There has been much talk recently about the issue of dual pricing in Thailand, and TAT (Tourist Authority of Thailand) have finally announced that they want to end dual pricing for expats. Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of TAT, has said that the will discuss the issue of dual pricing with the National Parks, … Read more
After yesterday’s announcement that Thailand had gone 100 days without any reported cases of locally transmitted covid-19, today we have the news of a prison inmate that has tested positive. A man that had recently worked at a coffee shop at Khao San Road and also as a DJ at two bars … Read more
The Thai government is planning to offer long-term visas of up to 9 months for long-stay visitors to Thailand. The main target group will be Europeans senior citizens that want to spend winter in a warmer climate. If you’re a European senior citizen that wants to come to Thailand for a long-term … Read more
Thailand has come top in a global ranking for their handling of the Covid-19 crisis. As an expat that lives here, there doesn’t surprise me at all. The authorities here have done an excellent job of beating Covid-19. The Gobal Covid-19 Index (CGI) that was published yesterday, gave Thailand a score of … Read more
Friends back home are always asking about our day to day life here, so I’m planning to create a weekly update of what’s new, funny, cheap, expensive or whatever. Normality Returns Normality is slowly returning to Thailand. We visited Bangkok recently, and while some parts were quiet, the business and shopping districts … Read more
Today, Immigration Bureau Commissioner Sompong Chingduong told Reuters that they would allow foreigners a grace period until 26 September, in order to apply for visa extensions. This means that visas won’t automatically be extended after 31 July, as many foreigners had been hoping for. Anyone that doesn’t apply for a visa extension … Read more