Schengen Visa II
This is part of the story of how we had to jump through hoops to get my wife her Schengen Visa for entry into Spain…
This is part of the story of how we had to jump through hoops to get my wife her Schengen Visa for entry into Spain…
This is the first part of our story to obtain a Schengen Visa for my wife, so that we can begin our quest to move to Spain later this year
A week today, we will be flying from Bangkok to Malaga, Spain to start a new life. We are both excited about it, but the obstacles! Sheesh!
I can’t profess to be an expert on Thai television. I don’t speak Thai well enough to understand it, but it looks as bad as our daytime TV
We stayed in the Swan Inn II, Soi Nana in the heart of what many consider to be Bangkok’s red light district, but it’s near the embassy
I have been living in remote Thailand since 2005, and I love it. It does however present certain challenges, which are diminishing slowly
Neem and I went out with her sister’s family, which lives in Bangkok, so we don’t get to see them every week. It was a night to remember
Soi Nana is right in the heart of what most people consider to be Bangkok’s Red Light District. It doesn’t look like it though.
Soi Nana is ancient. It used to be a Chinese ghetto, but you wouldn’t guess that now. It is now Bangkok’s red light district, but not showy
Getting to Soi Nana is pretty straight forward as it is located in the very centre of Bangkok – not far from the British and Spanish embassies
Observations From Thailand Today’s piece is more a series of observations, a sort of diary entry, I suppose. The first of the observations will be obvious to anyone in Thailand at the moment and that is the heat. The months of March and April are Thailand’s hottest. Even the schools have to shut down. It …
Being Ill in Thailand I cannot speak for what it is like being ill in other countries except the UK, so you will have to draw your own conclusions. In the UK, I lived in Barry, a town of then 65,000, situated ten miles from Wales’ capital. In Thailand, I live in a small village …
Our Visa Run to Nan My stepson drove us up to the old mountain kingdom of Nan this year for the first time. Neither he, his wife nor their sixteen-month-old baby had been there before, so the five of us went and we treated them to a night in the capital of the province, which …
Chase Me, Chase Me! This is a difficult article to write because it is fraught with dangerous traps for me. You will soon see what I mean. First of all, I want to make it clear that I am not homophobic, although I am aware that saying that will make some people automatically assume that …
Free Wi-Fi Internet Access I live in Northern Thailand; many of you know that already and I would like to tell you something about it, and hopefully shame my own country, if not yours. When you hear the word ‘Thailand’, what springs to mind? Buddhism and Buddhist Temples? Stunning landscapes, seascapes and beautiful beaches? Beautiful …
Thai Smile I saw something this evening that, I think, says a lot about the Thai smile, but perhaps first, I had better say something about the Thai smile itself. Thailand is known as the Land of Smiles, in the same way that Wales is famous as the Land of Song. Most visitors assume that …
Many Deaths This has been a strange year so far, but I know that it has many more stressful moments in for me and my wife. That is because we have chosen to return to Europe for a few years and apart from Neem’s visa, we have no friends there any longer and nowhere to …
Happy New Year This is the last day of Christmas, so the trimmings will be coming down all over the Western World this evening. Along with the rain and the snow, so I have heard. Here in Thailand, it is a sunny, but cool evening of 31c and very nice it is too in the …