Letseng

On 2/25/2020 at 3:38 AM, brewsterbudgen said:

No issues yet.  Just advice to self-quarantine if you feel ill or have been in contact with Chinese people.   Obviously what's going on in the North of Italy right now might change things.

 

It is likely to have changed a lot by the end of March - for good or bad!

Give Italy a miss for now. 

There is no problem anywhere in Europe when you come from Thailand. European countries have have corona victims too, more than Thailand has. Most countries have no checks at airports unless you come from China.

4 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Perhaps the way to go is to confirm the price immediately before agreeing to treatment?

I assumed this is what people do?

12 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said:

Kudos to Cambodia for providing somewhere to berth. While I understand peoples concerns over the virus, there have been no reports of any sickness on board, so the continuous refusals by some countries is starting to reflect poorly on them. Thailand was in a far better position to deal with this and to my mind, lost a great opportunity to be shown as caring and compassionate. On top of other actions by its health minister, it has instead come out looking pretty shoddy.

If other countries don't want to take the risk why should Thailand do it. It was careless to go ahead with the cruise incl. taking on more pax in Hongkong. Greed by HAL. And careless by the passengers. 

I'm presently in Europe. In my home town we had 4 ppl going into quarantine after a cruise which started and ended in Hongkong. Luckily it turned out to be just flu. But cost paid by taxpayer. 

17 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Do they the capacity to quarantine and monitor the passengers?

Not allowing them to leave the ship in a port, is as awful them being sent back to sea. Seems like a no win situation.

Where was the ship from?

Any diagnosed cases on board?

 

Ship route did not include Thailand. Because others said No, ship decided to head for Laem Chabang. American company but Guam rejected them. Why should Thailand have the hassle?

Why did they take on more pax in Hongkong?

17 hours ago, BritTim said:

I have seen nursing care homes in both the UK and Thailand. Absent other considerations, I would definitely recommend those in Thailand over those in the UK. 

Agreed.

17 hours ago, Foghorn said:

About time they stopped all foreigners getting any money from us tax payers ,sorry if you not like this but too many scrounges in the Uk 

The lady is not scrounging but she works and pays contributions. 

On 2/3/2020 at 3:24 PM, nglodnig said:

"Obviously they won't close the accounts if it's you who owes THEM money."

 

Good advice - don't pay off my overdraft then ???? 

They charged us 22% on overdraft. Overdraft was created by their exorbitant admin fees. This was Barclays IoM.

On 1/31/2020 at 5:28 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

I've never ever "sealed" my fluids in a bag. At most a zip lock bag.

Perhaps things have changed recently.

No, nothing changed. I never put my hand sanitizer bottle (30 ml) in a sealed bag. And 100 ml is still max. allowed.

16 hours ago, Genmai said:

 

And I could equally reckon you're a Thai apologist who in his quest to distance himself from the self perceived guilt of a Western heritage takes great pleasure in making unsubstantiated character attacks at any other farang who take the slightest issue with any aspect of this country. You can reckon whatever you like mate, doesn't make a difference to me. It's probably much the same to you. What matters is the truth. Why don't you pop down to Swampy arrivals yourself and let us know your observations?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For all you know I could have walked through with a respirator and gloves covered head to toe in diesel with my own pen etc etc. You're obviously missing the point I'm making here. All of us could take all of the precautions necessary. But it wouldn't make a damn difference if the officials in charge of public spaces do everything they can to further facilitate the spread of the virus instead of putting 2 brain cells together. For every one of us who comes prepared there are thousands of Chinese and other travelers who don't. That's just the simple truth whether you like it or not. Further transmissions could be reduced if airport staff actually did what they claimed in the article.

 

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Let me ask you all just one thing. Do you have a wife/kids/SO/girlfriend here? Because I'd bet that if you do and they happened to catch this virus then you would all change your tune pretty quickly. You might wish that the officials and airport staff had actually done something to prevent the situation from escalating instead of lying to everyone like they always do. You might even wish that there would have been more people making a fuss about how nothing was done to prevent the spread and fewer people who told the "arrogant know-it-all Thai-bashing naysayers" to get a grip and leave if they didn't like it.

