Hua Hin and area: Department stores ordered shut, restaurants only takeaway, golf cancelled, no congregating

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Hua Hin and area: Department stores ordered shut, restaurants only takeaway, golf cancelled, no congregating

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

The governor of Prachuap Khirikhan province has upped the ante on closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

 

All department stores and golf courses and driving ranges have been ordered shut from now until April 7th. 

 

Restaurants can only be utilised for take away. There is to be no consumption of food or drink on the premises. 

 

Markets can only sell fresh food, dry food, items for making food and other essential items. No consumption of food is to take place on the premises there either.

 

Pet food can be sold. 

 

Pharmacies can remain open. 

 

No congregation in public areas is to take place such as around footpaths and at dams and reservoirs. 

 

 

Bluport and Market Village shopping malls both shared information saying they would shut until April 7th. 

 

Food was available there for takeout only.

 

Necessities could be bought along with items at pharmacies. 

 

The new restrictions were in a letter from governor Phallop Singhasenee. 

 

There are also restrictions on what government business can be done at local offices that are now restricted to handling birth and death notices and lost Thai ID cards. 

 

Source: 77kaoded

 

 

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[NCC1701A]

thank you for this info. 

[Just1Voice]

sounds like someone is finally doing something right.

[smedly]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

No congregation in public areas is to take place such as around footpaths and at dams and reservoirs. 

and immigration ?????????????

[Phuketshrew]

NCC - you must be relieved you can still get your takeaways ???? Eating out at home?

[NCC1701A]

3 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

NCC - you must be relieved you can still get your takeaways ???? Eating out at home?

Believe it or not I have been in self quarantine at home since March 10 when I started to feel a bit under the weather. I told everybody to go home. I did not crash and I am OK now. I still go grocery shopping but super efficiently. 

 

I went from hedonistic utilitarianism to American survivalist in about 48 hours.

 

 I was having the best time Dec Jan Feb and then sadly the world hit the wall. 

[baansgr]

14 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

Believe it or not I have been in self quarantine at home since March 10 when I started to feel a bit under the weather. I told everybody to go home. I did not crash and I am OK now. I still go grocery shopping but super efficiently. 

 

I went from hedonistic utilitarianism to American survivalist in about 48 hours.

 

 I was having the best time Dec Jan Feb and then sadly the world hit the wall. 

Fleshlights can be bought on Ali baba for 1,200, varying colors and sizes

[Phuketshrew]

19 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

Believe it or not I have been in self quarantine at home since March 10 when I started to feel a bit under the weather. I told everybody to go home. I did not crash and I am OK now. I still go grocery shopping but super efficiently. 

 

I went from hedonistic utilitarianism to American survivalist in about 48 hours.

 

 I was having the best time Dec Jan Feb and then sadly the world hit the wall. 

Stay safe dude - and keep up your great contributions to the Thai Visa threads.

[PETERTHEEATER]

I went to Hua Hin Market Village this morning with wife to re-provision at Lotus.

Just one controlled entrance at the supermarket end. Spot temperature checks to enter Lotus. I am now the proud owner of a piece of green PVC tape stuck to my shirt. Let's see the PM beat that with his pink spot!

Ground floor has set up a hollow square of desks representing the (closed) upstairs restaurants. A PYT at the selected desk takes your orders from the menu and relays it on her mobile to upstairs kitchen and order is delivered by runner. An efficient take-away service.

 

Almost all Thais wearing masks of doubtful efficiency but only around half the Caucasians that I saw. Three also had no shirts being naked to the waist so I figured they had donated the garments to needy Thais to convert into facemasks. Its well known that germs cannot survive on the bodies of unwashed foreigners.

 

[JimHuaHin]

Banks at both shopping centres closed, as well as Immigration at BluPort!!!

 

The latter will make congestion worse at the Thap Thai Immigration Office!!!

 

Saw lots of people waiting outside some banks in downtown Hua Hin, in the hot sun.

[from the home of CC]

58 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

Believe it or not I have been in self quarantine at home since March 10 when I started to feel a bit under the weather. I told everybody to go home. I did not crash and I am OK now. I still go grocery shopping but super efficiently. 

 

I went from hedonistic utilitarianism to American survivalist in about 48 hours.

 

 I was having the best time Dec Jan Feb and then sadly the world hit the wall. 

maybe being s/d since the 10th saved your life who knows how life deals the cards. You seem like a smart guy, one of the ones who will make it as long as you be careful of the strays lol..

[from the home of CC]

3 minutes ago, JimHuaHin said:

Banks at both shopping centres closed, as well as Immigration at BluPort!!!

 

The latter will make congestion worse at the Thap Thai Immigration Office!!!

