Hall of Opium II ( Thailand)

Then, I followed the oldest pages of opium records in a dome-shaped round room with distinctive 3D frames of every civilization, with clear English voice-overs. Rang from the wall. The museum's audio guide equipment is quite modern, but only in three main languages: Thai, English and Chinese.
So hopefully other visits, I will see the museum made more Italian, Spanish and French.

The early history of the opium trade was well described, and added to rich historical contexts, from the Tea Trade Inequality Treaty to the way the Siamese government tried to control it. The use of opium in medicine but none of the images reached the range of the room depicting a hollowed-up hatchet, the screaming siren no more than the sight of a merchant ship in the 16th-century East India Company -17 where thanks to it, opium from India came to China.

Next, I entered a room decorated like an old ship. Battleships of the British and Chinese forces, as in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean.

Historically, the nineteenth-century opium war between the Qing and the British Army has been replicated by depictions of battles with true sound effects and faces that played a key role in the war. Present.

I realized from a normal spice, herbs, the very way that human beings were making killings, opium.

I realized from a normal spice, herbs, the very way that human beings were making killings, opium. From drugs to drugs, to looting, assault and finally the war between nations.
When I had gathered enough knowledge of history, the neurologist was accustomed to strong visual and auditory impressions; I was led to the area expressing the harmful effects of drugs. From here, my emotions are said to be continually stimulated, starting with a video of a drug addict, injecting, inhaling, and dying the drug immediately.
Soon, I was led to another room, a room with a transparent background; underneath was decorated like a dungeon with crumples. The supplies for the brown fairy in medicine and in the past few centuries are also displayed on either side of the wall, with the raw tar bases deposited on the bottom of the glass bottle and the dried blood in the needle.
It is horrible, disgusting, otherwise, when people abuse and use drugs for economic reasons, the needles of a puncture needle, disgust, I can only say so.
It is inconceivable that the old, money, knowledgeable people fall into the temptation of opium.
Again said opium after a long publicity was not banned soon is strong and people discovered the danger level of it, so the governments have prohibited. And obviously that was the reason that I was led into the next room.

Other rooms have "introduced" ways of spreading drug traffickers that are often used to cross functional forces and have a small electronic game, so visitors can try to see if they can. How many heroin cakes are being hidden?


At the end of the museum is the room of thinking, there are many famous quotes from famous people around the world.
A quote from Mahatma Gandhi quoted on the wall of the Room of Reflection is indeed the most complete conclusion to this journey: "Remember there is always a limit to call life, but there is no boundary for alkalinity. “Our greatest glory is not in ever falling but in rising every time we fall"

Or "What is Life?" It is a flash of firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the Sunset. "

However, the quote I love most is from Confucius:
"A Journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."

This is a saying that I really was expensive, myself visiting the Hall of Opium that day was also thanks to the scholarship of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thailand to participate in the exchange program called the Mekong Friendship Project. Vietnamese delegation had only 8 participants, I was lucky to be one of 8 representatives of Vietnam. To tell the truth, this old thing probably never thought of, there is one day covered abroad, not one country but all five countries in the Mekong.
 And now a rare Erasmus scholarship for Asian students, I really see it reflected the meaning of the sentence.
I tried from step one to get those successes.
From participating in student movement activities at school, to volunteer activities: donating humanitarian blood, distributing food to the poor, and trying to make a record of learning.

It can be said, from myself, I insist that no success is not trade-off, and to get anything big, you have to try from a little.

In general, the opium museum is an impressive museum, lingering in the minds of many during the trip to Chiang Mai, Thailand, unfortunately the museum does not allow for indoor photography unless there are more beautiful photographs. .
I really recommend if you have the opportunity to Chiang Mai, Golden Triangle, remember to visit the Hall of Opium. You will learn a lot about the history of Chiang Mai, the history of the Golden Triangle as well as find something good in yourself.
Something that helps us overcomes the hunger for opium.

The museum is open daily (except Monday): from 8.30 - 17h00. A visit lasts about 2-3 hours. Entry fee is 200 baht per person.

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