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Getting back to the U.K

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Is anyone trying to get back to the U.K at the moment ?

Is it currently possible to go from C.M to U.K ?

The Covid test 48-72 hours before flying seems to be a difficulty

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  • Mac Mickmanus
    Mac Mickmanus

    If you have nothing to add , better for you to refrain from posting 

  • Better check if that's still operating.

  • Kinok Powell
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    I got pcr test at Bkk Pattaya hospital,next day 3800 baht. Hopefully i fly back to Thailand next week after 10 weeks in the UK. My advice to any Brit wanting to go home for a while is DON'T DO IT

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3 minutes ago, Bill97 said:

 

only for some

 

It would be a task to get a Covid test done in C.M , wait 24 hours for the results and then get to BKK for a flight within 24-48 hours. 

  I suppose an option would be to get a pre flight Covid test done in BKK

12 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

suppose an option would be to get a pre flight Covid test done in BKK

You may just have advanced from group A to group B.

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4 minutes ago, Bill97 said:

You may just have advanced from group A to group B.

You are so vague , I have no idea what you are trying to say 

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44 minutes ago, jonwilly said:

Do  I know you from Salahla ?

John Willy

Me ?

No , I have never been to Salahla

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If you get to Bangkok Hospital - CM before 9:30 am, for a PCR test, you'll get the results by 6 pm the same day, so:

Day 1  Get PCR test

Day 2 Drive to Bangkok

Day 3 Leave from BKK  

 

Bob's Your Uncle  (Isn't that what the Brits say?)

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Just now, NancyL said:

If you get to Bangkok Hospital - CM before 9:30 am, for a PCR test, you'll get the results by 6 pm the same day, so:

Day 1  Get PCR test

Day 2 Drive to Bangkok

Day 3 Leave from BKK  

 

Bob's Your Uncle  (Isn't that what the Brits say?)

Thanks , and there's a bus in the evening from the nearby Arcade bus station to BKK . 

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1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Thanks , and there's a bus in the evening from the nearby Arcade bus station to BKK . 

Better check if that's still operating.

2 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

You are so vague , I have no idea what you are trying to say 

Nevermind! Have a nice trip. ???? 

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Just now, Gottfrid said:

Nevermind! Have a nice trip. ???? 

If you have nothing to add , better for you to refrain from posting 

3 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

If you have nothing to add , better for you to refrain from posting 

Ok, but I thought I did add a great wish and a nice gesture.

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Just now, Gottfrid said:

Ok, but I thought I did add a great wish and a nice gesture.

Be honest, it was a snidely sarcastic little dig 

HI Mac
You need to check what flights there are from CNX first.
I think most are cancelled and only a few local flights may be left (if any)
So you most likely have to go to Bangkok.
Also note that from 8th August you should be able to fly through Qatar and UAE.
UK rules just changed so they go onto Amber. Then no hotel quarantine is required in Uk, but still the self isolation.

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13 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Be honest, it was a snidely sarcastic little dig 

No, I just meant that it was nothing important, and that you should have a nice trip.

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1 minute ago, Gottfrid said:

No, I just meant that it was nothing important, and that you should have a nice trip.

I dont think that I will be going now . 

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9 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

I dont think that I will be going now . 

Just seen that it looks like Thailand will be staying on the Amber list , the latest UK Gov Website shows all the changes coming soon . 

  Looks like my trip back to the UK is back on . 

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/red-amber-and-green-list-rules-for-entering-england

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55 minutes ago, NancyL said:

Better check if that's still operating.

Yes, I did ask at Arcade yesterday and there were at least two bus services going to BKK , the evening bus was the one that goes to Koh San Road .

   The KSR to CM bus used to be rather dodgy with numerous passenger thefts aboard .

   Access to the luggage was through a door in the "cockpit"

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4 hours ago, Bill97 said:

You may just have advanced from group A to group B.

That is what I was hoping for .

Not to be able to go .

4 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

That is what I was hoping for .

Not to be able to go .

