Reader question: To Chiang Mai, fly or night train?

By Submitted Message
Posted in Reader question
June 15, 2015

On July 26, I will leave for Thailand with two girlfriends. We will be backpacking there for 4 weeks. We would like to go to Chiang Mai. Is it convenient to take a flight because of travel time? The night train seems a bit long to us…

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It starts early this year: nuisance caused by local floods in Bangkok. The municipality of Bangkok is even getting help from the army to deal with the flooding caused by heavy rains. Soldiers help to fight the water and regulate traffic.

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Soon flying from Pattaya to Hua Hin

By Lodewijk Lagemaat
Posted in Traffic and transport, Flight tickets
June 14, 2015

With the Kan Air airline it will soon be possible to fly from U-Tapoa, thirty kilometers from Pattaya, to Hua – Hin.

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Are you planning to spend the winter in Thailand? Then a Turkish Airlines annual ticket is a good option.

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Ever heard the saying “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer”? The Dutch company Khiri Travel knows the saying and has set up a travel agency around this philosophy.

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Last Thursday, June 11, BNN broadcast a documentary on Dutch television, which may also be of interest to blog readers in Thailand.

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I am married to a Thai lady and wish to go there soon August 13th. I transferred 400.000 baht to my bank in Thailand. Is this enough?

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Reader question: Tour Thailand 11 nights

By Submitted Message
Posted in Reader question
June 14, 2015

Together with a friend I am planning a tour to stay in Thailand for 11 nights. I have some questions about this.

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I would like to move my scooter to Pattaya. I've emailed a number of companies in Rotterdam, but I'm not getting a response, probably not worth it.

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Healthy with nuts: the Walnut

By Editorial
Posted in Health, Prevention
June 13, 2015

Today our last post about nuts. After the Brazil nut, we didn't want to deprive you of the king of nuts: the walnut. Walnuts are the healthiest of all nuts. Walnuts are full of essential nutrients that contribute to good health. Eating walnuts helps against stress and high blood pressure. They also reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

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During a regular meeting of Lions Club IJsselmonde, club member Hans Goudriaan was honored for his many years of intensive efforts in Thailand for the Karen, a forgotten and oppressed mountain people in the border area of ​​Thailand, Myanmar and Laos.

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Soon I have to go to the Thai embassy for a 90 day visa (Non immigrant-B). I will be doing this in Kuala Lumpur. However, I want to do it in two days, on Thursday and back to Bangkok on Friday.

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High-profile security cases in Pattaya and Bangkok

By Lodewijk Lagemaat
Posted in Traffic and transport
June 13, 2015

When you are traveling around, you can suddenly notice a few things. And involuntarily you compare that with the Netherlands. For example, new guardrails are being installed in various places around Pattaya. Not because they weren't there, but replaced by new "accident-friendly" crash barriers.

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I would like to note the following. Since 8-6-2015, Truemove in Bang Lamung district (Chonburi province) has been busy replacing the internet connections with Fiber Cable. Result: for 599 Baht a super fast internet connection and a crystal clear image on the IPTV box.

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I am Belgian and legally married in April in Thailand (Bangrak) to a Thai lady. Have everything legalized at Foreign Affairs, then have it translated into Dutch and legalized at the embassy.

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I would like to know more about adoption. Who can inform me, we would like to have adopted a Thai child. I am Belgian and my wife is Thai.

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Alert in Thailand to MERS threat

By Editorial
Posted in Health, Short news
June 12, 2015

In Thailand, all alarm bells have started ringing now that the Mers disease is spreading in South Korea. More than 4.000 Korean tourists fly to Thailand every day. The chance of the possible spread of this dreaded disease in Thailand is therefore real.

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