Until about a good week ago we were surprised here in the South by a true deluge. Seven days of uninterrupted heavy rains ravaged the Samui Archipelago as well as the area south of Chumphon province.
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Life in Thailand: 'Birds fishing'
January 16 2017
On a weekday in quiet Roi Et, Siam Siem was having breakfast at the hotel with his girlfriend Polly. A meeting with a German who has fishing as a hobby turned out differently than expected.
Reader question: SVB requests birth certificate with apostille
January 16 2017
The SVB requires a birth certificate and this must have an apostille. How do I get it? It must also be legalized by a notary. Who has experience with this?
Mural in Hua Hin
January 15 2017
The problem with long blank walls is always that (pseudo) artists always want to leave their (signature) drawing on it. Hua Hin also has such a blank wall, with a length of at least 200 meters.
Reader question: By car from Thai girlfriend to Laos
January 15 2017
We plan to spend a few holiday weeks there in April. Is it possible for her to go touring in Laos with her car? This is due to the Asian uni that has come into force.
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Reader question: Re-measuring leased land, are we being scammed?
January 15 2017
Six months ago we purchased a piece of land through leasing. Everything completely official through a lawyer, lease taxes and everything officially listed on channot. Now the owner of the land claims that the land must be measured again because the measuring points can no longer be found. In our opinion, this is nonsense, since the sizes really don't change by themselves, even though the channot is 500 years old.
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An accident on Children's Day in Thailand. A fighter jet crashed during a Royal Thai Air Force flight demonstration in the southern city of Hat Yai. The pilot was killed but no one else was injured.
Brabant Worldwide 2016: John Vloet from Overloon in Thailand
January 14 2017
What about people from Brabant who have left Brabant? What are they missing? How do they live in their new place? In episode nine of the 2016 season, Martijn and Rob visit John Vloet from Overloon in Thailand. He has managed to convert a wooden stable into a successful restaurant from which even boats sail on which you can eat.
Facebook blocks messages about the royal family in Thailand
January 14 2017
Facebook messages about the Thai royal family from critical journalists, among others, are not readable for users in the country, TechCrunch reports. It would include photos of Reuters journalist Andrew MacGregor Marshall. The blocked messages can be read in other countries.
"Education and entertainment: A night out in Pattaya."
January 14 2017
Frans Amsterdam is going out in Pattaya and does not want to spend the night alone in his hotel room. That should not be a problem in Pattaya you would think….
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Tattoopoli will remove painful tattoos
January 14 2017
In an earlier post attention has already been paid to tattoos. To my unanswered question what consequences this could have for the skin in the broadest sense of the word, I found an article in de Volkskrant, which I like to place on Thailandblog.
333TRAVEL January offer flight tickets Bangkok from € 494,-
January 14 2017
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Reader question: To Wat Chan in Galyani Vadhana
January 14 2017
I have planned a trip with the motorbike from Samoeng (Chiang Mai) to Wat Chan (Galyani Vadhana)
My question is whether this road, Road 1349, is easy to drive on and whether anyone knows of overnight addresses with
phone numbers in Wat Chan?
Reader question: What is the situation like in the wet South?
January 14 2017
We fly to Bangkok on Thursday the 19th and have booked a flight to Hat Yai Wednesday the 25th. Plan was to continue to Koh Lipe. I hear different stories and the various weather forecasts also give a varying picture. Does anyone who may live there (nearby) know what the flooding situation is like in Hat Yai eo?
Heavy rain showers in Bangkok on Sunday and Monday
January 13 2017
The capital Bangkok and surrounding provinces must expect heavy rain showers on Sunday and Monday. Usually, these types of showers cause a lot of flooding for traffic.
New natural gas buses finally hit the road
January 13 2017
After yet another delay, the first 100 new buses will hit the road in Bangkok next month. The importer has paid the import levy of 40 percent for the 292 buses.
Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok wants to reduce breast cancer deaths
January 13 2017
The Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok has set itself an ambitious goal. For example, no more women may die of breast cancer during the first five years after timely diagnosis.
