Orange virus in Pattaya, but FIFA red card
By Colin de Jong – Pattaya The Orange virus has also hit our compatriots in Pattaya like a bomb. The hospitality industry here also has a huge revival in the low season. Many surprises in this tournament as ex-world champions Italy and France went home early. England with a school football defense was wrapped up by a youthful Germany. Downside yet again a sleeping referee and linesman who have not seen a goal from Lampard. Chapel may…
Pins in Thailand
By TheoThai Now that the euro is so low and you get about 20% less money when exchanging the euro for the Thai baht, a number of people who have settled permanently in Thailand are experiencing financial problems. The euro is indeed low and you get a lot less money at the banks and exchange offices than before. The euro is expected to develop for a long time, if not permanently...
Dutch TV now in Pattaya
By Collin de Jong – Pattaya Viewing Dutch TV programs via the internet was hardly possible until now because the internet speed was too slow. The image often faltered, but broadcastingmiss.asia has found a solution. They make it possible that people can now watch your favorite program with optimal picture quality. You can also follow your RTL broadcasts via EuroTVAsia. Then we can watch the BVN programs again, including a broadcast from Wereldomroep soon...
Pensioners in trouble due to low euro (video)
by Marijke van den Berg (RNW) Due to the bad exchange rate, pensioners get much less baht for their euro. Compared to six months ago, the Dutch receive more than 20 percent less Baht for their Euro. Making ends meet on a small pension is therefore difficult, even in relatively cheap Thailand. You can't knock on the door for help, they don't get rent subsidies and food banks don't exist. Some Dutch people are therefore considering returning to the Netherlands. With great reluctance…
The little annoyance (3)
by Hans Bos Well, in fact this is a great annoyance. The football world championship in Thailand can only be followed via a free national TV channel with Thai commentary. I admit: with an HD device and the accompanying supplementary subscription, the matches can also be followed in English via channel 111. The problem is that I have to put my not yet worn out TV with the garbage can. Image quality versus wallet and perhaps also the …
A bird watcher outside of Bangkok
by Guido Goedheer My last story was about the house sparrow. There were plenty of them in Amsterdam and the Zaan region where I lived for a while. So there are also, to my surprise, in Bangkok. I find that remarkable, because they look the same. The Amsterdam Dam mus is equal to the Bangkok IT Square mus. Strange when you realize that a Thai really looks 100% different from a Dutchman, both in sound and …
World Broadcasting in Pattaya
By Colin de Jong – Pattaya In response to my article about state pensioners who had run into problems due to the low euro, Radio Netherlands Worldwide came to take a look. Marijke van den Berg visited two compatriots, namely Peter Kroket and Ab Mulderij, who had such a hard time that he will soon return to the Netherlands because of the weak Euro and the strong baht. I foresee a quick return because the living environment is so disproportionate …
The little annoyance (2)
by Hans Bos I have had an account with the Bangkok Bank for several years now. As a foreigner without a work permit, you can only go to the head office on Silom Road in Bangkok. I now know that Kasikorn Bank is much less difficult, but I didn't know that at the time. Anyway: an hour earlier I had filled up with my bank card (which they call 'debit card' in Thailand without any problems. When I wanted to withdraw money a little later, …
The little annoyance (1)
by Hans Bos A few times a week I receive a text message from True Online, with a message in Thai about the internet. I can't read the messages and disturb them to a great extent. So I want to let True know that I want to stay away from this superfluous nonsense in the future. In the past I have already had my number blocked for advertising texts, which poured in one after the other and for which I sometimes even ...
Euro problems and state pensioners wanted
By Colin de Jong – Pattaya Since no Pattaya People was published last week due to the problems in Bangkok, my column appeared on the website for a while, but then it was removed again. Thailandblog.nl had already posted this article and this was a reason for the editors of Wereldomroep Tv to respond to this after compatriots who had run into problems due to the extremely low euro. Marijke van de Berg of Radio Netherlands Worldwide asked me …
Low euro annoying for expats in Thailand
Source: RNW The Dutch in Thailand and other faraway places are suffering from the crumbling euro exchange rate, because pension benefits or other income from the Netherlands fall along with the exchange rate of the European currency. A few are even considering returning to the Netherlands if the euro does not gain strength quickly. Frits writes from Thailand that Dutch people abroad who have a pension from the Netherlands are getting a bit more difficult now. On the one hand less foreign currency…
The wet monsoon has started
by Hans Bos The wet monsoon has started again in Bangkok and the surrounding area: four heavy downpours in as many days. So: bring an umbrella and actually also the wellies. Because rain in Thailand means flooded streets and deep puddles everywhere. Last year the nuisance was exceptional. The streets in my 'moo job' were so flooded for more than ten days that it was impossible to get to the car with dry feet. Comical was…
Bangkok, Pattaya and Europroblems
By Colin de Jong – Pattaya The problems in Bangkok are much worse than expected. The leaders of the red shirts may have turned themselves in to the police, but that does not mean that there is still a large group left that wants to continue and how! Panic has now also broken out in Chonburi province, including Pattaya. In the course of Wednesday afternoon, all shopping malls and banks were closed, after which …
Advice on curfew in Thailand
Greg Lamphear gives advice to foreigners about Thailand's state of emergency and curfew. Provinces with a curfew: Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Chon Buri, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakarn, Pathum Thani, Ayutthaya, Khon Kaen, Udon Thani, Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima, Si Sa Ket, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Nan, Lampang, Nakhon Sawan , Kalasin, Mukdahan, Nong Bua Lumpu, Roi Et, Sakhon Nakhon and Ubon Ratchathani. Watch the video: .
Boy boy, what a beautiful girl
Beautiful Thai women who once went to school on a boy's bicycle. That is possible in Thailand because everything is possible in Thailand. On May 7, the Miss Tiffany's Universe 150 took place in Pattaya (2010 km southeast of Bangkok). It was won by Ms. (or Mr.?) Nalada Thamthanakom, a 19-year-old student at Bangkok University. In addition to the honor, she also won 100.000 baht and a new car. The competition is an annual event…
Abhisit and Boonpracong drinking chocolate milk?
By Joseph Jongen While resting at the coffee bar at a Thai gas station, my eye falls on two metal cans of cocoa from a well-known brand. Although I almost get an aversion to brands, caused by them wandering around Thailand like walking advertising pillars, and not just there. If they would receive a few baht for it, I would still be okay with it, but to walk around like a kind of sandwich man for free, …
Songkran balance and flight problems
By Colin de Jong – Pattaya Fortunately, the Songkran misery is over and I still do not understand that the government still accepts that many millions of liters of precious water are wasted every year. Absolutely unacceptable with the low water level in the lakes and not to mention the hundreds of deaths and many thousands injured every year due to excessive drinking. As a result, the Thai economy is running at extremely low speeds because…