 

Saw lots of people waiting outside some banks in downtown Hua Hin, in the hot sun.

people are registering for the government payouts so they can receive and move all online and the banks are limiting customers at one time, the only way to play it imo - like the world, Thailand waited way too late..

[darrendsd]

2 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

Believe it or not I have been in self quarantine at home since March 10 when I started to feel a bit under the weather. I told everybody to go home. I did not crash and I am OK now. I still go grocery shopping but super efficiently. 

 

I went from hedonistic utilitarianism to American survivalist in about 48 hours.

 

 I was having the best time Dec Jan Feb and then sadly the world hit the wall. 

Well you posted this last week? Are you sure you are in self quarantine? 

 

Riding the length and breadth of the town is a strange way of going about it if you are

 

 

Edited March 26, 2020 by darrendsd

[NCC1701A]

11 minutes ago, darrendsd said:

Well you posted this last week? Are you sure you are in self quarantine? 

 

Riding the length and breadth of the town is a strange way of going about it if you are

 

 

well i am strange but its not if you don't stop and never get off your scooter.

 

mask and face shield on helmet down. 

 

 

 

Edited March 26, 2020 by NCC1701A

[Krataiboy]

If they are serious, they should close all the mosques, churches and temples. Otherwise, they are in danger of proving Christopher Hitchens right when he opined, "Religion poisons everything".

[metisdead]

An off topic post has been removed. 

[darrendsd]

5 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

well i am strange but its not if you don't stop and never get off your scooter.

 

mask and face shield on helmet down. 

 

 

 

Ok ????

 

So you claim you are self isolating however you are really zipping all around town with a mask on?

 

Strange how I haven't heard the Government tell us all we are safe to go out wherever we want as long as we have a mask on

 

However I suppose you know better ????

[NCC1701A]

7 minutes ago, darrendsd said:

Ok ????

 

So you claim you are self isolating however you are really zipping all around town with a mask on?

 

Strange how I haven't heard the Government tell us all we are safe to go out wherever we want as long as we have a mask on

 

However I suppose you know better ????

i was on a scooter wearing a N95 mask with a complete face shield so my entire head and face was enclosed. and i did not stop or get off my scooter or go into anywhere or near to anyone at all under under any circumstance. NO ONE NEAR ME AT ALL.

 

Edited March 26, 2020 by NCC1701A

[darrendsd]

1 hour ago, NCC1701A said:

i was on a scooter wearing a N95 mask with a complete face shield so my entire head and face was enclosed. and i did not stop or get off my scooter or go into anywhere or near to anyone at all under under any circumstance. NO ONE NEAR ME AT ALL.

 

And?

 

That's not self isolating as you claimed is it?

 

The Government have told everyone to stay indoors - this doesn't mean you can make silly "recon trips" no matter how you are covered up - and it was silly - a announcement was made that the bars are closed and you make a trip to see if it is true and what do you find? Surprisingly yes it is true

 

Self isolating my <deleted>

 

 

 

 

[NCC1701A]

3 minutes ago, darrendsd said:

And?

 

That's not self isolating as you claimed is it?

 

The Government have told everyone to stay indoors - this doesn't mean you can make silly "recon trips" no matter how you are covered up - and it was silly - a announcement was made that the bars are closed and you make a trip to see if it is true and what do you find? Surprisingly yes it is true

 

Self isolating my <deleted>

 

 

 

 

yes it is. go away.

 

Edited March 26, 2020 by NCC1701A

[RobbyXNorway]

Will be interesting to see how Hua Hin (and Thailand in general) looks after this craze passes. People are being sacked and sent packing all over. I drove my mother to Bangkok on Wednesday and there was a lot of traffic  with what appeared to be households. Pickups with belongings and a scooter in the middle. Sedans packed to the rear window. Lots and lots of people loosing their job.

 

Even got a text from my latest ex-girlfriend telling me she was now fired from her work at a 5 star resort here in Hua Hin due to lack of customers. Told me all the foreign workers (Indonesian and Malaysian she worked with) were already fired and had to return to their home country on their own dime. She was even cut short on her pay with 6000 baht from the regular 8900 baht, and no service charge or tips. She was crying her eyes out. Being the nice guy I am, I gave her 10.000 on the condition she hop on her scooter the day after and start looking for a new job. But I dont really think there is any new job to be found now.

 

As NCC said, the world seemed to hit a brick wall now. I feel blessed sitting here with my Norwegian pension, even if it took a 20%  hit over 2 days 2 weeks ago. Our currency is creeping back up. Got my ass covered with a 16 million pr year health insurance and feel pretty safe where I'm sitting right now. Just have to ride it out.

 

Keep safe guys. I think crime will skyrocket along with soaring unemployment here.

[darrendsd]

8 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

yes it is. go away.

