Last day: Flight ticket Bangkok with Qatar now from € 400,-
You can buy cheap tickets today at Qatar. Especially now that there is also a discount of € 20! This makes your trip to Thailand even cheaper.
BluPort Resort in Hua Hin (video)
It should be ready in 2016: The BluPort Resort in the heart of Hua Hin, which includes a mega shopping mall on 25 rai of land (145.000 m2). The prestigious construction project costs no less than 4 billion baht. But then you also have something, such as 25.000 m2 of retail space.
Reader question: Where can you shop in Ayutthaya? Is there a nice market? Or a shopping street?
We have a question. Where in Ayutthaya can you enjoy strolling / shopping? Is there a nice market? Or a nice shopping street? We can find a lot of information about all the ruins and ancient temples, but also like to stroll around a nice local market, but I can't find which one..?
In the last year a foot knot has developed on my foot (large red hard bump) that takes on frightening but especially painful forms. Researched on the internet that aspirin does not help against this and that only medical intervention can be done.
Dutchman (51) dies in accident on Beach Road in Pattaya
This morning in Pattaya, a 51-year-old Dutchman died in a single-vehicle accident. The accident occurred in front of the Hard Rock Hotel and resulted in the death of Mark Henkel, a well-known expat and member of the Pattaya Sports Club.
News from Thailand – Saturday, April 18, 2015
A selection of today's most important Thai news, including:
– Prayut looks back on six months of reign
– Police: Bonanza holiday park has seized land
– Naked Brit (25) is fined during Songkran
– Belgian expat (70) drowns in Hua Hin
Agenda: King's Day 2015 in Thailand
The Dutch Associations in Thailand are again organizing a festive celebration of the King's Day this year. Both in Pattaya and in Bangkok, an attractive program is offered at a beautiful location with music, food and drinks. King's Day is also celebrated in Hua Hin at Say Cheese.
From Khao Yai to business class
The line at the check-in counter at Suvarnabhumi in Bangkok is huge and when it's finally our turn something goes wrong in the computer system. We're pretty much the last one there, but whoever laughs last...
11 months Prayut: What has been achieved?
Thailand has been under military rule for eleven months now. Prayut, the leader of the junta, looks back with his ministers on his reign of the past six months. He does not mention great successes, but he did defend the strict approach of critics.
Reader question: Getting a tattoo removed in Thailand
Does anyone have experience with having a tattoo removed in Thailand or does anyone know a good address where you can have this done?
In 2016, after a few days in Bangkok, we want to take a cruise from the Laem Chabang terminal. What's the best way to get to the terminal?
News from Thailand – Friday, April 17, 2015
A selection of today's most important Thai news, including:
– Working group must highlight the benefits of the new constitution
– Investigation into illegal land use Kirimaya Golf Resort
– Thailand wants to buy Russian weaponry
– Samui shopping center employee suspected of bomb attack
'Drinking water protects against fatal heart attack'
In Thailand you lose a lot of moisture due to the heat and especially now during the hottest period of the year. You can of course drink coffee, soft drinks or beer, but the healthiest thing is plain water. According to a recent study, it can even prevent a fatal heart attack.
'The Thai is a nice person but with a backbone of a mussel'
Thailand faces an important challenge, but with a backbone of a mussel, this challenge is ignored, Ronald van Veen writes in his column in which he is critical of Thai society.
Ferry from Pattaya to Hua Hin to be revived
The Thai navy will investigate the feasibility of a ferry service across the Gulf of Thailand between Pattaya and Hua Hin.
Bangkok: In the Middle of Everything (short film)
'In the Middle of Everything' is a true reality movie by Dutch photographer Maurice Spees and shot with a hidden camera.
Reader question: Where do expats stay if they have to spend one or two days in Bangkok?
I would like to know where an expat is staying if he or she has to spend one or two days in Bangkok. Where he / she does not have his own transport and is therefore dependent on public transport.