Monthly Archives: August 2010

Thailand Visa O or O-A for Long Stay

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Mike

If you  wish to visit Thailand for a long stay or even to retire there are two choices of Thai Visa available if you do not intend to work. These are the O and O-A visa. The Thai O visa, … Continue reading →

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Walk Across Thailand in a Day

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Mike

Now if I asked you could you walk across Thailand in one day I wonder what your answer would be?  You might think its a trick, but no it is completely feasible to walk across Thailand in one day.  Or … Continue reading →

Posted in Expat Diary, Tourist Information, Unseen Thailand | 19 Comments

Monkey Police Thailand

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Mike

Monkey Police in Thailand?  Well it seems that a certain Short Tailed(Pig Tailed) Macaque monkey named Santisuk,  located in the troubled area of Southern Thailand, was recruited by the Royal Thai Police as a sort of mascot when one of … Continue reading →

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Insensitive Expat Community in Thailand

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Mike

OK I need to apologise in advance before I write this which I hope you won’t see as a rant, but there is something I need to get off my chest about the insensitive and cynical expat community that you … Continue reading →

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Electricity in Thailand

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Mike

Electricity Supply in Thailand The electricity in Thailand is supplied at 220v, 50 cycles by the Provincial Electricity Authority(PEA) outside Bangkok.  Generally speaking the electricity supply in Thailand is fairly reliable.  However electricity outages are fairly common during the rainy … Continue reading →

Posted in Living in Thailand, Services | 6 Comments

Looking for the Thai Silk King

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Mike

Jim Thompson was an American who formed the Thai Silk Company in 1948 in Bangkok, Thailand. He is often referred to as the Thai silk king. Thompson was born in 1906 at Delaware in the USA. After initially trying to … Continue reading →

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Thai Baht

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Mike

The Thai Baht(บาท) is the currency of Thailand, It is subdivided into 100 Satang (สตางค์). Before 1925 the Baht was actually known as the Tical which was  a unit of weight for both gold and silver(15 grams). The word “Tical” … Continue reading →

Posted in Living in Thailand | 6 Comments

Funny and Unusual Things in Thailand

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Mike

One of the great things about living in Thailand is some of the funny and unusual things that you find here.  Take this morning for instance, I was minding my own business at the back of the house when I … Continue reading →

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Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Mike

The long awaited Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi(BKK) airport rail link will be opening for business tomorrow, Monday 23 August 2010. The airport rail link  now connects Bangkok’s major international airport with the city centre on a 28.6 km high speed line which will … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Transit, Transport | 9 Comments

Thailand Water Works

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Mike

With the  drought conditions persisting in many areas of Thailand including where I live in Prachuap Khiri Khan I have spent some time this week trying to improve my own water storage and distribution system around the house and garden. … Continue reading →

Posted in Living in Thailand, Weather | 8 Comments