Dutch embassy in Bangkok bans Zwarte Piet
It has been a tradition for years, the Sinterklaas celebration in the garden of the residence, but this year there is a radical change. Zwarte Piet is no longer welcome on the grounds of the Dutch embassy. He must make way for the soot sweep Piet, the embassy has decided in consultation with the NVT Bangkok.
NVT Pattaya organizes a visit to Hanky Panky Toys
The Dutch Thailand Association in Pattaya comes up with an interesting initiative to organize a company visit to Hanky Panky Toys in Tumbon Huay Yai, Banglamung.
Agenda: See yonder the steamer arrives in Hua Hin…
See yonder the steamer arrives in Hua Hin. And he brings us Sinterklaas again, albeit in a slightly different design. Until last year in Hua Hin we were blessed with two assistant Sinterklaas, but this year one of the old bosses is absent for medical reasons.
Agenda: Sinterklaas is coming! (N/A Bangkok)
Sinterklaas is getting ready for his trip by boat to Thailand. As soon as he has arrived on November 16, the children can start putting on the shoe. Like every year, he also celebrates his birthday in Bangkok.
Agenda: Last chance, sign up for a fantastic evening in Hua Hin
There is still some room for registration for Friday 25 October – the monthly drinks evening of the Dutch Association Hua Hin & Cha Am. So far 75 people have come.
NVTHC drinks evening with consular Consultation hour/Meet & Greet with ambassador Kees Rade in Hua Hin on October 25, 2019
On October 25, the NVTHC will organize the next monthly drinks evening. This evening is combined with a Meet & Greet with ambassador Kees Rade and is intended for all Dutch people and their partners from the region.
Karin Bloemen is coming to Bangkok in November this year. Together with the embassy, the NVT is organizing a performance in the garden of the residence on November 1, 2019. For this we received the support of sponsors B-Quik, KLM and Hotel Indigo.
Agenda: Flowers in Pattaya
Hey what? Flowers in Pattaya? Yes in November Karin Bloemen will be in Pattaya. You know De Karin Bloemen who is known on radio, TV, and is known all over the world…. among the Dutch.
Agenda: Karin Bloemen in Bangkok on November 1, 2019
Karin Bloemen is coming to Asia in November this year. Various performances are organized together with the clubs in Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Pattaya and with generous support from our national 100-year-old airline KLM.
A whole network of first-line GPs in Thailand. That is the ultimate goal of the founders of 'Be Well' next to the Banyan Resort in Hua Hin. Although that result is still far behind the horizon, as initiator Haiko Emanuel noticed last Friday evening during the presentation of the GP post for the Dutch Association of Hua Hin and Cha Am.
'Be Well', Dutch GP on the Banyan in Hua Hin
'Be Well', that's the name of the doctor's office that will be opened next to the Banyan resort in Hua Hin at the end of this year. Initiator Haiko Emanuel and advisor Gerard Smit will talk about the possibilities and plans at the monthly meeting of the NVTHC at the Sailing Club Hua Hin on Friday evening 31 May.
Also this year, the NVT closes the year with a barbecue. As in previous years, this will be held in the garden of Bistro 33. The barbecue will take place on June 1 from 17.00 p.m.
Agenda: Discover Ayutthaya the Dutch way
What is the most healthy and sustainable way to look around in a historical place like Ayutthaya? Yes, of course by bike!
The NVT Bangkok plans to organize a trip to two special Khmer temples in Isan, Phimai and Phanom Rung. The date they have chosen is the weekend of May 25 to 26.
You also want to know how you can save a life, don't you? For that reason, the NVTHC is organizing a CPR course on Friday, April 19 in the Sailing Club Hua Hin. That evening five experts and a doll) from the Petcharat Hospital come from Petchaburi especially for us to teach us the basics.
Call for new board members for NVT Bangkok
As we reported earlier this week on this blog, Jaap van der Meulen has stepped down as chairman and secretary of the Dutch Association Thailand Bangkok department. The current board and the advisers have discussed the steps to be taken.
Chairman of the Dutch Association Bangkok resigns
In Thailand we have three branches of the Dutch Association Thailand, namely in Pattaya, Bangkok and Hua Hin. Although their membership base clearly differs, these social clubs are very similar in one important thing.