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[QUOTE=BananaBoi;2515612]Wondering if you know. How do you get food? Are you at least allowed to go outside to buy food off of nearby street carts or restaurants, allowed to order food delivered, or are you at the mercy of room service? If the first 2 I'd be ok but if it's hotel food only I'd get so frustrated unless the food is damn good.

I'm the type of guy who needs a walk in fresh air daily whether it be -40 F/C in Finland or 50 C in Vegas.[/QUOTE]Start your YouTube journey to nowhere. LOL.

Many bloggers blog about the whole experience. From paperwork to actual stay in Hotel.

Some of those Hotels are top quality. Of course you are paying.

After a few days they do let you go outside. Usually pool area.

[QUOTE=BananaBoi;2515612]Wondering if you know. How do you get food? Are you at least allowed to go outside to buy food off of nearby street carts or restaurants, allowed to order food delivered, or are you at the mercy of room service? If the first 2 I'd be ok but if it's hotel food only I'd get so frustrated unless the food is damn good.
I'm the type of guy who needs a walk in fresh air daily whether it be -40 F/C in Finland or 50 C in Vegas.[/QUOTE]Walking outside to buy food? LOL. You can't leave the hotel for 15 days! You are in jail. After the first test on day 5 you can booking 40 min or 1 HR (change from hotel to hotel) outside your room in the hotel facilities (swimming pool or gym). So is better you booking a resort hotel with alot of facilities and room with big balcony.

Some hotels allowed you to order food delivered after your first test (but I think not all hotels allowed this), or you can have some relatives / friends that bring to you some food and the hotel staff will bring up to your room (but again not all hotel seems to have the same rules and some hotels don't allowed fresh food in the room from your friends / relatives).

Usually hotels have thai and western menu, anyway if you check the link I posted you will see alot of food's pics.

I read good reviews about Best Bella in Pattaya, here their menu: [URL]https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMGpmRjSby5SaIHj4lWVhq1aRIKn7n9wFCI3mCSlR2m1ttcWMgxNGUA9xK7sX3yAA?key=clZhMDY5Nk1YZFpjUXdoMkRaS0JmMXZZZjlBQ0tn[/URL]

My biggest concern is whether you test positive or postivie asymptomatic during quarantine. Read here: " I'the like to share my story for anyone who wants to know what happens if you test positive in asq.

I had my first covid test in lohas hotel on day 5, results are normally given the next day but not for me which made me a bit nervous, day 7 at 12:30 the hotel phone rang and straight away I new what was coming.

Lady on the phone said your result is positive and now you have to pack your bag and a van will take you to hospital at 1300, I expected disease control at the door in hazmat suits but it was the same Porter who showed me to my room on the first day, down to the waiting mini van and off to Bangkok9 international hospital.

Greeted with big Thai smiles at the hospital I was escorted to a private room very similar to the hotel room but with a hospital beg that I couldn't sleep on so slept on the sofa.

Nurse gave me paperwork to sign agreeing to treatment and took a blood sample and a copy of my insurance, I asked what exactly will happen and with very little English she said have to talk with the doctor.

So now I have no idea how long I will be here and how much it will cost me, the ward has a line group but I didn't get any answers on that.

Day 3 in the hospital the doctor called me and said my blood results confirm covid19 and asked about my condition, she said I will have to take another re-pcr test in 1 week to be discharged.

After doing a bit of research and reading Thailand's protocol for treating covid patients I should not have another test if I stay in hospital untill 10 days after my first test and don't have any symptoms for 48 hours but this just fell on deaf ears and they insisted I have a test again.

A doctor from acs insurance company called me and asked if I had any symptoms I confirmed I did and he said they will pay direct to the hospital even on Christmas Day.

On Christmas Eve I had the pcr test at 0830 and that was the longest day I've ever had waiting for the result untill 2100 which came back as negative, so on Christmas Day I was told as soon as the insurance company give an agreement to pay the 105,000 b bill I can go, at 1330 everything was completed and I was free to leave.

Spoke with lohas hotel and they said they couldn't refund any monies for the hotel booking as they can't sell the room again which I completely understand but they are willing to refund half the hospitals fee to them which is 7000 b so I'm happy with that.

So I left the hospital on the same day I would have finished asq and ACS Global Insurance gave a speedy service but just be aware if I didn't have any symptoms they wouldn't have covered it. ".

[QUOTE=ChristianG;2515670]Walking outside to buy food? LOL. You can't leave the hotel for 15 days! You are in jail.[/QUOTE]You really were in prison! God damn that food looks like something they'd serve in Bangkok Hilton.

And yes, it still baffles me how many folks think Quarantine is like staying in a normal hotel. It's not, you stay in your room and that's it. No visitors and no going outside.

Great post BTW.

[QUOTE=NicFrenchy;2515694]You really were in prison! God damn that food looks like something they'd serve in Bangkok Hilton.[/QUOTE]More food pics in this FB group [URL]https://www.facebook.com/groups/1859391754195276/?notif_id=1609043057206280&notif_t=group_r2j_approved&ref=notif[/URL].

