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11-27-20 06:52 #12322
Posts: 6304I know a few of you guys like EVA Air. Be wary that in order for you to board any EVA Air plane that stops in Taipei you are now required to produce a negative COVID test dated no more than 72 hours prior to your boarding time.
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11-25-20 02:54 #12321
Posts: 5450Tourist Visa Bank Requirement
I know we're not supposed to post these loosening of the requirements to get back into Thailand news items here without qualifying that it should not be believed until it has been verified by first hand testimony.
But it does look like the bank requirement will be reduced from USD $17,000 to $700/$1500. That's a huge reduction (if it happens). In my judgement, those reduced amounts would not exactly be deal killers for many Western tourists. And the 14 day quarantine on arrival might be reduced to 10 days. True, a 10 day quarantine on arrival will still cost something without a lot of value for the money in it other than getting very, very well adjusted to the time change before hitting the bars, malls and temples.
https://www.traveldailymedia.com/tha...tourist-visas/
So far there are no rumors or reports of a reduction of the minimum USD $100,000 insurance policy requirement, including coverage for Covid-19. But it seems to me that is something an adult world traveler ought to have anyway.
No mention yet of only passport holders from certain countries qualifying for these visas while others are not.
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11-23-20 02:57 #12320
Posts: 3116Originally Posted by Nounce [View Original Post]
Solved it has been nearly a year no perfect solution to everything they will roll it out based on what they have and fix what is necessary on the way that is how I'm looking at it. Every country will have to figure it out as for Thailand I cross my fingers that the rate starts to lower so we can start to get back to what we all do best which is come and go as we please once that happens I hope that kiss ass Biden continue to put the squeeze on China.
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11-22-20 21:23 #12319
Posts: 2929Originally Posted by LittleBigMan [View Original Post]
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11-22-20 16:05 #12318
Posts: 5651Originally Posted by JohnTraveller [View Original Post]
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11-22-20 14:21 #12317
Posts: 3116Originally Posted by Nounce [View Original Post]
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11-22-20 13:54 #12316
Posts: 7Surprised no reports from Greece
I'm surprised there aren't more reports from Greece, in particular Athens. There are two rather famous (or perhaps that should be infamous streets in Central Athens Odoz Fyllis and Odoz Kolonou. To locals, Odoz Fyllis is affectionally known as 20 euro Street and Odoz Kolonou as 10 euro Street. Yup, in Odoz Fyllis you can get a BJ and full sex for a mere 20 euros and in Odoz Kolonou it can be as low as only 10 euros.
Now you might think that for a mere 10 euros, the lady whose services you were buying would be a double-bagger or even a triple bagger. And in many cases you'd be right. But there are also some very attractive ladies willing to do a CBJ and then a CGFE for just 10 euros to 20 euros.
Just as a comparison, a plate with small pork souvlaki skewers, some chips and a bit of salad in a basic restaurant / taverna also costs about 10 euros. Add in some house wine and it's probably nearer 20 euros.
So in Greece you can now get a quick full service (no more than 10 minutes) for the price of a kebab plus trimmings.
This sounds pretty bad. But, in fact, the situation is even worse. You see, these ladies are not freelancers working for themselves. They work in brothels probably run by Russian, Bulgarian and Albanian gangs. (I'm not sure the Greeks are sufficiently organized or hard-working to even run a brothel properly). This means that from every 10 euros a customer hands over, the girl is probably only getting around 5 euros if she's working voluntarily and probably less than that if she's been trafficked from some Eastern European paradise. At busier times, there are usually small queues of men in each brothel waiting for their turn. So I imagine each reasonable-looking girl is probably turning at least 20 and possibly closer to 30 tricks a day.
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11-22-20 13:15 #12315
Posts: 255Originally Posted by BananaBoi [View Original Post]
In general I would list these countries. Just ordered into three groups, not ordered within the groups (too complicated).
BEST.
Thailand (looks, attitude, ease).
Japan (looks, ease) ?
Macao (looks, ease).
Philippines (attitude, ease).
Indonesia (looks, attitude).
Emirates (looks, ease) ?
Germany, Switzerland (looks, ease).
Mexico (looks).
Brazil (looks, attitude, ease).
SECOND.
Hong Kong (looks, ease).
Malaysia (looks).
Cambodia (looks, ease).
Myanmar (looks).
Spain (ease).
Dominicana (looks, ease) ?
Colombia (looks, ease).
Kenya (looks) ?
THIRD.
Vietnam (looks) ?
Emirates (looks, ease) ?
Costa Rica (ease).
Panama (ease) ?
Argentina.
Ethiopia.
Australia (ease).
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11-22-20 13:03 #12314
Posts: 2929Originally Posted by LittleBigMan [View Original Post]
Things always proceed faster in thought, but much slower in execution. What you read is only a thought or a plan that lacks detail. Wall streets analyst who tried to find the detail on how the distribution to the pharmacy level will be done can't find anybody who knows.
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11-22-20 11:58 #12313
Posts: 1222Originally Posted by BananaBoi [View Original Post]
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11-22-20 11:53 #12312
Posts: 3116Originally Posted by Nounce [View Original Post]
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11-22-20 09:25 #12311
Posts: 1056No Vaccine for me
Under no circumstances will I take a c19 vaccine. If that means no more travel, so be it. Friends whose opinion I value are of the same mind. Others just March blindly along, like unthinking sheep. There are countless posts here on "the vaccine. " There is no silver bullet and posting uninformed messages on obscure web sites like this does not change it.
I sent messages to Thai hookers on various sites. Their replies are much more informed and relevant than repetitive, uninformed, syntax-free posts on "the vaccine".
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11-22-20 08:45 #12310
Posts: 2929Originally Posted by LittleBigMan [View Original Post]
Originally Posted by LittleBigMan [View Original Post]
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11-22-20 06:01 #12309
Posts: 3116Get it right and look it up yourself!
It is reported that Pfizer with German partner BioNTech, has made the first Emergency request to put out the Vaccine with the FDA, Moderna the second leader will be following suit. Both vaccines are rated effective 994% effective, the final review of data of testing started in July will be done by mid-December if approved the vaccine will be provided to the front line and senior home care facilities already authorized is CVS and Walgreens the USA And it will be free. Both companies have also applied to other countries like Canada, Australia, Britain, Japan, and the list is growing for their approval, I believe and more hopeful than any visa program Thailand government comes out with if successful to slow it down and application requested with Thailand is approved and Thailand like to follow and this is what they have been waiting for while coming with all these visa ideas to make it look like they are actually doing something? We might have something to celebrate about?
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11-22-20 05:39 #12308
Posts: 6304Personally if I am applying for an OA Visa or even traveling to Thailand I would be purchasing the Thai insurance approved to satisfy Immigration rules. After you're in then work around getting insurance from your home country. The last thing I would want is to think I had everything lined up only to be turned back at Immigration because an IO doesn't understand what exactly is required. You may be 100% certain you have met all the requirements but the wrong IO will make you purchase the next available flight home and once you get home you likely have to look for a place to rent as you have rented your house for a year. Health insurance is not a big ticket item in the the scheme of things. Why chance it?