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sound idea : “reset” component.provides relief fund.deters backpacker cheap charlie types.

but should be much higher like 1500 for any deterrence.

cancel 14 day booking if free then book 7 day stay.

you should by practice get a refund but dont rely on it

travel on your terms for peace of mind

Philippines: hmmmm…. not for me….been there….wonderful Phil.lady… detested the strange place…..

bastardized mess; no real culture; american material aspirations; asian but catholic ; everybody Poor !

<deleted> english (they call it “fluent”); everyone that can….leaves for overseas work….. 

ITALY

SPAIN

MALAYSIA

PORTUGAL

In that order. thailand fifth. cultural heartland towns. NOT the tourist areas. SAFE & CIVILIZED. 

dont get the lawless, <deleted>hole, serious crime haven selections : Mexico, Columbia, Cambodia.

nor the expensive remote sea level islands: Tahiti, Reunion, Maldives

nor countries that hate native english speakers : France

nor most recent genocidal state: Serbia

should just have got permission to put on a show…… great entertainment…… risking only the riders.

FB gone would be no loss to humanity….robotic …already shunned by the under 35s I hear.

Instagram and WApp thoigh appear to provide decent service/ value.

zz: just calling it as it is …. not criticising or suggesting any imposed changes.

yet you have somehow jumped (humourously) to criticism & “civilising change”.

actually that change process would be required for modernization (as done by Japan ) …..

but wont ever happen here…….no capability…..not calling for it either….

though I pity the lower 90% locals betrayed by their corrupt leaders……bur ‘twas ever thus….

here exists roughly the same situation as UK working class 100 years ago….

the irrational “statistician”goes from contemptuously and falsely accusing sensible folk here of “predicting the future “….then does precisely that himself …with 99% accuracy….. ten years ahead !! 

anti- vaxxers may have the right to chose, and I defend that right, but when chosing wrongly (not to vax), like any life bad decision, severe leper -like consequences, from the governing vaxxed majority, are soon coming… and rightly so…… taken to ICU to witness covid deaths……. unvaxxed “camps”maybe…no job outside sealed home……no leaving their residential  property…..no visitors ….no staying family……wearing hazmat gear outside their doors ( garden / roof/ grounds) ……complete physical isolation from all other people / society….. no vaxxed friends……no good reputation….

but hey, your choice….. what price their deluded “principles” then I wonder……..these clowns will be getting vaxxed in droves….” late vaxxer” shaming still awaits…..extreme but so would be the likely vaccine denial if THEY were in charge……

point taken about state licences from republics. but govt. photo id in english. state govt. or national DL should be equally valid. but TIT. so just get the IDP then.to  be legal here.  then use IDP to getThai DL once here.

foreigners can legally own a 30 year Lease or Usefrucht for Land or Property.

they can also legally control ( hold) land/ property through a thai property development company.

who freakin’ cares how thai names are spelled by foreigners ?

thailand “great” for the simple cheap safe idyllic tropical lifestyle & relaxed people culture buddhism.

the truly Great Modern Countries (Overall) are UK / USA/ Russia/ China/ France/Germany/Japan.

.the old Great (Super) Powers……. only USA a superpower now……

in the Ancient World the Greats were : Egypt - Sumer - Harrapa- China- Greece-Rome-Persia. 

only China survives today as the oldest continuous advanced civilization & people.

and kindly cease this nasty undeserving/unworthy questioning harassment of the new member id….. 

who are you exactly to be telling him what he should do ….. that ‘s rhetorical btw…..

kanada: you take yourself pretty seriously. i dont live alone but have a large property. 

bigger losers are those with a charisma / personality / humour bypass….. sound familiar ?

i have a tremendous loud sneeze as well ! curious these are considered “loser” behaviour …. ?

worse things than being occasionally and harmlessly immature……..

both considerably safer than drinking, drunk driving, drug taking or wife / kiddie beating wouldnt you say….now THATS Loser stuff , from which Im Free…. or are these perhaps examples of “ mature”  behaviour ?

