News from Thailand brings today:
• New anti-government group: the People's Army against the Thaksin regime
• Twelve fake universities active in Thailand
• Minister Surapong: Traveling in Thailand is still safe
We will live in Thailand ( Chiang Mai ) from September 2013 to June 2014. In May 2014, however, there will also be elections in Belgium.
The orders for the booklet The Best of Thailandblog are starting to come in. Joseph Jongen is busy with it, because he sends the booklets to addresses in the Netherlands and Belgium.
It was a bit of a shock in crocodile farm Samut Prakan when a crocodile snapped its mouth shut, which it normally does not do. Fortunately, the man who put his head in his mouth was not injured. He and his colleague wanted to take a picture with the villain the next day.
A video of a Thai imaginatively playing the drums appears to be receiving a lot of appreciation on YouTube, writes Bangkok Post. The video has already been viewed more than 100.000 times in just five days.
More and more countries are warning tourists about unsafe roads on Thai roads following a series of incidents, the Bangkok Post writes.
I have received a printout from the pharmacy of the medicines I am taking, and the statement that lormetazepam is not on the opium list. I go and look, I see that she is indeed on List II.
Today in News from Thailand:
• Of the 16.000 double-decker buses, 447 are certified
• Small message yields fertilizer
• Three dead and three injured in bomb attack in South
If you only have a small budget as a pensioner, but you still want to emigrate, then you have to go to Chiang Mai. This is evident from the Live and Invest Overseas Retirement Index.
How many backpackers have discovered Thailand with a Lonely Planet edition in hand or in their backpack? Will this piece of nostalgia also disappear?
Months ago I read in the local press and on Thailand blog that a new brand of beer had been introduced with the catchy name Pattaya Lager Beer.
The images are reminiscent of 2011, but they show the usual nuisance inherent in the rainy season. In the eastern provinces of Chanthaburi and Trat, where it has been raining since Monday, large parts are under water. The river Chanthaburi threatens to overflow.
Does anyone have any idea how I can get my belongings in Thailand? I've been married to a sweet lady for a few weeks now, and I'm currently building a house in Petchabun, it should be ready in October.
After a Facebook page, the Dutch Embassy in Bangkok now also has a Twitter account. You can follow the embassy via twitter for economic, political and business news about Thailand and other countries in the region.
Rabobank sees plenty of opportunities for the Dutch dairy industry in the growth markets of Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand. Rabobank reports this in the Milk for the Tigers report.
Almost every tourist who has ever visited Thailand has seen one: a kathoey or ladyboy. Young boys who have been converted into women.
Seen on television, but I can't find the corresponding message. The crocodile snaps its mouth shut when the man puts his head inside. He was slightly injured.