 

Really? Self isolating means not leaving your home

 

It doesn't mean you can make a silly pointless trip all around town - mask or not

 

If Governments were happy to let us all out as long as we have masks on they would tell us that but they haven't have they

 

 

[NCC1701A]

2 minutes ago, darrendsd said:

Really? Self isolating means not leaving your home

 

It doesn't mean you can make a silly pointless trip all around town - mask or not

 

If Governments were happy to let us all out as long as we have masks on they would tell us that but they haven't have they

 

 

 

[darrendsd]

29 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

 

New announcement from the Government

 

Please self isolate if you think you may have Covid symptoms however silly pointless trips are allowed 

[YorkshireTyke]

7 hours ago, RobbyXNorway said:

 

Even got a text from my latest ex-girlfriend telling me she was now fired from her work at a 5 star resort here in Hua Hin due to lack of customers. Told me all the foreign workers (Indonesian and Malaysian she worked with) were already fired and had to return to their home country on their own dime. She was even cut short on her pay with 6000 baht from the regular 8900 baht, and no service charge or tips. She was crying her eyes out. Being the nice guy I am, I gave her 10.000 on the condition she hop on her scooter the day after and start looking for a new job. But I dont really think there is any new job to be found now.

 

 

She could try Panda or Grab, they seem to be the only businesses flourishing as all restaurants are forced to sell takeaway food only.

[RobbyXNorway]

She drives too slow ????

[NCC1701A]

what state of emergency?

 

having just done a 13 kilometer round trip from by house to Big C in Hua Hin and back I was shocked to see how normal everything was. 

 

as I left my hood the traffic which has been greatly reduced slowly increased as I headed to the more "no nonsense" part of town. 

 

the big differences in town is greatly reduced traffic, bars closed, massage closed, restaurants switched to take out, malls closed. But that was it, very business was open all the way across town. Maybe salon were closed. But not laundry.  

 

Building supply stores were selling concrete bricks and groups of Thai men were loading them on a pickup truck. I saw farang buying blue PVC pipe. Scooter sales and repair, cellphone shops, everything was open and people were everywhere.   

 

At least the Thais are wearing masks now in much larger numbers, I would say 80%. Still farangs in Big C no mask. All older white males seem to be this demographic.  

 

I never saw one policeman anywhere on my route.

[darrendsd]

4 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

what state of emergency?

 

having just done a 13 kilometer round trip from by house to Big C in Hua Hin and back I was shocked to see how normal everything was. 

 

as I left my hood the traffic which has been greatly reduced slowly increased as I headed to the more "no nonsense" part of town. 

 

the big differences in town is greatly reduced traffic, bars closed, massage closed, restaurants switched to take out, malls closed. But that was it, very business was open all the way across town. Maybe salon were closed. But not laundry.  

 

Building supply stores were selling concrete bricks and groups of Thai men were loading them on a pickup truck. I saw farang buying blue PVC pipe. Scooter sales and repair, cellphone shops, everything was open and people were everywhere.   

 

At least the Thais are wearing masks now in much larger numbers, I would say 80%. Still farangs in Big C no mask. All older white males seem to be this demographic.  

 

I never saw one policeman anywhere on my route.

????

 

Words really do fail me

[poohy]

 

6 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

what state of emergency?

 

having just done a 13 kilometer round trip from by house to Big C in Hua Hin and back I was shocked to see how normal everything was. 

 

as I left my hood the traffic which has been greatly reduced slowly increased as I headed to the more "no nonsense" part of town. 

 

the big differences in town is greatly reduced traffic, bars closed, massage closed, restaurants switched to take out, malls closed. But that was it, very business was open all the way across town. Maybe salon were closed. But not laundry.  

 

Building supply stores were selling concrete bricks and groups of Thai men were loading them on a pickup truck. I saw farang buying blue PVC pipe. Scooter sales and repair, cellphone shops, everything was open and people were everywhere.   

 

At least the Thais are wearing masks now in much larger numbers, I would say 80%. Still farangs in Big C no mask. All older white males seem to be this demographic.  

 

I never saw one policeman anywhere on my route.

Same here

I live 15k south of prachuap in a rural area my house is isolated,but normal farming day round here, Railway workers building new line are in full swing

Klong wan fish market still working

PKK is semi closed restaurants selling take outs so town is quiet but yes normal shops hardware optician phone motorbikes

etc are still open

Today i did my 90 day at dansingkorn (burmese seemingly  outside only i was there less than a minute then went to petrol station and chemist on return home (first time out since tuesday)

Ok after 7pm roads deserted here but that's relatively normal

And yes NO police anywhere

 

My area is by no means in lock down and to be honest if you wouldnt know of any problem in my immediate locality

Edited March 27, 2020 by poohy