I will be in Thailand at the beginning of March and would like to explore Myanmar for a few weeks with a rental car. Would like to do this via the border crossing in Mae Sot.
On New Year's Day it was announced that Dutchman Wesley Berkhout (32) had been found dead in his hotel room in Thailand.
A selection of today's most important Thai news, including:
– A lot of attention for the Paris attack on Charlie Hebdo.
– No extensive news.
One of my good intentions for the new year 2015 I have already implemented. I have cleaned up my list of "friends" on Facebook. I had 135 “friends” and there are over 30 left.
I always hear about exchange rates here, what banks charge in the Netherlands and here in Thailand. Perhaps it is a tip to transfer your money much cheaper via transfer.
I am married in Belgium to a Thai and meanwhile divorced in Thailand and I already have the Thai divorce papers, now I would like to know if I can remarry with a Thai person in Thailand with these Thai divorce papers or do I need more?
If you have been out of the Netherlands for more than 8 months and have not yet deregistered and do have a postal address, can you deregister yourself from Thailand or do you have to do this personally at the municipality where you lived in the Netherlands or can someone else do this for you? doing?
In the question of the week section readers can respond to a general question about Thailand. This time the question is whether the lady in this photo has violated normal standards of decency or not?
A selection of today's most important Thai news, including:
– 'Trial against Yingluck will increase divisions in the country'.
– Redshirts waive protests today and tomorrow.
– A lot of rain in Bangkok causes traffic jams and collisions.
– 50 people in Pattaya arrested for street prostitution.
The Australian airline Qantas is the safest airline in the world, according to the Australian website AirlineRatings.com.
An update of my earlier story 'Ger got into serious trouble in Thailand, how can we help?'. To begin with, Ger is in the Netherlands, which I did not think possible at the time of my story on Dec 14, 2014.
When you feel sick, weak or nauseous, you don't think about sex. But men and women in particularly good health have a high sexually active life expectancy, according to a scientific study. So: No smoking, moderate alcohol intake, healthy eating and exercise.
Last year, and like the previous years, I booked a hotel in Pattaya. A young Thai girl asked me what I paid for the hotel. I replied with 950 bth per night for total 17 nights
In the meantime, we, my Thai wife and myself, have been living in Belgium for almost a year. All documents are in order and now we have applied for a Belgian driving license for her on the basis of her Thai driving licence. That's fairly easy.
A selection of today's most important Thai news, including:
– Prayut does not want protests in Thailand, the judge is now speaking.
– Internet in Thailand slower due to cable break in Vietnam.
– In Pattaya, a police officer was killed on a motorbike.
– Bad weather coming in the North and South of Thailand.
– Thai investors want to buy an English football club.
The Marriott hotel chain is making significant progress in Thailand. In Hua Hin a new hotel near the beach is being built and in South Pattaya the hotel chain has strengthened its expansion with the opening of a brand new Courtyard hotel.
In response to the reader's question "What can I do about the noise nuisance of my neighbor in Isaan?" Frans Nico sent two beautiful photos to the editors.
