If the world is going to S..T. You must ask the question where would I want I to be. 

20 hours ago, orchis said:

^{this kind of catastrophic thinking dates back to the cold war.} 

 ... and is still viable.

 

 

Sorry, but anyone asking

"where is the safest place to be"

has fallen hook line and sinker for this hysterical media frenzy scare.

 

Id say a fascination for Thai women 

(and marrying the wrong one) will cause a lot more trouble for a young guy, than Convid ever will.

 

Actually, many have had multiple bites of the cherry and still ridden into huge train wrecks,

so i think a few of em would gladly take a dose of Covid if they could go back in time and change things. 

It's either going to be somewhere on the East coast of Wales, or just stay here in Phits.

 

Leaning towards the later if truth be known.......................

14 hours ago, chrisinth said:

East coast of Wales

Didn't know Wales had an East coast. 

1 minute ago, Denim said:

Didn't know Wales had an East coast. 

There ya go, will have to be Phits then.

You are right IMHO one I've immorality no God! Thailand now is a very good place to be!

18 hours ago, Sujo said:

Me too, dont think i could ever want to return to australia.

 

da nang or somewhere similar in vietnam for me.

 

Although my plan was to live in Chiang Mai, the deadly air drove me to seek another location for half the year.

 

Vietnam has done an admirable job of containing the virus.

For the last 40 days in Vietnam there is no case of infection in the community.

(Meaning some has come in while repatriating, but they are screened, quarantined, and contained).

 

Da Nang, a city of 1.1 million, has had 6 confirmed cases early on, all of them cured and released from quarantine/hospital.

 

I feel as safe here as any location currently possible.

 

Beyond that, clean beaches, AQI almost always in green or yellow range (I've seen 0 a few times on my PM 2.5 Sndway device, ), many other positives.

 

Was planning to return June 1st to Chiang Mai, now wondering if I will still be returning June 1st, but in 2021.

I'll leave the worrying to the worried noodles and get on with my life - that has served me well and I have no reason to believe it will change!

 

Chislehurst seems fine , though the Canada geese down by the main pond seemed a bit frisky this morning.

23 hours ago, White Christmas13 said:

Yeah New Zeeland does not have any venomous snakes or spiders

I can vouch for one venomous spider in NZ . Was bitten a while back . Katipo. 

38 minutes ago, purcho said:

I can vouch for one venomous spider in NZ . Was bitten a while back . Katipo. 

but no snakes

23 hours ago, talahtnut said:

Safest place is Antarctica, or a farm

with its own well, at least 1000km

from any politician.

But they have polar bears

On 5/25/2020 at 10:20 PM, torturedsole said:

World is going to sh*t - where's the safest place to be?

My house and garden 

9 hours ago, Denim said:

Didn't know Wales had an East coast. 

I was only just thinking that. 

 

Has Wales detached from England in some stealthy seismic event, unreported by the media, and there is now a 'Welsh Sea' coastline??

Rural Vermont, USA...small farm, spring-fed well, crops, solar, and 3 hours from Boston and Montreal, and 5 from New York...small towns and reasonable people. So if Thailand or circumstances ever send me packing...

But if I had to do it again,  I'd choose western South Dakota or Wyoming...or maybe Uruguay ????

Thailand safest and best!

For a Europeen, Azores or Madeira would be a good place to hang out. I do not find any place in Asia a safe heaven if hell broke loose with a war between China and the West. My homecountry border to Russia, so who knows when Nato get occupied on the other side of the world. 

Usa do also have a internal conflict that could easily brake loose if a world war starts. 

8 hours ago, White Christmas13 said:

But they have polar bears

Antarctica has no polar bears.

No where is safe, but if the world is ending I'd like to be on a north east beach on Koh Phangan with a pleasant companion to see it end.

18 hours ago, talahtnut said:

If you've heaps of dosh, a big sailing boat

the size of Noah's Ark, moveable anywhere.

Cheaper alternative, ignoring rising damp,

I fancy this, with the canoe:

 

 

These seasteaders thought they were safe until the Thai navy came after them.

 

My message do not think too hard, it will make you ill, yes, we are in unprecedented times and nobody knows what is ahead of us. My final message to all of you "LIFE IS NOW, DRINK IT WHILST IT IS FIZZING"

Canada, nothing ever happens there and nobody wants to invade because of the cold.

6 minutes ago, ramrod711 said:

Canada, nothing ever happens there and nobody wants to invade because of the cold.

The French are their Defence System they scare sane people away.

On 5/25/2020 at 9:36 PM, simon43 said:

going to be violent confrontation (China CCP vs Taiwan and Hong Kong, Iran vs Israel, Venezuela vs USA etc).

 Problems could be both economic and/or violent confrontation etc

For "economic problems" a safe place would be an isolated, self sustaining property away from the ensuing chaos.

 

Depending on the extent of the "violent confrontation", far away from any conflict would be the best bet. Preferably somewhere in the southern hemisphere where you would be the last to be affected.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053137/ 

 

Certainly not near the hotspots of SEA, nor the madness that is America these days.   NZ, Patagonia, outback Australia - perhaps camping near a water source hundreds of ks from the nearest town.

On 5/25/2020 at 10:10 PM, Tropicalevo said:

I believe that Antartica is VERY safe.

Personally I will stay in Samui. About nine days of light rain so far this year and very hot.

Empty beaches and great food.

Sorry - advert over. 20 years and still a happy chappie.

Safe except for the intense uv radiation when the Ozone hole opens! ????

I social distance here on the islands. Alcohol free and yoga. 

1 minute ago, RocketDog said:

Safe except for the intense uv radiation when the Ozone hole opens! ????

Thousands of people work outside in Antarctica and seems no problems with the UV radiation.

The real problem for anyone wanting to live there is that it's not possible without the facilities that a base has, and apart from Greenpeace only governments provide those facilities.

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

Thousands of people work outside in Antarctica and seems no problems with the UV radiation.

The real problem for anyone wanting to live there is that it's not possible without the facilities that a base has, and apart from Greenpeace only governments provide those facilities.

Of course you are correct. 

I was making a poor attempt at humor.