Will I still have to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in Bangkok? Even if I have already booked a condo in Pattaya for two months, where can I safely complete my quarantine?
A plea for “the good Thai man”
Judging by how Thai men are written about on various forums, they must be devilish creatures. They don't have any positive features if you believe the comments. The Thai man is a drunk, he uses yaba, he hates his wife and regularly beats her black and blue. He is a good-for-nothing, who also abuses his children and then eventually runs off with his “mia noi”.
Four weeks of Thailand in 14 minutes (video)
Our reader Robbie Poelstra made an individual tour with BM air a few years ago. He went from Bangkok by night train to Surat Thani. Hence three nights in National Park Khao Sok for a jungle tour. Sleep in raft houses, tree house resort and river tubing.
Work on the Thai nose shop
Many Isan ladies are cursed with it: the typical Thai pug nose. That means a fairly flat bridge of the nose, broad nostrils and a somewhat convex tip.
Reader question: From Don Muang to the Dutch embassy
Can someone tell me how long it takes a taxi from Don Muang to the Dutch embassy? This is because I have to activate my DigiD there.
My husband has planned to buy a condo in Bangkok by the end of this new year (subject to corona circumstances), within walking distance of a BTS station, for example On Nut. Shops, market, dentist, pharmacy: everything nearby.
Reader question: Renew Thai driver's license in Pattaya
I would like to know if the office is open for renewal of driving licenses in Pattaya near the International Regent school? Have there been any changes recently regarding renewal of driving license?
Expatriates in Thailand: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Not all expats in Thailand are of impeccable conduct, because a minority of them tarnish the reputation of foreigners, I call them the prejudiced people, the White Knights and the Cheap Charlies, in short, the bastards. One cannot tar expats with the same brush and one sees favorable and less favorable characteristics of those foreigners. I have now come to know them over the years and sometimes classify them – after the title of the classic western – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Question to general practitioner Maarten: My girlfriend is in a lot of pain because of rheumatoid arthritis
My girlfriend is 55 years old, blood pressure is 148-65 and has been diagnosed with heart failure. Her weight was 52 kilos but has now dropped below 40
Doesn't drink or smoke. Had a small moving company with a very old pick-up where she lifted many heavy loads. After a few falls about 2 years ago, research showed that a hernia with a sciatica infection or entrapment had occurred but not serious enough to operate or too risky.
We have to return to the Netherlands on January 28. Do I have to have a negative covid test or not? The embassy isn't sure. The central government says NO, Thailand is a safe country. I would like to know for sure though. If so, where can I undergo such a test? We live in Muang Loei.
Reader question: 30 Baht scheme – health insurance for Thai
Question about the 30 Baht scheme – health insurance for Thai. Does this arrangement still exist? And under what conditions?
Who has experience and advice on sending important documents by registered mail or courier to Hua Hin? I am selling my villa in Hua Hin and therefore have to transfer the original documents (title deed, bluebook, land lease assignment, etc) to my lawyer.
The municipality of Bangkok wants to improve air quality in the capital by expanding public transport and tackling traffic jams. High concentrations of particulate matter and toxic exhaust gases create an unhealthy situation for residents.
Swimming in the Mekong River
Swimming in a canal or river was the most normal thing in the world in my younger years. We didn't always have the money to pay the entrance to an official swimming pool, so we often dived into one of the two channels near my hometown.
It may be a bit early to ask, but how will it be possible for foreigners living in Thailand to get a vaccine against Covid 19/Corona?
Reader Question: My Thai girlfriend is not getting CoE
My girlfriend is going back to Thailand on January 31, 2021. She has applied for a CoE, but she is not getting one because she must have discussed an ASQ hotel.
'Tahitian Queen succumbed to corona in Pattaya'
When I tell newcomers about what the nightlife in Pattaya was like during my first visits in the early XNUMXs, I always talk about Walking Street. That was - at least in my memory - the only "naughty" place, where you easily came into contact with beautiful young Thai ladies. I always made an exception for the one venue outside Walking Street and that was Tahitian Queen, a few hundred yards down Beach Road.