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It's in Pattaya, not Jomtien. That's about as far as I know.

Yes. Neither photo has any metadata.

It's the last photo I have of the bar. Clearly if I knew the name of the bar I wouldn't be asking.

Yes, I tried Google Maps already, plus AI location. There's also no GPS info on the photo to help. I was rather hoping that someone who'd been to this bar might recall the name or location. The last time I went to Thailand (April this year) the entrance to the Pattaya Beer Garden had changed quite a lot and no longer looked rundown. They've even got rid of the Thai Boxing ring in the centre.

Here's another photo of the bar with a different girl in the shot...

No, it's a lady's thumb. I can see in the background there's a trellis wall top fencing which appears to be mounted on a blue painted wall. Hopefully that stirs a memory or two in the gumshoe crown...

No, it's definitely a ladies bar with ladies behind the bar

To me, yes. Here is the full picture minus a person in the shot. I don't know if that gives a better clue as to its whereabouts?

Thank you for your feedback

I didn't think Stickman was still in Thailand, or Bangkok. I have to admit, it does look like one of the older bars by the tiles around the bar which lead me to somewhere close to the beach front. Further back the bars tends to be more modern. Perhaps you're right in your assessment of it being near Mikes Shopping Mail. I don't suppose you have a name?

Hi. I'm trying to find the name of this bar and location from a tiny portion of a photo. The bar is in Pattaya and might be close to the beach, and that's pretty much all I know. If any good detectives out there can piece together the name from this small background clue, I'd be grateful. If not, don't worry.

There's only 1 pharmacy along Soi Honey that I know of so it's not difficult to find. But it's roughly at the midway point just opposite the Family Mart.

I bought Apcalis-SX 20 (4 film coated tablets) — which is a generic version of Cialis — for 250 baht from a real pharmacy down Soi Honey. Surprisingly, Kamagra was only 200 baht for 4 tablets. This had come down in price since the last time I was there pre-covid.

The DM's details are rather scant to form an overall opinion. Apparently, the three-story fall happened on Koh Phi Phi island, which was where the speed boat had to rush Kieren from to Phuket. But questions need to be asked, such as how did Kieren happen to fall from a balcony? What were the circumstances? If the balcony isn’t faulty, how do you fall off it? And does the hotel bear any responsibility, assuming that it was a hotel? I would suggest the manner in which he fell from the balcony is perhaps the reason why the insurance company will not compensate him. Also, are balcony falls something of a red flag to insurance companies, as in do they suspect another reason for the fall? Without more details, it's difficult to judge. I understand why so many here believe intoxication is probably the lead cause, as it's difficult to understand how a fully grown adult could simply fall off a balcony while sober. Only thing I'll add is young people really need to take more care of themselves when holidaying abroad.

If you've had 2 boosters on top of the initial 2 doses then that would be considered 4 doses. As it stands, the information provided, simply states 2 doses for the majority of vaccines, not 4 doses. That's not to say things might change in the next few hours, though. Also, the requirement is for a certificate, not an NHS Covid Pass. Basically, you can still have an original certificate of your vaccinations without the need of an NHS Covid Pass. Further update: I've just logged into my NHS app and asked for a new Covid Pass and was given one based solely on my first 2 jabs. It now expires on 7 July 2023. So you can still get an NHS Covid Pass if you've only had 2 jabs.

From the information that has been provided so far it's not about the date of the vaccine, but the number of doses a person has had. To meet the new guidelines, most vaccines require just 2 doses, although some only require 1 dose. For instance, AstraZeneca is 2 doses, same as the Pfizer-BioNTech vax. The approved list is available on the CAAT of Thailand which I posted above.

The J&J one on the approved vaccination list is "Janssen or Janssen/Ad26.COV2.S" according to the details and it's only 1 dose needed. I've posted the link below for CAAT Thailand, but you'll need to scroll down and click on the pdf link https://www.caat.or.th/th/archives/70516

I've had a look at the pdf from the CAAT for Thailand and there's no mention of date validity, just that you've had 2 doses from certain companies. In my case it's the AstraZeneca ones which are still good to go.

