Thailand blog

I have been in Thailand for 5 months now and have a retirement visa, age 53 and live with my girlfriend in her house. My question is what happens if I stay here for more than 8 months? What I read is that you are being unsubscribed. And you are then no longer insured in the Netherlands. But if I go back to the Netherlands later, can I just inform the health insurer again and still insure myself for the period that I am in the Netherlands or not? And register again with the municipality where I live that I will be there again for a while.

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I would like some advice from readers and connoisseurs about purchasing a pick-up. In recent days I have visited several showrooms of Ford, MG, Isuzu and Mitsubishi, among others, hoping to find a nice (new) pick-up. I have also visited a number of showrooms for used pick-ups, but there is still a lot that is unclear to me in that area.

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How do I prevent my Thai partner from having to pay 31% inheritance tax in NL when I die and how can I, while alive, still retain my right to the full self-employed state pension in NL? Left or right, I don't see a solution for a while.

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As expected, the number of Covid infections, or rather the number of people tested positive, is decreasing. This seems to have put an end to a days-long increase.

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Police have arrested a 27-year-old Thai man from Phuket for the murder of a Swiss tourist. The man confessed that he wanted to rape Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf (57), but says he had no intention of killing her.

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At least 1.000 anti-government demonstrators clashed with police in Bangkok on Saturday, who tried to block the way for the protesters with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons. 

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The first 60.000 doses of a Chinese corona vaccine purchased by the Pattaya Municipality will arrive this month.

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Now almost 76 years ago, on August 15, 1945, the Second World War ended with the Japanese surrender. This past has largely remained unprocessed throughout Southeast Asia and certainly also in Thailand.

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I want to strengthen the muscles around my knee joints so as not to end up in a wheelchair (if I can get very old). How high can my blood pressure rise?

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Today there is a nice article in Algemeen Dagblad about the opening of the cherry season in the Netherlands. I've already read it three times, especially the recipes mentioned make my mouth water. Well, you will say, you live in Thailand, you have a great range of fruit there, which is often not for sale in the Netherlands. That's true, but it's nostalgia, isn't it!.

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I occasionally check Thailand blog and come to Thailand for years for a vacation and to meet friends. I think I read that boss Prayut has said that the country will reopen to tourists in mid-October. Is that still the case? And under what conditions do you no longer have to apply for a CoE? Or other difficult stuff.

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I would like to know your opinion, because I am now hesitating to go to Thailand. I have arranged everything and have had my two vaccinations, DTP etc. I want to go to BKK next Friday and then travel the country for 9 months.

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Excuse me? Oh, you think you got rid of it? Emigrate and ready? Well, if you emigrate from NL then you are in for a surprise. Because you know, they can't make it more fun. Our tax authorities have long arms and will think of you for another ten years and especially of your money. It is not for nothing that a survey in 2009 called inheritance tax 'the most hated tax in the Netherlands'.

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In 2016, a bookstore was opened in the south of Thailand on the Pattani campus of Prince of Songkhla University. With progressive literature especially on gender equality and with information for the LGBT community. It had to become a 'safe haven' for students and other citizens who have a different sexual preference than the vast majority and who want to study and relax in peace.

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The Thai government has expressed its condolences after the murder of Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf. The 57-year-old woman was deputy chief of protocol of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland and was found dead Thursday afternoon at Tone Ao Yon waterfall in tambon Vichit in Phuket's Muang district.

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Every year on 15 August, the official end of the Second World War in the Kingdom of the Netherlands is commemorated and all victims of the war against Japan and the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies are commemorated. The embassy would like to inform the Dutch community in Thailand that due to the COVID-19 measures, the honorary cemeteries in Kanchanaburi will be closed at least until August 18.

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Here are my blood counts from December 6 last year and the blood counts for today's gallstones. If everything goes well regarding covid, they want to operate on me on October 1, they can't say for sure.

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The Thai dowry Sinsot has been discussed a few times on this blog with quite a few reactions, which more or less showed that Farang, including the Dutch, have difficulty with this Thai tradition. 'Sin sot' is once again a hot topic in the Thai media as a top official tries to explain his unusual wealth with this.

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I read that Covid-19 rapid tests are for sale in Thailand for personal use. Does anyone know if these are already available in Pattaya and where? Does anyone know what these costs, because I also want to send some to my wife's family in Isaan.

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To travel to Thailand through the Phuket Sandbox program, I believe that proof of full vaccination is required. How can people in the Netherlands obtain a certificate recognized by Thailand? Is the yellow book enough? Statement from the doctor? RIVM registration card?

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