For the umpteenth time, that must be 30 times already, I was allowed / had to go to Koh Samui. The reason is true: Belgian friends are there on holiday and a stay of a few days here in the jungle of Lung addie does not appeal to them. Although all accommodation, regarding beach, excellent restaurants, good resorts … are present here, for most of them there is a lack of “action” here.
The IATA (International Air Transport Association) wants Thailand to speed up the improvement of a number of airports, especially Suvarnabhumi. Thailand must also be able to serve the strongly increasing number of air travelers for the next 20 years.
You know it, you're looking forward to a relaxing flight to Bangkok, maybe you can doze off for a while. But then your holiday fun is rudely disturbed by crying children on board the plane, in short, annoyances for air travelers.
My 20 year old Thai son wants to get a Thai driver's license but doesn't know where to start. Is he obliged to take lessons through a driving school and how much time? Can I teach him to drive and prepare for exam?
I've been following Graham Briar and Gordon Tickle's Vlog for a few weeks now. Graham talks about his life as Farang in Chang Rai. From what little he has he tries to build a living together with his wife Pie and son Pam. Are there also Dutch people who record their daily life in Thailand via a Vlog and report on it via a YouTube channel?
The rainy season is in full swing. The annual return of a few drizzly days on which there is hardly any sun. Just now, The Inquisitor has entered a 'wake up early' phase. And he leaves the box bed around six o'clock.
Last week, several “reality live” soaps could be admired in the (social) media. One of the events involved the suspicion of "cheating" by hubby.
Perhaps 75 percent of Thai universities are at risk of closure in the next ten years due to the low number of applications and increasing competition from foreign universities, warns Arnond Sakworawich, affiliated with Nida.
Today, the junta led by Prayut has been in power for three years. Bangkok Post looks back and lets a number of critics speak: “Prayut promised three years ago to bring peace, order and happiness back to Thailand. But the only ones who are happy are in the army. They are allowed to spend a lot of money on new military equipment”.
Thai law student Jatupat Boonpattararaksa from Khon Kaen, better known as Pai Dao Din (see note), was awarded the prestigious Gwangju Prize for Human Rights 2017. In May 1980, an uprising against the military dictatorship in South Korea began in Gwangju city, killing hundreds of people.
We want to start building our house in the foreseeable future. The land has been arranged, the approved building plan is present. Now an agreement must be made with the contractor. So that's what my question is about. How is this usually arranged in Thailand? The intention is that we buy all materials together with the contractor. Does this agreement need to be arranged by a lawyer? Naturally bilingual?
I have a simple question that apparently doesn't seem simple. The question is: Can you arrange for my Thai girlfriend to have our child registered in my name by sending a document from the Netherlands to Thailand? Sent this question to the Dutch embassy in Bangkok last year. With the response that I can write the child in my name in the Netherlands with the permission of a Thai girlfriend. So this is not what I am asking!
The Isan Project is a collaboration of Thai and foreign musicians and singers, who make music in which the influence of mainly Isan music styles and sounds can be heard by using typical musical instruments.
Tomorrow, May 22, the junta in Thailand will have been in power for three years. Time for an investigation and the latest Suan Dusit poll shows that the Thais are partly satisfied but also disappointed because the economy is not picking up steam.
Replacing your soda with water can reduce the risk of obesity by 15 percent. It has even more effect to exchange your beer for water, the chance that you will become too fat decreases by 20 percent. So say researchers from the University of Navarra, who announced the results of their study among 16.000 participants during a conference on obesity in Porto.
It must be there on October 1: the Mangmoom cars or Spidercard. This universal public transport card can be used on the BTS Skytrain, MRT Blue Line, Purple Line, Airport Rail Link and city buses of the public transport company of Bangkok.
Some tourists rent a car in Thailand, which can be done with major international rental companies, but also with local Thai entrepreneurs. Make sure that the vehicle is fully insured.
