• You need to take off your shoes to enter a lot of places, such as temples, some restaurants, people’s homes, offices etc. Slip ons are just much easier…

• Legal drinking age is 20 in Thailand. However, ID checks are not done very strictly in the country; many bars will sell you alcohol without checking ID
• When…

Targeting financial services to expat, digital nomad and cryptocurrency communities, the fintech challenger Everex.io came with a new and interesting service of using blockchain for instant cross-border transfer…

• As of today, 49 countries (including pretty much all developed countries) get a 30-day visa exemption visiting Thailand for tourism. Here's the official list from Thailand's Ministry of…

• C.I.Q. standards for Customs, Immigration and Quarantine - it's basically a simplified transfer process for flyers leaving Thailand connecting through a Thai city (likely Bangkok). E.g. Chiang Mai…

You're allowed to bring 1L in alcohol and 200 cigarettes. So don't go crazy at duty free.

See this picture I took at Chaing Mai airport last week

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It's very straight forward. Here's what the arrival card looks like. You need to fill out both the front side and back side of the card:

Front

Back…

I hold a Chinese passport so I needed a visa on arrival which allows me to stay 15 days. I got mine at the Chiang Mai airport within…

• If you're in Thailand on visa exemption and thinking about doing visa runs to neighbouring countries (visa run means leaving Thailand and return again shortly to get another…

• ATMs are everywhere in Thailand and that makes them the most convenient way to get cash
• In the central parts of Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Krabi, and Samui…