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On 8/12/2021 at 7:37 AM, thailand49 said:

Maybe???? Viva la France

555 no worries. I just didn't get it. Maybe because I'm French ????

On 8/10/2021 at 5:25 PM, thailand49 said:

I heard the French now are stepping over themselves to try to sign up for the Free U.S. Donated Pfizer as Boosters?????

Is it supposed to be funny? 

I had it last week at Hua Hin BKK Hospital as part of the second vaccination round launched by the French embassy for its citizens living in Thailand. I must admit that this was probably the first time in my life when I felt lucky to be French, as a lot of non-French expats living in Hua Hin are currently making it to Bangkok hoping to get a Sinovac or Astra Z shot. While the first round was limited to 55+ yo French citizens, the second round was opened to any French citizen over 18 years of age. Everything went super smooth. Got an email from the French embassy on the 18th of July inviting me to register for vaccination with the JJ vaccine. All I had to do was to click a link, register and got an appointment on the 4th of August.

Once at the hospital, everything was quite well organized. Over 50 French citizens turned up to get their shot, but the whole process took me less than an hour, and everything was free of charge, of course. Haven't felt any symptom, so far... Well done, French embassy!

17 hours ago, madmen said:

Bangkok pre pandemic was nearly always winning travel awards and for good reason. Prefect big city base with one of the world's best connected airport hubs. 

I know that it's a matter of preference and lifestyle, but if I were a digital nomad here in Thailand, I'd certainly not chose Bangkok as a base, but rather a nice place by the sea, such as the Cha Am/Hua Hin surroundings, some island, or a quiet place in the northern mountains (and so on... one of the main advantages being the ability to move when getting tired of a place) within a short distance to, but not IN the city. Why would you bother with crazy traffic jams, pollution, crowds and expensive life (compared to the rest of the country), as a lot of us would back home, when you've got the opportunity to work from anywhere you want and (some kind of) "paradise" is at your door step?

14 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

Digital nomad ie: a backpacker with a laptop posting rubbish on social media all day.

That's not a job or a business. 

I haven't met one one yet that actually makes money

That's not always the case. There are plenty of jobs you can do on the internet from anywhere in the world, as long as you know what you really want to do, you've got the right skills and some regular clients in your area of expertise. Being a digital nomad isn't only about posting s..t on social media. Some examples are online teaching (very high demand, especially from China at the moment, but it doesn't pay very well) websites designing, online marketing and... freelance translation. One of my friends is a freelance translator (mostly specialized in legal and technical matters) and he's been doing this for 12 years completely online and on his own from Thailand and various countries across Asia. He doesn't work with local translation companies in order to avoid troubles (and very little demand in his pair of languages here anyway) and only translates from Eng to his native language. He's only got 3 translation companies based abroad as regular clients (yes, they are CLIENTS only, not employers), but they've constantly been sending him work for years and he's always busy. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be happy to hear someone saying "that's not a job or a business", considering the facts that he works up to 12 hours a day and makes between 110,000 and 150,000 baht a month, much better than teaching Eng for 8 hours a day, sweating in a 40 over-excited Thai kids classroom in some local public school lost in the middle of nowhere for 30 K a month, right? And... he's everything but a "backpacker". As you can see, being a "digital nomad" is a much broader concept than the "cliche" you described in your post. However, I agree that a lot of so-called digital nomads have no idea of what they really want to do. With their mind full of dreams and so-called (often unrealistic) ideas here and there, they don't know the skills set they need and/or have never had any regular customer before starting their "online journey" abroad, running our of money and going back home, without having learned the 3 main pillars of the digital nomad concept: 1) Know yourself (what you want to do), 2) make sure you've got the right skills and 3) secure a few regular customers before leaving your own country. The Smart visa certainly won't apply to those people.

The same happened to me at the Cha Am immigration 3 weeks ago. We went there to transfer my mum's retirement visa to her new passport and request a one-year extension (2 things to do). The whole process took less than an hour and was a piece of cake. Maybe this is just temporary until the Chinese come back, but that's a good sign.

11 hours ago, taxin said:

Ok can someone please enlighten me, I’m in HH right now and I presumed the place was on lock down (not allowed to enter or leave HH).
 

So does the governors comments mean I’m free to leave HH ? As I need to make an urgent trip to Bangkok, I will then return back to HH.

As far as I know, HH hasn't been locked down yet out of the curfew hours (22:00 to 4:00). We are still free to drive in and out on day time, as long as we comply to the local regulations. You'll have to get through a few checkpoints at every province "border", but as long as you are healthy, wear a mask and carry your passport with you at all time, you should be OK, as for now. My advice would be to check your body temperature before leaving your home, just to be on the safe side.

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No notices, nothing in the news. Absolute <deleted> retards

Well instead of ranting and if you're a big drinker as I am, you could have seen it coming for days and stockpiled accordingly. Start by blaming yourself.

I understand that the reports might not be accurate and the actual cases number could be much higher. However, I'm getting tired with all of those negative and sarcastic comments. It's been going on for a while, way before the ongoing crisis. Critical thinking is great and particularly useful during these difficult times, but providing accurate data to support this criticism could help.

4 minutes ago, White Christmas13 said:

So if you travel to Thailand do you speak Thai,travel to Russia you speak Russian? Go back to your Chaaang

I don't think you need to speak that many languages to travel around the World. I agree that speaking Thai while being on vacation in Thailand is optional. However, a bit of basic English sometimes helps for basic needs. This is particularly useful for independent travelers and (I must admit) not tourists who are part of tour groups, since those DO NOT need to speak to anyone, apart from their co-travelers and tour guides. 

I have seen lots of angry Chinese shouting at staffs in their own language, caus' the poor low-paid THAI employees couldn't understand their requests in Chinese. Had those "quality tourists" made the effort to say a few words in English, things would have gone way better.

4 hours ago, Yinn said:

100% NOT thai error. 

 

 

 

 

You are probably be right. Any evidence to support your statement, though?

16 hours ago, Yinn said:

More Chinese international tourist than his country.

I'm a bit confused. Could you please translate to English? Or maybe Chinese (I'll use Google Translate, then)?

18 hours ago, Yinn said:

My gang plan to go Phuket town this weekend. But cancel the trip, same reason everyone same. 

 

A lot of TVF thread about Coronavirus. Have a lot of people imagine this a problem because Thailand. Some blame “Thailand”. Want “Thailand” pay for hospital etc. 

some blame “Thainess”

Same posters that always complain and mock the successful Thai tourism, look like they enjoy this problem. 

 

 

Is a disease from foreigner. Is NOT a thai disease. NO tourist or Thai die in Thailand because this.

 

It is problem for Thailand because we are popular Chinese tourism. Other countries popular also have problem. Chinese most important tourist in the world. 

eg Australia popular place for Chinese tourism. Maybe because “Aussieness”? Or not? 

 

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/wuhan-coronavirus-tourism-impact/index.html

 

Sure, it will be low tourism now because of Coronavirus. The Chinese stop coming and the other people foreigner and Thai are scared. 

 

But nobody die in thailand. Is good news. 

Calm down.

"Chinese most important tourist in the world."... Well... Although this statement perfectly represents the current trend, it sounds more like "Chineseness" than anything else to me. Do you really think that small businesses in Thailand enjoy the benefits of "the successful Thai tourism" nowadays?