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Don't other banks charge us for using their ATM facilities? Especially if it is in a different province from your home province.

Local people prefer to buy their own motorcycles or even rent. Tuk-tuk is too expensive and only suitable for tourists.

Each bank has its pros and cons. The problem with Krungsri is that there aren't many branches around as compared with Bangkok Bank. So you may have to travel quite a distance to the nearest branch from your hotel in Bangkok if you want to withdraw from Krungsri. I heard from the bank manager that Krungsri is a Japanese owned bank.

True.... Most Thai think that they are the natives of Thailand....

The initial measures of efficacy for all the vaccines were for infection of Covid 19 and not for severe symptoms. Pfizer was published to be 'effective at 95%' in avoiding infection. (Note the word infection and not severe symptoms like needing ventilator). For Pfizer, that means you can still catch Covid even after vaccination..... This video below shows how they calculate efficacy. All vaccines including Sinovac prevents almost 100% deaths after two doses. That's why the published efficacy rates can be very misleading for those less educated.

Pfizer is not as effective as published. Note the rise in cases in USA and Israel recently. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/23/delta-variant-pfizer-covid-vaccine-39percent-effective-in-israel-prevents-severe-illness.html

Vaccination rate is still slow in Thailand

Just a question, if we had one does of vaccination, would we give a positive reading since part of the virus is inside us?

I am in Chiang Mai. I have used two bank accounts from two different banks without any problems. I even used two bank accounts within the same branch with no problems.

What do you mean by nationwide free Thai ATM withdrawal? There are not many Krungsri branches compared to other banks so you can't be choosy. It depends on where you stay. I go to the branch at Central Festival and find them alright, not sure about the rest.

Indonesia has overtaken India as the new epicenter in Asia. Hopefully, we don't get another more deadly variant from Indonesia.

BTW, is there still any activity at McCormick now since the frenzy first week?

With little or no tourists, they are a waste of money. There is no electric charging station around.

I didn't bring it up but I'm just learning history since I am in Thailand. Most foreigners don't even bother to learn about the earliest history of the country that they are residing in. This is the main ethnic groups in Thailand http://eastasiaorigin.blogspot.com/2017/07/main-ethnicities-in-thailand.html

Ethnic Tai did come from China and the largest minority in Thailand is Han Chinese in case you didn't know. Many shops that you thought were owned by Tai is actually owned by Thai citizens of Chinese ancestry. I suggest you watch the real origin of Thai people.

The currency rate is determined by western currency speculators and US monetary policy more than Thai economy which is miniscule when compared to USA. Western currency speculators move trillions of dollars around. It's similar to how the stock market works which is also manipulated by speculators.

Which company in Thailand is most reputable for buying and selling gold bars? I think not everybody buy back gold bars from other companies with a good price.

Never heard of her but her charges are not inexpensive.

What is GSB? Why is it better than normal banks?

So what's the best way to park our money?

What about 2 accounts in two different bank? Can that be more than 1M THB?

There are two types of face to face. One is private lessons, one is group lessons, which do you want? Private is more expensive than group class.

That's what we call blind prejudice. Thai researchers own clinical trials in the past few months state that Sinovac is around 90% protection against infection reported in Bangkokpost. Can't remember which article I read.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/23/delta-variant-pfizer-covid-vaccine-39percent-effective-in-israel-prevents-severe-illness.html Apparently, the Pfizer effectiveness isn't effective (less than 50%) against Delta variant but some people just ignored the statistics ... I wonder why...

I thought at least 10% i.e. 7 million have already lost their jobs? Thailand population is 70 million. 1 million doesn't seem right. It's more like 14 million will lose their jobs.