Thailand flood and questions about your travel insurance
Do you have questions about your travel or cancellation insurance with the Europeesche, following the floods in Thailand? Below, this travel insurer has listed the most common questions and corresponding answers.
Last week Lily Rouwers came into contact with a Dutch family whose son (17 years old) had a very serious accident two weeks ago. He was here with a group of young people helping in a children's home. The last few days before they were supposed to go back to the Netherlands, they went to Koh Samet, where he had an accident with a quad bike. With very serious brain damage, he was transferred by helicopter to the Bangkok…
Gringo's 100th article
The article below "Fire prevention in Thailand" is exactly the 100th contribution of Gringo or Bert from Pattaya. A moment to pause. Bert's first article was titled “A house for the family” and was first posted on Thailandblog on October 13, 2010 and republished on April 26, 2011. Bert's articles are highly appreciated by the readers of Thailandblog. Described in a unique way…
We'll explain it one more time. It is not allowed on Thailandblog.nl to insult groups or individuals or to pillory. Oversimplified and generalizing remarks about persons or groups are not allowed. To give some examples: Thai women are money wolves. Thai relatives are freeloaders. Taxi drivers are scum. Thai are stupid or lazy. These kinds of comments will be removed by us without consultation. We don't have time to go into everything. A …
Thailandblog.nl is moving
We are moving Thailandblog.nl to another server. It is possible that the last comments have disappeared because of this. We're going to try to fix this. Thailandblog.nl may also be temporarily difficult to reach. Everything will probably be back to normal tomorrow. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Millionth visitor on Thailandblog!
The time has come, today Thailandblog has passed the magical limit of 1 million visitors. Thailandblog.nl started at the end of 2009 with tourist information, news, opinion, and background information about Thailand. The blog quickly experienced enormous growth. From the start, all social media channels, such as Twitter and Facebook, have been used to bring Thailandblog.nl to the attention. New articles appear on the blog every day. The social media aspect is also reflected in the articles…
On to the 1 million visitors!
If you occasionally look at the statistics of Thailand (bottom left column), you will see that we are approaching 1 million visitors. The counter now stands at more than 968.000 visitors, not far from the 1 million mark. This magic number will probably be achieved in a few weeks. Yet again something to think about. Valuation of articles Since today it is also possible to rate the articles on Thailandblog. You…
Responding to a posting: the rules
In order to steer the reactions and discussions on Thailandblog in the right direction, there are rules for people who leave a reaction. These rules are regularly adjusted or tightened. For those who are not aware of the rules, we mention them again. Rules for visitors who leave a comment: Do not discriminate. Involving someone's beliefs, ethnicity or sexual orientation in a discussion in a hurtful way is not allowed. No violence. Threaten or call…
Thailandblog is on vacation!
The time has come, the suitcase is packed and I leave for the 'Land of Smiles'. For all loyal visitors, therefore, a few housekeeping announcements: From 2 to 24 May, the editors are on vacation. Hans Bos will be in the Netherlands for a few days from May 12 and will therefore be absent. During our absence, mainly “old” postings will be reposted. These are articles that are not subject to current events. So if…
10.000th comment on Thailand blog coming up
Soon there will be 10.000 comments on Thailandblog. Still, a moment to pause. The reason we are doing this now is that this milestone will probably be reached during Peter's holiday in early May. The counter now stands at more than 9.700 responses. There are now 1.300 articles on Thailandblog, which means that each article produces an average of 7 reactions! Thank you! We would like to thank all loyal readers and…
Can't read Thailand blog anymore? Look at your browser!
In the past two weeks we received several e-mails from people who can no longer read Thailandblog. Both via the link in the newsletter and directly on the website, they only see an empty page or error messages. I've had my programmer look at it and he thinks it's a 'browser' problem. He says the following: “Probably some people are using an old version of Internet Explorer, namely Internet Explorer 6. …
Household announcements Thailand blog
A few announcements from the editors this time. As some of you may have noticed, comments are being moderated more often. This doesn't mean you said something wrong or anything. This has to do with certain settings in WordPress (Thailand blog was created in WordPress). As a result, it may take a little longer for your comment to be posted. We (the editors) then have to manually approve a response. If Hans or I can't be online...
Earlier I wrote something on Thailandblog about Willem Hulscher's new book, entitled 'Free fall – an expat in Thailand'. There is now more clarity about the release date and the price. If all goes well, the booklet will appear in February, in time for the Book Week and well before the next round of Mother's Day, Father's Day, Sinterklaas and Christmas. Subject to reservation, we can report that the price will be 400 Baht, excluding …
Happy Holidays!
The editors of Thailandblog.nl and all authors wish visitors, friends and acquaintances happy holidays!
Respect each other's opinion
Keeping a blog up to date is no easy feat. The number of visitors has exploded in recent months. That's very positive. Unfortunately, the blog also attracts strangers. So just to be clear, some rules of the game. Discussion is good. You don't have to agree with the author of an article. The same goes for the reactions. Sharp discussion is allowed. But about the subject and not about the person. If you don't…
The Netherlands opens consulates in Chiang Mai and Phuket
The Netherlands opened consulates in Chiang Mai and Phuket on 22 October 2010. If you live in the north of Thailand, you can also contact the Honorary Consulate in Chiang Mai. The jurisdiction of the honorary consul in Chiang Mai covers the provinces: Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Lamphun, Lampang, Prae, Phayao, Nan, Chiang Rai and Uttaradit. If you live in the south of Thailand, you can also contact …
Remembering the victims of the floods
The death toll in Thailand continues to rise. It comes a lot closer when you read that there is also a young Dutch man among the victims. That was already known, but yesterday I read some background of this tragic message on the website of the Stentor.