just do it..there's nothing to it. new tooth implant will be good for 20 years and much stronger than any of your other teeth.I had 4 done in one session. Costs $700 in the Philippines but at least $2000 in the US. it's your choice

On 11/26/2021 at 5:40 AM, HappyExpat57 said:

Anyone who knows anything about Pattaya waters understands what utter nonsense this is. The WORST kind of misleading advertisement.

I have reason to believe the "twin-towers" right above the fish is more misleading than the fish...

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

transgender individuals

tg are back? now that's surprising!

On 8/9/2021 at 5:25 PM, scaldedfummy said:

As far as I know tourists are not allowed yet

that's right and probably not until mid 2022, when at least 50% of population gets fully waxxed

On 8/9/2021 at 5:25 PM, scaldedfummy said:

Thanks!

 

As far as I know tourists are not allowed yet. Though I've spoken to someone who have been there business purposes, apparently pharmaceutical. 

I lived in Manila full-time since 2009 as single. I left in April 2021 to travel to USA and Colombia, knowing I wouldn't be able to return on tourist visa soon, but I never thought covid would make a come-back to Phils after a year and a half and lock the country down again. borders are still closed and have been closed since 2020 and  I'm "stuck" in Medellin/Colombia for 4 months..but it's not bad.I ain't complainin'..just bought a airbnb studio here and planning to stay until Phils re-opens

On 8/3/2021 at 8:19 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

But technically it's correct.

That reminds me of my friend who is nearly 80. If anybody asks him how old he is he tells them: over 50. ???? 

no worries..bar girls are either too drunk or too young to know the difference!

On 7/10/2021 at 2:22 AM, Mac Mickmanus said:

That would rely on sellers exchanging their felang money to buy a Condo when the Baht was sky high a few years ago .

   I would suggest that the majority of felangs bought their Condos when the Baht was much lower than it currently is 

bought in VT6 in 2006 $= 39thb and sold in 2012 $=31thb.. sweet!

On 8/15/2021 at 4:28 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

Super Baby was my favourite Gogo. All DDG girls, and no chubbies. Very popular with Asian customers. I never did find out why it closed.

and the original "baby go-go" in the 1990, my very first visit in Pattaya during my early 20s.i hope I am not wrong with the name.

On 8/28/2021 at 4:47 AM, spidermike007 said:

I remember the good old days. My first visit to Thailand was in the mid 1970's

geeez, that's a long time mike!

On 7/24/2021 at 11:31 PM, Mickeymaus said:

Yes, the coast line is so long with endless sand beaches. Pattaya is only special because it is famous for its huge red light districts. Hello sexy man... Everywhere - in bars, in shopping malls, on the Beach Road... But not everything is bad since there is no prostitution. 

maybe "not bad" since bar scene ended with covid but this isn't really turquoise waters and white sandy beach paradise..take the ho's, crowds and music out and there's not much to do

2 hours ago, timendres said:

 

Virtually zero tourists for over one year. When is this stunning crash going to occur?

You wonder when the stunning crash going to happen? well, it will not happen overnight or may not even happen at all. But you will wander in empty streets next several years and still wonder what happened

5 hours ago, TacoKhun said:

As for this moment, there are literally 0 reasons to live in pattaya. anywhere in thailand will be better than here. i stay here just because i own my place and dont want to pay rent also moving is a hustle which i dont need right now.

because Pattaya as a city was a bad design.Actually there was no design or planning.It heavily depended on tourism. It was a kind of a "gold rush" that ended abruptly with a pandemic

9 hours ago, webfact said:

She feared things like this could lead to more Covid spread and more misery for her and other bar owners on the edge of extinction. 

Covid somehow bypassed certain countries like Thailand and the Philippines most of the 2020 but just started affecting them one by one and cases in these Asian countries skyrocketed within a few weeks in March and April of this year. No one really knows why. It is becoming very obvious that bars and neon lighted streets full of people is slowly becoming a concept of the past, sweet memories of the last decade.

On 4/11/2021 at 4:19 PM, smedly said:

That is quite frankly shameful - in the whole of Chonburi only 2,500 have been tested

they intentionally test small numbers like 2,500. Get that up to 25,000 and you will see that cases will jump over 1000 a day

On 3/29/2021 at 2:52 PM, nobodysfriend said:

NO ! It was the fault of uneducated , non caring , stupid parents who did not hide a loaded gun away from young kids .

