polpott Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 18 minutes ago, androokery said: Are you calling BS on my sense of smell? That’s amusing. You're calling BS on my sense of smell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polpott Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 45 minutes ago, bkk6060 said: I was there last week and brought to the beach from 7-11 no problem. The chair vendor actually brought me some ice. The beach and water clean plenty of food vendors around. I think the booze ban just applies to Bang Saen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk6060 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, polpott said: I think the booze ban just applies to Bang Saen. That's where I was. I thought it was just sales but in reading about it now it covers consumption also and is apparently being enforced. Good to know if I go back. Edited November 21, 2020 by bkk6060 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falang1969 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Been to Bang Saen many times, ok ban smoking, BUT banning having a lazy afternoon in a deck chair, under an umbrella, having some seafood and a nice cold beer?? Won't be going there again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3NUMBAS Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 no ban on jiggy jiggy ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 9 hours ago, rooster59 said: Now there is a complete ban on the consumption and sale of alcohol. And smoking means a 5,000 baht fine unless it's done in airport style enclosed booths. Bye bye Bang Saeng... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 No smoking or drinking. It's bad for your health However, feel free to take in copious amounts of PM 2.5 particulate floating over from BKK. <pffffft> "Ahhhhhh" Nanny-dom will keep you safe! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 12 hours ago, rooster59 said: No foam containers can be used. No depilation on the beach either then .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sujo Posted November 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2020 7 hours ago, Swiss1960 said: That is about right. With smoking, you kill yourself and others, without helmet mainly yourself. I agree with that spread of fines Smoking outdoors on a beach kills others? An indoor bar i dont like it. An outdoor bar i can live with it. On a beach i dont care at all. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sujo Posted November 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2020 5 hours ago, androokery said: Based on the olfactory sense of a smoker, no doubt. It is insane how much cigarette smoke stinks up an area, even outside, and how slowly it dissipates. You need a pretty heavy updraft to not have a direct impact on the people around you if they are within a 5-10 metre radius. I found this hard to believe when I was a smoker, but having regained my sense of smell it is quite obvious what sacrifices smokers demand of the people around them. Reformed smoker is worse than a used car salesman. I have never smoked and there are other outdoor smells to worry about. If its outdoors the smoke is a non issue. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sujo Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 5 hours ago, falang1969 said: Been to Bang Saen many times, ok ban smoking, BUT banning having a lazy afternoon in a deck chair, under an umbrella, having some seafood and a nice cold beer?? Won't be going there again. Its the smell of alcohol from a freshly opened beer that affected the reformed smokers with olfactory enhanced noses that they not only can they smell smoke from 200m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talahtnut Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Yeah banning dangerous stuff is a good idea, however, the most dangerous thing on the planet is the homosapien race, with or without a ciggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldera Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 The booze ban is a complete joke. They still sell you cups, ice cubes and mixers on the beach and tell you to buy the booze at the nearest 7/11. Another move that benefits only CP. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 21 hours ago, rooster59 said: Now there is a complete ban on the consumption and sale of alcohol. ha ha ha ha ha.....I was just down there lsat week...ha haha h a.....plenty of smoking and binge drinking going on along with obnooxious music being blared from loudspeakers on poles every 100 meters....naked little kids running around...and mat renters so thick you almost had to step over them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 On 11/21/2020 at 10:00 AM, polpott said: Smoking has been banned for a couple of years now on Thai beaches. Good luck with finding one that officially allows it. 5000 baht fine in Pattaya. Not on Koh Chang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 So whisky and coke, in a coke bottle,, beer in a lipon tea bottle or gin and tonic in a water bottle, decisions decisions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusticeGB Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 On 11/21/2020 at 2:45 PM, polpott said: And your point is? They will lose Thai customers and the few farangs who are still in Thailand. Thais take the family with them and often drink heavily with their food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaiyaTH Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 (edited) To not allow smoking everywhere I can totally understand (as a smoker) but then just make some designated areas for this.. In terms of alcohol I think it is stupidity, what else would both locals and tourists want at the beach. Some nice food with a beer of course! Edited November 22, 2020 by ChaiyaTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soikhaonoiken Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 That's the way to drive tourists away... Duh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhippy Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 One of the advantages of living in Thailand has - for me - always been the possibility to enjoy a meal or beer without it being spoiled by inhaling cigarette smoke (as in Europe). In Europe one can smoke outside a bar, not inside. That law should be replaced by: on good days, no smoking outside, on cold days no smoking inside. It would save me the trouble of searching for a place to sit outside with no smokers up - wind. However, I think that the smoking / drinking ban in Thailand is not inspired by health concerns, but rather by fundamentalist religious motives, not unlike many christian sects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A512 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 what a load! just another absurd in the land of smiles, i give one month for them to change their mind. they want to turn this area into a smart city, the problem is: where are the smart people? probably turning it into a ghost town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell1234 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 On 11/21/2020 at 12:26 PM, polpott said: Its pretty much always been a Thai resort. Never were many foreigners there. It's a much better Beach area than Pattaya.. The Beach promenade is fantastic to walk along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A512 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 On 11/23/2020 at 10:42 PM, Bell1234 said: It's a much better Beach area than Pattaya.. The Beach promenade is fantastic to walk along. as you said walk along, forget about swim, it's quite dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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