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14 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

If you are referring to Pattaya I'd agree, though not those I saw in Bkk.

I remember years back at the start of a high season in Pattaya, I would see pickup trucks heading down the sois loaded with young ladies in the back that had all just arrived from Issaan. 

Gone...no. too much money involved.  too many people willing or needing to work in them or with few other options due to lack of job skills, little education, etc. 

13 minutes ago, ThaIrish Sean said:

Some of the things she said in messenger make sense now. She was baiting me to say I don't want the bike anymore....Thankfully I did not bite.

I have many text messages condemning her fate which I can show the police if I ever get back to LOS

Ah yes.  Sneaky little wench.

More than one of my hotels that I thought were quiet with grass and green surroundings surprised me by some Foghorn Leghorn.  I too could not fathom how people put up with it all night long. 

Of course probably some fine print in some Thai law, that "possesion is 9 tenths of ownershp", you "abandoned the bike, she by default was the new owner, etc.  Doubt it, but hard to fight. She might even claim that you said she could keep the bike. Tough to fight.  Get a copy of the papers she now claims to have and how she "changed" ownership, show payment reciept, transfer, your signature, etc.  she would lose but it will be a struggle for you

so no admission or details of where the fault was? servers, apps, locations, user data, 3rd party transaction brokers, what accounts the monies went to, what institutions, etc? 

So will they change the vaccination statistics and now not count those that were vaccinated with Sinovac?  Even if they don't are those vaccinated with it really  protected in any meaningful way?  And looking forward, what are the odds that booster shots will be mandated for vistors, and expats in order for them to be considered vaccinated?

3 minutes ago, WingFat said:

The definition of quarantine is very nuanced, especially when used in the Thai elite gov't vernacular. It often depends on the alignment of the stars and planets, the day of the week, whether his wife and mia nois all know each other, etc, etc, etc...

"same same... but different"

1 hour ago, Dont confuse me said:

"tourists arriving in Thailand will have to stay one night in a place where they can be contacted"

 

How many people travel anywhere without first having arranged somewhere to stay prior to arriving at their destination?

Most people will have a mobile phone where they can be contacted.

Someone really put some thought into that requirement!

yes the one night stay is ridiculous.  A remnant of somebody trying to maintain control or monitoring.  

14 hours ago, RafPinto said:

I was always dreaming about being retired.

I think my first word was "retirement".

I remember reading a Sports Ilustrated article featuring Cassius Clay at the time.  I distinctly remember him saying he wanted to get one million dollars in the bank so he could then live off the interest.  I did not really know what that meant but it sounded pretty good.  My Dad could not explain it or the math to me.   Dream now accomplished via dividends and interest investments, and not even counting Social Security yet.

   I remember I liked the idea of being a light house keeper, living on an island, being self sufficient with a few critters, a garden, doing some fishing etc.  Growing up in New England on the coast, stories about light houses were around.  Then when my childhood friend invited me up to his summer house in New Hampshire, by a lake and on 3 acres of land, my dream changed to living on a place such as that, a wooden almost log cabin home type of place.   Now able to buy my retirement home in Florida and be near warm ocean water or a piece of land somewhere else if I feel like doing all that work, so part of dream  is possible.  Doubt I will spring for all of that as the simpler warm weather appeals to me now at my age, and I will part time visit seasonal places most likely. 

It is a nice air con bus ride from Pattaya to there.  Scenic

On 10/18/2021 at 12:03 AM, smedly said:

it depends on the country you are travelling to as to what they will accept - nothing to do with Thailand 

 

I believe the UK for example will accept the certificate but then an airline may not - probably better to get the internationally recognised document if intending to travel overseas

what is an internationally recognized document a USA person could get?  Decades ago I recall having a yellow vaccination card I think I got when I left the Air Force.  I haven't seen that for decades.  I now have my CDC COVID vaccination card which is trivial to fake as there are no stamps, and not a heck of a lot of incormation on it.

