I hereby want to share with the Thailandblog readers my story of 12 years of Thailand and how I first came here, how it has gone with me over the years and how it is now. Explained in several parts. Today part 2.
Last week, the Thai government increased the excise duty on kerosene by 1.900 percent: from 20 satang per liter to 4 baht. Airlines are now trying to take advantage of that. They have raised the prices of airline tickets on domestic flights more than necessary.
For some time there has been a dispute between the owners of 100 “entertainment” companies in the Walking Street and the government. Especially the companies located on the sea side.
I would like to know more about AXA Assistance, a health insurance for expats in Thailand, based in Brussels. Assudis is the company that manages the contracts.
We, my girlfriend and I, have had an internet cafe here in the Isaan for about 10 years now. Received a new paper permit three times, never any problems. We are moving to a larger building across the street and now we have to apply for a permit again. Which I found strange.
A story about Vietnam on Thailandblog may be considered cursing in the church, but the country, like Thailand, has a lot to offer tourists. Actually, following Thailand, Vietnam should relax the visa for 30 days; it would attract a lot more tourists for the country and thereby generate income.
Drunk drivers are death drivers, as was proven once again when a fifty-year-old female street sweeper was hit by a car while at work. Members of an anti-alcohol activist group therefore handed over an open letter to Governor Aswin of Bangkok with the request to pay more attention to the safety of municipal employees and the approach to alcohol in traffic.
The Dutch and Belgians are eager to travel. One more reason to be happy that you have a Dutch or Belgian passport. Because not every passport is worth the same at the border, as is apparent from the passport index.
Affordable travel to Bangkok is possible with this excellent offer from Emirates. Be quick because otherwise the best seats are gone. You can still book until 8 February. Travel is possible between February 10 and November 30, 2017.
The public transport company of Bangkok (BMTA) intends to make a bus ticket more expensive. This is necessary because the company is deeply in debt. The debts together amount to more than 100 billion baht.
Today we crossed the border into Cambodia. We are going back to Thailand at the end of this month. Now we just found out (very stupidly) that 1 passport is valid until Sept 6, 2017 and our return flight is March 16, 2017, so the passport is valid for 10 days less than the prescribed 6 months.
I myself have been living here in Thailand for 15 years now and have dual nationality… Dutch and Thai. I have a Thai mother and a Dutch father. My father has been here in hospital for several weeks now, and his health is not too good. Now I know that my father has (tax) debts in the Netherlands and Thailand.
In an opinion piece in the Bangkok Post, the author of the article argues to copy the Dutch electric tuk-tuk. Remarkably, electrically powered tricycles have been produced since 2008 in the Tuk Tuk Factory of the Dutch owner in Thailand and are exported to all parts of the world.
Global demand for air travel increased by 6 percent last year. This was announced by the aviation organization IATA on Thursday.
I found a way to send your money to Thailand for almost free (today I even got more than I sent) where you control everything yourself. You do need a PC and internet, and in the beginning also some perseverance to understand and use the new material. Below is the story:
Siwa Geboers (29) is on holiday in Thailand, but he also hopes to find his biological parents there. At the age of two he was adopted by the Dutch Wil and Margo Geboers.
Thai authorities have intercepted three tons of pangolin scales since an anti-smuggling operation began in December.
