Yearly Archives: 2011
Power of the Pattaya Mail and its readers
Dear Editor; Thought you would like to know that, following my letter to you for help on my new I-Pad2 two weeks ago,...
Re: Topless sunbathing embarrasses foreigner & family
Editor; Well P Browne, here is the reality. Thailand needs tourists, holidaymakers and indeed encourages them to come to Thailand. In fact it’s...
Decentralize power & authority
Editor; I respect, admire and salute Anand Panyarachun’s always fair-minded, common sense leadership, recommending that local administrative bodies be given power and authority...
No waiting at Bangkok airport
Dear Sir, I have read quite a lot in the local newspapers lately about the long lines at the immigration desks at the...
Looking for Vietnamese boy missing since 1978
Editor; Around December 22, 1978, 7 Vietnamese people left the island of Phu Quoc, Vietnam on a small boat. On their journey, they...
Lifeguard – not – on duty
Pattaya’s construction of life guard stations along the beach would be a positive step toward improving water safety if the stations were actually manned....
Loving Songkran
Dear Hillary, Did you get wet over Songkrong (sic), or are you too old for that sort of thing? Me and my mates...
Hating Songkran
Dear Hillary, Did you go away for Songkran, or did you have to suffer the idiots with the squirt guns? I thought the...
Marrying for the right or wrong reasons?
Dear Hillary, I want to get married again next year. I have been married before, but to an American woman, and that finished...
Latest Stories
Thailand’s long term visas: A welcome mat or a quiet tax trap?
PATTAYA, Thailand - For years, Thailand has marketed itself as one of the world’s most accommodating destinations for long-term foreign residents. Retirees, digital nomads,...
Wenn Ersparnisse unantastbar werden: Wie thailändische Bankenregeln den Ruhestand von Expats verändern
PATTAYA, Thailand - Über viele Jahre galt das thailändische Ruhestandsvisum als eines der klarsten und unkompliziertesten Modelle des Landes. Die unausgesprochene Übereinkunft war einfach:...
Neujahrsansturm auf die Schiene: Thailands Bahnverkehr bewältigt Reiseandrang reibungslos
PATTAYA, Thailand — Thailands Eisenbahnsystem hat den starken Reiseverkehr zum Jahreswechsel auch am zweiten Tag der Feiertagsperiode problemlos bewältigt. Nach Angaben des Department of...
Volle Strände, leere Kassen bei Pattayas Kleinbetrieben
PATTAYA, Thailand - Mit dem Beginn der traditionellen Hochsaison zeigt sich Pattaya belebt wie gewohnt. Die Strände sind gut besucht, Touristen kommen weiterhin in...
Warme Sonne und frische Brisen sorgen für ideales Strandwetter in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand - Pattaya erlebt derzeit freundliches und angenehmes Wetter. Warmer Sonnenschein und erfrischende Meeresbrisen locken zahlreiche Besucher an die Strände und schaffen ideale...