In Thailand colours have more than a double meaning. Every day of the week has a specific colour and it brings luck to wear the colour of the day. Furthermore, yellow is for the King and blue for the Queen. On Monday the streets are full with people in yellow shirts to show their love for the King. These days, red and yellow have also a political meaning.
(more)This morning (Tuesday) at 7 am the State of Emergency has been declared in Thailand. Last night violent clashes have occured between pro- and anti- government groups, leaving at least one person dead (an anti-government demonstrator it seems) and dozens injured. From our house we can see at the horizon the area of the demonstrations, we do not notice anything close to us. Actually we do not know what the State of Emergency will mean in practice. Probably little for us, especially so since it seems to be quiet now. We'll just start our normal daily routine.
(more)I had always thought Thailand, as a western ally, to have a capitalist economy. Theoretically that is true, but in practice it sometimes looks more like a Soviet style state directed economy.
(more)This time a blog not from Bangkok, but from Bandung, Indonesia. I'm here a week to give a training in hydrological and hydraulic modelling. The only English language TV channel in my hotel is Aljazeera. Aljazeera.net/english: we bring you the story from every side, from every angle.
(more)Part of settling abroad is obtaining a local driving license, since an international driving license can only be used for a limited time. And this process provides a nice introduction into local culture and bureaucracy, especially of you are as colour-blind as me.
(more)Gout: I did not know what is was. But I found out a few months ago after a nice Saturday night.
(more)Maybe it is also in the newspapers in Europe: people are on the streets in Bangkok to change the government. Daily rallies against the government started May 25. Friday, June 20, the demonstrators crossed police barricades to move their protest to the area around Government House, the seat of the government.
(more)Sorry, sorry. it has taken us much too long to come back to our weblog. Visits to the Netherlands and Marnix to Indonesia and a lot of work stood in the way. From now on, you will get more regular updates (as long as we have the impression that anyone is reading this).
(more)This is the end of tiring week for us. We have been following the Dutch soccer team, but that requires some effort with a time difference of five hours. Games start 20.45 hours CET, which means 1.45 am here. The Dutch Society Thailand (NVT) organises screening in a bar of one of the hotels which attracht a lot of orange coloured dutch fans.
(more)Tonight we have had the first real rain since arriving here nearly two months ago. A lot of lightning and a heavy downpour. But most important, this morning it is 28 degrees Celsius in the appartment, 5 degrees less than usual. My hope that this will last seems futile, since May is suppost to be the hottest month. But so far, this feels really good.
Happy new year! April 13 - 15 Thai New Year is celebrated. This lucky country celebrates New Year three times (European, Chinese and Thai), but of course the last one is most important. We took part in the celebrations in Changmai.
(more)We have selected an appartment during our previous visit in February. We are right on the river, Nam Mae Chao Praya, on the 26th floor of Baan Chao Praya, a large appartment block. We have a 110 m2 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom unit to accomodate all visiting friends. We have just put some plants on our two balconies, but it should be come a lot greener. We are looking to the north, evading the sun and the view on the high rise hotels. This entry shows some pictures inside and oustide.
(more)This is the archive page for Margriet & Marnix go sailing. Click to go to the frontpage of this site.
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