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"Privacy" is not a word in the Thai dictionary, everybody knows everything about everybody...???? The Thai Law for "Rent of Property'" in English translation is HERE. Often the advice is, if you cannot agree with a landlord, simply to "move on".

4th November Samui +12 new cases

Based on your images 119 kWh is correct. If there is an old fridge and an old aircon, they can use quite a bit of power. And if you furthermore rented a pool villa - you don't mention what you rented, and for how long time - then a pool pump easily consumes 10 kWh per day. An old aircon running 6 hours can easily consume up to between 2 and 3 kWh per day, more if it's a big unit...???? But always look at bright side of life, and be happy that you are only overcharged by about 50 percent of the official rate around 4 baht per kWh, som charge double up; i.e. 8 baht per kWh...????????

You should be able to find one in the official Covid-19-insurance page HERE.

It might be depending of where you are heading as international arrival, but "fully vaccinated" means two doses vaccine, except for Johnson & Johnson. Sandbox and Blue Zones rules are here...

It's a bit confusing at the moment, if the special 2-4 daily international Bangkok Air transit flights continue from BKK to USM. They were said to terminate by October 30th, but on the 1st November at least one were still flying, perhaps with previous COE bookings. ASEAN NOW news story here... If the transit flights are terminated, your family needs a one night in Bangkok stop for Test & Go, and you can buy BKK-ticket independent from the domestic Samui ticket. Check with your airline if they sell a direct code-share tickets with Bangkok Air to Samui, it need to be a code share ticket to attend the special 5xxx-numbered international transit flight. We try to keep all travel updates in the pinned thread about "Transportation from-to the islands..." HERE. Please share your experience, if such a booking is available...????

3rd November Samui +2 new cases Phangan +19 new cases Koh Tao, no new cases

#MeToo, that why I came down here, I prefers South East Asian girls...????

Often being famous or rich attracts younger women, preferably both; however, just the right impression of acting and looking like a wealthy man might do wonders... I also played in a band in the good old hippie era, but stopped - too many young women couldn't resist my attractive body...???? - so I settled for a while, i.e. 17 yeas, with a steady girlfriend instead, and moved behind the glass window, i.e. sound engineer, producer and publisher...???? Many years later, at age 54, I moved to Thailand presuming as I needed to finally start a family, both because I like South East Asian women, and also because I believed that it would my best chance to find a young enough partner for such an exercise, i.e. me getting an heir...???? Unfortunately I seem to still be kind of irresistible to younger Western ladies that want to touch my sexy body (????) and snap selfies...???? I got no idea what's happening, but it's not a one off, it again and again, but however keeps me fairly fit when running away; just like when one was chased by crazy Swedish chicks about 60 years ago...???? Thai ladies are much more easy to handle, i.e. "no money..." - not a handsum or sexy man - "...no honey"...

1st November Samui +7 new cases Phangan +9 new cases Koh Tao, no new cases 2nd November Samui +35 new cases Phangan +11 new cases Koh Tao, no new cases

"Tuck your tail and leave"...???? You might have some rights according to the rent law, but paying a lawyer to enforce your rights - with the risk of loosing, and still paying both your lawyer and court fees - you might be better off, also financially, by the "tuck you tail and leave"-option.

There seems to be some possibilities for a 50 percent mortgage for foreigners - so you have to come up with the other half yourself - my next door British neighbor got that through a foreign owned construction company, and to my knowledge some Australian finance, I however don't know details. Normally we foreigners pay 100 percent for our house, as we cannot own the land under our house. Might be worth considering using some of your savings instead and perhaps considers a slight less expensive construction, you can still have a nice house build for 2-3 million baht. I'm not sure if a Thai can borrow more than 50 percent.

The numbers don't fit at all with other news stories today in ASEAN NOW...????

In the always unbearable clear light of hindsight, they should have let Samui Hospital be in charge of the welcome committee...

Yes, that has been a huge question, if you need a stop over one night in Bangkok, or could continue in transit to Samui; so it seems like that's still a possibility, but no clear information has been given.

