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may i ask your vaccination status ?  i'm being told by the amari hotel people that i'm free to come and go as i please as long as i have proof of vaccination status.  i'm planning to fly to buriram next week assuming nok air sticks with their current schedule, it seems to change by the day.

 

oddly, the amari also wants to see my ASQ bkk papers even though that was completed in late july.

 

i have a feeling a representative from buriram hospital will be at the airport to meet all arriving passengers.  so we'll see how that goes, their rules may differ from those at amari and i'll be locked up or re-board the plane back to bkk.

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Interesting report.

 

Hows the hotel?

 

I remember staying in Burriram years ago.  They were just beginning to build a Big C.

That was big deal.

 

I bet it sure has changed-and for the better!

 

Good luck!

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13 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

I remember staying in Burriram years ago.  They were just beginning to build a Big C.

That was big deal.

that was years and years ago.  they added a Robinson's with tops market and quite a few restaurants about 5 years ago.  now two 'hot spots' in the city, Big C and Robinson. 

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I am vaccinated with 2 shots of Phizer. Nobody cared. I know some people avoid all this and just melt into the town. but hospital has you on a QR code. Driving in, the town looked open and many shopping spots.

The bins were for rain and moving large quantities of stuff. We are moving here.

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1 hour ago, buick said:

that was years and years ago.  they added a Robinson's with tops market and quite a few restaurants about 5 years ago.  now two 'hot spots' in the city, Big C and Robinson. 

 

 

You forget MAKRO.

 

 

Try finding a decent size Lotus's though.

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8 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

You forget MAKRO.

 

 

Try finding a decent size Lotus's though.

40 minutes down the road in Nang Rong.

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9 hours ago, buick said:

that was years and years ago.  they added a Robinson's with tops market and quite a few restaurants about 5 years ago.  now two 'hot spots' in the city, Big C and Robinson. 

Plus a cluster of eateries and a McDonald's at the Buriram United F.C.. Chang Arena stadium. Conveniently, there is also a branch of the Immigration office behind the McDonalds.

On the same strip as Makro, BigC and Robinson, there is a HomePro, with a few more shops and eateries. All in all, Buriram seems to have developed into quite a well-rounded city. 

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11 hours ago, kevc said:

40 minutes down the road in Nang Rong.

 

 

Just think about that comment...........................Nang Rong (+Prakhonchai which is even closer) has Lotus's but Buriram doesn't.

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When I arrived in buriram I was told to stay in my room for 14 days & report daily temp through a line app.  A few days later a bag of raw & dry foods were delivered & on day 11 I was told I could do whatever I wanted

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2 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

Just think about that comment...........................Nang Rong (+Prakhonchai which is even closer) has Lotus's but Buriram doesn't.

Lam Plai Mat has a 2 lotuses 

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3 minutes ago, cyril sneer said:

could you not just have driven to Buriram and said nothing?

I'm told the local, police, puuyai barns and village volunteers will report new arrivals that bypass quarantine. The police will escort people unwilling to co operate to quarantine facilities.

 

I know this is happening in neighbouring provinces after so many covid cases resulted from new arrivals not quarantining.  

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16 hours ago, LogicThai said:

Plus a cluster of eateries and a McDonald's at the Buriram United F.C.. Chang Arena stadium. Conveniently, there is also a branch of the Immigration office behind the McDonalds.

On the same strip as Makro, BigC and Robinson, there is a HomePro, with a few more shops and eateries. All in all, Buriram seems to have developed into quite a well-rounded city. 

i agree.  the place is much improved since my first visit around 2010.  the S&P restaurant in that cluster of eateries by the arena was one of my go to spots, but it closed.  i've been to home pro, i eat at the MK there as it isn't as crowded as the others in town.  home pro is not a bad spot at all.  i've never been to Makro.

 

as far as travel to buriram goes, i'm really considering a change to the plan.  rather than fly in with nok air and run the airport gaunlet, i'm now planning to book a car service to take me up there one way.  then i will fly back (to bkk).  i trust the amari hotel, they tell me i can show up there and i won't be in quarantine.  but i don't trust what will happen at the airport on arrival. 

 

i did notice that nok air has scheduled flights for every day next month.  so maybe there will be a change to the quarantine rules by then.  right now, flights not going every day and i've seen the schedule change a few times for flights over the next two weeks.

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7 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

Just think about that comment...........................Nang Rong (+Prakhonchai which is even closer) has Lotus's but Buriram doesn't.

Not sure on the situation now, I understand Tesco have pulled out or are pulling out of Thailand, but for some time Tesco seem to have decided that they will not locate near to their rivals in the main towns of each province but rather outside. Offering their services to those in smaller districts. Smaller store but, as stand alone supermarkets, a bigger customer base.

 

Nang Rong, Prakhonchai, Satuk all have Tesco Lotus. If you travel around, Issan at least, you will see similar Tesco stores in smallewr district away from the main town of the provinces.

 

 

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5 hours ago, puchooay said:

Not sure on the situation now, I understand Tesco have pulled out or are pulling out of Thailand, but for some time Tesco seem to have decided that they will not locate near to their rivals in the main towns of each province but rather outside. Offering their services to those in smaller districts. Smaller store but, as stand alone supermarkets, a bigger customer base.

 

Nang Rong, Prakhonchai, Satuk all have Tesco Lotus. If you travel around, Issan at least, you will see similar Tesco stores in smallewr district away from the main town of the provinces.

 

 

 

Lotus's.????

Posted
10 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

could you not just have driven to Buriram and said nothing?

Nothing more charming than excited newbies, huh?

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7 hours ago, buick said:

the S&P restaurant in that cluster of eateries by the arena was one of my go to spots, but it closed.

That is one of the most depressing statements I have read in years.

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Posted
11 hours ago, Upnotover said:

That is one of the most depressing statements I have read in years.

that S&P closed or that it was one of my 'go to spots' ??  i think i know the answer !! i hate thai food and rarely touch the stuff.  i didn't come to thailand for the food.  S&P had one dish that i liked.  plus it was air conditioned.  several of the other spots in that compex have no A/C.

 

edit:  here is a good one for you.  i was in cabo san lucas with a bunch of friends.  a real seafood mecca.  i ordered a beef burger !!!  no one could believe it.

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