Albert Zweistein Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 On 3/8/2021 at 7:43 AM, Pilotman said: When did the UK turn into North Korea? I must have missed that referendum. When chief muppet Boris was elected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Zweistein Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 On 3/8/2021 at 8:46 AM, dddave said: Things must be pretty bleak around Marbella and the Costa del Sol. Must be similar to Phuket with many closed restaurants and hotels. Just been there, bars/restaurants open untill 18:00, people allowed ouside untill 22:00. Dining in the hotel untill 22:00. Didn't look all that bleak to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mal2018 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 On 3/8/2021 at 5:01 AM, Surelynot said: Surprised the world didn't get together and does this years ago. Should've done it with the Russians. Most of them spend very little and don't mix well with other nationalities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 On 3/8/2021 at 11:57 AM, overherebc said: Back to the drawing board then?? I think they still use the slate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, hotchilli said: I think they still use the slate? So Fred Flinstone style and not George Jetson style, got it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 On 3/8/2021 at 6:36 PM, Timwin said: These pandemics happen every 15-30 years, lesser epidemics once in 5-10 years, nasty influenza winter seasons every few years. Are we going to shutdown and disrupt the global economy for years to come from now on every single time? The cure will be much more harmful than the disease. Get back to us in maybe 15-30 years when you are maybe 15-30 years older and of an age where being less likely to contract life-ending viruses through being younger and stronger isn't an option any more. On 3/8/2021 at 7:02 PM, Timwin said: If this affected your financial situation seriously I'd bet you would be the first to shout "open it all up!"....easy to judge when you are either a retiree or government employee or have enough savings. It has seriously impacted my income from being a consultant that typically does half-a-dozen overseas assignments in a year, ie. not working in my homeland OR country of domicile. That's why I consider the noisome frequent fliers who feel they're entitled to a warm sunny vacation as more of a threat to my eventual retirement than the bloody pandemic. No, I do NOT want to "open it all up!" by any stretch of the imagination. I just want people to realize that vacations can wait until herd immunity is broadly established. Governments should be emphasizing this instead of filling their heads with fallacious rubbish about travel corridors, tourist bubbles and covid passports. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OswaldBastable Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 1 hour ago, NanLaew said: It has seriously impacted my income from being a consultant that typically does half-a-dozen overseas assignments in a year, ie. not working in my homeland OR country of domicile. That's why I consider the noisome frequent fliers who feel they're entitled to a warm sunny vaca .......... Don't see how working overseas is any more important than leisure travel. Ban everyone from anything but local travel if you think it's that important to health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2530Ubon Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 On 3/8/2021 at 1:56 PM, internationalism said: I have though the UK have this rule on international travelling already sometimes from January. Same as the USA. I don't see a difference from the previous order You're right, the UK banned all holidays and launced an ad campaign on the 28th of January 2021 stating that holidays were illegal. This is not what the story is really about as Brits have been unable to legally fly out of the country for a long time now. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/going-holiday-illegal-warns-government-new-social-media-campaign/ The only change to the law has been the introduction of form whereby you must state the trip abroad is permitted, and your reasons for going. This was released on Monday. So this could make it easier to prosecute individuals for breaking the law, and harder to get out of the coountry without a valid reason. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56289054 Quote From Monday, passengers travelling internationally from England will have to carry a form stating their trip is permitted, the Department for Transport has announced. It will be an offence to fail to produce a completed form. Those who do not have one could be fined £200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobinBKK Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 On 3/8/2021 at 12:10 PM, sammieuk1 said: Looks like Boris doesn't want Brits going to dirty unvaccinated counties ???? Quite honestly I don't understand why any country would allow its citizens to travel to a filthy nasty and vaccinated country, period! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russel Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 On 3/8/2021 at 1:56 PM, internationalism said: I have though the UK have this rule on international travelling already sometimes from January. Same as the USA. I don't see a difference from the previous order I've landed in Bangkok about 20 days ago and the difference is that I didn't have to fill any form upon my departure ,no cop in sight no one asked me why I was traveling But now you have to fill out a form and it's seems that the exemptions are significantly reduced. If they stopped me I would have told them I was returning to my home since I'm not an UK resident. But now that option in no longer mentioned in the permitted options list. Somethings has been changed and it's a nightmare 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackGats Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 21 hours ago, Neeranam said: Personally, I'm going to take full advantage of this by visiting Koh Chang, Phuket, and Koh Mak's deserted beaches. I hope they still have the 40% discount! Looking forward to that myself, but have the few beaches that were kept clean been cleaned of late? Without foreign tourists, what reasons have there been, from a Thai point of view, to collect the refuse on those beaches every morning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 1 hour ago, JackGats said: Looking forward to that myself, but have the few beaches that were kept clean been cleaned of late? Without foreign tourists, what reasons have there been, from a Thai point of view, to collect the refuse on those beaches every morning? It's the foreign tourists that litter the beaches. On Koh Mak, there was no litter, no people, paradise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabang Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) 22 hours ago, NanLaew said: Get back to us in maybe 15-30 years when you are maybe 15-30 years older and of an age where being less likely to contract life-ending viruses through being younger and stronger isn't an option any more. In 15 to 30 years I probably will have killed myself if not dead by other means, especially if the future looks like this. Maybe not in 15 years yet but in 30 years quite likely. Even if I were alive I would be ashamed to demand the world to stop only in order to save ME. Edited March 12, 2021 by rabang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackGats Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 10 hours ago, Neeranam said: It's the foreign tourists that litter the beaches. On Koh Mak, there was no litter, no people, paradise! Nonsense. Tourists are the only ones who keep their litter and look around for somewhere to dispose of it. Garbage here is a product of the plastic orgy/industry. If you drive around Ko Mak you see the places where no tourists are staying are the ones most affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 minute ago, JackGats said: Nonsense. Tourists are the only ones who keep their litter and look around for somewhere to dispose of it. Garbage here is a product of the plastic orgy/industry. If you drive around Ko Mak you see the places where no tourists are staying are the ones most affected. I must have missed that, and the orgy industry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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