petedk

I think you have hit the nail on the head here. The authorities publish all the rules about being tested and so on, but there is nothing about being quarantined in hotels and having to foot the bill. Likewise, if they are admitted to hospital after testing positive, but showing no symptoms, or because they sat next to a positive case on the plane, the insurance companies are not likely to pay out. This should be stated clearer on the various websites. It won't be long before many of these cases hit the social media and news media and people will be cancelling their trips to Thailand.

I have a letter that I copied from "the other newspaper" a few years ago that I use when teaching oral English. In it, the author writes that he sat in the restaurant car of a train going to Chiang Mai. He was impressed by the cleanliness of the restaurant and of the staff's clean clothes. He then saw a man sweeping up all the rubbish on the floor and sweeping it to the back of the car. He then open the door and swept everything out on to the tracks!! I used to take the boats on Klong San Saeb and it wasn't unusual to see people throwing rubbish bags into the klong. A motorcycle repair shop pouring liters of engine oil directly down the drain. The list is endless.

The ground next to us is empty land and people just dump their rubbish there. and I used to do something similar to you, but I had a couple of episodes where the person got quite violent and threatened to destroy my phone and my health. My wife said I would end up dead if I continued. Oh and there is a sign saying "No littering - Fine 2000 Baht". Similarly, we live on a corner at the end of a blind road, so it i a perfect place for wait in their cars while the Japanese bosses eat at restaurants on Thong Lor. It isn't uncommon to have up to 10 cars parked around our house with their motors running for 2 -4 hours. I complain about the environment and most turn off the motors, but as soon as I leave they turn them on again. Seriously, most Thai people just don't care.

My mistake. It was twitter.

And if this is true, then the Tourism and Sport's minister should resign immediately for such blatant lies, but of course that would never happen.

No need. Bocelli's Facebook page announced today that he is doing a live concert in Malta on December 31.

How did you get the tickets? I haven't seen any form of advertising.

My first thoughts.

I think he is right. The very wealthy Thais rent houses foe a night or a few hours and the girls are delivered to them. That is far more discreet. We see that almost daily here, The amount of money they earn must be tremendous as we see they come back from shopping with 4 or 5 clothes brand name shopping bags. Almost like a scene in "Pretty Woman". One of the regular girls often arrives in her Mercedes sports car.

It has become a tradition that I serve up turkey and other good stuff for a Christmas family buffet and I always used to use uncooked butterball turkeys. Then a few years ago uncooked turkeys were banned, but one year I managed to get hold of one. As the family insist on turkey, we tried the pre-cooked butterball turkeys a couple of times. If you follow the instructions carefully they are ok. I covered the turkey with bacon and aluminum foil for the first hour to keep the moisture in. This year Tops had a promotion on Australian pre-cooked turkeys and we decided to give it try and ordered one. Thai turkeys are a complete waste of money as they are nothing but skin and bones. All in all pre-cooked turkeys can be used but they are not quite the same as uncooked.

It depends on how many people you are. We will be about 30 people for a Christmas buffet this Christmas, so I don't expect much turkey to be left over, even though there will be several other dishes to choose from.

I tried them for 1 month and found that they buffered constantly. I also had a little problem with the billing and the emails I received were not exactly polite

Uhm I was contacted by my bank in Europe and told that as I no longer lived there I would have to close my account. Maybe I shouldn't have registered my Thai address with them, but then I wouldn't have received any correspondence from them.

So I can dine out to celebrate my birthday. ????

The three neighbouring houses to us are HiSo party houses. Most evenings at about 5 pm the same girls are dropped off and they get dressed up. Around 7 pm different guys slowly start trickling in and by 9 there are just as many guys as girls. All the Mercedes, BMWs, Porches and so on line the street.

I know now how they caught me. A lamp lights up as you go through the gate and the different colours (blue, red or white) depend on what type of card you use.

I am sure people are planning and booking their Christmas breaks now. How many of them would want to enjoy a Christmas lunch without a glass of wine, let alone a whole 14 days without drinks with food. Sure they can buy wine and beer and drink in the hotel room, but that's not the same as relaxing and talking in a restaurant or pub.

I guess she registered for both. I didn't ask as I wasn't there. I wasn't with her when I got stopped. I protested about the 500 Baht, but the security guard wouldn't refund me. I was with about 10 Thai people so I didn't make a bigger issue out of it.

Or from a HiSo Thai. There is a house near us where beautiful girls arrive every almost every evening in their Mercedes and Audi (in red plates). Over the next couple of hours men turn up in all sorts cars. The party starts, everyone is happy (I assume). No need for soapy massage places. This is far more discrete.

I am over 60 and used the card. It is for Thais only.

I found out the hard way. My wife bought 2 cards and gave me one. I topped up with 500 Baht, went through the gate and was stopped immediately. The security guard just confiscated my card with the 500 baht despite my protests.

I bought one about 2 months ago. No problems at all.

Uhm it's not always quick. I went about 2 weeks ago and I must admit that was the fastest I have experienced. I had to wait for 2 hours before it was my turn. Normally I wait from 8.15 to 15.30 My number came up and I went to the desk. The officer looked surprised and told me to wait as she hadn't finished with the guy in front. His papers were a complete mess. On one form he gave an address in Chiang mai but on another he gave a Bangkok address, but couldn't remember the name of the condo, only the street name. He had no 90 day report. No TM30 and had never done one. Forgotten to fill in forms in several places. At one point the officer went away for 10 minutes. When she came back she simply approved his application and let him go. She apologised to me as I had in fact waited an extra 35 minutes. My application took about 4 or 5 minutes. She didn't ask for 90 day report or TM 30.

Since these places have been closed we have noticed that the number of parties at the luxury houses around here have increased drastically. Sometimes 3 or 4 days a week. We often see a car with 4 or 5 pretties pull up and an hour or so later the Mercedes, BMW, Porches, Audis pull up. They then party all night and some leave at all hours of the night (we can hear the shrill voices of the young girls) with no respect for the curfew.

Done in luxury houses on Thong Lor, where there is no respect for the curfew either.