Question to GP Maarten: Alternative to expensive medicine against high blood pressure?
I take medication for high blood pressure: Olmetec 40 mg (olmesartan medoxomil). This medication appears to be quite expensive in Thailand (30 pills for 1.100 Baht). My question is whether there is a cheaper and well-functioning alternative available in Thailand?
The Thai king on today's elections
The Royal Household Bureau announced at 8.44pm on Saturday that His Majesty the King has instructed the Lord Chamberlain to quote from a royal address by the late King Bhumibol.
Agricultural areas near Pattaya East and Cassava
It is always interesting to follow the agriculture in Pattaya East. At this moment the different stages of the Cassava crop can be seen. On the one hand, fields have already been harvested, elsewhere this has just been planted or fields are still full of this crop.
Chiang Mai still under a thick layer of smog
The air in northern Thailand is still poisonous. The smog caused three flights to Chiang Mai to return yesterday as visibility at the airport dropped from 3.000 to 1.300 metres. One flight returned to Bangkok, the other two to Chiang Rai and Phitsanulok.
Khao San Road After Midnight (video)
Khao San Road in Bangkok has a magical ring to young Western tourists and backpackers. Especially the nightlife is famous or should we say: notorious? The bars, discotheques and clubs are well-known meeting places for tourists from all over the world traveling through Asia.
Will General Prayut remain Prime Minister?
Yesterday I read on the Thailand blog that Prayut will probably remain prime minister because the military has the senate in their pocket. How is that exactly? Can someone explain that. I also read that the constitution has been amended for this purpose, but you can't just amend the constitution, can you? Does this election make any sense or is it just a show?
Why do Thais have an obsession with food?
Here on Thailandblog something has also been written about the obsession with food in Thai. Of course we all love good food, so do I, but you can also overdo it. My girlfriend eats all day long. In the evening she wonders aloud what she will eat tomorrow. When she wakes up she is already talking about food. She is fortunately not fat, but maybe that will come.
Elections Thailand: Tomorrow is finally the day!
They had to wait a long time for it, but Sunday, March 24, the day has finally come, tomorrow 51 million Thai voters will be allowed to cast their vote.
The school holidays have already started and many Thais will also use the New Year holidays during Songkran to go on a holiday trip. Data from hotel website Agoda shows that Bangkok has been overtaken by Tokyo as the preferred destination and has fallen to fourth place after Pattaya and Hua Hin.
TB Immigration Info Letter 022/19 – The Thai Visa (7) – The Non-Immigrant “O” Visa – (1/2)
You may wish to stay in Thailand for a longer period of time. Then there is, among other things, the Non-immigrant “O” visa. Often also abbreviated as “NON-O”. “O” comes from “Others” (other). Usually used by those who are retired, married to a Thai, have or have guardians of Thai children, have relatives in Thailand or are following their partner to Thailand. However, it can also be requested for other reasons such as sports coach, medical treatment, attendance at court cases, etc….
Pattaya, a city with many possibilities
Expats living in Pattaya, as well as tourists visiting this place and its surroundings, get a rich offer of opportunities that many other cities lack. The city has many hotels and restaurants with sufficient options from various countries and also vegetarian and halal restaurants.
Agenda: Songkran celebration in Amsterdam on April 13
On April 13 you can celebrate Songkran in Amsterdam. You are welcome at the Rhone Events & Congress Center at Rhoneweg 12-14, 1043 AH Amsterdam from 15.00 p.m. Entrance is free.
Is an affidavit from the Belgian embassy of your income accepted for the extension retirement 1 year at immigration in Jomtien. I've always done it with the statement from the Austrian consulate Pattaya.
Optician for soft lens fitting in Chiang Mai?
I will be staying in Chiang Mai for a longer period of time next month and am looking for an optician to fit soft lenses. Can anyone recommend a reliable one?
An Isan village life (6)
The warm season is coming and then cheap refreshments go well. The sweet makes a kind of ice cream, not as a Westerner knows it: small pieces of fruit of various kinds first go into a Styrofoam cup, then she grinds ice blocks into grit herself and puts it on top, then four very sweet sauces of her choice and in all colors on top and as the crowning glory sweet condensed milk. They go away like hot cakes, ten baht each.
The consequences of Brexit for Thailand
While British Prime Minister Theresa May wriggles through all sorts of bends to get the Brexit deal over the line in a way that is acceptable to everyone, we read all too often about the economic consequences, say loss of prosperity, for the United Kingdom itself and the European countries.
Reader submission: Thai TV in the Netherlands
Some time ago I asked the readers of this blog for tips on how my Thai wife in the Netherlands can best watch Thai TV via the internet, especially channel 8, which she loves. has perished.