Barefoot

Wikipedia has a list that is "probably" more authoritative.    They only count people that stay in a city 24 hours.  Not all that different a list.  Hong Kong leads in that one, with three Thai cities in the top 20.  Bangkok 2nd,  Phuket No. 16, Pattaya at 19.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_international_visitors

P.S.  Edit:  It seems to use 2019 data.

3 hours ago, bannork said:

 

A great read; thanks for posting it.

Some people on this thread seem to be aware there were two events today involving the Constitutional Court.

The first one related to shareholding of media shares.  It was submitted too late to be considered by the court today and they only meet on Wednesdays, so that will look at it next week.  So this one does not change Pita's MP status.

The second event was on their agenda today and related to whether Move Forward's plan to change 112 was tantamount to trying to overthrow the monarchy.  The court accepted this second one, so I think -- but am not sure -- that he is suspended due to this second event.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thai-court-decide-eligibility-case-pm-hopeful-pita-media-poll-body-source-2023-07-12/

2 hours ago, bradiston said:

I still don't get how the executor of an estate an be deemed to be the owner of any part of the estate.

The executor of the estate also can be a beneficiary of the will, and often is.  Many people will select one of their grown children to be their executor.  Children are primarily the beneficiaries of parents' wills.

I buy the Magnolia Half Cream product at Friendship Market.  You can order it online from TOPS or Shopee, and probably elsewhere as well.

Magnolia Half Cream

2 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Yes of course; it's always from 'Neighbouring Countries' as Thai's don't burn anything do they ?   That's why when i ride my Bike every morning a could easily lose count of the smouldering Bonfires, Rubbish Heaps and Paddy's seen every day of the week !

Thailand seems to do most of its burning earlier in the season.  Fires now are mostly from Laos.

9 hours ago, Barefoot said:

Thanks for your update.  I also registered on 25 August and have not heard back yet, but it sounds like I might still get that elusive first jab of Pfizer at Central Festival.

And indeed, I was notified this evening (Sept 15) that I have an appointment on Sept 20 at Central Festival for the first Pfizer jab.  So, they are still working through the list.

42 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

i just got a text appointment for 21 Sept for first Phizer, I register 25 Aug.

Thanks for your update.  I also registered on 25 August and have not heard back yet, but it sounds like I might still get that elusive first jab of Pfizer at Central Festival.

On 7/24/2021 at 11:51 PM, HampiK said:

Actually the poor Bangkok people should be scare of YOU!

Chonburi 46 Covid case per 100K

Bangkok 25 Covid case per 100K

 

Please take care what you say, maybe you should be banned, so the Bangkok people are more safe on their trip!

 

Never forget statements like this starts racists comments!

As usual, the thundering herd rumbled past the key factual contribution.  The cesspool is down here, not up in Bangkok.

On 6/9/2021 at 11:09 PM, Jingthing said:

Based on reading the OP, it sounds like the OP is not really seeking a rapid antigen test but is actually seeking an ANTIBODY test. He wants to know if he had Covid-19 in the PAST. Not currently. 

Jingthing is correct.  The OP is confusing the rapid antigen test, which tests for infection NOW, with the antibody test, which tests for whether one had the infection in the past.

I am reliably informed that one can have the antibody test done at Bangkok Hospital Pattaya, by appointment, at the building in the back.  I do not know how much it costs or how one obtains an appointment.  If anyone chases down that information, we will appreciate your exposition.

12 hours ago, mahjongguy said:

"Singapore, the Philippine, Thailand and Taiwan are among those that have sought or signed deals for Moderna or have already begun receiving vaccine batches."

 

Other recent reports indicated that Thailand wanted 10 million by the end of the year but only got a committment for 5 million to be delivered by that date with the rest coming in 1Q 2022. 

 

Seems to me that 5 million doses should be more than enough to cover those willing to pay the 3,400 baht. 

That's a plausible take, but yesterday's story said the contract has not been wrapped up yet.  I think I will wait for some clarification before plunking down my money.

At low tide this morning about 10:30AM, I walked along the surf from the Jomtien police station to Cafe Le Mar and back, and I saw at least 30 jellyfish stranded on the sand, so they are indeed out and about.

5 hours ago, Cisco said:

Jebang restaurant(s). There is one on Theprassit and another on Sukhumvit. Great Issan food. 

 

Open air traditional.

I will try that, thanks.  Google maps knows it as "Nong Jay Bang Isan Food."

1 hour ago, clivebaxter said:

I recall it being 55 to the pound just before the brexit vote in 2016, hopefully it can get back to 50 before long.

The 10-year average is 45.99

As a fallback, try using Google search with https://forum.thaivisa.com/ as the site.

For example, to search the forum for the term "90 day report" anywhere in the forum, try this URL:  https://tinyurl.com/4kn3njp8

To search the forum for pages with "90 day report" in the title, try this URL:  https://tinyurl.com/v3fa9edn

Personally, I love this stuff, but in the past couple of weeks it seems to have disappeared at Tesco Lotus and Big C.  It may not have lived up to sales expectations and got canceled.  We are not exactly spoiled for choice on no-sugar carbonated beverages in this country, so I will miss this product if it is indeed gone.

With respect to my question about reopening the Third Road gym, Lucas, a manager type there, told me yesterday "not open maybe for the next few months."  As others have alluded to, a number of their clubs have been closed permanently (even before Coronavirus) and they are actively trying to sell a bunch of that equipment.  But the Third Road club, it seems, will eventually be back up and running.

18 hours ago, Guderian said:

Just keep in mind that even after decades of research they still haven't been able to find an effective vaccine against the AIDS virus.

Perhaps more relevant is SARS, which is also a coronavirus.  17 years and counting, still no vaccine for SARS.  I'm not holding my breath for a vaccine.  If it comes along, great.  But otherwise this damn thing won't go away until we have herd immunity (50-70% have been infected).  We could be in for a long slog.  At an infection rate of 100/day and a population of 66,000,000, most of us will be dead one way or another before herd immunity is reached. 

Nice tool.  Thanks.

8 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Just a quick note: it's not real-time. It's updated 2-3 times daily, from the sources in the lower right hand corner links. The largest increases in figures have usually been added in the mornings (Thai time). You can see last update time in the top box on the site, which is maintained by John Hopkins University in US.

That's correct.  The Chinese data is near real time, though, according to the blog accompanying the site.

"GIS Dashboard
In response to this ongoing public health emergency, we developed an online dashboard (static snapshot shown below) to visualize and track the reported cases on a daily timescale; the complete set of data is downloadable as a google sheet. The case data visualized is collected from various sources, including WHO, U.S. CDC, ECDC China CDC (CCDC), NHC and DXY. DXY is a Chinese website that aggregates NHC and local CCDC situation reports in near real-time, providing more current regional case estimates than the national level reporting organizations are capable of, and is thus used for all the mainland China cases reported in our dashboard (confirmed, suspected, recovered, deaths). U.S. cases (confirmed, suspected, recovered, deaths) are taken from the U.S. CDC, and all other country (suspected and confirmed) case data is taken from the corresponding regional health departments. The dashboard is intended to provide the public with an understanding of the outbreak situation as it unfolds, with transparent data sources."

57 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

Thailand and Bangkok ‘most at risk’ from coronavirus

 

I always thought Bangkok was in Thailand?

If you read the article, there are two separate tables.  One lists the countries most at risk, and Thailand leads.  Another table lists the cities most at risk, and Bangkok leads.