Michel PUISSANT

21 hours ago, Isaanlife said:

I know a little Thai, however, what I needed to know and concentrate on was Isaan language.

 

There is really nothing I have found out there, the one or 2 books are not to my liking.

 

So I started with the 5 W's. The who, what, where, why, how and when. What are you doing? Where have you been? Where are you going? What do you want to eat?

 

I would learn how to ask a question. My wife would repeat this over and over and I would write them down in my notebook in English the way I thought they sounded.

 

So far so good. Then learn some answers to basic questions. If you are going to ask a question you need to understand the answer.

 

Then slowly take words of things I know I will use and need to know, take a few a week and learn them. She would always ask me in Isaan so I got use to hearing it.

 

The Isaan word for no is Baw and it sounds like bawe like b and awe

 

Baw Me - Don't have

 

Baw Hai - Not giving to you

 

Baw Sep - Not delicious

 

Baw Mak - I don't like it

 

Baw Ow - I don't want it

 

Baw Sirr - Not buying

 

Baw Who - Don't know (use this alot!)

 

Baw Ma - Not coming

 

Baw Bpai- Not going

 

So you learn a lot of things just from using one word like Baw.

 

All you language experts, save your snarky comments. This is the way I learned for MYSELF and with my wife's help. Nothing more that that.

 

At least when I go out and about I can talk to the family and local folks and not be a complete idiot!

 

The hardest thing with Isaan is how fast they speak.

Ok good.
But why would you bother first with Isaan while people in Isaan also speak central Thai (they learned it at school) ?

Learn central Thai and you'll be able to communicate with everyone, be it a taxi driver in Bangkok or... your wife in Isaan ????

1 hour ago, underthesky said:

This guy works for Emirates and claims the airline has received a written notification from Thai aviation about a near-immediate halt to all Test & Go. Can't verify this with any other source, but it could be very bad news for some travellers, me included, if true:

 

Even more scary, he talks about an immediate suspension of the Test & Go after the 7th.

So as soon as January the 8th everyone would be due to AQ in Bkk or Sandbox in Pukhet...
Wow... That's even earlier...

But seriously I'm no longer hoping much by now (I was due to arrive on the 13th under the T&G scheme).
I'm basically waiting to press the "cancel" button.
I'd like to have something official though, a proof to justify cancellation in proper form after the 7th..
What a mess, I'm sad for Thai people more than for my own self, to be honest

There's only this guy from Ministry of Tourism, Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn who advocates for us. But don't hold your breath. He has no weight whatsoever obviously :

EDIT : he's saying that there are still 30 000 applicants pending that would be unfairly refused access after the 10th while Thailand could perfectly handle the Omicron wave through February and March.
(Hope my listening skills are not that bad, I could have misunderstood)

Teya from "It's Thai Things" YT channel is claiming that the info was wrong all along.

People that were due to arrive after January 10 under the Test & Go scheme should still be allowed in :

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpVt6ZquC0nXZYeDTDrCjYw/community?lb=UgkxdaxbhChbE8NehOQ9MQPdX-_YBc2S1kq4

I just successfully completed the Thailand Pass form and now waiting for the reviewing to happen.

BUT I'm having a huge doubt : I had prepared a .jpeg of my passport in order to upload it to TP. But then I have absolutely no memory of ever uploading it to TP.

Did I or... Did I not ?

Does anyone know if it's required ? If it was and let's assume I forgot to upload it, I don't think it would have let me pass and even complete the whole thing.

It's day 1 and I'm scared of missing something already. The fun is still to come in days ahead I guess. What a madness ????

EDIT : nevermind, it *is* required (I just had another go at it).

So I did upload it.
Disregard my post ????

On 12/10/2021 at 3:47 AM, ubonjoe said:

You can check here for the covid 19 insurance you will need for the Thailand Pass here. https://covid19.tgia.org/

It is not needed for your visa application.

I'll tell you what : I just subscribed to this one out of trust for you, UbonJoe

But then why is it 1500 thb more expensive than the other ones (AXA, TuneIn...) ?

I still don't know if it covers asymptomatic cases...

The start date of the insurance coverage should be the same day you land in Thailand, right ?

Oh it seems it's a Thai brand company, so I think it's a better choice. I can see QR code scanning is going to be easier. Just trying to make things easier, you know : )

Fantastic work sir

Thanks a bunch

Hello everyone,

If going to Bangkok, isn't a quarantine still required for those coming from say, Kalasin ? 

Thanks in advance