No cure for stupidity .

it's been going on for 200,000 years and will go on another 200,000 unless we go extinct faster than the stupid Dodo birds

On 3/29/2021 at 10:18 AM, webfact said:

Eleven year old shoots five year old dead with rifle he found at house

 

RIP

On 3/17/2021 at 9:58 AM, DFPhuket said:

The beach road will have an entirely new look once they remove the electric wires and poles.

the beach road definitely has a new look after the wires and the people all have gone

On 3/18/2021 at 8:52 AM, schlog said:

For all beach road cable lovers or in need of a cable pm me for direction.

you selling?

34 minutes ago, wasabi said:

 

It looks like quarantine remains a requirement even with a negative test. But not sure if these are just suggestions.

Travel During COVID-19 | CDC

you are right. this sounds more advisory than mandatory, however it should be followed by all travelers. Chances of getting Covid during a flight with all passengers having tested negative is slim to none. You have a better chance winning the lottery and how often does that happen? anyday I will take that kind of chance to fly back to get the vaccine and have protection instead of waiting forever, stress out for months and be a sitting duck

2 minutes ago, pattayadude said:

First of all, there is no quarantine for a US citizen going back to the US as long as he has a PCR negative result 72 hours prior to checking-in. Your problem isn't a mere one week quarantine. It is however "not being able to get back to Thailand" (if you're on a tourist visa) once you leave the country. Sorry to rain on your parade but as far as for foreigners getting vaccinated before the last Thai citizen does will only cause uprising and uproar among Thais and the govt knows that. Thais are very political and nationalistic and their history is proof of that with whopping 19 coup-detats. You're gonna have to wait a long time before you get the jab in your arm in LOS. I myself realized that I might get the virus and even die before I get vaccinated in a foreign country before their last citizen, so finally decided to leave and get my vaccine in the US, even if that means I can't come back for a while. Life is full of these "fun" choices we make I guess.So I booked my flight and I'm leaving next week

20 minutes ago, wasabi said:

  I would go back to the US to get vaccinated but I don't want to do that til I can do so without having to quarantine there. Thus for now I would like a way to get the jab in Thailand.

First of all, there is no quarantine for a US citizen going back to the US as long as he has a PCR negative result 72 hours prior to checking-in. Your problem isn't a mere one week quarantine. It is however "not being able to get back to Thailand" (if you're on a tourist visa) once you leave the country. Sorry to rain on your parade but as far as for foreigners getting vaccinated before the last Thai citizen does will only cause uprising and uproar among Thais and the govt knows that. Thais are very political and nationalistic and their history is proof of that. You're gonna have to wait a long time before you get the jab in your arm in LOS. I myself realized that I might get the virus and even die before I get vaccinated in a foreign country before their citizens so decided to leave and get my vaccine in the US, even if that means I can't come back for a while. Life is full of these "fun" choices we make I guess.So I booked my flight and I'm leaving next week

8 minutes ago, Leaver said:

 they will not be allowed entry back into Thailand without showing they have been vaccinated anyway. 

is that a fact? IOW is any tourist who shows a proof of vaccination and a PCR negative test result is allowed to board on plane destined to LOS?

On 3/26/2021 at 12:13 PM, xylophone said:

Some good points in your post, and I think age does play a major part in the decision one makes on whether to buy here or not.

 

Of course the other main point which others make is that our tenure here is that the grace of the government/immigration, and can be ended at any time, and the yearly retirement extension palaver hammers that home.

 

I bought a house here not long after I arrived, move the girlfriend and daughter in and carried out some improvements, which kept me busy and happy.

 

At that time I had no problem because I could leave the house to my girlfriend and daughter, however we split up, and there I was in a house which was too big for me, so I sold it after much effort and marketing and got a good price for it in 2011, but the marketing and selling of it made me realise that properties do not move easily here, and there were plenty of them for sale.

 

Since that time I have rented and am so happy that I have, and I don't worry about the rental expense, because that's just a fact of life for me, and I can also up sticks and move whenever and wherever I want to, without any worry whatsoever, and that for me is a BIG bonus.

 

Age IMO, comes into my reckoning because as I've gotten older I really don't need to worry about maintenance, renovation or the like, because I can just move into another apartment, and if I want to I can also move back to my home country without any hassle.

