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Obviously the two not wearing hats are wearing the much more effective buddha amulets. 

Many Thai health insurance companies won't provide cover for people over 65. People over 70 have problems getting cover above $50,000 unless they were previously covered. Seven Corners mentioned above will only cover up to the age of 80. Some insurers specifically exclude covid19 cover.

What a huge obstacle course to overcome! Obviously only really determined tourists will undertake such an obstacle course so doubtless the tourist arrivals this year will be negligible. 

You can use the combination method. You indicated that you have a UK pension that you send to Thailand. If you send it monthly get your bank to provide a statement of the money sent from the UK and a copy of something that proves that the money sent is your pension. Otherwise use an agent this year. Some Immigration officers think that the money has to be in your account for three months not two. Play safe. Once you get refused your problems will multiply.

The "watchman" was supposed to heal the rifts in the party but probably only changed the people receiving brown envelopes!

If you still have an address in the UK use that address as you will get an index linked pension. If you haven’t paid the full quota of NH contributions you can buy the shortfall quite cheaply. I moved to the Philippines and my pension increased by £140 a month. For some reason people living in the Philippines get an index linked pension. Then because mail to the Philippines often gets lost I got a friend of mine in England to enable me to use his address as a forwarding address. The Pension Office uses Skype to contact me and I still have a Filipino mobile number.

18 hours ago, Why Me said:

Hi Jjjj. I Thai lady look you good. I think you rich hamsum man. I take care you. I chob farang mak mak. Daling I make good cook you Thai food also can boom boom all night. You like? Lol. Pm me dalin. I wait you. My name Looknam.

I no look for money myself but mama sick. Buffalo my father use to making rice for feed family now to old. Maybe you can help mama and papa little bit.

I used to be able to show my Thai driver license and get Thai prices. I’m married with a child born in Thailand and if they try and charge me farang prices I just turn my car around and go somewhere else. They lose 3 customers. Most of these places also overcharge for food and drink. My wife gets extremely angry with them as she says he has been married to me for over 16 years and takes care of me and my daughter he should get the same price as me. I noticed the other day that Nong Nuch has stopped double pricing but that might just be temporary.

3 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Horses used for labour in the UK? What cultural trickery is this. Are they talking about horses used by the Police force or The Household Cavalry? The Thai police also have horse regiments.

Maybe they want Europe to ban the import of rice as well as some farmers still use buffaloes. Many bar girls ask for money to help for the sick buffaloes owned by their poor fathers. 

2 hours ago, Forza2002 said:

OP states Thailand’s animal-protection laws are stronger than in other countries. Thailand may have many laws, unfortunately they are rarely enforced, so it's a bit pointless having them, just for show. TIT...

Like the laws on wearing crash helmets. The laws for the rich are equally strictly enforced and red Interpol Notices issued. The Red Bull heir only has to wait another 7 years to get off scot free.

Yesterday the country was considering opening up the country to certain countries with low virus rates. Today they think that the idea of tourist bubbles is too great so this idea appears to have been abandoned. TAT is too scared to make decisions so how can the tourism industry plan for the future yet alone recover.

They were both lucky not to have been charged under the computer crimes act which would have carried a sentence of up to 7 years.

29 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

PETA is a crock they think eating meat is a sin.  Horses should not be raced and pussies should not be miss treated or shaved.????

Oh dear divorce lawyers will soon add the mistreatment of pussies into divorce settlements. They could get PETA as expert witnesses as obviously <deleted> would fit their definition of mistreatment!

Just 15km out of Pattaya pay 300 baht for first unit and then 200 baht for each extra unit. Yep I don't doubt that you were ripped off!

7 hours ago, SkyFax said:

My guess it is a matter of reciprocity: UK citizens cannot enter Thailand without a 14-day quarantine if they can enter at all.

I agree and also the fact that people from the UK are required to have 2 covid19 tests and us$ 100,000 health insurance. 

Tourism makes up a huge percentage of the economy why not start by removing the ridiculous rules making it more difficult to travel to Thailand introduced this week!