Reader question: How can my Thai girlfriend fly to the Netherlands without any problems?
What else does my Thai girlfriend have to arrange if she wants to fly to the Netherlands without any problems? Does she need an extra covid-free statement, for example?
Reader question: I am looking for used car parts in Thailand
Does anyone know if there is some kind of 'parts line' in Thailand? If you need a second-hand part in the Netherlands, you put it on the parts line and you will be bombarded by companies that have the part you are looking for.
Finally I can go home. As previously reported, I arrived in Bangkok on Saturday, August 8 and was transferred from the airport directly to my ASQ corona hotel Siam Mandarina in Samut Prakarn near the airport for my 16-day quarantine.
Reader Submission: Proof of Life (Chiang Mai)
Last week we read a piece on Thailandblog that the SSO would no longer sign proof of being alive. Due to the Corona measures, we had postponed the trip to the Government Building in Chiang Mai
The Thai cabinet decided on Tuesday to extend the state of emergency for another month until October 1. It is already the fifth extension since the state of emergency came into effect in March this year.
Nirhua Satal Rahe from India
Here in Thailand, if I watch a video on my Facebook account – no matter who posted it – there will be a pop-up at the end of that video of another video, which I can or cannot watch.
Chinese trader arrested with counterfeit goods
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has seized counterfeit goods worth more than 100 million baht (almost 3 million euros) in a raid on a home in Bangkok.
We have a house about 40 km south of Pattaya. Despite my power management and some solar cells, we use quite a bit of electricity. Even with about 80% of the house, including swimming pool lighting on LEDs, I still have a bill of between 4 and 5000 baht when I'm there for a full month. Now I found out that there is also a night and day rate in Thailand.
Reader question: Can I go to Phuket for a long stay?
This link and news item on CNN gives hope (long stay tourism for at least 30 days in Phuket. Although with the necessary restrictions, but perhaps still an opening to escape the cold winter months in the Netherlands this coming winter. Is there anything known about further relaxation? Hua Hin?
BTS starts test drives on the Gold Line in Bangkok
It is an ambitious project and the first test drives on the Gold Line in Bangkok will start soon. Three unmanned trains will run on this line.
Thailand is going to open prisons to tourists
The Ministry of Justice will open 67 prisons to tourists and interested parties. Visitors can see prisoners being taught skills, such as cooking, which they can apply once released.
Strict requirements from the municipality must improve the quality of bus transport in Bangkok
The municipality of Bangkok (BMTA) will impose strict (environmental) requirements on companies that apply to operate bus lines. In this way, the municipality wants to improve the quality of bus transport.
Agenda: Friday is the party!
This Friday, August 28, we will restart the association year with a big party. We do that from 18 pm in Sam Pi Nong in Cha Am, Peter Robbe's restaurant.
Reader question: Water treatment for drinking water in Thailand what should I pay attention to?
We always buy bottled water for drinking water. Now my wife wants to buy a water purifier. What should we pay attention to?
What to do when it rains in Phuket
It is rainy season in Thailand and if you are staying in this beautiful country on holiday or otherwise, you will have to deal with a shower of rain very regularly. That shower can last fifteen minutes, but can also extend into several hours of constant rain.
I tried (at home in the Netherlands) to download and use the Bangkok Bank App, Unfortunately. Downloading goes well and also entering my pass number in PIN code goes, but then it goes wrong.
Bus companies, a forgotten group during the corna crisis
More than 100 tour buses are standing still on a piece of land off Sukhumvit Road near Boonsamphan and other places in the Pattaya area. But of the group, tour operators and drivers have been hit hardest by the corona virus. Thai tourists don't need buses and there are no more Chinese and Indian groups to fill them.