Pre Covid fuel prices from Bank of Thailand statistics... MAR 2020 FEB 2020 JAN 2020 DEC 2019 NOV 2019 OCT 2019 SEP 2019 1 Oil and gas (1 Litre) 2 Benzine 95 29.24 33.19 33.79 34.26 34.43 34.35 34.98 3 Benzine 91 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 4 Gasohol 95 21.83 25.78 26.38 26.85 27.02 26.94 27.57 5 Diesel 22.90 25.91 27.33 26.40 25.72 25.68 26.01 6 Diesel B5 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 7 NGV 1 kg. 15.31 15.33 15.48 15.62 15.67 15.61 15.58 8 Kerosene 1/ n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 9 Fuel oil 1500 1/ n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 21.65 22.60 10 Cooking gas 11.5 kgs. (ceiling price) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 11 Cooking gas 15 kgs. (ceiling price) 367.92 378.33 378.33 378.33 378.33 373.86 373.86 12 Construction material 13 Mixed cement 50 kgs. (retail price) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 14 Food 15 White sugar 1 kg. (retail price) 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 Diesel was around 26 (25.71) baht in average.

That's in average 200,000 arrivals per month - and I presume we talk about real tourist arrivals - which might no be impossible, but less in November, and more in the usual high season months. Quote from the article... For 2022, TAT expects no less than 10 million foreign visitors and they are expected to generate an income of 1.5 trillion baht for the country, accounting for 50 per cent of the income before the Covid pandemic in 2019 when nearly 40 million visited the country. I now realize why there are so much talk about so-called quality tourists, they spend in average double as much money as a so-called normal tourist...

Yes, little strange. Where I live the International Schools opened as usual around September 1st, while Thai schools are still only online. All kids - age 12 to 18 - have already been offered first Phizer-jabs shortly after international school opening. I don't know how many Thai kids showed up for jabs at the hospital - but it was crowded - but from my daughter's class in an international school, there were only a couple, so it doesn't seem like foreign, or half foreign, kids were more vaccinated than Thais; In total more than 75 percent of the population over 18 in the area have already been vaccinated, and those that originally got two Sinovac jabs have also been offered a AstraZeneca booster.

Real tourism will not begin to recover before all Covid restrictions are gone, and you can just buy a ticket and enter as 30-days visa exempt. or easily obtain a tourist visa for longer stays with pre-booking of all accommodation. And a real tourist in my view, is someone coming form between a week up to about a month, spending quite some money for a little better life style than when at home. However many of the usual snowbird will still arrive together with some of the loyal yearly visitors, so the 4 year prediction sound quite reasonable...????

So 11 foreigners, who might not all be tourists tourists...????

Weird, it must be fake news, I just read that 7,000 foreign passenger would arrive; not expectations, but sounded like fully firm bookings...????

The one million baht seems to work similar to for example European guaranties for a possible bank crash, so yes, if your bank is gone, you'll get up to one million baht covered...???? The risk for bankruptcy of the mentioned banks are as great - or small - as many major banks around the World, SCB for example survived the 1997 Asian crash, and will likely also survive another crisis (Disclaimer: I'm not giving you any personal guarantee, just an opinion)...???? SET (Stock Exchange of Thailand) is not covered by any guarantee, putting money there just like playing the lottery; however it might be a quite Okay lottery if you buy the right numbers - I don't complain...????

Not at all, but unfortunately I now get the property tax bill in my name...????

I might be wrong, but it's my impression that Khao San Road is mainly an attraction for young folks and backpackers. Bothe change of appearance of Khao San Road, and the entry procedure combined with domestic restriction, won't make amazing Thailand such an amazing destination for the usual Khao San-crowd. For the first, that kind of crowd plans their travelling ahead, it,s not something impulsive move where they are jumping to buy a ticket for Thailand next week, because the country suddenly is partly reopening for foreign entries. Secondly, when applying for the typical 60-days tourist visa accommodation confirmation for the whole period is mandatory, and that's not how the Khao San-crowd travels; they'll decide ad hoc to stay in an exiting place - like walking down the beaches to find a nice affordable bungalow, not too far from affordable diners and some party area, and if more loaded youngsters of today it's a similar procedure, just in upend aircon accommodation and with trendy cafés and pubs nearby - and when they get bored of said place they'll just move and and find another...????

Don't worry, there might not be that massive a tourists exodus as predicted...????