France, Canet Plage, Fête d'Abricot

On the 8 July 2015 the Fête de l'Abricot will take place in Rivesaltes at just 15km from Canet Plage and our wheelchair accessible apartment. Come and have a taste of this delicious regional fruits. Keep track of this Blog for more information about events in this village and reagion.

Canet Plage, at the Mediterranean Sea.

More information about my apartment on my website. Click here.

Disabled holidays; sun and rain in Hua Hin

When I am planning our holiday I always take the weather into account. I love sunshine and warm weather. So I like to travel to warm places with lots of sun in the European winter. But when you are living in Australia you probably like to travel in the Australian wintertime, summer in France and rainy season Thailand.

Since I have travel often to Thailand I have experienced all seasons here, winter, summer and rainy season. And surprisingly I found the rainy season not that bad. Most of the time it rain is short heavy showers, sometimes with a lot of wind, but never a hurricane. I'm used to a humid climate in The Netherlands and cold rain. In Hua Hin, Thailand rain is always warm. You get wet, but not cold.

When you plan your holiday it mostly depends on holiday season, school holidays and so on. To help you to find the ideal weather you can consult climate in Hua Hin or any other climate website on the internet.

Monks, early morning on Hua Hin Beach. 

Location Wheelchair Holidays

In previous Blogpost I already talked about our holiday homes in France, Hungary and Thailand. And often I write about the things we have done. In my wheelchair I experience the same problems as you would when you would visit one of my accommodations. But not only the accommodation needs to be wheelchair accessible, the location is as important as the holiday home itself.

Where do you prefer your holiday accommodation? On top of a mountain, at a remote beach, at the end of a dirt road? Or in town with easy access to amenities and sights? Right. You probably choose the last one. Just like me and anyone else you like to leave the house and drive around in your wheelchair independently. A location where your family or travel companions don't need to push your wheelchair, with restaurants around the corner and shops within walking distance.
When you like what you read have a look at our Maps, publicly shared on Google Maps.

• The holiday homes in Hua Hin, Thailand. Zoom in and click on the green houses. The apartment is located in the centre of Hua Hin and the pool villa's at the border of the centre. The small wheelchair signs represent the wheelchair accessible toilet and the little yellow suns ramps onto the beach. In Hua Hin is no accessible public transport, but our van can take you where you like to go.
• The sea is only 700m from our apartment in Canet Plage, France . All amenities are within walking distance. public transport is accessible and the bus stop is only 300m. Airport and TGV train station can be found in Perpignan at 15km and can be reached by bus.
• Lake Velence, Hungary, partly nature reserve, is only 100m from our detached house in Velence. A small country town with amenities within walking distance. A nice location for families with younger children and or seniors. Accessible trains run up and down Budapest. Departure from Velence Station at 2km.

Below here one of our maps. Hua Hin, Thailand. Last updated 24 December 2013.


View Wheelchair accessible Hua Hin - Thailand in a larger map

Questions? Want to know more? Don't hesitate to write an email. When we don't know our staff knows. They live there and speak the local language fluently.

King regards,
Hanneke Fronik, Theo and Johanna, Mishi and Eva, Pannida en Hans, Kan, Kiao, Lek en Fon. We all like to welcome you and serve you as best as we can to give you the holiday of a lifetime.

Birthday coming up for WheelchairThailand Hua Hin.

Birthdays. They happen every year and every year we get one year older. In December King Bhumibol is celebrating his birthday on December 5. Hua Hin people are preparing.

Hua Hin People Love our King.

The female part of Wheelchair Thailand celebrates her birthday on December 7. And in The Netherlands we celebrate the birthday of Sinterklaas on December 6 with gifts for the children on the evening before.

But the birthday party for the King beats every festivity in Hua Hin. At the moment the King lives in Hua Hin and many military is coming to Hua Hin, streets are decorated and lit and bulletin boards announce a party.

Translation

Invite to join Candles Ceremony for His Majesty 5th December 2013 and join concert for King's honor with singer Jenifer Kim/Eak Surachet/Wai Kamikase/ Kanomjean Kamikase/Alarm 9 and join Happiness of Population is Happiness of our king exhibition with Art gallery and King's giving Happy New Year Card, At Queen's Park, 19 Rai 5 December 2013 Start from 10 AM.