 

I used to think that buying would be useful for those much younger, however having watched the property situation here for over 14 years, I've changed my mind and would never buy here, no matter what.

there was profit to be made if you bought and sold condos up until the 2014 military coup. things just turned from bad to worse the following years and came to a complete halt with Covid. The future is uncertain and any attempt to buy real estate is "playing with fire", especially those over 60 years old..

God bless airbnb!

keep on renting unless you are buying it at a price which is considered an absolute "steal" and make sure it has nice views, as the near future for any city in the world will be extremely  BORING

2 hours ago, WaveHunter said:

Why is it that here in the Magic Kingdom, even the simplest thing of major importance to expats is almost always veiled in confusion, in terms of official government information? 

 

I have scoured google searches to get any sort of official words of WHEN expats can expect to be eligible for vaccinations, and the best I can find is an article in the Pattaya News that said:

 

"...it was not immediately made clear about foreign residents, although officials have previously said that those who have legal residence in the country would be included. However, what that entails has not yet been clarified...."

 

For weeks it has remained "unclarified".  It's like expats are just left out of the equation by government officials. 

 

You'd think that, considering that Expat contributions to the economy in absence of tourism is considerable, that their needs might be better addressed, but I guess not!

 

Private hospitals normally serve the needs of Expats much more efficiently than public hospitals but are running into major roadblocks in being allowed to address the vaccine situation.

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha and his government have created confusion as to the role of private firms in the vaccine rollout.

 

In January, Prayut said that his government would permit only public hospitals to distribute imported COVID-19 vaccines. He said that private hospitals can import the drugs but wouldn’t be allowed to use them in the first phase of the inoculation drive.  WHY ???

 

On February 8, the government then seemed to walk back its decision and said that only the government can import vaccines in the initial phase.  WHY ???

 

In a separate statement, Dr. Paisarn Dunkum, secretary-general of the Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that private companies are welcome to import vaccines but they need to register beforehand.  What does that mean ???

 

As usual, different government departments vaguely contradicting each other does nothing but create compete confusion!.  

 

The lack of clarity on the issue has left many older expats wondering if the government realizes the urgency of the situation for them.  

 

The private hospital route sounds much more promising for expats.  According to a recent article written by WebFacty here on ThaiVisa, "...Sources in the Thai business media have suggested that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will likely soon give approval for private hospitals to offer their own Covid-19 vaccinations. ..."

 

All manner of vaccine will be available including Pfizer, Moderna, Sinopharm, Sputnik and Johnson and Johnson, suggested the sources.

 

A source at Thonburi suggested that they would buy vaccine at a cost of $17 to $40 a dose.  Having the recommended two doses would therefore cost 4,000 baht or a little under 100 UK pounds or about $US 133.  Maybe that's more expensive than "free", but I think most expats wouldn't be hard pressed to pay the price.

 

Of course, the question for expats still remains...WHEN?

 

If I am looking at this all wrong, PLEASE tell me.  Seriously, After reading many different articles over the past few weeks I really don't have a clue what's going on with regard to WHEN expats will be able to get vaccinated. 

 

At this point in time, that is simply unacceptable by anyone's standards!

 

Back in States, everybody that I personally know that wants the vaccine has either received at least their first dose, or have been able to schedule it.

 

I know one older expat that was so exasperated over the issue that he flew back to the States to get vaccinated last week even though he had to jump through all sorts of hoops with quarenteening both upon arrival in the States, and then again upon his return I suppose.

 

Why is everything so confusing and inexplicable here in the Magic Kingdom?  Seriously, WHY?

 

I am surprised that you are surprised. there is confusion all over the world. Who would have thought this virus would have had 3rd and 4th wave after 15 months. France just locked down entirely. Brasil is dealing with an utter chaos. Turkey had 40,000 cases yesterday and about to locked down completely. Philippines is in a locked down and enforcing a curfew between 6pm-5am after 7 months of 12pm-5am and 4 months of 8pm-5am curfew in the past and the hospitals in most of these countries mentioned above are overwhelmed. They say soon the current vaccines won't be able to protect people from the dozens of new mutations popping up in several countries. Politicians are confused about what message to give to their people without causing unrest. their advisers are confused preparing their speeches and wordings. You do have valid questions and they all make sense but I am afraid you won't get satisfactory answers anytime soon in these chaotic times and environment.

Expats IMO are way down on the bottom of the list for vaccination in ANY country, not just in Thailand, maybe below the scumbag underage sex pedophiles, murderers and double- lifers without parole