Suvarnabhumi Airport arrivals dive

[colinneil]

2 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

If you check out the shadows or sunlight streaming into the building  I would say between 10:00am and 2:00 pm.

What an amazing deduction on your part, the rest of us just looked at the time on the clock in the photo.

[baansgr]

14 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Maybe you should study the pictures before comment. The is a clock on two of them, where you clearly can see the time. If you then take the insight from the light outside, you will hopefully soon realize it´s a little bit after 11 daytime. I hope that was helpful.

Airports are 24/7, time.of day really has no relevance anyway.

[findlay13]

31 minutes ago, colinneil said:

What an amazing deduction on your part, the rest of us just looked at the time on the clock in the photo.

There are many Sherlocks and Hercules on this forum????

[alex8912]

15 hours ago, rabang said:

Last saturday afternoon the place was almost deserted. Usually that is a busy time but now there were no queues in immigration or security at all. I wonder how much the IOs still insist that arriving passengers 'come here too much'.

I arrived Sat night around midnight after a transit in Hong Kong and had to wait in a long health line ( 35 minutes) to put in my paper and get temperature checked and get a stamp to show to IO. I got to IO and there were no people and he started doing the page by page flip of my passport ( my boarding pass was at my METV page of course). It’s my 5 th METV in passport ( one per year that I use to last about 6 months ) He was mumbling something and for a second time I said “VISA page 40” then he says “ Why you stay in Thailand 41 days?”  I was in no mood. I look right in his eye and said “ my country is cold and I came to Thailand to spend money” I then looked left , right and in back of me to Let him see I was looking at NO ONE because it was dead. He shook his head and handed back my passport with my 60 day allowance. Imagine with a country desperately needing tourists the imbeciles on the ground are still at it a little. It was actually the first time ever I had a comment from an IO so it just really surprised me it was at a time like this. 

[Don Mega]

15 hours ago, Traubert said:

Pictures taken at 5.30am?

 

Like the ones taken of the Chinese airlines check in zone last week that claimed to be immigration?

Typically it is not daylight at 5.30 am, another tell tale is the time on the clocks.... I'd reckon it was closer to 11.05 am than 5.30am.

[miamiman123]

15 hours ago, Creasy said:

All thanks to China 

What?????? 

[cheapcanuck]

16 hours ago, Traubert said:

Pictures taken at 5.30am?

 

Like the ones taken of the Chinese airlines check in zone last week that claimed to be immigration?

Clock on wall says 11:05. I would say it is in the am because of the natural light from the sky lights.

[spiekerjozef]

Wonder how the airports in Italy look like...

[hobobo]

16 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

of which 31 have gone home, 18 in recovery and doing well with mild symptoms and one died.

The above should read: "... of which 31 have gone home, 18 in recovery and doing well with mild symptoms, and one doing rather less well."

[Matzzon]

41 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Airports are 24/7, time.of day really has no relevance anyway.

It has if somebody question if pictures with a clearly visible clock, showing the time of 11, is taken around 5 in the morning.

It also has relevance due to that there are more or less arrivals and departures during certain time of day and night.

 

Anyway, thank you for telling me that the airports don´t close. Never knew that before. Also thank you for totally missing the relevance and purpose when commenting my post.

[FarFlungFalang]

57 minutes ago, colinneil said:

What an amazing deduction on your part, the rest of us just looked at the time on the clock in the photo.

Who needs a clock to tell the time?Can you be sure the clock is correct?Is the clock even working?

[overherebc]

16 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

I bet it will be true.

It is similar to a recession which creates built up demand.

When this ends and it will, there will be a flood of Chinese and other tourists like no one has ever seen.

Record numbers I bet the airport will be then, way way over capacity.

And the baht at 15 to the $

[Bundooman]

16 hours ago, timendres said:

Clock shows 11:05. It looks like daylight outside - so 11:05 am.

Excellent observation. Mr. Traubert  can now remain quietly embarrassed.

 

[JustAnotherHun]

15 hours ago, papa al said:

The little store near my condo has plenty masks

hand-sanitiser, &c.

