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And, in Pattaya they were being held, not on Walking Street, but at hotels like the relatively new Mytt, which has the Vertical Ballroom that can hold 1000 people. Or at Grande Centre Point. Or Dusit, or one of the other big, nice hotels in north Pattaya or Wong Amat--about as far from Walking Street as you can get. Business must have been good--the lavish Grande Centre Point 2 is going up just down the street from GCP 1--with another new, large hotel going up across the street.

Many genuine tourists only visit a place once. That's perfectly normal. My partner and I visited Switzerland--once. Enjoyed it. We likely will not go a second time. Ditto for Singapore and other places we have visited as tourists. There are too many other places we haven't been to and want to see. We've lost almost 2 years of international travel with covid, still have a long list of places to visit, so that makes it even more likely that some places will get just 1 visit.

I never got anything in paper form for any of the shots. My Thai partner says the information on the 2 shots is on the Mor Phrom app, which we used.

I had 2 shots of Sinovac and was given an AZ booster. All in Pattaya.

I was just going to say the same thing. Why don't they ever have any expats in these meetings? Get some perspective on the subject--and some fresh ideas. Instead, it looks like they are just hashing over the same old lousy proposals. And, just more blah, blah, blah and no action.

Duh just means something very obvious. I just used caps to emphasize it.

As always with threads like this, I find myself wondering that if a person is struggling financially and can't afford inexpensive Thailand, how will they do back in their likely much more expensive home country?

I find myself curious as to why you are posting numerous times on a thread about Thailand if you dislike it so much and see no reason to ever visit as, in your opinion, there are so many other more desirable places to go to. Why are you even bothering to spend time here on this thread? Most tourists do not travel 9 months a year, like you apparently do. Most tourists are of the 'one and done' variety. They get a 2 week vacation a year and choose somewhere to go. Many have a list of places they want to see on their bucket lists. They go once, see all they want to see, and move on to the next country on their list when their next vacation comes up. Also true for retirees--although they have more time to travel. When my parents retired they did a lot of traveling all over the World--to most places just once. It's the same for me. I've got my list and most will be 'one and done'. For most tourists, Thailand can be a wonderful place to visit once, with easy side trips to nearby countries. That's what my 4 sisters did in 2017. They visited Thailand, had a wonderful time, and we also took a side trip to Cambodia to see Angkor Wat. It's a trip they still talk about fondly. They are likely 'one and done' with Thailand and Cambodia--but it doesn't mean they both weren't worth a visit.

Another news item for the 'DUH" file.

Not all my condo sales were to Chinese. The two Centric Sea sales were. My last condo sale was to a Swiss buyer.

I think it depends on a number of things and every case is different. Age can be a big factor. My father also developed colon cancer--his in his early 70s vs. my partner's mother in her early 80s--and he also had an operation to remove the cancerous section. Luckily the cancer had not spread to other organs. The doctor told my Dad he was confident he had got it all. And, it turned out he was right. My Dad lived to just shy of his 95th birthday, with good quality of life--although he had to use a walker the last couple of years.

It did not buy here much more time. Family health care decisions can be difficult--you always hope you are making the best choices. Hindsight is always 20/20.

I think you are wise to have insurance. I know people talk about Thais being treated for free but that was not the case for my elderly Thai mother-in-law in Bangkok. I've posted on this before. She had very complicated health issues, including colon cancer, an operation, chemo, and kidney problems requiring dialysis and sometimes the government hospitals were all booked for ICU and her other extensive health care issues. Her bills came to over 2MB. With no ICU beds available at the government hospital, rather than have her in an open ward they used a private hospital to get ICU care, which went on for a number of weeks, in and then out and then back in again. It was expensive but they wanted good care for her. I think with routine, regular things care can be inexpensive and good--I've gone to the emergency room at a government hospital when I was away from Pattaya and got sick and I had good treatment. It's good for many things but, as I say, if the health issues become very complicated with operations involved and long stays in the ICU then it can sometimes be a different story--at least that was my partner's family's experience. In other localities the story may be different and more positive. My Thai partner now carries private health insurance after seeing firsthand his mother's experience.

Thanks so much!

Best way to fix it is to can it. Then the IT staff can get to work fixing 90 day on-line reporting. Or, better still, can 90 day reporting, too. Problems solved.

Do you know if this is a recent policy change? I am on an O-A retirement visa and Jomtien Immigration would not accept my April International health care policy--even though my coverage is far more than what is required and I got a letter from April (a lot of trouble) explaining my coverage and had them do a similar 'certificate' of coverage. Only a set list of Thai insurance companies could be used. Thanks!

Less than 50 wealthy Chinese came to Thailand in 2019? Ridiculous. Try to make your false statements that you pull out of the air with never any actual backup in data be at least a little credible. I'm just 1 person but I have sold 5 condos to wealthy Chinese--who came to Thailand. A wealthy Chinese couple owned the 12MB condo next to me in Wong Amat. They came to Thailand--several times a year, pre-covid. So, that's 6 already off the top of my head just from me. Just one person's experiences--in a country of 70 million. In another post here someone commented that all the sea facing condos at Centric Sea Condo in Pattaya had been bought by Chinese. That was incorrect but a number were purchased by wealthy Chinese who came to Thailand. Just one condo project among thousands in Thailand. Only 50 wealthy Chinese came out of nearly 11 million in 2019? Think again.

Not in my experience.

Correction. Not 'ALL' Centric Sea 'sea facing' condos were originally sold to Chinese. I owned 2 sea facing units on different floors, bought before the project was completed. The unit next to the one I lived in was owned by a Thai, another sea facing unit down the hall was owned by a European. Two side-by-side units on the floor were owned by an Indian family. While we lived there we knew a number of non-Chinese owners with sea view units. However, I did sell my two Centric Sea condos to Chinese buyers.

'Some issues'. Translation: Train wreck.

Thanks! Appreciate the information.

Speed and transparency. Too rich. Those ships sailed years ago.

Under glass half full, there were 30, count 'em, foreigners gathered. I guess it's a start.

My Thai partner and I are finding this all very confusing. We both have excellent health insurance that covers covid--mine with April International based in Paris and his with a Thai company. If we take a trip, say, to Vietnam, does anyone know if we will need to purchase additional health policies just for covid to be allowed back in? We hate the idea of being required to spend extra money for something we are already covered for--and already spend an arm and a leg for. Thanks for any information.

Uh-oh. I don't like that 'yet'.