You experience everything in Thailand (94)
Poopee, once an Isan girl and now the wife of our blog writer Gringo for 18 years. Like every Isaan woman, Poopee had a past that was not a bed of roses. Gringo wrote a story about it in 2010, which has even been repeated a few times on this blog and will appear more often in the future.
You experience everything in Thailand (93)
Talking about the Isaan, the Northeast of Thailand, has been a topic of conversation on this blog for a long time. One likes to travel or even live there and another doesn't like that countryside. Frank C. wrote an article about it in 2017, nice for a discussion. Your opinion is appreciated!
You experience everything in Thailand (92)
Following Barend's story about his son Ivo, who ended up in a juvenile detention center for a while (see episode 80), Jan Si Thep also made a “confession”. His wife's son came into contact with the police years ago and got off less easily than Ivo. The end of the song was a two-week stay in an army education camp.
You experience everything in Thailand (90)
In episode 86 of this series, Do van Drunen told about his brand new Fortuner that was declared a total loss after being under water for 3 days in a parking garage in Bangkok. It was clear that this mouse would get a tail, because he now had to negotiate with the dealer in Cha-Am about a new Fortuner. What came as surprises then can only be called special.
You experience everything in Thailand (89)
There is a lot to say about visa runs and a lot of attention has already been paid to this blog. Gust Feyen reports here on some of these cross-border visits, which require an adapted visa. Nothing spectacular, but always fun to read.
You experience everything in Thailand (88)
Delay of your flight, who hasn't experienced that? Annoying, but nothing you can do about it. If you are reasonably well taken care of with consumption vouchers, the misery feels less, a nice conversation with a fellow passenger also has a positive effect. Blog reader Jan Dekkers writes about it, but an extra memory came to mind about his flirtation with a beautiful lady from the ground staff.
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Relationships of foreigners with a much younger Thai woman are not uncommon. Of course that doesn't always run smoothly, but there are still many of those relationships that last for a very long time. The question that sometimes arises is whether such a relationship is a beautiful dream or a great Thai illusion. Blog writer Leo wrote down his reflections in a philosophical mood and sent it to Thailandblog.
You experience everything in Thailand (86)
Blog reader Do van Drunen from Cha-am makes a short trip to the Netherlands in 2017 and parks his car with his partner in Bangkok. He shouldn't have done that, because read below what happened. A bad experience, that's for sure.
You experience everything in Thailand (85)
Our Belgian blog reader Rafken saw his childhood dream to visit Ankor in Cambodia come true during a holiday in Thailand. After that visit he dreamed again, but this time of a beautiful Cambodian lady. How did that end? Read his story below A childhood dream come true, but not another dream About 5 years ago I had booked a tour in Thailand with my friends, which ended with a visit to the coastal town …
You experience everything in Thailand (84)
Hendrik Jan de Tuinman knows you. He sent a wonderful story about his activity as an amateur gardener in episode 70. The nice comments and thumbs made Hendrik Jan enthusiastic again, crawled behind the keyboard and tells about how things went with his flower border in Jomtien.
You experience everything in Thailand (83)
If you walk in Thailand and give your eyes a good living, you will see everything. Often nothing remarkable, but situations do arise that make you smile. Something that is hardly worth retelling, but then suddenly you find yourself in a comical situation.
You experience everything in Thailand (82)
Blog reader Jan Hegman is a true Rotterdammer; he was born and raised there and has always worked in the port. Jan has three children and he is married to the Thai Lek. In 2014 he wrote a wonderful story for Thailandblog about his first flight to Thailand.
You experience everything in Thailand (80)
Another unique story in this series, because for the first time it is about someone who ends up in a youth detention center. Barend tells how it could happen that his son Ivo ended up in a juvenile detention center for three weeks 4 years ago and how that turned out.
You experience everything in Thailand (79)
If you're staying in or near a larger city in Thailand and want to get from one place to another, transportation is almost always available. Train, bus, taxi, minibus or motorbike taxi will take you wherever you want. In large parts of the countryside, this is not always optimally arranged and blog reader Martin writes about his experiences in the south of Thailand below.
You experience everything in Thailand (78)
Today Gust tells us a story of a geocaching adventure on Koh Samui. If you are not familiar with the term “geocaching”, just google it on the internet and you will find several websites with information and videos about this fun hobby.
You experience everything in Thailand (77)
Every week a Dutch or Belgian dies in Thailand. Fortunately, it is a fairly large group, so that the times that you become involved in a death are fortunately limited. But what if it concerns a compatriot who lives near you or lives in the same village. It happened to Adri, who wrote a story about it in 2017.
You experience everything in Thailand (76)
We are far from finished with the beautiful travel stories of blog writer Dick Koger. This time he is in Roi Et, the capital of the province of the same name in Isan. A friend of his, Louis Kleine, and his wife, from that province, act as his guide. He becomes acquainted with an interesting Thai custom and that is what the next story is about.