I'm going to Bangkok for 21 days to do a (cooking) course. In itself I can enter the country with a normal tourist visa, of course, but of course I don't want any hassle and do it neatly! Do I need a special kind of visa for this?

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My wife says that the Thai government encourages or will encourage the installation of solar panels. I can't find anything else about it.

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Reader question: Gentlemen's clubs in Pattaya

By Submitted Message
Posted in Reader question
July 28, 2016

I recently learned that there are also gentlemen's clubs in Pattaya. Now my question is which ones are the best, the prices of those clubs. How can you find them? Can you also enter as a tourist?

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Two days left to book: cheap flights from Amsterdam to Bangkok if you want to go to Thailand in August or September. You don't have to leave it for the price and you also fly with the best airline in the world!

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Dusit opens a hotel at Khao Yai National Park

By Editorial
Posted in Hotels
July 27, 2016

Dusit International has plans to build a new hotel near Thailand's Khao Yai National Park.

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Maarten Vasbinder has been living in Isaan for 1½ years now, where he met a wonderful woman with whom he shares joys and sorrows. His profession is general practitioner, a profession that he mainly practiced in Spain. On Thailandblog he answers questions from readers and writes about medical facts.

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Suitcase with motor, handy or useless? (video)

By Editorial
Posted in Gadgets
July 27, 2016

With your suitcase easily from gate to gate? This is possible with this motorized suitcase designed by the American company Modobag.

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The Dutch man is the tallest in the world. People's height was studied in 187 countries. Dutch women are in second place. Only women in Latvia are taller,

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Visa Thailand: Can a Romanian girlfriend come to Thailand?

By Submitted Message
Posted in Visa question
July 27, 2016

I have a question about a visa for Thailand. A friend of mine would like to go on holiday to Thailand. She lives in the Netherlands and has a Romanian passport. Can someone tell me if she can also go on holiday in Thailand for as long as we can with a Dutch passport?

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We want to go to Koh Kood in January but what is the best way to get there from Bangkok? Preferably by bus and ferry, but the plane would also be an option.

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Reader question: How does a Thai woman get a BSN number?

By Submitted Message
Posted in Reader question
July 27, 2016

Dutchman living in Thailand is married to a woman of Thai nationality. His pension will start in a few years and he wants his wife to be co-beneficiary of that policy, of course because of the widow's pension. That can all be done, but now the pension body asks that she apply for a BSN.

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Anyone who is easily annoyed or a perfectionist should not live in Thailand, that is the statement of this week.

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Maarten Vasbinder has been living in Isaan for 1½ years now, where he met a wonderful woman with whom he shares joys and sorrows. His profession is general practitioner, a profession that he mainly practiced in Spain. On Thailandblog he answers questions from readers and writes about medical facts.

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Do you (sometimes) pee in the pool?

By Gringo
Posted in Background
July 26, 2016

A puddle in the pool can't hurt, because chlorine and other disinfectants are used to keep the water clean. Well, forget that! The stronger a swimming pool smells of chlorine, the greater the contamination.

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The Thai KNMI predicts heavy rain from Thursday to Sunday in almost all of Thailand. This has to do with a strong monsoon in the south and the arrival of bad weather from China.

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I intend to go on holiday to Phuket/Patong again this year. I remember that some time ago the sunbeds (with mattress) on the beach (Patong) were banned. Has this tourist-unfriendly measure been withdrawn?

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Does anyone have experience with the BVN app for tablet? I've downloaded it several times already. Only see the guide and a still image with arrow. No matter how many times I press the image will not move. Have internet from TRUE.

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