[Phuket Sandbox drama: Tourist flees hotel to find Thai wife]

1 hour ago, Mickeymaus said:

This regulation that you have to stay in a selected hotel only at night - great for these hotels... 

THAT'S the whole point!

[Phuket Sandbox drama: Tourist flees hotel to find Thai wife]

3 hours ago, rbkk said:

.....Shame the “ fleer” ( or is it fleeist? )

Fugative?

 

Flea?

[Phuket Sandbox drama: Tourist flees hotel to find Thai wife]

4 hours ago, Mickeymaus said:

They obviously have different regulations for different locations. In Koh Samui you are not allowed to leave the hotel the first 3 days. 

 

•   Day 1-3: Can leave the hotel room for designated areas in the hotel only;

•   Day 4-7: Can travel within designated routes and on tour programmes on Ko Samui only;

•   Day 8-14: Can travel within Ko Samui, Ko Phangan and Ko Tao;

•   Day 15: If the last test on Day 12-13 is negative, can go anywhere in Thailand.

 

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/07/06/an-extensive-faq-for-foreign-tourists-who-want-to-visit-koh-samui-koh-tao-or-koh-phangan-the-samui-plus-program-starting-from-later-this-month/

" Day 8-14: Can travel within Ko Samui, Ko Phangan and Ko Tao;

•   Day 15: If still alive after the Ko Tao visit, he can buy many lottery tickets and run home."

[Phuket Sandbox drama: Tourist flees hotel to find Thai wife]

"A third person had a personal emergency abroad and was allowed to return home and not complete the 14 day required stay". 

 

In other words, when he saw the clusterf*ck that it was going to be, he decided "<deleted> this for a game of soldiers!", and decided to go home instead!

[Phuket Sandbox drama: Tourist flees hotel to find Thai wife]

4 hours ago, DFPhuket said:

I'm in the sandbox now. The reality is that you only need to stay in your room until after your first test comes back (mine took 10 hours). After that you are free to come and go as you'd like. You must have your QR code scanned once a day at the hotel and leave your tracking app turned on. But you don't really have to sleep in the hotel bed each night. 

 

The sandbox folks, who (mostly) had Western vaccines, a PCR test before the flight, another test when landing, and then a 3rd and 4th test, are at much less of a risk to have or pass on Covid that the locals living in Phuket. 

Thanks

[Phuket welcomes multitude of international flights in first 5 days]

6 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

That's less than 60 people arriving per flight. For Thailand to hit the predicted 120,000 tourists for Q3, that would need around 2,000 flights and 22 arriving flights a day - not 6. Current rates would bring about 35,000 to Phuket, and I think that will even drop after the initial 400 a day rush !

 

 

At an average of 60 pax per flight, that is not sustainable, I would guess?

Also, what about the return leg?  Who will be flying out, especially if the majority early on are returnees and most oof the arrivals are here for long term stays?

[Phuket welcomes multitude of international flights in first 5 days]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Since arriving tourists have already been vaccinated with the higher quality jabs, not the local junk, and been tested and shown to be covid negative, no need for a sandbox at all. 

 

The local official clowns need to face the fact that tourists are taking a far greater risk than the locals, by being exposed to the Thais. The only ones testing positive are locals, after all. 

 

End the quarantine now. End all restrictions and eliminate all hurdles now. Embrace science. Grow up. Man up. Get some courage. Face the music. Do the right thing just once in your careers. 

What about internal tourists?

Are we able to take a flight from, Bangkok to Phuket and ingke with these "newcomers"?

Of course, most of us can't get a vaccine yet but, what the hell?

If I try to book a flight, from BKK, will I have to have the clear tests first?  How is all that going to work?

Phuket may as well be a separate country at this point.

 

[It’s like they’ve never been away! Video shows foreign tourists enjoying Phuket Sandbox]

14 minutes ago, ChrisKC said:

Thank goodness the tourist industry in Phuket is back in full swing - I wonder what a panoramic shot of that photo would show?

 

Anybody tell me why when I type "Phuket" on this forum it shows up as an error - siting "ketchup" as the possible place I really meant?

 

 

Maybe becaiuse of its "saucy" reputation?

