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39 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

It's also illegal to drink alcohol on beaches.

Really if so i stand corrected BUT

They serve it on beach restaurant's

My local beach outside Prachuap has people on it everyday drinking me included

Beach promenade in PKK town has people sitting on plastic chairs drinking

A friend is chef on an  island at a fancy hotel where you eat meal and drink fancy stuff on beach getting your feet wet

surely if it was illegal apart from the odd Covid regulations after 23 years here i might have an inkling

NB from todays Daily Mail all UK returning regs to be scrapped from 26 January

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10406741/Plan-B-curbs-set-lifted-Sajid-Javid-thinks-worst-Covid-crisis-over.html

12 minutes ago, Robin said:

lateral flow test after arrival OK?

is that a ATK test?

If so can i buy an ATK test kit in Bangkok before departure and show tat at arrival.  Would be far easier than booking test in UK

no you need  UK ref to add to locator form

Everything ok vaccines and booster showing 

one small problem just noticed DOB is incorrect Paper certificate ok app no 

has anyone amended anything?

 will try to go to hospital an d inform them next week

they input vaccine's so should be able to change other details 

I hope

Browsec works ok does what you want

2 hours ago, sanuk711 said:

and provide visitors who fall sick with adequate medical care including insurance benefits.

So entry  insurance requirements will be cancelled now......i thought not!

23 hours ago, dinsdale said:

We know this spreads by some accounts 8x faster than Delta yet yesterday's numbers were lower than the day before. This seems to defy logic.

You would almost think they aren't countng properly or just making numbers up to suit

I know that is of course unbelievable And incorrect

2 hours ago, rott said:

The golden rule always used to be, 

If you have a problem with a Thai, walk away or somehow defuse it because you ain't going to win. Doesn't matter how much in the right you are, you are a foreigner and automatically wrong. If it means eating a bit of shxt, do it and get away. Never had a problem myself but that was always the adage. 

Good advice

If i have a problem with an argumentative Thai time to walk away and smile and think how long they would last doing whatever they were doing  outside Thailand

5 hours ago, stigar said:

Dont judge anyone else before you have tried walked in their shoes at least 10 miles.

Then you can .... you are 10 miles away AND have their shoes????

7 hours ago, robblok said:

I noticed the same thing in Sukhumvit near Thonglor. Thais wearing mask farang tourists dont. Now with omicron its natural for Thais to respond like this.

 

Its just stupid not to wear a mask even if there are no people around as you will be seen without a mask and only add to the stereotype. 

 

Is it that hard to keep your mask on, i hate them too but i would not dream of not wearing a mask even if there is nobody around.  Because people do pass by.

 

Just stupid thinking of foreigners.

I wear one when in shop or crowd  i never wear when alone or on motorbike whats the point

But then again we are in the countryside Mask wearing in  general Is much more relaxed

5 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

55555!     

 

So, as DrJack54 suggested, no 1st hand knowledge..."or thereabout", "I think", "I'm not sure""!   

 

It's always "a friend that I heard about"!

Honest really  ...oh i sound like someone from Liverpool????

We paid for his flight 29350THB that i know i can show you a receipt of what i paid to Lufthansa

another friend  collected money for the immigration "tip"  that i was not involved in

All this is documented on Thaivisa about 18 months ago 

Anyway He is alive and well and certainly available for travel  we speak regularly on whatsapp

4 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

That is a very recent development. I travelled to the U.K. late December and required a test both before travelling and within 48 hours of arriving. 

After you arrive in England you must take a COVID-19 test. This is the test that you booked before travel.

This must be a PCR test if you arrive in England before 4am Sunday 9 January. If you arrive after 4am, 9 January you can use a lateral flow test. You will be able to book lateral flow tests from 7 January.

You can take the test any time after you arrive and before the end of day 2 at the latest. The day you arrive is day 0.

2 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Not all countries  require  PCR tests such as the UK.

PCR tests are prone to generate  false positive by detecting old dead covid  material  from recovered covid patients.

With the advent of Omicron this phenomenon will increase

This is THE REAL PCR test story.

NB

UK only requires 

locator form 

lateral flow on arrival whatever that  is now

8 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

So utter confusion as to what is happening: what is allowed or not allowed, in which provinces; what does blue, orange or red mean, what do levels 1,2,3 or 4 mean?

 

No one seems to have a <deleted> clue!

 

Now I am a ???? bear of very little brain, but is it beyond the bounds of possibility to give a clear simple explanation of what is proposed, or has no one actually thought that far?

I too am a bear of very little brain

This colour and numbers thing is ridiculous its almost designed on purpose to be as complicated as possible Whilst not giving too much information

Just thank god You are not colour blind

5 hours ago, LittleBear57 said:

Went for our booster shots today at Kilo Sip no vaccines and no idea if or when they will get some. They still say come and get it on the internet, but there is nothing.

Same in prachuap Enrol and wait oh and look at facebook page

Are we listed on there ,dont know

When is vaccine coming dont know

2 hours ago, Mutt Daeng said:

Yes, it was a sad day when they changed to the "green bottle" ABV 5% variety.

Now you must be really sick, the old stuff was Pure evil to be honest  now IMHO Chiang and singha taste the same

now leo is hog wash  ugh

All by just after half past 8 ....amazing

1 minute ago, sandyf said:

Nothing new there. In 2003 I was taken to Pattaya Memorial with broken ribs, the hospital took my passport on admission and wouldn't return it till I settled the bill.

I had insurance but had to pay them cash and claim it back.

In cash we trust not so much insurance companies