Is the store owned by the uncle of a deputy agricultural minister?

[Somtamnication]

TAT would probably mention these photos and say: "We are fully prepared in preventative care against Covid 19. As you can see by the photos, we have implemented quarantines for 5 countries on arrival. Free stay for 14 days with no alcohol or ladyboys. The pictures clearly show how good we are at not only scaring the virus away, but tourists as well!"

[DUNROAMIN]

Return from Oz last week, same, same, empty, handful of people at Immigration check points. This is going to affect Thailand's  economy big time.

[Elkski]

All the people who kept commenting about the 11 a.m. time proves that half of you folkers don't even read these thread before you post your b n s

[Katipo]

Companies are telling their Thai staff not to travel via airports over Songkran. Those that do face 14 day quarantine, in many cases unpaid.

[bstafford214]

16 hours ago, sapson said:

if you had just arrived or wanted to travel and had the idea to buy a mask as a precaution............. sorry sir no hab!!

 

All masks have been acquired by our ministers and their cronies..............for special distribution but not to hospitals or the public or tourists in this country.

Some people working in the government with connections have taken a large stock of masks to ship to china and sold them for a big profit. This is how it is done in Thailand, care about yourself and only about money, money, money. https://www.facebook.com/groups/583784529139031/permalink/609916993192451/

[Proboscis]

17 hours ago, Traubert said:

Pictures taken at 5.30am?

 

Like the ones taken of the Chinese airlines check in zone last week that claimed to be immigration?

I have seen photos taken by a friend during the late afternoon. Same story. He saw 5 people at immigration, not including the immigration officers.

[Bangkok Barry]

17 hours ago, Traubert said:

Pictures taken at 5.30am?

 

Like the ones taken of the Chinese airlines check in zone last week that claimed to be immigration?

I was there one day last week at 7pm and it looked pretty much like this. Before immigration, the only busy area was the area for Chinese VOAs. I thought those visas had been dropped, but there were plenty queuing.

[Dice Man]

Thank goodness for the "Farangs" who live here then...we will continue to spend money as we do year after year after year...please remember this FACT  TAT etc

[dick turpin]

Judging by the shadows on the hands of the clock I would say it is

about 11.05am.....hope that clarifies matters.

[tonysilly]

you can thank the journalist and the media for making people scared.. 

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD]

Allegations that an aide to a minister was involved with a mask profiteer has lent weight to suspicions. Though the minister has denied these allegations, the department needs to dig deeper to find out why face masks have disappeared from the market. Is it incompetence, corruption or plain theft?

The Covid-19 outbreak is a crisis and it's critical the department fulfil its duties to health workers and the public by ensuring there is an adequate supply of masks and that they can be bought at reasonable prices.

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD]

17 hours ago, Creasy said:

All thanks to China 

CHINA faarted and the whole world smells

[denis911]

 

Has anyone read this book and is this actually true or what?  

[Theicemaiden]

53 minutes ago, Elkski said:

All the people who kept commenting about the 11 a.m. time proves that half of you folkers don't even read these thread before you post your b n s

 

20 minutes ago, dick turpin said:

Judging by the shadows on the hands of the clock I would say it is

about 11.05am.....hope that clarifies matters.

I think it's been clarified sufficiently now ????

[Lee4Life]

17 hours ago, sapson said:

if you had just arrived or wanted to travel and had the idea to buy a mask as a precaution............. sorry sir no hab!!

 

All masks have been acquired by our ministers and their cronies..............for special distribution but not to hospitals or the public or tourists in this country.

What I find interesting is that normally when a product is being "bought out" at the stores it takes a while. People will buy what is on display, then the store workers bring more stock out and refill it. What I saw at most stores was more like customers bought what was on display, then the displays were not refilled from the stock, leaving one to wonder where all the stock went? The stores we shop at seemed to be out of masks instantly.

Edited March 11, 2020 by Lee4Life

[Grusa]

13 minutes ago, denis911 said:

 

Has anyone read this book and is this actually true or what?  

I don't recall reading it, and if the print is really that bad, I doubt I can at my age. 

It would be helpful to post a quote or two, perhaps?