Uk is still amber group as of the review results published today but as mentioned should they go to red at the next UK review date a big if? the new price for the red listing country mandatory government hotel quarantine is to be 2,225 pounds from the 8th of August.

 

At the moment requirements are covid test 72 hrs and pre booked paid for day 2 and day 8 tests filled out passenger locator form 48 hrs prior to flying and 10 day quarantine at your own choice of venue, home or hotels etc.

 

All the latest info is on the Uk government website.

2 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Me ?

No , I have never been to Salahla

I worked with a man name Mick MacManus 20 odd years ago, he had a Thai wife/girlfriend so not a common name which caused my enquiry. 

john

3 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

I dont think that I will be going now . 

Ok, no problem. Just stay safe, then.

Day 1 get covid test day 2 get results day 3 fly to bkk and then internationally…key is both flights within 24 hour departure or in same day

13 hours ago, jonwilly said:

I worked with a man name Mick MacManus

There was also a very famous UK wrestler by the same name in the 50/60's. TV audiences of 20million in those days watched him fight Jackie Palo.

True, you must be as old as me 70+.

My guy was ex RN and about 10 years younger than me.

 

john

20 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

It would be a task to get a Covid test done in C.M , wait 24 hours for the results and then get to BKK for a flight within 24-48 hours. 

  I suppose an option would be to get a pre flight Covid test done in BKK

If you are struggling in CM it would be best to go to BKK. You can get a test done at Medconsult early doors and the result by email the same day. I think there is an Emirates flight leaves about 1am.

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16 hours ago, sapson said:

Uk is still amber group as of the review results published today but as mentioned should they go to red at the next UK review date a big if? the new price for the red listing country mandatory government hotel quarantine is to be 2,225 pounds from the 8th of August.

 

At the moment requirements are covid test 72 hrs and pre booked paid for day 2 and day 8 tests filled out passenger locator form 48 hrs prior to flying and 10 day quarantine at your own choice of venue, home or hotels etc.

 

All the latest info is on the Uk government website.

 

That is providing the person is not fully vaccinated, if that is the case then no quarantine if fully vaxed more than two weeks from departure from Thailand with AZ. Even with quarantine, there is the Test and release option at your own expense.

 

However, there is then the question of sandbox on return, ( if it's still running,) or a stay in a designated Bangkok ASQ.

 

Whichever way you look at it, an expensive trip when you add it all up. I have resigned myself that my trip this year will not be happening.

15 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

 

That is providing the person is not fully vaccinated, if that is the case then no quarantine if fully vaxed more than two weeks from departure from Thailand with AZ. Even with quarantine, there is the Test and release option at your own expense.

 

However, there is then the question of sandbox on return, ( if it's still running,) or a stay in a designated Bangkok ASQ.

 

Whichever way you look at it, an expensive trip when you add it all up. I have resigned myself that my trip this year will not be happening.

I don't think vaccinations in Thailand (or other places outside of UK, EU & US https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-travel-update-government-waives-quarantine-for-arrivals-fully-vaccinated-from-europe-and-usa-while-also-confirming-international-cruise-restart) count at the moment but the Uk Government is looking into how they can accept them 

 

Hoping they'll accept Sinopharm done in Thailand but am not holiday my breath 

38 minutes ago, Mike Teavee said:

I don't think vaccinations in Thailand (or other places outside of UK, EU & US https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-travel-update-government-waives-quarantine-for-arrivals-fully-vaccinated-from-europe-and-usa-while-also-confirming-international-cruise-restart) count at the moment but the Uk Government is looking into how they can accept them 

 

Hoping they'll accept Sinopharm done in Thailand but am not holiday my breath 

I am honestly not sure either but in addition there was a section referring to acceptable vaccines in foreign countries that adhered to the UK vaccine protocols, I took that meaning Thailand bearing in mind that AZ is produced here under licence.

 

It didn't list the countries but it did list the vaccines and AZ was on the list. There was a small ' argument ' about some Astra Zenica of a certain batch that had been produced in India but that didn't apply to mine.

 

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-to-england-from-another-country-during-coronavirus-covid-19

 

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