 

 

 

Actually the mark of an uneducated individual is attacking someone's character when one can't or won't address the content of their statement, which is something that seems to be happening quite a lot in this thread.

 

As we can clearly see it's not just Thais - many foreign expats here seem to be more than willing to adopt the same attitude you've described.

 

 

 

 Finally, yes exactly, someone gets it. The airport is a hospital. Thank you.

Do you expect the taxis or any public transport you use to get disinfected before you board?

Oh, don't ever use a supermarket trolley ever.

You make a big thing about Thailand. What about your own country?

I arrived in Vienna this morning. They are very concerned about the Corona virus as they have lots of tourists from China. Austria doesn't allow to partly cover your face i.e. also no face masks. You can get fined. No IO has protection nor is hand sanitizer available. We always have our own. Btw, after I touched this "gross" finger printing device  when leaving Bkk I got a disinfectant  tissue out and wiped my hands. Why didn't you carry your own?

20 hours ago, possum1931 said:

There are official companies that will give you a street address and pass on mail to you, but for a price. You can get a business address or a private address depending on which company you use.

And everybody will know that you don't live at this address????

On 1/24/2020 at 1:31 PM, izod10 said:

You do not have to do anything,non-sanction benefit  nothing the dwp can do about ,nothing ever been done,just you are in UK for? that long

  if proof needed a one way printed copy of  Easy Jet from close by   sent from wherever

Hope for the best. 

Dwp sends you a questionnaire to determine whether you are habitually resident. One of the questions is :do you own the property", another one whether this home is available at any time (if you just rent). This means you need a permanent address at all times. If caught cheating, they eventually fine you by deducting money.

8 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

I would go in and update it, doesn't take long.

 

When you get a new passport, they usually cut the front page in half and stamp cancelled on the pages or the front main page, you can also ask to keep it, if they don't give it back to you, just make sure you have a copy and maybe certified by someone that is a true copy if the original.

 

 

I didn't need a certified copy to update my p.p. details from old to new p.port. 

Not all cut the front page in half.

6 hours ago, mike1967 said:

Obviously it's wrong but how about the 100's of phones that are stolen everyday by the Thai people? Doesn't seem to be any mention of that.

And what has the one got to do with the other?

A friend of mine has been using fixed deposit at CW for the last 15 yrs. every year. He gets a letter from the bank confirming the balance. 

May be IO in CM doesn't know the difference between savings and FD. 

Hope you can resolve the issue.

6 hours ago, ezzra said:

litimitate business

??????

Buying miles from these shady merchants is illegal. You may end up getting your booking cancelled by the airline. They know you didn't earn the miles or purchase them from the carrier. You take a chance. 

5 hours ago, observer90210 said:

Scary....are they trained by the toughest international standards ? ...or is the primary training on Flight Simulator V ?

Supercilious German attitude.

10 hours ago, liddelljohn said:

 

in EU ,, germany , holland etc consulates its 5000 euros or 2000 euros

Not quite correct: contrary to their website Vienna Thai embassy required 20,000€ for non-O ME visa. This was in Nov 2019.

21 hours ago, Hans007 said:

As we speak imin china on a stopover to get back to good old Germany.

 

I probably will not travel again to Thailand....just not worth it.

 

Never been hapier!!!

 

Hans

Germany no longer offers plastic bags. What's the difference to Thailand?

22 hours ago, HHTel said:

Firstly, I think the qualifying time in the UK is 6 months to be able to return at with a pension frozen at the current level.  Visits to the UK entitles you to the full current pension, even if it's just for a week.  But it will revert back to the frozen amount on return.

A long time friend on another forum, since passed away, was claiming the full pension along with 'cold weather allowance' for years.  He used a UK address.  However, he received a letter at his UK address around the time he would have received his cold weather allowance.  Basically the letter said - 'You are not entitled to the allowance as you live in Thailand'.  He spent the remaining years of his life having 50 quid deducted from his pension every month to pay back the overpayments.

 

They have ways of finding out.

Easy to find out when you never answer the phone or a letter sent to the address. 

Trad. Chinese medicine would be my way. Acupuncture and may be herbs. Huachiew Hospital, St. Louis Hospital e.g.