18 hours ago, OneeyedJohn said:

Just looks like a slum to me, East end of London is far better.

Ok well go back then enjoy the paradise  of the east end 

1 hour ago, whaleboneman said:

It would be a great time to do some road repair and bury all those cables before Bill Gates sees them.

haha the repairs have been done thats what its like now after the work had been done 

 

Koh Samui has been in decline long before the Covid 19 came along. The drunks and sex pests have moved to pastures new. Lamai beach front needs to be bulldozed and new up market bars and restaurants created, it's like a shanty town now. Chaweng never heard of the words "over provision" and Fisherman's Village have never heard the words "over priced" It will be years before and form of normality returns

2 hours ago, DGS1244 said:

OK what time of day was this video made? looks like around 6 am, Burger King etc. are all closed by the looks of it. This area is quite anyway at that time of day. Would really help if people were a little more forthcoming on their information.

Would be nice to know the time but Burger  King being closed is not telling you anything. A  lot  of farang oriented  bisinesses in Thailand are closed. In Pattya Beach area  Hooters, many 7=11's ,massage places and restaurants are closed. In Sala Deng area of Bangkok . Subway , Chinese restaurant, drug stores are closed . main reason not enough farang tourists to keep them open.

18 hours ago, Oldie said:

Pretty soon the Chinese can buy the island as a whole. 

Already have done so

If they’re looking to pin blame for this—look to the north, not to the west.

24 minutes ago, nervona81732 said:

Amen Brother, CV-19 the greatest hoax in this epoch on humanity. But the sheeple still obey. Frankly I bow Down  to no nobody even my Government. that's what I learned when I grew up. Free people are free people NOT sheeple.

https://www.somagnews.com/alien-virus-biological-weapon-covid-19-conspiracy-theories/

 

 

Everything is a conspiracy. 

Tell me when you have the good news..

 

What I and thousands of people like myself are waiting to hear is when we can get back to our families and homes again..

Ok, we are not tourists..

But We surely count for something??

 

Nothing will change until international tourists are allowed back into Thailand

And this is not going  to happen for a  long time end of year at the earliest 

And that's wishful thinking at this time

18 hours ago, Oldie said:

Pretty soon the Chinese can buy the island as a whole. 

That island has long since been a 'hole'... ???? 

2 hours ago, naryan said:

The virus is not what has caused these problems, in Thailand and around the world.

We have had flu and viruses as long as I can find we have had life more people die of road accidents than the virus in Thailand and we still have cars and bikes.

This is a CONTROL operation by the powers to be, take away the CONTROL you will get rid of the problem!

You probably denied WWII as well. Must be great to be an ostrich.

3 hours ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

ideal time to make zombie apocalypse movies, no need to close streets for filming

Now thats an idea!!

Open the borders to film makers..

(Oops, they already have, instead of allowing families to re unite)????

2 hours ago, M71 said:

Yep - if you make a up a BS story about a relatively harmless seasonal called COVID-1984 and you fudge the figures & force governments to blow it waaaay out of proportion that's what happens around the world folks.

 

Ain't rocket science.

I’m going to hazard a guess that science (rocket or otherwise) is not your forte...? 
This is not a scientific observation,but a pretty accurate guess,nonetheless I suppose.

3 hours ago, Jurg said:

Foreign Tourist simply can't come here in larger numbers without Thailand getting back into Covid-19 spreading in this country too.

Local or even country Lockdown would result from it.

Thailand is doing a fantastic job in handling the Pendemi.

To find a solution to keep Covid-19 out of the country and opening up to Tourists at the same time, to me, is an impossible task as long this virus is going rampant in so many, affluent countries.

If there is a solution to that, let's hear it????????

 

 

Ok..

I take a test for covid19 and do the fit to fly..

Have a test on arrival in the brand spanking new test facility. 

Pay the 3000 baht willingly. 

That's two negative tests in 5 days.

Allow me to get back to the family home and stay with the family. 

No overpriced ASQ  .

No 14 days isolation. 

I've just tested negative twice..

Oh, and throw in the insurance coverage...

That's 10s of thousands of people. 

And no risk...

Paranoia, scare mongering and xenophobia are ruining the tourism and all his related business.

Not a flue like Chinese Virus.

19 hours ago, whiteman said:

my heart bleeds rip off artists all of them

I could watch a video of the Taximen sitting around the corners in Lamai with no fares all day and weep with joy ! The disgraceful prices they were allowed to charge prevented me and many others from exploring the lovely island , lovelier away from the drab and sometimes dirty resorts in the absence of an honest and reliable songthaew service. 

3 hours ago, ajarnmarc said:

Samui, like Phuket is seriously over rated. A lot of hype about nothing, especially Samui. Such a boring island really, with very little to do, and the local are anything but friendly. You can just imagine what they are like now...I went to visit my children, and it was like the locals are blaming the foreigners for Covid, and their lack of business. Police are shaking everyone that passes by the check points, with every public place you go to visit you must sign in at the door, with you details. Good dining was scarce and very hard to find. I found it easier in Surat town to enjoy a good meal. Prices are twice what they are on the mainland, sometimes even triple as the locals want to make up for lost revenue. Again, giving off the impression that the situation is somehow our fault and not a problem we all must share going forward. Sad to see the backwards thinking process to all of this which has occurred in 2020. Domestic tourism will not assist with Samui, for the locals know the island isn't worth much consideration, especially since the local people think they are entitled to special privileges for putting the land up for sale. None of the locals work, they simply sale land or manage rental spaces, with labor coming from Maramar or Issan at best.