[It’s like they’ve never been away! Video shows foreign tourists enjoying Phuket Sandbox]

1 hour ago, stevenl said:

So first people on here are asking for proof people are actually arriving and enjoying themselves. When proof is given here as well, besides countless social media posts, the attempts at ridicule start. 

Some people can only be made happy with failure so they can say 'told you so'.

Yayy!!!!

The junta's chief cheerleader is back with his red,white and blue rose tinted glasses.

Everything Thai = good

Farang = bad!

He's the TV equivalent of Tokyo Rose! 

I was hoping that  Covid had stopped his endless windbagging but, apparently not!

LMAO

[Bangkok: Nigerian allegedly dealing in ecstasy arrested with 7,000+ tablets]

On 7/3/2021 at 3:47 PM, Excel said:

One of Thailand's largest trading partners ? Not according to the 2020 trading figures they were not, didn't even figure in the top 15. That aside I agree that many Nigerians are all above board and like all the wrong ones from any country, it is they that make the headlines from which people then tend to generalise.

 

https://www.worldstopexports.com/thailands-top-import-partners/

He meant that Nigerians are one of Thailands largest "trafficking" partners.  He got lost in the semantics.

It could. conceivably be transaction partners, taking into account the many thousands of Thai womeon that are scammed into making transactions towards the Nigerian online love scams.

The only way that they could be considered as a main trading partner is if you looked at individual business sectors, like prostitution.
i would believe that they are a main partner in that particular trade!  Look at all the Nigerian and other African whores that infested Sukhumvit pre-covid.

[Thai resort island of Phuket reopens for tourists]

48 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

It was a joke, but in any course let's see for how long until the new strain variant starts whacking people. I am an optimist but in this situation with these same as self appointed bozos at the helm, I think it is destined to fail.

....at least the next scheduled  tourist boat sinking should net only a handful this time!

[All go for the Phuket Sandbox - 13,000 rooms booked, foreign airlines set for Samui later, TAT]

7 hours ago, MadMac said:

 

Great maths ????

217 rooms for 3 nights each gives you the magical  figure of 1201 nights.  They are counting one hotel night as a booking.

Idiots.

[Command centre for foreign tourists set up in Phuket ahead of July reopening]

49 minutes ago, riverhigh said:

The success of the surveillance room will be based on the tourist fines and tourist extortion activity. The financial rewards are limitless. To the best of my knowledge a feasability study was performed and it was determined that the project would pay for itself in fines within 2 weeks. Welcome to the Phuket sand trap. The photo is a real winner for tourism, I don't know how anyone who could resist from being spied on.

Phuket  sand trap?  Fly trap, more like.

[Entertainment venue, bar, and nightclub owners and staff protest in Phuket to governor asking to be allowed to open for the “Phuket Sandbox” on July 1st]

Ummm, so the Phuket sandbox experiment that is going to bring tourists back in droves, to pay 3 times the going rate for their hotels, have to register, show vaccination certificates, be tested, be tracked and possibly wear electronic tags will include bars and "entertainment venues" that are, in fact, closed down?

You could not possibly make this sh*t up for a sitcom.

No-one would believe it!

[Reopening of Phuket and Surat Thani to foreign tourists confirmed for July]

10 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Wow. I have just picked a random hotel from the "Phuket Sandbox Hotels" link above:

The Vijitt Resort Hotel - from 63,000 baht for 14 nights = 4,500 baht per night.

On Agoda and I can book the same place for 14 nights for 23,253 baht (including taxes and service fees).

Not a great deal is it?

"Incoming tourists will be required to present their Certification of Entry (CoE) to Thailand, register themselves through www.entrythailand.go.th, and install the “Thailand Plus” and other local apps (in the case of Phuket the “Mor Chana” app) upon arrival, so that their locations can be tracked.""

On top of this, pay almost 3 times the market rate for the privilege!

Sounds like a Thai donkey politician's idea of a dream holiday (for faraangs, not themselves!).

What a bunch of f*cking morons.

[Pattaya tourism and business sector tell government “Let us open the city fully, give us the Covid-19 vaccines. Enough is Enough.”]