On 10/18/2021 at 8:56 AM, internationalism said:

"The “Thailand Pass” system aims to facilitate entry into Thailand by shortening the process for filing information and uploading travelers’ documents. Thailand Pass will require travelers to fill in the T8 Form Health Questionnaire and the TM6 Immigration Form, as well as to upload a vaccine certificate. The Department of Disease Control (DDC) will then be responsible for verifying vaccine certificates and giving an approval through the back-office system within 1-3 days after registration.

Travelers can then download the Thailand Pass QR Code immediately after receiving the approval. They will be asked to show this QR code along with a Covid-19 negative test result issued no more than 72 hours before departure. No other documents are required and you do not have to fill in another T8 and TM6 form after arriving in Thailand, as the DDC will be able to examine your health information from scanning the Thailand Pass QR code."

https://www.facebook.com/thailandprd/posts/4726655164024527

 

Add travelers: will be required to take an additional PCR test upon arrival in Thailand, then stay in a SHA pre booked hotel until and assuming the PCR test is negative.   The SHA pre booking is required to be shown as part of the Thailand Pass submittal.

Arrivals must arrive at times consistent with the curfew hours. 

Not clear how, when, and where a traveler will pay for that PCR test on arrival.  I heard one post say they will try to keep the cost down to 1600 baht.  And of course all the Insurance stuff is still required?   There were rumors the amount of coverage required might be lowered, but I would not hold one's breath

Dang. I have spent some time in that city.  The zoo is a nice place to visit and walk around

7 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Answer to the title ... Nope, as didn't think I'd live past 30 or 40, so lived in the moment.  Now 67 and I'll probably be around for another 10, possibly 20 more years.  Go figure.

 

Still live for the moment, day to day, and don't plan for the future.  Financially, that's secure, so that aspect of planning is mute.   Just plan my next out & about, and when don't need to be here ... I'm out the door ... gone.  Car is packed in less than 30 minute, sort of have that down to a science.  Big decision that needs to be made is, take the coffee machine or not.

I am just about there also.   Medicare next May locks up the health care cost planning, finances all secure.  No debts, no loans.   having the material things and finances taken care of is a huge load off the back.  I watched so many neighbors and relatives be broke in "retirement" and I don't want that.  So my only dreaming now is 8 months of well paying contract work starting Monday, then final wrap up for next year travel.  Still hoping for 6 months of each year in Thailand...

2 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

You actually have a tally of your trips.

Yes.  I have a complete tally.  I had to report all foreign travel to the security folks as part of my job.  And I kept my two previous passports with all the stamps, border crossing visa runs to Cambodia, etc.  Those Cambodia visa stickers are quite impressive.  I just got my brand new shiny passport this year with the extra pages, and am hoping to use it soon.  Still waiting for Thailand entry to make sense.  The lates Thailand Pass, is better, but requiring another PCR test upon arrival at the airport is ridiculous.  I am vaccinated and will have a negative PCR test in order to even be on the plane flying to Thailand.  Now another PCR test (who pays and how and when?) and still having to prepay for some SHA hotel for supposedly one night while waiting for test results.  Do you trust their scheduling and reporting of results?  Do you trust the accuracy of their testing?  A person flies half way around the world, with everything in order, and then runs into possible road blocks.  Just not acceptable

9 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Quarantine  is reduced to 7 days.  and land borders closed, have to fly in.

 

So hardly consistent with needs of border runners.

why not?  If a person needs to leave to get another visa, well, it will be a 7 day stay.  I believe it always took 1 day anyway.  It can be an option for some

1 hour ago, scorecard said:

The info just released seems to indicate arrivals can stay anywhere for the one night as long as the arrivals provide a means of contacting them.  

wait at airport!

3 hours ago, JCP108 said:

They won't in the U.S. even for $150. 

I read of some in the Los Angeles area that do the fit to fly.  I read it when it was required.  Search the forums somebody posted a link to it

12 hours ago, impulse said:

Not odd at all.  EUA comes with liability waiver.  The main driver for full approval (without benefit of long term study) was to allow the gub'ment to mandate the vaccines.  Now that Pfizer has done that, the gub'ment can mandate the vaccines, and J&J gets all the benefits and none of the liability.  Creamy dream for J&J...

 

actually as to the lilability waiver, there is a recently passed US law that absolves all of those vaccine manufacturers against any liability