Hanuman2547

I wonder if he will try to get Swiss citizens barred from entering Thailand?

Who is traveling to Thailand now that international airlines have returned 80% of their slots?

1)  Families separated during the closure of borders.

2)  Expats returning to work.

3)  Thais that live abroad and are back to visit their families.  

Thailand has  along history of abusing violating the rights of refugees.  Vietnamese, Cambodians, Laotians, Burmese, and the Rohingyas from Rakhine state in Myanmar.  

What became of the 10 Rohingya that the 13 year old boy was "smuggling" into Thailand?  Were they forcibly sent back to Myanmar?  We know how the junta there deals with the Rohingya as they have continuously violated the human rights of this group of people for many years.  Most likely they were beaten, robbed, tortured and very possibly murdered.  

Statistically I would have a very small chance of testing positive.  That said, if I were to test positive upon arrival the insurance that I would have would need to cover all the costs immediately.  I surely don't want to pay first and then fight the insurance company to get reimbursed.  

A few horror stories like this spread on the internet would devastate the Thai tourism industry.  Not saying it is going great right now anyway.

In nearly 40 years of entering and departing the Kingdom I have never once been asked anything about my financial situation.  Like another poster stated, I too have at times just entered the country with maybe 700-1000 baht to insure I had enough money for the taxi ride home.  

Sorry to see the Scala go.  It was a great place.  I have been attending films there since the early 80's.

Really need to get rid of the 90 day reporting, the TM 30 requirement, and dual pricing in any form.  There are other things but this is just for starters.

6 hours ago, jerrymahoney said:

 

And while I speak Spanish well enough I have no desire to live in an Hispanic culture country.

Try Spain then.  You might just like it.

13 hours ago, DefaultName said:

Now all we need are bars.

Yes!  Preferably open bars serving alcoholic beverages.  

A bonus would be if they could stay open until midnight but that might be asking too much.

A friends daughter just arrived in Thailand about two months ago to begin a Mormon Church mission for 16 months.  As it is all volunteer, immigration must be issuing some type of "volunteer visa".  Perhaps UbonJoe could provide more info on this.

I've liked Business Class on both EVA and Cathay.  Never a problem and short connections.  Korean was ok but as others noted the food isn't that great.  If I had my choice though I'd go with Qatar.

Haven't seen one person nominate a US carrier.  Perhaps they have something to learn from their competitors.

I always enjoyed going to the Scala theatre.  It was a nice environment and atmosphere.  First went there back in the early 80's.  Last time a few years ago.  Sad to see it go.

23 hours ago, bbko said:

Sign in front of the Tahitian Queen says opening Dec 1;

 

Great news!  Have always had a good time there.

Something tells me that in a couple of years they will track down some "unusually wealthy" people that were involved with this whole project.

Things change, that is inevitable.  Your ability to adapt and change is important too.  You are also changing.  Happens to all of us.  

Originally I was going to live full time in Thailand.  Now I prefer to split my time between my home country and Thailand.  I try to enjoy the best of both worlds.

I just saw this video of a hotel on Koh Chang.  Seems like a nice place.  

There are also some nice homestays in Chanthaburi that are nice.

Koh Chang Emerald Cove Hotel Klong Prao ???????? Thailand - YouTube  

Gosh, I was thinking of purchasing the hotel but I guess I'll have to give it a pass now.  

6 hours ago, Inala said:

That's sad! Did you guys make it back to Thailand or did you stay in the States?

Yes, lived and worked in Bangkok for 12 years at one point.  Now I tend to bounce back and forth between the two.

Can't really blame them for not wanting to arrive until late 2022.  A lot of places might be open then.  Hopefully things will be somewhat back to normal then.