JayBird

The Pfizer: Are those donations from other countries, or is Thailand paying? Moderna: Is there an updated statement on when this is supposed to arrive? I've only heard crickets.

They let you go to the market to eat, and then go to quarantine?

So, everything is open except the gym?

You asked for options. One option, unpopular with these forums but viable nonetheless, is to get a Thailand elite. It's unpopular because it can cost 1m THB for 20 years. And that's a payment, you don't get it back. On the plus side, very minimal paperwork and you are effectively set for 20 years.

A better way to test your speed is to go to: testmy.net It does an actual file transfer to test the speed, and you can choose the target country. Also, I like fast.com, as it should measure my Netflix speed.

Golly, India and Thailand, fully open and intermingling. What will the next Indo-Thai variant be called?

Yes, but, can the tourist go back home without quarantine? Not sure China will allow that.

It's a good source of revenue. It may go on until China will allow travelers here to return without being vaccinated.

If the card displayed does not contain information that can be used for identity theft or put me at personal risk, then who cares. If it contains passport id, signature, address, phone, etc., then I would be concerned everyone now has a copy of that.

Oh look, a waterfall feature

It had a drop followed by a quick rebound. There was no significant news or economic event to fuel this. Could be outside influence (a bank, firm, etc.) making large transactions/bets. But nothing that the fundamentals should support. This week there was some positive economic data/news: -- Improved exports YoY: However, anyone who looks into this would realize that last year was very low. -- News about the economy potentially opening up: Again, anyone who is following this would not place too high of a value on this news. The only interesting things I see on the wire: 11:04:31 PM RTRS THAI CENTRAL BANK SAYS ECONOMY QUITE RESILIENT 10:49:02 PM RTRS THAI FINANCE MINISTER SAYS FISCAL POSITION REMAINS STRONG 10:48:49 PM RTRS THAI FINANCE MINISTER SAYS GOVT CAN RAISE DEBT TO GDP CEILING IF NEED BE 24 Aug - 01:59:48 AM RTRS Thailand to keep VAT unchanged at 7% for another two years Personally, I would not have thought this would result in a nearly 2% drop (now looking at USD/THB @ 32.72 with a -0.52%). Meanwhile at this moment, the .DXY is showing + 0.15% I would have to say there may be a strong possibility that there is influence not-fundamentally driven that is causing this.

(I understand as a foreigner it is difficult to own land, so this is going under my GF's name. I'm not worried, and plan to do the usufruct & 30-year lease). I'm planning to purchase a bit of land. I've confirmed the chanote has the red garuda on it, and I believe it is type 4. This should mean that it would be a full chanote and fully owned (as opposed to only 'permission' to own the land). It's about 10 RAI, north of Hua Hin. My main questions are: 1) Is there a way to know if the land is good for *building* on. I do not know much about laying a foundation and building a house, but is there something I should be worried about here? (Too soft, so will be difficult or expensive to build a house. Too hard, so can't build a foundation. Etc?) Something I can check while looking at the land to know: Oh, run away not possible. (Other than, it's flooded :P ) 2) Water: The land is supposed to have city water provided, but I would not mind my own well. Is there some way to check if this is feasible whilst I'm looking at the land? 3) Are there some sort of records/surveys/etc. that are kept somewhere that give a report on the land? (flood zone, prone to fire, soil type, etc.?) 4) Electricity: It's supposed to have electricity either at the property line or within 100-200m of it. I suspect brining full electrical power to the homestead is not that difficult or expensive? 5) Restrictions: Could there be some restrictions on use that I should check: Can only build certain styles of houses, not allowed for full time occupancy, something weird? 6) I don't know what I don't know: Is there something I should be check while I'm looking at it? Thank you all!