Tourists regularly make mistakes when booking a hotel room in Thailand due to misleading information, unfamiliarity with local conditions and cultural differences. Expectations around star rating and hidden costs play a role, as does choosing the wrong location or booking in the wrong season. As a result, many travelers miss the opportunity to fully enjoy their stay.
The Dutch Embassy is organizing a consular service and a Meet & Greet reception with Ambassador HE Remco van Wijngaarden from May 14 to 16, 2024 in Pattaya. You can meet him on May 15 and ask questions during the Meet & Greet. Take part in this inspiring meeting and register in time for the limited places!
Does anyone have advice for us regarding a short-stay visa application for my Thai girlfriend who wants to come to the Netherlands to stay with me for 90 days? My question is whether we can do this through a reliable person or agency in Bangkok?
Possible addition. On April 1, I entered Thailand on a Non-Immigrant O Single entry visa. Maximum stay 90 days. Yesterday I went to Immigration Udon Thani for information about possible extension of the visa because there was no clarity about this.
We've already had more episodes in this series, where a blog reader talks about a close encounter with a Thai princess or other dignitary. Nothing spectacular, but for the writer it remains a moment never to be forgotten.
“Thai Girl” by Andrew Hicks is a 2006 novel about Ben, a young British tourist who falls in love with Fon, a Thai woman, during his trip to Thailand. The story explores the cultural differences, misunderstandings and challenges the couple face as they try to build a life together. The novel offers insight into Thai culture, tourism, and cross-cultural relations, and emphasizes the importance of understanding, communication, and compromise. “Thai Girl” is an engaging and educational book for readers interested in Thai culture and the dynamics of mixed relationships.
A while ago we wrote an article about the famous Thai rum 'Mekhong' from the Bangyikhan distillery in Bangkok. Mekhong is also the basic ingredient of a delicious Thai cocktail called 'Thai Sabai'.
My wife and I are both not big TV watchers, but my wife likes to watch the news and such. We've tried everything. A PSI dish, decoders never last long. A decoder of True same story. Digital indoor antenna, works reasonably well, but you always have to turn it in rain/cloudy conditions to get a good picture.
Thailand is the ultimate beach destination. There is no other way because Thailand has about 3.200 kilometers of tropical coastline, so there are hundreds of beautiful beaches and islands to choose from.
We will permanently move to Thailand at the end of September or beginning of October. We will settle in Phrae (zip code 54000), where we will enjoy our retirement. I have two hobbies: firstly golfing and secondly building a model train track in N scale.
During a short stay in Bangkok you can certainly see and do a lot. I do recommend that you spend the night within a short walking distance of a Skytrain station or metro stop during that period. This saves you a lot of time and hassle.
I am a 54 year old Dutch person and have been living in Chanthaburi, Thailand for over 2 years now. Due to a death in the family, I must sign and legalize a declaration of inheritance. According to the information from the Dutch notary, this can be done at the embassy, consulate, or local notary. Unfortunately, the Dutch notary does not offer the option to do this via IDIN or video call.
In Thailand you often find Banyan trees (a type of Ficus) in the yard of a temple, as Buddha is said to have found enlightenment when he sat under one of these trees.
I will soon emigrate to Thailand to start a new life. I recently went there to visit a childhood friend who already lives there. I'm looking around to see what is possible and whether I can start working somewhere right away. What is possible? And what do I have to arrange?
Joseph has his own opinion when it comes to bodily adornments. Traditions, good or bad, often go very far back in time and that also applies to copper rings around your neck, stretched earlobes, tattoos and even a lot of rituals within the different religions, to which he also includes Buddhism. He wonders if we have the right to condemn that.
We have all come across the word 'farang' in one context or another. We all know that in Thai it describes a European person. However, what is the origin and meaning of this term? It is a certain fact that the word is derived from 'Frank', a word originally referring to a German-speaking people in the region of present-day France.
The history between Thailand and the Vatican goes back hundreds of years. Already in 1669, under the reign of King Narai the Great of Ayutthaya, the establishment of the Mission de Siam was announced, under the leadership of the then Pope Clemens LX. One of the many Catholic settlements was Songkhon Village in Mukdahan Province. With only 600 inhabitants, it had a church, a school and a French parish priest with two nuns from Laos.
