Karsten Aichholz 
Tired of eating noodle soup for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? Unwilling to shell out THB 490 for a spinach pizza at the food cart du jour? Keen to impress a date with home-cooked food? Then you’re in for a pleasant surprise. By the way, that home-cooked food thing actually works. Or so I’ve been told. I can’t boil … Read more
Thinking about opening an office in Thailand? Already have a virtual team and wondering what the additional costs of co-locating them would be? Curious about how much overhead and benefits contribute to the total costs? I have been running a business in Thailand for many years. The following data offers some answers based on my … Read more
Many visitors and long-time residents of Thailand don’t always terribly accurate picture of the legal system. Most of it is probably shaped by what tends to get reported in the media – which tends to either highlight when the legal system fails or when it’s a particular prominent outlier that gets caught in it. In reality, … Read more
School: Center for Thai as a Foreign Language, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn UniversityWebsite: Chula.ac.th Address: Faculty of Arts at the Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok Telephone Number: 02-218-4924 Location: Take the BTS to the Siam Station or the MRT to the Sam Yan Station. Throughout my time in Thailand, I’ve tried a number of … Read more
Getting a Thai credit card can be challenging for Thais let alone expats. This is because banks hold us to different standards. They require expats to make more money per month if we’re employed or, if we own a business, we have to wait years before we can apply for a card. When I applied … Read more
Where to go to change your cash into more Thai Baht — and where not to go..
My Trip at a Glance On my recent three months trip to Thailand I had a chance to test out a number of internet options – thanks to carrying multiple phones, a pocket WiFi and having a local phone plan I kept active over the years. Having lived in the country for 15 years I … Read more
When I first came to Thailand, the software industry consisted of the corporate sector running software development units out of Bangkok. Few entrepreneurs in tech perceived it as an attractive market or a good base for operations. Jobs for foreigners were scarce and for many tech employees the only option was to freelance remotely for … Read more
To me, finding a great law firm in Bangkok has always felt a bit like trying to find a straw needle in a haystack: it’s not only that I might have no idea what exactly I should be looking for, but I might not even realize when I’ve found one. There are some very general resources: embassies … Read more
Financial matters in Thailand can have a steep learning curve, as things may not be as straightforward as they were back home. For example, when you open a bank account in Thailand, you will find that there’s no specific central requirement on what needs to be done. Instead, you will only have a rough idea … Read more