Reader question: How high can a fence or fence be in Thailand?
Who knows how high a fence or fence can be legally in Thailand? Or is this not regulated at all in Thailand?
I wonder what is the best thing to do: first emigrate to Thailand and then get married or first get married and then emigrate…?
News from Thailand – February 20, 2015
A selection of today's most important Thai news, including:
– Yingluck will not flee despite an unfair criminal trial
– Former Abbot Dhammachayo possibly expelled from monastic order
– Possession and distribution of child pornography tackled harshly with new law
– Government House meeting on energy auction
– Swedish tourist (54) in Rayong drinks himself to death in a hotel room
Question of the week: Adultery or cheating?
We have all been able to read it in the various Thai media, Thailand has the highest percentage of “cheaters” in the world! Still, Gringo wonders if there is a difference between cheating and adultery. What do the readers think?
Partying in Thailand
It is February 18, 2015, this should be another memorable day in Thailand's national history. Yet that's how it looks the way Lung Addie, in his so quiet jungle, woke up this morning.
I have been in a relationship with a 46 year old Thai woman for over a year. We would like to get married in July for the law in Thailand. Can someone tell me if my future wife has to take a Dutch exam before she can come to Belgium?
Reader question: Is it useful to draw up a will?
How useful is drawing up a will when you are married (to a Thai without children) and you have a child from a previous marriage? I have no possessions in the Netherlands.
News from Thailand – February 19, 2015
A selection of today's most important Thai news, including:
– Yingluck officially sued for negligence
– Energy forum is just a joke
– Dutch cook (45) dies in an accident in Pattaya
– Two French kitesurfers seriously injured in a freak accident
– Irish expat jumps from balcony after argument with Thai girlfriend
Demand for business class tickets is lagging, according to IATA
Some of us will have flown business class to Thailand or elsewhere. The difference with economy class is big, but the price is also good. Nevertheless, IATA reports that the demand for tickets in business and first class in 2014 lagged behind the total demand for airline tickets.
Reader question: Cost of a death in Thailand (Isaan)?
My father-in-law in Thailand is about to enter another world. Fortunately, we have taken out funeral insurance for him through Pracan, with my wife as the beneficiary.
I am looking for a carrier who can send me a package of 95-50-10 cm and a weight of 20 kg from the Netherlands to Bangkok at a reasonable price.
News from Thailand – February 18, 2015
A selection of today's most important Thai news, including:
– NACC wants Yingluck to pay 600 billion baht in compensation
– China charges too much interest for railway construction loans
– Thai ladies arrested who drugged and robbed older men
– Thai are world cheating champions according to survey
– Jealous man shoots ex-girlfriend dead in mall (video)
Herbal potions keep illness at bay
It is winter in Thailand and so it is cold. Temperatures drop especially in the evening and at night to around 18 – 20° Celsius and in the north of Thailand even below 10° Celsius.
Schengen visa question & answer: Multiple entry visa, do additional documents have to be taken on the trip?
I have a question about Schengen visa. A Thai friend has visited the Netherlands several times in the last 5 years and has automatically received a 5-year multiple entry visa. The visa company has told her that she can now go to the Netherlands without additional documents, provided of course that the conditions are met, such as a maximum of 90 days at a time and health insurance and a return ticket.
In the series 'On a journey with grandma Jetty' comedian and theater maker Jetty Mathurin takes two of her grandchildren on a journey through beautiful Thailand.
I'm looking for a tip on a nice stopover on the east coast. I am traveling with my daughter. I would like to go to Khao Yai National Park and from there to Koh Chang. However, I think that journey in one piece is too long for her (5 years).
Reader question: Do we have to arrange flight tickets Phuket – Bangkok in advance or on the spot?
After we, a family with 5 children, had rented a house in Hua Hin for three weeks last year and had a great time, we decided to go to Thailand again this year for three weeks.