[QUOTE=NicFrenchy;2515694]And yes, it still baffles me how many folks think Quarantine is like staying in a normal hotel. It's not, you stay in your room and that's it. No visitors and no going outside.[/QUOTE]Last but not least untill day 6 no cleaning room available.

I have heard false positive test are getting more frequent. The r -pcr test depends on how many times sample is amplified. The tester decides, politics come into play. If you test positive in quarantine, you go to a hospital if asymptomatic? Then you get a treatment or not in Bangkok?

[QUOTE=Lee66;2515712] If you test positive in quarantine, you go to a hospital if asymptomatic? Then you get a treatment or not in Bangkok?[/QUOTE]For what I have read around if you are tested positive in quarantine they will transfer you to the hospital even if you are asymptomatic and you will stay in the hospital until you are not tested negative.

All covid insurance should cover you in any case but seems some insurance company will try to not paid your bill if you are positive asymptomatic.

15 nights in quarantine are very hard IMHO but the real nightmare is if you are tested false positive or you positive asymptomatic.

[QUOTE=ChristianG;2515719]For what I have read around if you are tested positive in quarantine they will transfer you to the hospital even if you are asymptomatic and you will stay in the hospital until you are not tested negative.
[/QUOTE]You mean until you ARE tested negative. Here are the rules:

Quarantine requirements.

All travellers to Thailand, are required to complete 14 days quarantine at a State Quarantine or Alternative State Quarantine (ASQ) facility.

If you test positive whilst in ASQ:

You and anybody travelling with you will automatically be transferred to hospital and held in isolation.

You will be required to remain in hospital for 14 days, even if you have a negative test.

If you test positive you will be required to provide 2 negative tests, 5 days apart, before being considered for release.

If you still test positive after 14 days, the hospital may consider further quarantine either in hospital or self-isolating at home.

[QUOTE=RunMann;2515733]You and anybody travelling with you will automatically be transferred to hospital and held in isolation.
[/QUOTE]Good to know. If traveling with a group of buddies tell IO you are alone.

Hello,

Wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to find non-local talent in BKK these days, and if so, where one might do so.

[QUOTE=BananaBoi;2515911]Good to know. If traveling with a group of buddies tell IO you are alone.[/QUOTE]When crossing borders, better to always be alone. No point in getting anyone else into whatever trouble you're in (or vice versa). In addition, a friend is useful when you need outside help.

[QUOTE=EnigmaMan;2515929]Hello,

Wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to find non-local talent in BKK these days, and if so, where one might do so.[/QUOTE]Find non-local in BKK? Generally non-local would not be local. I would look in non-local areas!

[QUOTE=Dg8787;2516055]Find non-local in BKK? Generally non-local would not be local. I would look in non-local areas![/QUOTE]Heh. Sorry I'm in Bangkok but am new to this uh, hobby. I'm looking for some variety and so am just wondering if it's still possible to find Eastern European or Central Asian girls in the city. I looked online before posting but sources are all pre-Covid and so I'm not sure if the situation has changed since then. Thanks!

As a new wave of Covid infections bites, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has ordered the closure of all entertainment venues from Tuesday until Jan 4.

The order covers bars with hostesses, horse-racing tracks and cockfighting arenas and other entertainment venues including massage parlours. However, pubs and restaurants can stay open as long as they serve only food and drinks, and close by midnight.

[URL]https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2042515/sweeping-closures-in-city[/URL]

Glamour in Patpong are the latest nightlife Covid-19 casualty with the owners taking the decision to call it quits and hand back the keys.

Daily News reported that migrant workers from Laos and Myanmar were shocked to find that their condo was sealed off by barbed wire yesterday and they were forbidden to go out or enter without permission.

The extraordinary measures were enacted after orders from the Nonthaburi governor Sujin Chaichumsak following a spike in cases in the province that borders the capital Bangkok. Twenty one more cases were reported taking the total to 58.

The "pink condo" and areas in Moo 5 and Moo 6 including the Bang Yai market were placed under the highest level of restrictions. Red. The rest of the province is in the second tier or Orange level of alert.

Yesterday evening deputy governor Nisakorn Wisitsorn-at went with the Bang Yai police chief and a contingent of seventy soldiers and police to the seven story condo in Moo 6 that has been ordered sealed off until January 1st.

They placed barbed wire and set up a checkpoint, said Daily News. The condo is home to many migrant workers from Laos, Myanmar and the Thai Yai ethnic group.

They had interpreters with them to explain the governor's order saying they could only go out with permission.

Wider restrictions are also in place in the Bang Yai City area until January 12th with places such as banks and convenience stores subject to severe restrictions.

Thaivisa notes that many foreign migrants feel they are being unfairly singled out by the authorities as Thailand is now gripped by a new wave of Covid infections.

Source: Daily News.