Unless the locals are walking around in lynch mobs how would you know they are " giving off the impression the situation is our fault"? 

One idiot health Minister makes a stupid comment and TV members still running with it months later 

 

19 hours ago, Oldie said:

Pretty soon the Chinese can buy the island as a whole. 

and set  up a naval base

17 minutes ago, terryofcrete said:

I could watch a video of the Taximen sitting around the corners in Lamai with no fares all day and weep with joy ! The disgraceful prices they were allowed to charge prevented me and many others from exploring the lovely island , lovelier away from the drab and sometimes dirty resorts in the absence of an honest and reliable songthaew service. 

Taxi drivers all over Thailand will be missing the Farang tourists

The harsh daylight after the apocalypse really shows how unattractive Chaweng has become. Concrete boxes all over.

4 hours ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

ideal time to make zombie apocalypse movies, no need to close streets for filming

zombie movies was exactly what i was thinking of when i saw this shadow of what was pattaya

20 hours ago, tribalfusion001 said:

Not going to get any better until tourists are let back in, but it won't be the same numbers as last year, more like from 20 to 25 years ago. Mass tourism to long haul destinations is finished for years, even short haul is struggling with the restrictions at European resorts.

Samui was much nicer 20 odd years ago same as much of thailand, just need to knock most of those ugly condos and shopping centres down....

3 hours ago, wmlc said:

So don’t wear your mask when you go outside and don’t wash your hands. You would not feel the same if you were in the ICU on your death bed. Then your tune would change. Sorry to say but people who think Covid 19 is some kind of conspiracy to control the worlds’ population, need to give their head a shake. Can you provide at least one piece of credible evidence to support this?

Don't waste your time trying to reason with a paranoid who gets his info from Youtube videos...

 

i don't feel sorry for them. i hope its gone return how it was back 20 years ago.

Coming back from Phuket (9 to 23 july).

Nai Harn has a few people, mostly local farangs or those stranded in Thailand (with relatives/parents sending them money). Swimming there is Ok as soon as you stay between yellow flags (Life Guards on duty). Big waves, rip current in the middle.

Phuket town always busy (99.9999 % thais), a few traffic jams (but much less without tourists).

I enjoyed Phuket when it is not invaded by mass tourism.

Traveled with VietJetAir, 10.000 bahts for 2, round trip.

I used Chai taxi to go to the airport. The cheapest of all (minivan, 800 bahts from Nai Harn to airport instead of 1200 bahts average).

Hope this helps.

http://www.chaidriverinphuket.com/chai_driver_in_phuket.php

what's new ?

i went to koh samui to become one with nature, find my inner happiness and engage my mind at a level impossible in a western world.  Well, I was with 10 brits and we were drunk at McDonald's while using Tinder during a full moon party.....but i would take pictures of the sunset and put on facebook and i had a magical feeling of finding my soul and peace..... Well, until I needed some cash so I had my mom wire me some money.....and then I smiled at everyone and I knew this was where I would stay forever and find my wife.  Well, not sure how long 10,000 baht will last.  

 

now i'm back in my mom's basement and i miss those days of really living the life.  best friends i ever made.  Well,.......  lol

4 minutes ago, Ventenio said:

i went to koh samui to become one with nature, find my inner happiness and engage my mind at a level impossible in a western world.  Well, I was with 10 brits and we were drunk at McDonald's while using Tinder during a full moon party.....but i would take pictures of the sunset and put on facebook and i had a magical feeling of finding my soul and peace..... Well, until I needed some cash so I had my mom wire me some money.....and then I smiled at everyone and I knew this was where I would stay forever and find my wife.  Well, not sure how long 10,000 baht will last.  

 

now i'm back in my mom's basement and i miss those days of really living the life.  best friends i ever made.  Well,.......  lol

Would've been perfect if you had knocked up a duck lipped instagrammer while at it.

Thai government are saying you will need Covid-19 insurance to travel....all the travel insurances companies i have checked exclude pandemics so who is offering cover for this...?  

21 hours ago, samsensam said:

 

another pointless post about a tourist resort in thailand being deserted and the subsequent hardship being experienced by the locals. what do you expect if foreign tourists are not allowed to enter the country?!

But the Health Minister doesn't want "dirty unwashed farangs" here, and by his refusal to condemn this racist statement, the Prime Minister is condoning what he said, and thereby also showing his dislike of Western tourists.

 

And also he shows how much he cares about the hardships being experienced by his own countrymen in the likes of Koh Samui by his silence on that matter, flying in the face of one of his departments, TAT, who have no doubt been instructed to paint as rosy a picture as possible, but even they  have been forced into a corner by this virus, and their ridiculously low estimates of tourism in the likes of Phuket being 30% down by the end of the year are laughable in the extreme. How can you make an estimate of how many tourists you are going to have by the end of the year when you don't even know when the country is going to be open  to International flights?