10 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

 

the other 99% of thailand (that doesn't sell beer or p*ssy) begs to differ.

 

f f s prioritize those who risk their lives, not their wallets.

 

 

Do you think that maybe the government is deliberately withholding support for Pattaya as part of it's drive to kill it off as a sex tourism mecca?

[Thai temple says construction of giant Buddha statue visible across Bangkok nearly complete]

9 hours ago, worgeordie said:

The whole point of building it ....most temples have an attraction..

regards worgeordie

That's exactly the point Geordie.  They have been on this money scam for so long that they have forgottent what the religion is all about.

At this point, the temples seem to be dens of vice, a convenient refuge/escape for Hi-So felons, huge gilded collection boxes or tourist attractions (or all three combined).

[Pattaya beaches to reopen, without alcohol]

13 hours ago, Caldera said:

How insane is that? If I sit in a deck chair all by myself, why can't I have a beer?

 

Pattaya beaches to reopen, without alcohol

1 week later - Pattaya beaches closed due to lack of interest!

[Pattaya: Pit Bull taken to temple to apologize after savaging owner to death]

5 hours ago, smedly said:

no need for a muzzle now, the beast has made merit and has become a loving family pet

 

saying nothing else as it would be deleted

It's hard to decide which is the most stupid; the new owner, the dog or the rug!

[It’s official: Thai govt approves plans to re-open to foreign tourists]

14 hours ago, VBF said:

Oh dear....another anti-vaxxer!  I rather think you will be going nowhere for the foreseeable future. In the UK there's even talk (just talk at present) of requiring to show your vaxxes to enter a pub. 

Want a pint? Hold your arm out you naughty boy! ????

Look at his handle: MiamiMan!  LOL

Says it all really.

Between being an anti-vaxxer, a Trump supporter as well as being "Florida Man" the poor creature has no chance!!

[UK QROPS Pension]

I moved my service pension from the UK to Gibraltar under QROPS, took the max draw down, built a house and all was well.

Then I noticed my annual payments going down and down, largely due to the pension fund managers taking $4 for every $6  paid to me!!!

When the rules changed to allow you to completely withdraw the full amount, I decided to do that as I can generate more income with ti than I was getting.

However, you couldn't withdraw the full amount in Gibraltar, for some reason, so I had to transfer the fuill amount to a new scheme in malta.

Long story short, they paid out within 72 hours of the fund arriving in Malta but witheld 35% due to there being no double taxation agreement with Thailand (I have been non-resident in the UK for 20 years).

Is it possible to get a Tax residence Certificate here in Thailand when on a retirement extension (have been for years).

We don't pay tax on income earned abroad and don't pay tax on pensions incoming.

If I was working here, I would pay tax.

Just asking.

Advice appreciated.

[Amazing Thailand: Five year old twins get married in Nakhon Sri Thammarat]

21 hours ago, colinneil said:

Amazing Thailand, never have i seen anything more bloody stupid/ ridiculous in my life.

 

<removed>

I'll take a wild guess that the word removed rhymed with spankers?

[Thai PM postpones vaccine jab indefinitely due to technical problem]

12 minutes ago, shy coconut said:

I read the article and the link. It says that the vaccine shipment had a certificate of use applicable 

to South Korea and not Thailand. You cannot just tippex out one country and replace with another.

 

Me you or anyone else on this forum could not say for sure how this happened. Perhaps Thailand 

bought some excess stock from Korea, maybe the Koreans exported the wrong batch.

 

Whatever happened, no government would inject its population with a vaccine which wasn't 

certified for use in their country, and I doubt you would volunteer to take an uncertified vaccine.

That must be why the condoms here don't work for me.

So small they burst when I put them on.

Made for and in Thailand

[Thai PM postpones vaccine jab indefinitely due to technical problem]

8 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

I certainly want the vaccine but they all need specific storage and transport requirements.

At this point I do not trust how any of this will be handled here.

Yes, I can imagine.

Unless it has gone off, turned green, grown 7 legs and is snarling at you, they'll inject it into your arm anyway!

[Thailand to increase speed limit to 120kph]

'What could possibly go wrong?!!