Letters from Thailand – #12

Topics for this issue include: Updates about Thailand Reopening Trip to Phuket Khao San Road is Back! Thai Taste Therapy How much do you trust public drinking water? Air Quality in SHA+ Transfer Vans Reopening of School Campus Updates about Bangkok Railway Station Twenty Hour Boat Voyage to Songkhla Win a Walking Bangkok Guidebook Interesting […]

Full Details about Suspension of Test and Go

This is an urgent dispatch with official updates about Test and Go as sent to me by the Consular Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As you probably have heard by now, the prime minister announced this afternoon the suspension of the Test and Go scheme. Unfortunately, there has been a lot of misinformation […]

Letters from Thailand – #11

Topics for this issue include: Updates about Bangkok Railway Station Steam Locomotives in Thailand The New Bang Sue Grand Station Riding the Red Line Trains Train Excursion to Sai Yok Noi Waterfall When is Father’s Day not Father’s Day? Win a Thailand Tourism Calendar 2022 Interesting Tweets Bangkok Walking Maps – Part 8 This newsletter […]

Letters from Thailand – #10

Topics for this issue include: Updates about Thailand Pass Bangkok Railway Station Photo Opportunity in Bangkok Views from The Quarter Hualamphong Download a Free Bangkok Guidebook Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem Canal Electric Canal Boat Ride The Yellow Line Monorail The future of LHONG 1919 Corrections Museum Interesting Tweets Bangkok Walking Maps – 7 Updates about […]

Letters from Thailand – #9

Topics for this issue include: The King Changes Emerald Buddha Costume Bangkok Snow Removal Christmas Cards Update about Khlong Chong Nonsi Park The Royal Plaza Fenced Off Win a Bangkok Guidebook Christmas Tree at CentralWorld View of Wat Arun from Inn a Day restaurant Updates about King Rama IX Park Seagulls at Bang Pu Recreation […]

Letters from Thailand – #8

Topics for this issue include:Thailand Pass Updates and NewsLoy Krathong FestivalThe British War MemorialHidden Dangers of TaxisInternational Lantern and Food FestivalAnnual Monkey Party in LopburiMonks Doing Alms Round by BoatKhlong Lat Mayom Floating MarketThe Grand PalaceChanging the Emerald Buddha CostumeInteresting TweetsBangkok Walking Maps – 5 Thailand Pass Updates and News The Thailand Pass system seems […]

Latest Updates about the Thailand Pass

When I returned to Thailand last week with the Thailand Pass, I thought that the firsthand experience that I had gained would be enough to help answer the questions people had. But as it turned out, I literally had hundreds and hundreds of questions. Many of which were unique to each person. So, I contacted […]

The Nightmare of Testing Positive on Arrival in Thailand

Today’s special newsletter is about the nightmare that falls upon you if you test positive on arrival in Thailand. This is what happened to Kirovs, a tourist who came to Thailand with his family. He is now in hospital and his family are in hotel quarantine. The second story is from James who is considered […]

Summary of the Reopening of Thailand

I hope you enjoyed the special dispatches about my preparations to fly to the UK and then back again to Thailand during the first week of the reopening of the country to fully vaccinated visitors. The special newsletter today is a brief summary of everything I went through over the last two weeks. There was […]

The depth of morning flood in Thailand

At this time of year when the river is so high, there is a flood even when there is no rain due to the high tide. This photo shows the flooded lawn of the Portuguese Embassy. So, if it rains at the same as a high tide, then it will be really bad as the […]