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bangkok \ Krung Thep Mahanakon
The full name of Bangkok is
Since Bangkok is in the guiness book of world records for the world’s longest city name, I thought it’s about time to present this name to you. Here it is: In Thai: กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุทธยา มหาดิลกภพ นพรัตนราชธานีบุรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยะวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์ Understand? Great! If not: Why? :p Well I’m a nice guy so here’s for the [...]
Krating Daeng // Red Bull
Since I’ve been asked to do so I’ll gladly follow this request and introduce some famous Thai brands that became famous worldwide. Today we’ll start with one of the most famous ones… Krating Daeng // Red Bull One of the most famous brands world wide might be Krating Daeng or, how it is called in [...]
ATMs in Thailand
Withdrawing money is pretty easy in Thailand. There are ATMs everywhere. However, like always when going abroad, some fees might apply. That’s normal when traveling. However, when living somewhere you usually set up a bank account in order to handle local banking issues, receive salary, etc… That’s when the annoying part starts. Setting up a [...]
Lanna Lanna dadada da dada
or what the heck is Lanna? When I first went to Chiang Mai I thought it might be a good idea to check out hostels beforehand. So I spent some time online and checked out the usual hostel comparison sites.While doing so I came across one special word over and over again. Lanna! Almost every [...]
Seasons in Thailand | Thai weather
Most people think there are no real seasons in Thailand since it is always “warm and sunny” but that is in fact not the case. Thailand has seasons too. Different from those most people are used but still there are three seasons. Rainy Season, Winter Season and Summer Season. Rainy Season: Usually the Monsoon comes [...]
Bangkok for Beginners
Since I receive a lot of questions by friends and readers who are comming to Bangkok (oriental city!) concerning tips, tricks or any special advice for first time visitors, I thought I come up with a beginner’s post covering do’s and dont’s, musts and shoulds. It’s all based on personal experience. So if you disagree [...]
Banking \ udon thani \ UVC \ Work Permit
Work Permit & Bank account
Ooohoooo I am an Alien, I’m a legal Alien… After receiving my Working Visa for Thailand just in time, it took some more to get my work permit over here in Udon Thani. A work permit is – surprisingly – something that allows you to work within Thailand. It shows your profession and your employer [...]
Visa: check!
Finally it all worked out. 3 days before the planned take off to Bangkok I finally got my visa. All I had to do was to travel all the way to Munich to see the Thai Consulate, prepare everything, pay 130 bucks and being nice to the wonderful lady who is in charge of the [...]
Visa Trouble
First trouble in little Thailand – even before I enter the country… My soon to be employer told me to take care of all visa related stuff. Now, 2 weeks prior to the schedulded departure they told me that i have to take care of those visa stuff myself. Great! Since I am on Tenerife [...]