My friend flies out to Thailand this Monday and he's yet to receive a notification email from his airline informing him what he needs to provide. In his case it's Qatar Airways. Fortunately for him he's been keeping abreast of all the latest news and has his certificates already printed out and in digital form. So it's possible that some people might not be aware of the changes.

Isn't that mostly down to the previous lifting of restrictions? That could change fast now. Just saying.

My friend told me about this new rule possibly coming into effect a week ago as he's travelling out to Thailand this week. I'm still unclear on the 2 jab rule. I've had 2 vaccinations but haven't updated my NHS wallet on my iPhone in over a year because I haven't needed to. Does a simple previous digital record of the 2 jabs still count? Not sure what they're asking for here.

From my own observations which are based solely on Pattaya vloggers on YouTube, the place looks deader than a doornail. Just taking a gander at all the recently uploaded videos, there really isn't that much to shout home about. The bars appear to be mostly bustling with bar girls with the occasional smattering of farangs nursing their cold bottles of Singha, and the streets look half-deserted. I suppose that can be seen as a positive if you want to be the main focus of attention as a paying customer, but that can't be good if you're trying to run a successful business. Even Central Festival looks pretty devoid of tourists early in the evenings. Plus, a lot of shops are still shuttered-up along many stretches of once thriving thoroughfares and side-streets. Unless all these YouTube vloggers are using digital trickery, it doesn't quite square with what TAT is telling us. Either way, the government needs to do more to entice Western tourists back to Thailand. A moratorium on tourist visas and the easing of application requirements might help, but that's only one suggestion. Perhaps trying to increase the output of jet fuel and passing it onto their government-owned airlines with an eye at reducing the overall cost of a flight might be another. Before anyone jumps on the logistics of such a feat, it's not up to me as a potential tourist to devise a plan at rescuing their flagging tourist model. Though it is up to me to decide whether I want to pay and fly 5,923 miles to LOS in the current global downturn. Over to you, Thailand...

Just had a gander at the recently posted YouTube videos on Pattaya and the place looks deader than a doornail. So much for TAT's overly inflated tourist rebound figures. The most recently uploaded videos certainly fail the proverbial eye test for an uptick in tourism in my eyes. All the comments seem to say roughly the same thing: it's a ghost town and the the prices of flights from Europe are the main cause. Bangkok also looks to be struggling quite badly. Maybe some will say Phuket is doing nicely, I dunno? The government really needs to do more to entice Western tourists back to their country such as waiving all visa fees for all visitors like they did in 2016-17 high season, otherwise this will be the new normal for Thailand for many years to come.

I think the point @rattlesnake was making was in reference to my own post that mentioned how Singapore has administered enough booster doses to cover almost 70% of the population—far more than Britain or the United States—but doesn't appear to be stopping another deadly post-vaccination wave. Singapore has one of the most ultra-strict mask mandates in the world, so logically the masks should prevent the spread of the virus regardless of the enhanced transmissibility of the new variants. If your argument is that protective masks work, then you can't have it both ways and claim the new strains are somehow being sneaky and bypassing the protective masks and infecting people. I'm not suggesting you are making this claim, but I've seen it crop up from time to time. Though I should put a caveat from the Ministry of Health in Singapore who has stated as recently as this Saturday: "There is currently no evidence to indicate that BA.2.75 has substantially different virulence or severity compared to its Omicron predecessors."

I should also have added New Zealand to the list of countries (Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, China) that have strict mask mandates but where Covid infections have risen or are still rising faster than maskless countries. New data shows Covid infections and deaths in New Zealand have overtaken Australia in the latest Omicron wave despite ultra-strict mask mandates that were dropped in Australia. Death rates in New Zealand overtook Australia per capita at the start of March, despite the Kiwis being on the highest code red mask mandate restrictions—and have stayed higher ever since. Additionally, Jacinda Ardern is paying the price for her hermit Zero-Covid economy as New Zealand is crashing into a hard recession. Just thought I should add that as a continuation to my previous post.