“ extremely unlikely” ? too generous by far. its impossible. btw I introduced earth age as a simple example proof…..but to no effect……absolutists and pseudo scientist followers are oblivious to reason……no, its impossible as current age already established with  complete certainty as minimum 4.5 billion years……was then said but science might find its 7 or 9 billion old. just ridiculous baiting.

as also impossible. new tech might maximally move it in range of 4.6 to 4.8 or so but thats gonna be it ! 

this cant be right. all western DL should be accepted for routine Thai DL. only “ reaction” tests needed.

Check this Directly with DLT Website, print website applicable data and take directly to DLT

Office.  if STILL no joy just use an Agent to get around this BS………

never saw relevance of “cases” or “ infections” in any scenario, except AFTER full adult vax.

it cant be suppressed or contained, its EVERYWHERE so just assume cases & infections are 100%.

then move on to just getting every adult priority vaxxed…… 

only THEN conduct systematic Testing for meaningful Cases & Infections to plot Covid Decline.

multiple testing variables, complexities and differences render USELESS all prior testing / cases / infections extrapolations, projections and comparisons …….

and distract from the Primary metrics of DEATHS and HOSPITAL.

Ping: agree mostly BUT govt. are resetting tourist accom. by removing guest houses and pool villas from contention by denying / removing / limiting the critical SHA+ Cert. , thus limiting trade to

“proper” hotels mostly owned ( by room qty / high end rating) by rich thais. these hotel owners then left to set (competitive) rates to at least try to cover operating costs / overhead.

all your “ open up “ recommendations were actually operating on friday night in Bangla ! 

although Im told this was all “ illegal”……… 

STOP need not be an Absolute in the english language.  

“Stops x % covid spread” is legit language style. Whether factual or not is a separate issue.

big fan of covid absolutism I see but always in vague argumentative terms, without proper justification. looking for or creating the sligntest cracks in “ pro- vaxx” case. 

Defending anti - vaxxers ( or rightly their freedom of speech) by wrongly implying 100% Guarantees and No Risk for covid vax are reasonable expectations. No vax has ever been 100% effective.

The Covid Vax is clearly / absolutely a BRILLIANT human achievement..Saving millions of lives.

consider the many thousands of unvaxxed dying in hospitals.

Leaving entire grieving families behind. Children. Sons & Daughters.

When they NEED NOT HAVE DIED. Believing false prophets of doom.

Worse, when certain such hypocritical anti - reason “ prophets” have actually been vaxxed……

malevolent motive then clear ……

UNVAXXED are now around 97% of covid deaths in UK/ USA.  Dissent THAT.

Yes, people should not be compelled to vax BUT they must take the consequential societal sanctions; group isolation, home staying, separated from normal society, getting fired, losing reputation,etc. 

usual deliberate provoking / agitating /  baiting of reasonable sensible members here.

condescending / patronizing tone when espousing utter nonsense.

repeated use of overused word “ very” is nearly always a tell giveaway of a faker with no real case.

whole demeanor, at first comical, has now become insufferable.

especially in near minority of ONE on this subject.

forum ban would normally apply for consistently breaking at least four forum rules.

have raised matter with the Moderators.

have avoided addressing specific member and no use of word YOU here

trying hard not to violate the complex forum rules myself so not banned.. hopefully

no doubt though we ALL know WHO is being referenced here……..

right, fair warning then, so good job I didnt stay at any bar that evening, just recce work !

britman: do keep up. im not talking about my contacts. i have no wasters around me.

go back to OP and read my original reply. talking about the up cointry deadbeat type that give us all a bad name . this keeping Immi boot on our necks.

“Well done now the bib will go down and close them down idiot”;

logic and sense not your strengths I see……

btw there was a Phuket Governor notice lifting restrictions effective 1 Oct…..bamgla got the memo…

so in your expert judgement, patong police were, and continue to be completely unaware, that the entire freaking town from bangla to holiday inn beach road, was open with bars, bar girls, alcohol, live music. ….right…… so lets not tell the expats here…… lets not boost the business…. lets keep it SECRET 

certainly one idiot here in this conversation and its clearly not me ……

it was,  all over Patong and Rawai that night,  in line with official 1 Oct Phuket Governor Notice.