MarcelV

30 minutes ago, chilly07 said:

Don't use the app. Go on line direct to the Immigration web site and strictly follow their 90 day option remembering to accept all their conditions at the beginning, making sure the data entered accords with your last approval and using all of their drop down menus. Believe me it does work if you have patience. You will almost instantly be able to print off approval and next 90 day date.

Exactly. I just did mine late last night. As before it only took me 5-10 minutes filling out the info and the printable approval came back immediately. Easy as pie.

4 minutes ago, WhiteBuffaloATM said:

Marcel: was exagerating to make my point ! 

hoping you are in thailand proper, with thais , outside the occupied malay muslim lands......sheesh !

suppose Pattani popular with foreign muslims for vacations .......surely no westerners down there ?

The Three Provinces are obviously Thailand, but with a Malay muslim majority. I'd call it Thailand proper for sure, with the Thais actually being the occupiers.

And, yes, there are foreigners here, mostly Filipinos, Arabs and Africans. Westerners are rare, but there's a handful around. No dirty old sexpats though. Thank heavens.

13 hours ago, WhiteBuffaloATM said:

“the resort” at Pattani ? For who, ISIS ?

Pattani mostly Muslim Malays....surely.no sane westerner within 200 kms ...... 

Well, I live in Narathiwat at less than 100 kms. Not saying I'm sane though ????

On 6/21/2021 at 1:35 PM, HammerMan said:

 

Yes I understand well your thoughts.. The past 5 months have been a massive uphill climb with unbelievable and at times impossible requests, especially from within the Marine Department. It's as if we have created something totally new, never been seen before anywhere in the world and they're trying to understand with "off the wall" requests. As of today the start up date has already moved to the 1st of July..  We are confident that ultimately we will succeed and hopefully we'll prove to everyone this is a good thing or die trying.

Well, good luck then, Cpt. Ponter!

I'd love to one day be able to take my car or go on foot from Songkhla to Sattaheep v.v.

Any chance of extending the service to Narathiwat in the future?

Still having my doubts about the feasibility, HammerMan. If I were you, I'd cancel everything and move somewhere else.

As a teacher I really look forward to the day I can teach on-site again.

Teaching online comes with its own problems, like the students learning even less than when they're around their classmates and socializing in school.

On 6/10/2021 at 10:50 AM, HammerMan said:

To say we are reaching breaking point is an understatement and as previously suggested by some contributors it maybe time to take this project to other countries.  At the moment it looks like mid July is D-Day, win or lose.

Just cancel it already. You've spent a lot of time and effort and the authorities don't seem willing to cooperate and get it done.

If you have a good, seaworthy ferry, take it somewhere they don't have a gazillion feet of red tape to cut.

Where's the source of this news? Don't tell me CCC or Brett Dev is your trusted source.

3 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Completely irrelevant. Hence the reason that Thailand is providing 60 day covid extensions and will continue for foreseeable future. 

Source please

22 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

No country should be making anyone exit in current world crisis. 

Your missing the point completely.

Just reading your comment for face value. What was so retorical about it?

And you know it's bullony that no country should make non-nationals exit. For one thing, most people can always return to their country of origin.

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

May 26. Malaysia

New cases covid 7,478.

Next idea. India?

 

What is your point? You asked for countries that don't extend visas anymore. Malaysia doesn't and its caseload is much higher than Thailand.

8 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Which countries. 

Malaysia, for one.

According to my Songkhla-based friend the ferry service has been indefinitely postponed, possibly cancelled.

I live a stone's throw away from Narathiwat prison and if you see how small its area in the town is, it's unfathomable how poor the living conditions must be. Now with Covid roaming around it must be a living hell.

6 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Funny that, I live in the North, bought an item from deep south and it was 29 baht shipping ( about).So no regional variation there it would seem.

It doesn't matter where the item is sent from, only its destination does.

IKEA doesn't even deliver at all to Pattani/Narathiwat/Yala. It's a "no delivery" zone for them, to my dismay.:(

4 minutes ago, Seeall said:

thai run.. total idiots... yes.. is shopy better?  well cheapper yes....

I use Shopee instead of Lazada and have found the shipping to be more reasonable.

4 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

As noted most items do not have excessive shipping costs - but there are a few sellers that indeed do post low price and make it up on shipping.  Along with the huge numbers that post price 3x normal and fill pages using different names at same high price in hope you do not check further - such sellers do make it very unpleasant these days.

I live in the deep south and have noticed that where I pay 220 baht for shipping, people in other regions pay like 200 baht less.

I never buy anything anymore at Lazada since, one, they've got rid of the wallet and, two, the shipping costs are ridiculous. I mean, 220 baht for a small item. Wth?

Muslims bury their deads. You might wanna enquire at the local mosque.

Been playing a crapload of Picross and Picross 3D lately to keep my brain active during the summer break.

Ao Manao Beach looks nothing like in the stock photo anymore. Most sand is gone, eroded away by the rising sea level.

On topic, many beaches can still be visited, most notably south of the Thaksin Ratchaniwet Palace. No big loss here.

Okay, so here's the deal: I've planned (and partly paid) a flight on 19 April from my hometown of Narathiwat to BKK and Khon Kaen, driving a rental car back to BKK from KKC airport.

I plan on mostly driving through the central region, west of Khon Kaen and north of Bangkok.

My return flight from BKK to Narathiwat is on 3 May.

Both the plane tickets and the rental car have been paid for. No refund possible (yet).

My 1st night stay in Bangkok can still be cancelled without any costs.

With the new flare up of the dreaded CV, what would you guys do?

Cancel the travel plans and stay safely at home in Narathiwat/Yala, or go travel as planned?

What's the best course of action for now?

10 minutes ago, JoePai said:

I would be more worried about trying to fly into Hat Yai in a Jumbo

Hat Yai has got an international airport with a good and long runway. Just sayin'