So come and join this party. I'm sure everyone is welcome to celebrate His Majesty's birthday.

19 Rai is wheelchair accessible. Just don't expect a restroom / toilet with wheelchair access.

See you there.

Wheelchair accessible beach in Canet Plage, France

This time I want to show you the wheelchair access to the beaches in Canet en Roussillon at the Mediterranean Sea in France. This stretch of beach in Canet Plage, as big as Copacabana Beach or Ipanema Beach in Brazil, is wheelchair accessible. And with the beach wheelchairs available for free and the Mobimat to the waterline you can even go for a swim.
Here is our video of this wonderful beach in the Languedoc-Roussillon, France made bij Gehandicapten.com.

Velence, Hungary, roll in village

Most people know Hungary from its Gulyash and Budapest, the capital. Velence and Lake Velence is widely known for the recreational possibilities under Hungarian people. Hungary doesn't have beaches at a sea or ocean. It has lakes and rivers to enjoy.
And above wheelchair access in Hungary and in Velence is increasing very rapidly. The trains to Budapest and the Lake Balaton are wheelchair accessible with level entrance to the trains at Velence Station. So you have an easy ride to Buapest. The station is located at 2km from the adapted holiday home for disabled with roll in shower from Gehandicapten.com. You can either walk / ride or drive your car and park at the parking for free.

Are you curious? You like to meet Velence and Lake Velence and see what they have to offer you when you come here for an accessible holiday? Take a look at my new photoalbum. These pictures are taken during a stroll in Velence and Lake Velence and a short car ride along the lakeside villages. Below is one of these pictures.

Italok means Drinks, ételek means food, csapolt sör means draft beer and Gelato means ice cream.

A Coca Coala Zero for WheelchairThaialand Hua Hin at Szabadsag Beach, Velence, Lake Velence, Hungary.
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Accessible Bangkok beats London

Bangkok has narrowly beaten London as the world's top tourism destination in terms of visitor arrivals, according to the "MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index 2013". Paris, Singapore and New York fill the next three places.

In Asia, Bangkok is followed in the rankings by Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo.

The MasterCard study was conducted in 132 cities, with collated data from private and government sectors worldwide from last year through to the end of March this year.

It also collected data on travellers' spending from their arrival in a city destination, as well as cross-border expenditure. It was not based on MasterCard volume or transactional data.
Source: The Nation.

Wheelchair Thailand already roams around in Bangkok since 2006. He knows many accessible places to visit and wheelchair accessible accommodation to extend your holiday. Mainly in Hua Hin, but also in other parts of Thailand. And he has also information about wheelchair access of the public transport. For information read on here, Wheelchair Thailand Blog Spot, or visit the website of Gehandicapten.com

Apartment, wheelchair access, Southern France

Just a short post about a wheelchair accessible holiday apartment in Canet en Roussillon ( Canet Plage ), at the Mediterranean Sea. Look for yourself how you can manoeuvre thru this apartment in your wheelchair and how this condo is adapted to your needs.

 

 

More information about this apartment can be found on this website . Or just send an inquiry to Hanneke van der Linde

Free wine from WheelchairThailand

OFFER

FREE  wine package in France in case of arrival between June 1 and June 15, 2013.





Free gift with Gehandicapten.com, june 2013



A free wine gift will be available upon arrival when you stay in our wheelchair accessible holiday home in Canet en Roussillon.

- 3 bottles with a one weeks stay
- 6 bottles with a two weeks stay
- 6 bottles and snacks with a 3 weeks stay.

No better way to start your holiday. So come and stay with us in Canet Plage, South of France.


More information with Hanneke Fronik

Tira Tiraa Hua Hin with wheelchair access

Tira Tiraa groundfloor with wheelchair access

Sometimes you do something just for fun. Travelling abroad for a holiday is just for fun. And making this movie about Tira Tiraa is also just for fun. The movie shows the building and all its facilities in a glimp. Watch it and convince yourself this is the best condominium to stay. It is in the centre of Hua Hin, it has a big swimming pool with comfortable sun beds, it is only 700 meter from the sea, it is close to restaurants, supermarket, market, shopping malls, bars and the service is coming with a smile.

Location: 38/49 Soi 68, Hua Hin, 77110, Thailand.

