Reader question: Buying a Samsung phone in Thailand?
I had also asked a question about a phone charger yesterday. Lots of responses, thank you. Now another question. I need a new phone myself. Mine fell in the water once, still works but sometimes restarts on its own. Now I always go to Tukcom in Pattaya and know a female who sets everything for me and so on. She also sells telephones. I saw a Samsung Galaxy A30 s for 7.900 baht there. She wants to give me a discount so that I have to pay 7.500 baht. Is that a good price. Are those original or imitation phones? How can you see that?
Police in Pattaya have arrested 3 foreigners who were swimming in the sea, while a ban on access to the beach is in place.
Hotels in Pattaya to reopen in June?
Thai Hotels Association Eastern Region president Pisut Ku continues to believe tourism will begin to recover in June despite the global pandemic.
The Pattaya City Municipality has proceeded to close beaches at 8 locations. These beaches are off limits to the public until May 31. The measure is intended to prevent group formation and is being used to contain Covid-19.
Obscurity, the Thai trademark
It is not easy to follow the official regulations of the. What is still maintained and what has now been abolished? May 4 would be the last day that the public would be checked for fever and the destination at the checkpoints on the Sukhumvit Road. And indeed on May 5 everything was as usual, although less crowded.
Reader Submission: Paradise…
I usually follow Thailand blog and often read the stories and also read the reactions, sometimes good but also often negative reactions. I have never written anything on Thailandblog but I think it is appropriate to write something now in this very difficult time. Is more of a personal story about how I experience paradise and looking back at the reason for my departure from the Netherlands.
It was almost a fairytale ending for 23-year-old Nid, a farm girl from Isan who worked as a bargirl in Pattaya. She met an Englishman and fell in love. This turned out to be mutual and plans were made for a joint trip to England. But the coronavirus hit and she was left alone.
A 48-year-old drug-addicted Irish expatriate is in custody for the murder of a woman in her mid-30s from Pattaya.
Notices from Immigration Pattaya. The temporary immigration office in School 7, near Watboon Road on Sukhumvit Road has been closed again due to the exemptions. Immigration in Jomtien remains open as normal.
Elderly woman forced to beg by alcoholic husband
A 64-year-old begging woman in Pattaya has been detained by police near the Sukhumvit Road Pla Muk intersection. She shared that she was forcibly coerced by her alcoholic husband because he needed money for his addiction.
The spotlight on the Night Wish Group in Soi 6 Pattaya
In Pattaya and Jomtien, free food and water are distributed at regular intervals to less fortunate Thais, who live without or at least too little income.
Pattaya after the corona crisis: The end of fun-city?
Experts and fortune tellers have long predicted the end of fun-city Pattaya. When the American troops left in the late XNUMXs, with the end of the Vietnam War, predictions were made that this would be the beginning of the end of Pattaya.
I would like to draw some extra attention to small restaurants where eating inside is not actually possible, because of the 1,5 m, but which are open to earn some money and have therefore made take-out possible, for example.
Reader submission: Food parcels campaign for Thai in Pattaya
This week I came up with the idea of sharing an action, which I initially wanted to start myself, with my family, friends and association. This had a very nice effect and including my own contribution it had raised € 1.150 in no time and it is still ticking.
Food aid in Pattaya
It cannot have escaped anyone's attention that the measures taken by the government in Thailand to combat the corona crisis have left tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of Thais without work and therefore without income to buy food.
Stray dogs in trouble due to corona crisis (video)
For a long time, more and more animals in Thailand are in danger. Initially, it was about the recurring and longer-lasting drought, which made it increasingly difficult for animals to get a drink.
Chinese gamblers arrested in Pattaya
Some people feel they can live above the law. A misconception as it turned out. Local residents found it strange that people came to a closed restaurant in the evening.