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For my new condo Thai agent charges 5thb which is not much off this mark, but for previous rental Russian agent was charging 6thb (same building heh), it's take it or leave it without wiggle space... Before when my parents were here I was renting villa, we were getting real bills paying them in 7-11, around 4+thb like @KhunLAsuggested.

OK time to update this thread... Did anybody try to book booster online (after 2x Sinovac)? Went to Phuket.win and it has new option "Third-dose vaccination appointment for foreigners", but after entering my details it then says "You are not eligible because your second dose was not Sinovac", which is funny because my both doses were Sinovac lol... @skatewash did you try maybe?

Thanks! Not bad at all, cheaper than Pulse TV for 1 month package (380thb vs 1000thb) ????

Just checked with Pulse TV, they gave me 24h free trial, I'm watching Sky F1 live now and it works perfect in HD even on my crappy 10mbps internet ???? They have short term packages without the box (app or browser) 1,000/month, not bad if I just need it for a month without long term contract (10,000/year). I think I'll just go for it... this F1 weekend is one of the best in years, and Sky F1 is covering everything day & night.

Thanks. TV Mucho has CH4 as well, but I'm looking for whole weekend action, pay per view or good free stream. Let's see what others will say ????

(I'll ask this in F1 thread too) Can anybody recommend good online stream for F1? Free or pay per view, just need stable... Big weekend starts today and I'd hate to miss important moments on jittery and stuttering streams ???? Condo I'm renting has local TV cable only, no box... I'd love to pay per view online, but I can't find anything, probably due to monopolies of big TV players... I usually use Ripple free stream, but it's lagging sometimes, and never know which race they will cover. I'm not from UK or US so I can't subscribe to Sky or ESPN, anyway I'd prefer pay per view and not long term because I'd only watch F1 weekends. Does AIS, True or Dtac have some mobile TV sport packs for prepaid? Thanks guys!

Can anybody recommend good online stream for F1? Free or pay per view, just need stable... Big weekend starts today and I'd hate to miss important moments on jittery and stuttering streams ???? Condo I'm renting has local TV cable only, no box... I'd love to pay per view online, but I can't find anything, probably due to monopolies of big TV players... I usually use Ripple free stream, but it's lagging sometimes, and never know which race they will cover. I'm not from UK or US so I can't subscribe to Sky or ESPN, anyway I'd prefer pay per view and not long term because I'd only watch F1 weekends. Does AIS, True or Dtac have some mobile TV sport packs for prepaid? I'll ask this in a separate thread, but I'll put it here as well, thanks guys!

Seriously comparing Singapore to China? A place where people are disappearing after speaking up and never seen again, a place with CCP concentration camps, now in 21st century... (never read NYT & HRC, just lived in CN, HK & SG for 20 years)

Little update: Covid extension for Volunteer Visa is not 7.5k anymore, but 9.5k (Phuket agent) up to 14k (BKK agent), no reply from Pattaya agent... Christmas came early for I/O's ????

Could it be that's because those V. visas are issued in Isaan I/O's and has to be cancelled there first, prior to Covid extension? Just a thought (or a hope lol). Talked to my Phuket agent who did V. visa last year (not possible anymore): they can do Covid extension for 7.5k (same price as other agents), and that includes cancelling V. visa in Khon Kaen I/O ("because it's issued there"), and issuing Covid extension there as well. I asked if they could do Covid extension here in Phuket, they said no, because "it must be done at the same time as V.V. is cancelled". Here's hope that I'll be able to do my 2nd Covid extension here in Phuket for 1900b, guess I'll find it out in February ????

Hi, please keep in mind that was almost 2 months ago... Standard Covid extension procedure (in Phuket I/O), only TM7, Affidavit and TM30, nothing else... No idea what they need now, I heard of reports asking for return flight ticket, and refusing Covid extension for Volunteer visa, etc... I'll know more when I visit Phuket I/O in couple of weeks time ????

Any info on your friend's agent reply? I guess many of us here who are on Volunteer visas will do 1st Covid extension this or next month... successfully, I hope ???? (as it seems the agents are not doing Volunteer visas anymore, this is the reply I got from 3 big agents, one of them did my Volunteer visa last year)

This is not good news... Many people were relying on Covid extensions... I haven't heard of any rejections in other places like Phuket so far... News are they agents don't make Volunteer visa anymore, so ED is probably the only way left for many. @Coremouse did you check with agents if they can help somehow? Or maybe get vaccinated and fly in / out Cambodia, they canceled quarantine for tourists this week...

Great news ???? Do we still need to register on AOT (Airports Of Thailand) app for domestic flights?

Good advice ???? Do they still require registration on AOT (airports) app? I'll do HKT-BKK-HKT same day round-trip in a few weeks... Do they require GoPhuget registration only for arrivals, or departure out of Phuket as well? (I see there are both options there)

Thanks for the follow-up ???? Which airline was it? They didn't ask for hotel booking / house registration on check-in? Cheers.

Any news on shopping centers activities, now when Patong is becoming more lively? Jungceylon will probably not reopen any time soon, but how about Central across the road? Last time I was there (2+ months ago), only few shops were open, and the basement was mostly closed apart from supermarket and burger shop... Hopefully more shops and eateries will be open soon . . .

pics/video or it didn't happen ????

Is this really a requirement for domestic flight arriving Phuket? I asked Vietjet for BKK->HKT and they said "only vaccine certificate required" (no hotel reservation)

Hi if you're still looking you can PM me, cheers.

Sorry no idea why my message was in bold text... I talked to guitarist from Red Hot, he confirmed they are open and have many customers... Good news... Waiting for Xylo & LL field reports ????

Napoli and Red Hot are open again? My two favorite places in Patong ???? I was checking them entire summer on our weekend pizza takeaways at Da Moreno (all the way from Kata lol)... Few months ago I gave up, thought they will never open... Now I'm stuck in Kata for a month (after knee surgery, eh)... As soon as I'm up on my feet I'll be firing my Aerox and head to Patong for some authentic pasta and rock'n'roll ???? (Da Moreno is pizza champ still heh) Thanks for fantastic news Xylo!

If you don't mind sharing where you did it and for how much (if it was here in Thailand)? Thanks... I was thinking about Lasik for years but never did it... Not sure which one is better LRS or Lasik...

Maybe they will keep Sandbox scheme for those coming from unlisted countries... Hopefully they will announce it soon, I have friends & family coming.

Saw yesterday on Flightaware that Emirates Boeing 777 from Dubai to Phuket actually diverted to Krabi for some reason, and later flew from Krabi to Phuket... Strange didn't see this in the news, anybody know what happened?