More information about Tira Tiraa and the wheelchair accessible apartments can be found here. These apartments have excellent wheelchair access, pool hoist and medical equipment. Adapted Toyota Commuter for wheelchair airport transfer and trips also available.

News for disabled on holiday in Thailand

A year has gone and and new year has begun. And now WheelchairThailand likes to tell you about the changes realized in 2012. These changes allow you to have a holiday of a lifetime in Hua Hin, Thailand.

Pool villa Si Daeng (red)
Our second pool villa was bought in 2012. After a serious reconstruction and renovation this pool villa is wheelchair accessible througout. A modern interior design in combination with Thai art gives this pool villa its own caracter. You will feel at home within a day.

Pool villa on Coconut Grove, Soi 102, Hua Hin, Thailand.

 

 

 

This holiday homes in the Land of Smiles has 3 wheelchair accessible bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with roll in shower. Each bedroom has at least one hospital bed integrated in the normal beds. In the bathrooms have a drop down shower seat and drop down grips. More informationon the website of Gehandicapten.com .

This luxury villa is located at only 30 meters of the first holiday home. Both houses together can accommodate 12 adults at the same time of which 8 wheelchair users. So a group of friends, more than one family or disabled living in care resorst can enjoy the friendly service of Thai people during a adventurous holidays.

 

Pool villa Si Khiao (green)
Our guest book in this holiday home is our guide to improvement. So once a while we update our pool villa according their wishes. This time we have changed / renewed the pool hoist with a comfortable seat with drop down armrests. The seat can be adjusted to wheelchair seat height.

A new wash basin, imported from Europe and designed for wheelchair users, has been installed in the wheelchair accessible bathroom. A tap with one long handle is within easy reach of those with a reduced arm and hand function.

On top of the desk in the living room a printer has been installed which can be used for free by our guests.

Medical equipment
Guests staying in our houses could already use our manual adjustable hoist. Now guests can also use our electric hoist with different kind of slings adjustable with clips or loops.

Beach wheelchair in Hua Hin, Thailand.

And a new kind of beach wheelchair is added to our collection of medical aids.

Mobility scooters
Many disabled people travel with only their manual wheelchair although travelling with an electric wheelchair is possible. But we have a solution. Mobility scooter are for rent now in Hua Hin. For more information please send an email to wheelchairthailand@gmail.com  Guests of Gehandciapten.com get a discount of 10% stating "Olarit" with their booking.

Staff
Our staff is great and gives excellent service. Our general manager, the housekeeper in our first pool villa and the cleaning lady in our apartment welcomed a welcomed a fourth staff member, the housekeeper for the second pool villa. Every staff member stays in close touch with our general manager.
And we have welcomed our steady driver who drives our guests from the airport to Hua Hin and back. He enjoy taking guests on trips and tours in and around Hua Hin.

More information about our holiday homes, tours and trips can be found with the links below. When you have questions left don't hesitate to send an email to info@gehandicapten.com .

Website NL                 http://www.gehandicapten.com

Website DE                 http://www.behinderten.eu

Website GB                 http://www.wheelchairaccessibleholidayhomesfordisabledpeople.com

Website FR                 http://www.handicapes.eu

Website NL/GB          http://www.tiratiraa.nl

Blog EN                      http://wheelchairthailand.blogspot.com

Blog NL                       http://vakantie-gehandicapten.blogspot.com

Transfer/trips           http://wheelchair-thailand-tours.weebly.com/index.html


Maps                         https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=205687434391224233082.00047b1c34a356a98f153&msa=0&ll=12.55381,99.964299&spn=0.024547,0.049567

Twitter                       http://twitter.com/gehandicapten

Youtube                       http://www.youtube.com/user/WheelchairThailand

Picasa Photos              https://picasaweb.google.com/108872149653766238486

Facebook                     http://www.facebook.com/wheelchairthailand

Facebook                     http://www.facebook.com/Gehandicapten

Wheelchair accessible airplane coming up

Hi everyone,

Here is a great initiative of a Dutch man with Duchene Muscle Disease. He wants to travel. He is unable to sit in an airplane seat. So his travel plans are limited. He has create a petition to make airplanes wheelchair accessible. We have signed this petition and we hope you do too. Together we can make this a worldwide request. But we need your vote to realize our needs.

