Atchariya Rungrattanapong helps others who are crushed by the justice system. He himself has had a nightmare of two years. His construction company went bankrupt, he had nowhere to go and he ended up with an empty savings account.
Late at night I board a Bahtbus on the way to my apartment. My fellow passengers are an older Farang and two unmistakable ladyboys to me. The "ladies" are nice to the old man, chatter with each other and see the man looking surprised, but expectantly at his score of two beautiful girls.
The president of oil company PTT Global Chemical Plc admits on Sunday that he mistakenly believed that the oil spill was under control. However, he did not use the word 'blunder' yesterday. For Bowon Vongsinudom it is a mystery where the oil that washed up on the beach of Koh Samet came from.
Bangkok Post has devoted two pages today to the royal couple's journey to Hua Hin. Half of the front page consists of a photo of the monarch in the royal van with the headline across the full width of Majestic journey. Page 2 is a photo page
My husband would like to have his eyes lasered in Thailand. Does anyone have experience with this in Pattaya?
I sit down on a bench at a bus stop. My eye falls on the sign indicating the stop and I see that buses 19, 124, 125, 127, 128, 149, 516, 517 and 536 pass here. This makes me think. There are no buses in Pattaya at all.
In Thailand, a certain way of sexy dancing is known as the Coyote dance. The girls who perform this dance are called, you guessed it: Coyote dancers.
The Swedish meatballs will be on sale again from Friday, August 2 at the IKEA Bangna restaurant in Thailand.
After four years, King Bhumibol will be discharged from Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok today. The 85-year-old monarch was admitted in September 2009 with pneumonia.
News from Thailand brings today:
• Tropical Storm Jebi approaching; heavy rainfall expected in North
• Security law in force in three districts of Bangkok
• Oil spill four times greater than oil producer PTTGC admits
The oil spill is bigger than the authorities and the company say so far. Satellite photos show that a thin layer of oil the size of 15 square kilometers is drifting in a northeasterly direction. Bangkok Post accuses company and navy of misinformation and misleading statements.
Especially for our Belgian readers or Dutch people who visit Belgium, if you want to taste the delicious Thai cuisine, the Green Bamboo in Blankenberge might be a good choice.
Holidaymakers traveling to Thailand or other destinations outside Europe will soon have to take out separate (travel) insurance for health costs.
Hotels in Patong Beach are the cheapest this summer according to the international search engine for hotel rooms Trivago.
We (2 people) want to travel directly from Kanchanaburi to Ao Nang. Who has tips on how we can best do this?
Emirates will operate a second daily direct flight to Amsterdam from December 4 this year. A Boeing 777-200 will provide more than 3.700 extra seats in both directions every week.
An American man (51) was stabbed to death early this morning in a bar in Ao Nang (Krabi) because he refused to stop singing, police said.
