New Year’s Day at the Gymkhana Club, 1938
.Oliver Backhouse gave this picture to me. It was made at the Gymkhana Club in Chiang Mai. British ex-pats founded this club in 1898. At that time we only knew the names of about...
Author: Frans Betgem
Netherlands Travel Advisory
Netherlands Travel Advisory I took this picture last year on Songkhla Lake in Southern Thailand. The Dutch government advises against all travel to Songkhla. Since May 2018 I have been to Songkhla five times....
The Chiang Mai British Consulate
The Service 1921 Restaurant and Bar of the Anantara Chiang Mai Resort once was the Chiang Mai British Consulate. The first consulate building was constructed on this plot of land of seven rai, a...
Robert Greg visits Chiengmai in 1922
Introduction Robert Greg was the British plenipotentiary in Bangkok from 1921 until 1925. He traveled to Chiengmai (Chiang Mai) in December 1922. I found this report at the British Library in London. I...
Report of Salween Consular Tour 1926
This is a report written by Mr.W.W.Coultas, British consul in Chiang Mai of a consular tour in the Western Part of the Chiengmai Consular District during October, November and December, 1926. The tour will...
The tragic death of Floris Wever
Last week 21-year old Floris Wever passed away in a hospital in Chiang Mai after having been involved in a motorbike accident in Pai, North Thailand. He was on his holiday. This is a...
Dutch Travel Advisory in Crisis
The Travel Advisory The website http://www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl gets 100,000 visitors per month. On this website, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuZA) of the Netherlands publishes its travel advisory. The advisory informs people about safety in...
The Second Chiang Mai Railway Station
The Second Chiang Mai Railway Station The first Chiang Mai Railway Station was opened at this location on January 1, 1922. You can find information about this station here. During World War Two the station...
Exploring the Deep South of Thailand
Introduction Having lived in Chiang Mai already for more than 20 years I do not often travel to South Thailand. If I do I usually don’t travel further south than Nakhon Si Thammarat. I...
Charoensawas Bridge 36
Charoensawas Bridge 36 The Charoensawas Bridge 36 is a bridge across the Padung Krung Kasem canal that runs parallel to the railway close to Hualampong Railwaystation. The bridge gives access to the Matrichit intersection...