Here is the link to the petition.




Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, assistance counter.

I do hope my wheelchair can take the forces in an airplane during take off and landing. Otherwise it would be great.

Thailand, Hua Hin, wheelchair accessible Coconut Grove pool villa

A new Pool villa. Pool villa Coconut Grove Si Daeng. Wheelchair accessible and close to all kinds of amenities.

New images of Google Earth. Blúport, a new shopping mall coming soon. Beach access ramps. Accessible toilets. Hospitals. All locations not to be missed when you are in Hua Hin, Thailand.
See for yourself below on the image.

Or here a link to the same map opening in Google Earth.


Wheelchair accessible Hua Hin - Thailand weergeven op een grotere kaart

Pool villa Hua Hin, wheelchair in motion

Finished!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our new wheelchair accessible pool villa in project Coconut Grove, Soi 102, Hua Hin, Thailand.

Take a look our Youtube movie of this very beautiful and adapted holiday home in Hua Hin, Soi 102, Thailand.

Enjoy watching this short movie and feel free to leave a comment.

This pool villa is still available till 11 December 2012, from 11 March 2013 till 21 March 2013 and after 4 April 2013. For an up to date availability please visit our website.

This holiday home in paradise can accomodate up to 6 adults and 1 baby.

Services which are available and included in the price are cleaning, final cleaning, water, energy, high speed internet access, use of medical equipment, grocery package and welcome dinner at the evening of arrival.

Services on demand for an additional fee are:

• Airport transfer in wheelchair accessible minivan.
• Trips and tours in a wheelchair accessible minivan.
• Personal assistants and or care givers.
• Massage at holiday home.
• Tailor at holiday home.

Offer: BOOK 14 NIGHTS, ONE WAY AIRPORT TRANSFER FOR FREE.

For booking please contact Hanneke Fronik at info@gehandicapten.com



Restaurants in Hua Hin with wheelchair access

Since I started this Blog I have written more than one article about wheelchair accessible restaurants in Hua Hin and the surrounding areas. Just look up restaurants in the Blog search box and you will find a variety in food, location and prices. And now I need to add an excisting restaurants which became wheelchair accessible with ramp access after a renovation.

Hagi Restaurant, Hua Hin, Thailand.

Van Wheelchair Thailand, accessible restaurants in Hua Hin, Thailand.

It is Hagi Janpanese restarant. It is located on the corner of DamnoenKasem Road and the Naresdamri road in the center of Hua Hin. The restaurants serves excellent Japanese food like sushi, sashimi, etc. So try before you leave Hua Hin. You won't be disappointed.

New Pool Villa, wheelchair accessible

After a hard day's work reconstructing, refurbishing and redecorating an excisting pool villa, we are very proud to present the latest wheelchair accessible holiday home in Hua Hin, Thailand.

Coconut Grove Si Daeng van Gehandicapten.com

Look at the pictures and see for yourself how your temporary home in paradise can be. With our personal knowledge of accessibility, passion and enthousiasme this pool villa was made for you, my wife and me.

Enjoy a heavenly holiday in the Land of Smiles, be welcomed by our friendly Thai staff and let them spoil you with attention and good service. Let the sun warm you and feel your body getting relaxed in the Hua Hin microclimate.

This pool villa can accommodate up to 6 adults and 1 baby. It has a living room with open plan kitchen, three bedrooms, an en-suite wheelchair accessible bathroom, a second wheelchair friendly bathroom, two verandas and an accessible swimming pool / whirlpool in a lush tropical garden.

For more information please visit our website Gehandicapten.com .
For Last minute offers feel free to contact us by email info@gehandicapten.com .

The Mall Hua Hin from the Central Group

Just an update for future customers coming to wheelchair accessible Coconut Grove Pool villas Hua Hin.

Close to Soi 102 opposite of the Intercontinental Hotel at the Petchkasem Road in Hua Hin will arise a new shopping mall from the Central Group in a joint venture with the Proud Group.
The shopping mall will be in walking distance (900m) of the pool villas. Look at our map of the local area . Or zoom in and look for the green houses and bleu balloon below.The green houses are the accommodations of Gehandicapten.com alias Wheelchair Thailand Hua Hin and the bleu ballon is the location of the new shopping mall The Mall.


