Due to the Covid19 virus, I and my family were unable to fly from Bangkok to Amsterdam at the beginning of 2020 due to flight restrictions.
Reader submission: Looking at gardens in Udon Thani
This time looking at gardens in Thailand and we would like to share our garden with the readers of Thailandblog. It is a very spacious roof terrace of 10 meters by 10 meters (100 m2) above the dining room of our Japanese Hollywood home on the natural lake Nong Bu (Looking at houses in Thailand number 2) in the city of Udon Thani.
This morning I went to the DLT with my girlfriend for renewal of her driver's license. However, this is only possible by appointment.
Reader submission: Looking at gardens in Thailand
My Thai wife, Pen, has managed to create a personal 'paradise' with her "green fingers", by turning an old rice field into a sub-tropical jungle full of all kinds of exotic flowers, shrubs and trees - which she developed by only planting seeds and (small) seedlings.
What many people don't know is that you can buy a kind of international driver's license for the Asian countries. This is issued by the International Automobile Association and consists of a plastic card and a kind of driver's license in the form of a passport. The driver must carry both with him at all times, along with the original driver's license.
Reader Submission: The Thai Highway Patrol….
On the way from Hua Hin to Bangkok I had a flat tire with my Toyota Fortuner around 23.00 pm near Phetchaburi.
Reader's submission: Emigrate and naturalize at the same time. Which retired ex-Dutch person (60+) has experience with adopting Thai nationality?
Many of us “make do” with a Non Immigrant visa or Resident visa. These visas have the necessary conditions that are often discussed here on this blog, such as in the field of health insurance and pension / state pension.
Reader Submission: Thai in space!
Thailand is also going into space, I read in The Nation. Thailand is going to build a lunar lander that will put the first Thai people on the moon. The newspaper contains technical data: the lunar lander weighs 300 kilograms and will escape the atmosphere at a speed of 11 km per hour, no less than!
A Christmas story…. (reader submission)
We only missed Linla towards the end of the afternoon. Linla is the sister of Mimi, two 'thoroughbred Thai' dogs and now 5 years old. They came to live with us when Mona, labrador, was still alive with Sam Lie, another thoroughbred (meaning a cocktail of 'anything and everything') Thai dog who is just under a year older than Linla and Mimi. In the course of 2013, Mona passed away.
Reader Submission: Expats in danger as Thailand lags behind?
Worldwide, the race for a vaccine that should protect against the corona virus is in full swing. The Netherlands expects to be able to use two types of COVID-2021 vaccines in the first months of 19; the RNA vaccine (Pfizer and Moderna) and the vector vaccine (AstraZeneca). England and Russia are already injecting the population. Russia is doing this with its own Corona vaccine Sputnik V.
Reader Submission: Thai Baht Too Expensive?
Thailand blog regularly points to the high exchange rate of the Thai Baht. In particular, this is often complained about because people remember that, say, 10 years ago you got 50 baht for a Euro and now about 30.
Reader's submission: Experience with switching from fiber optic internet to 3G/4G mobile internet
We are moving soon, unfortunately to a place where there is no fiber optic available. This article explains the transition from 100 Mbps fiber optic from 3BB to mobile internet for the home.
Reader Submission: Our quarantine is almost over!
Quarantine is almost over for us. After the second negative test, we are allowed to stay in our hotel with some more 'privileges' (this is filled in a different way for each hotel).
Reader Submission: Request for Proof of Vaccination Against Covid-19
Yesterday there was a question from a contributor to send an e-mail to the RIVM or the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport with the question: Is proof issued if one has been vaccinated due to the requirements of airlines and most countries?
I just want to inform everyone that the English statement for CZ's CoE is no longer accepted by the Thai Embassy.
Finally payment of D trips
I already wrote two previous posts on D-travel about the refund of my ticket after flight cancellation.
Reader submission: 'With vaccine borders open as of 31-03-2021'
I just heard (morning December 11) at NPO 1 at WNL, that as of March 31, 2021, the countries of Australia and Thailand, among others, will open their borders to tourists, provided they are vaccinated against Covid-19. This seems like great news, also for the undersigned.