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54 minutes ago, 473geo said:Do I recall some farang refusing a mask, from the health minister no less! do I recall members of this forum brazenly admitting to signing Mickey Mouse and giving phone number 11111111 at the entrance to stores.
Unfortunately you occasionally reap what other idiots sow
There is so much one can learn from the Thai people regarding how to to live a relatively peaceful existence in Thailand an oversight achieved by many foreigners
Look at the photo of that health minister again holding the pule of free masks that the dirty fangs as he says refused to wear. None of those masks were sealed!he was holding the front and the rear of the masks with both of his hands. So put this mask on, that hes had his greasy mitts all over, that before hand were stored in the boot of somchais car and passed from flunky 1 to flunky 2 to flunky 3 to hiso minister to hand out??! "What you no want to wear?! Dirty farang!!"
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Doe the thai government have an intelligence agency? Similar to CIA or MI6? Or read the news?? The CCP are actively encouraging (ordering) its subjects to not go abroad but to holiday inside China,to try and kick start their economy which has been hit massively by covid despite what some might think. They've also suffered serious floods that have devastated regions,tens of thoisands(probably higher) dead or homeless,entire farming land wiped out.
Thailand can open the door, the CCP might not let anyone squeak through it
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6 hours ago, Rocking Robert said:
Heard on the news today CEO of Delta airlines said don’t expect international travel till summer of 2021
There is already international travel right now. And getting busier each day. He might have meant travel from US to other parts of the world and vice versa.
UK and Europe as example are now travelling within each others areas with only a few exceptions(serbia)
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11 hours ago, CALSinCM said:
Covid is a death sentence. Better safe than sorry!!!
This illness is not Ebola. Which has between a 60 to 80% mortality rate!
Thailand has dengue fever which has worse mortality rate than covid 19. I recommend that WHO should ban thai nationals from travelling abroad forever because of this.
Or maybe people stop living in fear because the media tell you to do.
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It's a shame as YouTube vloggers recent videos show Bangkok and pattaya and other places getting back to some sort of normality. I've never been to Thailand i the rainy season so i wouldnt be travelling now,but i would be looking to book oct/Nov and feb/March trips now. Just cant risk making those bookings so soon with such a changing fluid situation both in the west and in south east asia
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12hrs from UK to Thailand (my circumstances) is a long way to fly with no assurances of being allowed in. I have recently spent a week in France having driven through on the tunnel no issues a lovely week in the French countryside. I have a weekend in Prague in a few weeks time again short hop on a plane.
I want to come back to Thailand and have the money to spend there burning a hole in my pocket. But until theres a strong guarantee of getting in,not being quarantined etc etc I and others will give it a mis..
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Ignore my last post it wasn't for this thread..IT error or more likely user error ????
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.Drunk people as was proven on Saturday in England cannot and will not social distance. The priorities are all wrong
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I've been visiting Thailand for only a short period,since 2016. I usually visit twice a year and use it as a base to travel short haul to neighbouring countries,which has allowed me to pack in a lot of countries in each trip(Cambodia,Vietnam,Laos,Singapore etc).
This year in January I went purely to Thailand and spent 3 weeks,2 in samui and one in pattaya.
I'm very fortunate to be in a strong financial position whilst youngish at 38 and in a secure job, but I think the chances of me returning to Thailand or Asia this side of xmas is slim.
I almost feel an obligation to holiday in the UK and see some of the parts of my country I've never been to,to support small businesses here. I think others around the world will be doing likewise. Maybe short haul to Europe at the end of the summer hopefully as I had a trip to Portugal booked for September and Poland and Czech in october
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On 1/16/2020 at 6:26 PM, Leaver said:
Sounds pretty much like what is happening in the tourist areas, nation wide.
If I had to chose, I would say Samui would be one of the the first dominos to fall in Thailand's tourism industry.
On 1/16/2020 at 6:26 PM, Leaver said:Sounds pretty much like what is happening in the tourist areas, nation wide.
If I had to chose, I would say Samui would be one of the the first dominos to fall in Thailand's tourism industry.
I'm in samui at the moment heading to pattaya later this week.
It's been 2 years since I was last in samui and it is dead here! What were the busy bars in chaweng..ark bar,green mango,hush bar,on a Thursday Friday night they were half empty.
The restaurants and quiet bars are scrambling around for customers,I've eaten at a different place for lunch and dinner every day and they're all lucky if they're 30 40% full.
"Snowbird-the practical experiences"
in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
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Good morning everyone,
The topic of retiring to Thailand is a popular and reoccurring one so I want to create discussion on something partly related.
Does anyone on here spend their winter months in thailand/se asia and if so how do they find the practicalities of doing so. Particularly relevant to the Europeans and north Americans who have horrible winters.
Me personally I am from the UK,now 40 and work in a job I enjoy and hoping to retire at 55. I live in a quiet village in south west England and from Wales originally. I am realistic in that the UK has its issues(where doesnt) but I still enjoy it here, particularly with so many places to visit in Europe being 1 to 2 hrs short hop on a plane. So I cant see myself permanently retiring to Thailand.
But I hate the gloomy winter months,lack of sunshine,damp and wet,the 17 to 18hrs of darkness. I do honestly believe I have the SAD disorder as I've grown older.
I usually spend 6 to 7 weeks of holiday leave in Jan and Feb in Asia,most of that in Thailand. This is the first year in 6 years I havent been able to do that due to covid. So I'm asking, does anyone spend 2 to 3 months every year escaping the winter in their homeland, when do they leave and return, and what do you find is good about this and are there any drawbacks?
All advice is gratefully received
Cheers and stay safe