Chelseafan

2 hours ago, Wiggy said:

Thais don't need a Covid test to return.

True but try getting onto a plane without one...

8 hours ago, Soikhaonoiken said:

This Government needs to get its act together, and stop flip flopping and get the nation vaccinated before there is an explosion of new infections..... 

Agreed but one suspects that they just don't have the vaccines despite what the propoganda says

On 3/31/2021 at 7:38 AM, Big Yuley said:

 

So BKK is going to be out until 2022 by the looks of things.

I can see the Phuket sandbox working as its an island and can be monitored re people leaving.

 

However, lets take Pattaya for example.

I have a thai phone and Aussie number.

I arrive at BKK, down load required app on my thai phone. 

Travel to Pattaya and check in to my Patts hotel which i have booked for 14 days.

After about 10 days, i say to myself, i want to go to BKK for a few days. Leave thai phone in hotel room in Patts.

Get my taxi driver to driver me to Bkk and check  into hotel for 2 or 3 nights in BKK.

Plenty of ways out of Chonburi to get to Bangkok. 

 

So the Thai authorities think im in Pattaya as my phone is siting in Avani Pattaya but im at Landmark Hotel in BKK and heading to Nana Plaza.

 

I see some problems with that,

They could check your passport for the entry date when booking into Bangkok.

On 4/2/2021 at 10:33 AM, GeorgeCross said:

if the world follows the UK's lead there won't be any tourists until Thailand is fully vaccinated..

 

and if they don't hurry up they'll be needing boosters before they've even got their first doses in!

 

 

Surprisingly, the UK is way ahead of most countries...

I want to play.

Just imagine the outrage if he were Farang...

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

So Samui will be a tourist Beach Paradise Bubble.  Very nice, now what happens when the rest of the Thai population from other areas mixes with these bubble vaccinated tourists and they themselves have not been vaccinated.  Or will there be a separation line with concertina wire separating the tourists from the domestic tourists?

I suspect those locals arriving in Phuket will be forced encouraged to get a vaccine

2 hours ago, Xonax said:

There will be a massive oversupply of hotel rooms during the next many years to come, which hopefully will make it hard for them to charge much more than the domestic market value.

I do not foresee many local entrepeneurs risking to get back in business any time soon, so what will welcome the tourists outside the hotels and resorts, will be empty streets with closed businesses.  We have visited both Koh Samui, Phuket and Khao Lak during the last few months, and all we saw, with very few exceptions, was closed shops, markets, restaurants and bars. We visited Chaweng on a Saturday night earlier this month and every single business on Beach road was closed without a single tourist in sight. It had become a Ghost town.

If when the tourists come, the bars will be open and the vendors will be back quicker than a tuktuk driver on yaba.

For me, its a way to avoid quarantine, get a weeks tan before visting Mrs Chelseafans family up north.

1 hour ago, newnative said:

Right. Be worried about the locals who haven't been vaccinated.

I'd be more worried FOR the locals who haven't been vaccinated or is that what you mean ?

35 minutes ago, Captain_Bob said:

Another poised-to-fail business idea. Any form of long distance water transport which co-exists with high-speed roads along the same or similar route just isn't financially viable, and on this route insufficient demand to support it. Sure go ahead throw away millions on it, just make sure to invest in a whole bunch of quality life jackets including XL-XS sizes. 

Absolutely.

How is the Pattaya - Hua Hin ferry doing these days ?

6 hours ago, blackcab said:

 

If it is any consolation the UK does update and remove countries from the Red List, so you may still have a chance.

Yeah the problem is her visa expires mid-may and I don't want her to be on an overstay.

Maye Qatar are bringing in freight and returning with passengers. I certainly hope so.

8 minutes ago, blackcab said:

 

That's the first time I have read that. I just checked Qatar airlines, and there are no flights available from Bangkok to London after Thursday 18th March 2021. On Thursday there are only business class seats available, so it looks like the plane is full of people taking the last flight from Qatar.

I'm really not sure what that means for people with tickets on Qatar, other than they will have to buy another ticket on a different carrier. Qatar has a flexible rebooking policy, but they don't give cash refunds. Hopefully people can claim the cost of the ticket back from their credit card company.

<deleted>. Mrs. Chelseafan is due to fly back to Thailand from UK on 8th May, with no incoming flights I expect her outbound flight is going to be cancelled.

On 3/16/2021 at 1:45 AM, blackcab said:

Qatar (the country) week be added to the UK's red list from 4am on Friday 19 March 2021.

If you are transiting through Doha then the Red List restrictions will apply.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-countries-added-to-red-list-to-protect-uk-vaccination-programme-against-variants-of-concern

Am I reading this right? Are they saying that there are no passenger flights arriving into the UK from Qatar ?

"A ban on commercial and private planes travelling from Oman, Ethiopia and Qatar will also come into force on Friday to reduce the risk of importing variants of concern. This excludes cargo and freight without passengers."

19 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

The visually impaired......

More likely the mentally impaired...

1 minute ago, colinneil said:

Why are you commenting on what other countries do?

What other countries do has sod all to do with how the crazy bar stewards here drive.

Just puttting it into perspective. You could reduce the speed limit to 60kph but it woudn't lessen any of the carnage.

On 2/27/2021 at 3:01 AM, colinneil said:

This so-called government have come up with some crazy ideas before, but this surely takes the prize for sheer stupidity.

Roads here are crazy enough with speed limit of 90, but 120 absolutely stupid.

90kph / 55mph on a motorway is pretty slow IMHO. Most countries in the world allow at least 100kph and alot 120kph.

3 hours ago, Blumpie said:

Monkeys are the most filthy vile disease-ridden creatures on the planet.  They tear each other to shreds, and starve the weak.

 

And they are different from humans how ? A monkey does what it does on instinct..

9 hours ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

 

Since trade in goods are covered -- as long as the goods include enough content from EU/UK to be covered by the trade agreement (in this case adding battery manufacture in the UK or EU would suffice) then they can be imported duty free to the EU.    Basically the EU/UK trade agreement, where the manufacturers are of hard goods and can meet content requirements, are large enough that the additional red-tape import/export (i.e. Nissan is likely both the importer and exporter so they don't have to worry about the impact to customers in the EU) then there is going to be little change (and in some edge cases can be beneficial - or at least a standstill).  The losers though are the service industry and any vendor or manufacturer which is selling directly to customers from the UK.

On the plus side, importing Ice-cream from the US to UK is cheaper as duty has been reduced from 21% to 6%. ????

See! There are some positives...

19 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Maybe Dr. Yong is smart enough to allow for wastage. There is bound to be some.

We both know that he did't but even so, thats a LOT of wastage....

16 hours ago, connda said:

Smoking tobacco using a hookah is illegal.   Amazing.

Sometime that sheer amount of frivolous laws created to throw otherwise good citizens into jail simply boggles the mind.  If there is rebirth I hope I don't end up on another totally insane world like this. 

Well if I was a cynic then I would think that Shisha is banned as the government doesn't get any kickbacks from it...unlike tobacco.

That's if I was a cynic... ????