Thailand eases curfew restrictions, allows malls to re-open

[HashBrownHarry]

4 minutes ago, fvw53 said:

I need to go to Hua Hin next week : what about the hotels ...all closed?

This is the big one for me too, i'm waiting to make a trip to Krabi from central Thailand, hopefully 1st June.

[Lloydyboy]

Chaiyaphum - Both Global House and Homepro have been closed since the lock down, and as of yesterday still are.

You can do on-line order for delivery or at their collection points (front of carpark for Global, Rear of building for Homepro). Have used both this week as doing house reno.

 

[offset]

1 minute ago, HashBrownHarry said:

This is the big one for me too, i'm waiting to make a trip to Krabi from central Thailand, hopefully 1st June.

Yes they still seem to be closed

 

[Krataiboy]

1 hour ago, damascase said:

I don’t care about the curfew, but I want to swim!

Absolutely. Shopping malls should be a low priority. They are potential hotspots for spreading the virus, which only a supreme optimist would believe has already departed.

 

The highest priority should be given to reopening beaches and parks for vital access to fresh air and exercise plus virus-combatting natural vitamin D from the sun. 

[HashBrownHarry]

7 minutes ago, offset said:

Yes they still seem to be closed

 

not all of them but certainly the ones in main areas.

 

i'm sure there will be some guest houses open as well that do not advertise.

[19DL86]

2 hours ago, moontang said:

Notice at my pool says no swimming through the 31st.  I agree...now that we have to shop in the broiling heat, the pool would be prime.

If I read it correctly and according to Richard Barrows FB post - swimming pools will be opened, but restricted to 3 persons.
 

[RedRoadRunner]

What kind of idiotic s**t is this again???

 Food courts open but gyms still closed?

 Can someone throw this government out ???

[Fairynuff]

1 hour ago, offset said:

You can swim but only for 1 hour. But your condo must supervise the pool to make sure people follow any restictions

Not in Bangkok, or at least in my or any other condo I know of.

[transam]

22 minutes ago, Greg O said:

Rode my motorbike from hua hin to bkk via ratchaburi today, you'd never know there were any restrictions. Home Pro , Thai watsadu , do home etc are wide open....stop whining and get out . Jeesh !

Thanks for your two wheeled report.....????

[natway09]

Looks like all pools closed until  31st.... It is not the swimming they are concerned about but like what happened at our Condo where when opened became very quickly "the meeting place". Closed again 2 days later.

Same as booze, the problem is again, they have to make rules for "the lowest common denominator"

Are they concerned about you & your wife drinking at home, ? of course not.

[Greg O]

Swimming pools open but one way only ! Careful about following too close ..

[Greg O]

Welcome , but I've been on four wheel trips as well since the charade started. Nary a problem . Heading north in the morning will give scouting reports. Over and out .

[tifino]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Interprovincial travel is discouraged.

this becomes a vague source of encouragement for Road Blocks to make a lot of tea money... considering each posse will be going by their own 'interpretaions'...

[19DL86]

https://m.facebook.com/richardbarrowthailand/posts/4388109121202921

 

Looks like the pools are to be re opened from the above reliable source.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 15, 2020 by 19DL86

[Rambo]

2 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

Yeah, I think it's just Bangkok and the surrounding provinces. Which may mean we need to wait for a BMA edict ????

 

Global in Bueng Kan closed. Assume it will reopen Sunday

[JoePai]

50 minutes ago, drbeach said:

Any checkpoints along the way? As long as there are, I won't be crossing interprovincial borders. I have been reading that several checkpoints have been removed over the past few weeks.

No checkpoints - no sign of any Police, you are free to travel

[AhFarangJa]

2 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

home pro hua hin in a mall just opened two days ago. 

global house Pranburi always open stand alone building

Bummer !!!!

I kept trying to ring Global to see if they were open as I did not want to drive all the way just to turn around again. Could never get through on the phone, just a message saying number temporarily out of order..............I thought they were closed .....

[Jiggo]

Just now, kevin612 said:

Curfew should be starts at midnight, 11pm is still early.

Why nothing is open, and visiting discouraged.

[1Gringo]

again, I'm worried that health clinics are still being prevented from opening.  one of my essential inhalers is only available from my clinic and it's about to run dry.

 

is this another way for the Thai government to eliminate Farangs?

[AhFarangJa]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Other retail outlets are also allowed to reopen including book stores, furniture, electrical, office supplies, cosmetics, sports stores and car washes.

They never closed here in my area of Hua Hin.....

Edited May 15, 2020 by AhFarangJa

[Khun Paul]

3 hours ago, damascase said:

I don’t care about the curfew, but I want to swim!

In the filthy sea water off Thai beaches...sucker !

 

[ukrules]

3 hours ago, kevin612 said:

Curfew should be starts at midnight, 11pm is still early.

There's no need for any curfew at all.

 

If people go out at night and break the regular normal law then that's a job for the police.

 

The government clearly think very little of the people of Thailand and this is a good example of their contempt.

[zyphodb]

1 hour ago, Krataiboy said:

Absolutely. Shopping malls should be a low priority. They are potential hotspots for spreading the virus, which only a supreme optimist would believe has already departed.

 

The highest priority should be given to reopening beaches and parks for vital access to fresh air and exercise plus virus-combatting natural vitamin D from the sun. 

No money to be made out of opening them, is there?

[Millcx]

3 hours ago, damascase said:

I don’t care about the curfew, but I want to swim!

Open air pools are gonna be ok with a chaperone and no more than 3 people ... Limited swim for exercise

[Songlover]

All well, BUT: restaurants should be allowed to serve alcohol only with food!

[dogfish180]

Avoid the deadly night time Covid.... it's more dangerous than the daytime Covid ????

[Gary Maneval]

This still does not tell us why we can not mail letters, etc., out of Thailand.  When is Mail service going to resume.  This is terrible.  We are not getting our mail from the states either, and I have meds floating around out there that I need.  What the hell is up with the Thail Postal System??????

 

[tifino]

1 hour ago, 19DL86 said:

https://m.facebook.com/richardbarrowthailand/posts/4388109121202921

 

Looks like the pools are to be re opened from the above reliable source.

 

 

 

 

but... what if they then upended a trucks worth of beach sand around the pool?

-  that would make it a lockdown type offence!! 

[offset]

23 minutes ago, Songlover said:

All well, BUT: restaurants should be allowed to serve alcohol only with food!

Why

We see before people sat in a restaurant all night by not finishing their meal, which makes them no different than a bar that sells food from the nearest restaurant

Edited May 15, 2020 by offset

[Oldie]

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Opening food courts seems questionable. 

Why? Restaurants outside the malls are open too.