When I visited Thailand last summer, I made a mistake when I was visiting someone's house. There were some beautiful baskets on the floor, and l wanted to point to one so could ask about it. pointed to it with my foot. I could tell that my host was very uncomfortable, but l didn't know wh I thought maybe compliments were not appropriate, or that he didn't think I was sincere. Several weeks later I learned that in Thailand, it's rude to point to something with your foot. I wish my host had told me at the time. I could have apologised, and l wouldn't have done it again. guess I should have read some books about Thailand before l went, but it's hard to learn everything that way. Now wonder how many other mistakes I made that l never found out about!