Wheelchair accessible Hua Hin - Thailand weergeven op een grotere kaart

Here is part of the article published in the Bangkok Post on September 17, 2012.

The Mall Group, the country's second-largest retail chain, is forming an alliance with the Liptapanlop family to jointly develop a large-scale shopping and entertainment complex in Hua Hin next year.

A 50:50 joint venture will be soon set up by the Mall Group and Proud Group, which is now under the management of Proudputh, the daughter of veteran politician and chief adviser of Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party Suwat Liptaponlop, to run the retail project.

The venture requires an investment of 5 billion baht to develop the retail project, which is located on a 20-rai plot on Phetkasem Road opposite Intercontinental Hua Hin Resort and close to Hua Hin Market Village.

Construction is scheduled to start by early next year and will be completed in 2014.

The Mall Hua Hin will be a mixed-use complex with retail space between 80,000-100,000 square metres. It will comprise The Mall department store, a retail plaza, a financial services area, entertainment anchors, international fashion brand name stores and a five-star hotel.

WheelchairThailand Hua Hin, see man or woman?

 

An half year ago Jan and I were looking for some entertainment at night in Bangkok. Wherever you stay you can find entertainment. Bars, puppet show, dance and dinner show, cultural show, girls and lady boys, etc. We wanted to see a show and went to the Asia Hotel in Phaya Thai, Bangkok. Sadly enough this theater was not wheelchair accessible.

This time we had a look in our travel guide book of Bangkok. Found a name of a show and looked it up at internet. And yes the show has moved to another location and the location, Asiatique, and the theater, Calypso, is wheelchair accessible. So we booked tickets online and drove there early saturday evening. Staff took great care of us and guided us to the elevator and the theater to our seats. Access for wheelchairs and people with recuded mobility is assured.

 

And what a night we had. Lots of international restaurants to choose from, many shops with beautiful and classy merchandise, bars with live music, boulevard along the Chao Praya River and the Calypso theater. We had a great time. We can recommend the show and ask you now: "Did you see men or women?"

Accessible coffee on the go

Tom 'n Toms Coffee in Hua Hin is the first wheelchair accessible coffeeshop in the center of Hua Hin, Thailand. It has opened it's doors two weeks ago without ramps in front. After my request the owner added some ramps and now he has the first adapted coffeeshop. Thank you. With this action you have a regular customer.

And more important. The mall where the coffeeshop is located has also a wheelchair accessible restroom. You want to know where you can find toilets for disabled have a look at this map of Hua Hin / Cha-am area. This map shows locations and pictures of where to find adapted restroom and toilets.

Do you like to have more information about accessble Hua Hin, wheelchair accessible housing and wheelchair access in Bangkok? Then don't hesitate to write an email to wheelchairthailand@gmail.com

Wheelchair accessible pool villa Coconut Grove 2

Pool villa Coconut Grove 2.

In March Wheelchair Thailand Hua Hin alias Gehandicapten.com aquired the second pool villa on the project Coconut Grove on Soi 102 in Hua Hin, Thailand.

During July and August the house will be renovated and adapted to the use of wheelchair travellers. In September the house get a modern decoration in white, red and greys.

The pool villa will have three wheelchair accessible bedrooms, two wheelchair accessible bathrooms, a spacious livingroom, a huge veranda and a big terrace. And don't forget the luxury of the accessible pool and whirlpool.

All kinds of medical equipment will be present and use will be for free. The most common items are a shower wheelchair, electrical hoist, manual pool hoist, hospital beds in all bedrooms, grips, shower seats, monkey poles, special wash basins and an absolutely fantastic beach wheelchair.

With two pool villas in the same project we are able to accommodate groups up to twelve people. And our wheelchair accessible minivan can transfer up to 4 wheelchair users and 5 additional people including luggage. An additional normal taxi or minivan can transfer more disabled people. Vans are also available for trips and tours.

The pool villa will be available for rent starting October 1, 2012. We already take bookings for the next high season 2012 - 2013. We give a discount of 5% on bookings done before July 15, 2012 for stays in October, November and December 2012. Minimum stay of 14 nights. Discount code is Baan Nam.

Do you like to know more? Do you want to be close to the centre and the beach? Don't hesitate to email to info@gehandicapten.com