Frans Amsterdam: Hotel booking troubles
It seems like a piece of cake: booking a hotel via the internet. But that can be disappointing, as Frans Amsterdam experienced.
Frans Amsterdam in Pattaya: 'The BVN torment'
Frans Amsterdam has settled down again in Pattaya and entertains us, until there are no more 'like' ratings, with his experiences in a follow-up story:
Frans may not have a goldfish in his hotel room, but there is an aquarium or bottle bank. That is a Samsung television set with traditional picture tube, screen ratio 4:3, but already equipped with a flat screen. No wonder of inventive ingenuity, but just a solid thing, which cannot be faulted.
Frans Amsterdam: Bobby the pub dog from Wonderful 2 Bar
The old pub dog Bobby gets into trouble with a shady character. The man kicks the elderly creature, he shouldn't have done that. Frans Amsterdam saw it happen and describes the scene.
Frans Amsterdam in Pattaya: 'About soap and clear agreements'
Frans Amsterdam has settled down again in Pattaya and entertains us, until there are no more 'like' ratings, with his experiences in a follow-up story:
I celebrated a small anniversary with the girl from Thaifriendly, Ann, last night, she was there for the fifth time. Not unique, but for someone with such a fear of commitment as me, certainly not a matter of course.
Frans Amsterdam in Pattaya: 'The credit of chambermaids'
Frans Amsterdam has settled down again in Pattaya and entertains us, until there are no more 'like' ratings, with his experiences in a follow-up story:
At the Dynasty Inn Hotel I have never had any complaints about the work of the chambermaids. However, there is one that I would like to talk to you about.
A lesson in elevator etiquette
Hundreds of thousands of Dutch people suffer daily from the heavy psychological burden of being more or less forced to be together with others in an elevator. That's because it's unnatural to be in such a small space, the experts had determined, and because people don't really know how to behave in such a situation. For example, there are people who enter the elevator in silence. Completely wrong! A greeting makes it a lot less traumatic.
Frans Amsterdam (part 16): 'Online dating on Thaifriendly'
Frans Amsterdam has settled down again in Pattaya and entertains us, until there are no more 'like' ratings, with his experiences in a follow-up story.
Last week I told you how my lonely night without goldfish went until the Thaifriendly page appeared on my tablet. Today I want to tell you a bit more about this online dating phenomenon.
Frans Amsterdam (part 15): 'An Isan party in Pattaya'
Frans Amsterdam has settled down again in Pattaya and entertains us, until there are no more 'like' ratings, with his experiences in a follow-up story.
This time about Photoshop, an Isaan party and a heavily pregnant girl who can be put through a ring.
Frans Amsterdam in Pattaya (part 11): 'Exercise'
Frans Amsterdam has settled down again in Pattaya and entertains us, until there are no more 'like' ratings, with his experiences in a follow-up story.
“Does Frans get enough exercise?” one reader wondered. Well, in this story Frans gives an answer to this pressing question.
Frans Amsterdam has settled down again in Pattaya and entertains us, until there are no more 'like' ratings, with his experiences in a follow-up story.
This time an old story about a visit to Phnom Penh in Cambodia two years ago.
Frans Amsterdam in Pattaya (part 12): 'We Dutch are not incorrigible, we are the best!'
Frans Amsterdam has settled down again in Pattaya and entertains us, until there are no more 'like' ratings, with his experiences in a follow-up story.
Today Frans holds up a mirror to us: What a headstrong people we are. When I hear compatriots talk about their experiences in their own country or abroad, I get the impression that we tolerant Dutch people don't care much for foreigners.
Frans Amsterdam in Pattaya (part 10): 'The Thai Ten Commandments'
Frans Amsterdam has settled down again in Pattaya and entertains us, until there are no more 'like' ratings, with his experiences in a follow-up story. This time about Cat, who is recuperating at her 'auntie' in Bangkok. Above all, she needs to recover from her failed escapade to Bahrain. To speed up and intensify that process, she will soon go through life as a nun for a period of three days, in a temple.
Frans Amsterdam has settled down again in Pattaya and entertains us, until there are no more 'like' ratings, with his experiences in a follow-up story. Today a restaurant review: Patricks Belgian Restaurant revisited!
Frans Amsterdam in Pattaya (part 8): 'I will maintain'
Frans Amsterdam has settled down again in Pattaya and entertains us, until there are no more 'like' ratings, with his experiences in a follow-up story. Today it's about 'maintaining'.
Frans Amsterdam in Pattaya (part 7): The ticket seller
Frans Amsterdam has settled down again in Pattaya and entertains us, until there are no more 'like' ratings, with his experiences in a follow-up story.
We are now writing August 30, 2017, but do you remember? June 2015, the Thai newspapers and Thailand-focused blogs were full of it. The legally determined selling price of 80 Baht per (then still double) ticket of the Thai State Lottery was to be maintained.
French Amsterdam in Pattaya (part 6)
Frans Amsterdam has settled down again in Pattaya and entertains us, until there are no more 'like' ratings, with his experiences in a follow-up story.
The Wonderful 2 bar pressure index has increased slightly to 4.4. It was particularly low on Saturday and Sunday, 2.1 and 1.9. The lowest values I've ever measured. I blame it on The Moneyfight.
French Amsterdam in Pattaya (part 5)
On Friday afternoon Cat caught up and drank, she had no concrete plans yet, and went to sleep with a friend. Given the long day I had already had, I decided to take an evening nap, and then spend the last hour with live music in the Wonderful 2 Bar, from 00.00 to 01.00.
Frans Amsterdam in Pattaya (part 14): 'I'm going fishing!'
Frans Amsterdam has settled down again in Pattaya and entertains us, until there are no more 'like' ratings, with his experiences in a follow-up story.
Frans cannot sleep and goes to the reception to arrange a swimming party. Unfortunately, he doesn't get any further than the well-known: 'No have!'
French Amsterdam in Pattaya (part 4)
Cat would stay in Manama for three months for the time being. I asked her to speak up every few days, and she solemnly promised. Cat regularly reported that things were not going well in Bahrain. She didn't even make enough to pay the shared room rent, so the debt only mounted.
Read the follow-up story of Frans Amsterdam.
French Amsterdam in Pattaya (part 3)
After I caught up with my travel report, I also dozed off. We dropped the plan to go to the Wonderful 2 Bar later in the evening. We slept well and liked it that way. Even before the band stopped in the bar we had left completely only to wake up when the sun came up again.