General Reports

[QUOTE=Tomasb;2554007]As an update to the current COViD situation, the Bangkok post said today that malls and shopping area have to reduce their hours from 11-8 pm. Convenience stores have to close at 10. This applies to all areas in the Red Zone including Bangkok.

The Post also reported on a shortage of hospital beds in Bangkok. Expect even stricter curfew terms as this situation continue to accelerate.

Only about 1% of country has been vaccinated with not enough available vaccine to go around.[/QUOTE]I date girls that work in Central World and Central Chidlom who told me of cases popping up among the staff at their stores. Heard and read about some in EmQuartier and Emporium malls, too. I think somebody got paid to look the other way and not require certain incoming tourists or nationals to go through the same arduous testing and quarantine procedures as everyone else.

Last week I went to Bumrungrad Hospital on Soi 3 to inquire about signing up for a vaccination waiting list. They took my info and said they will call me when they get a waiting list. They don't even know what month that might be. That is how far behind they are in purchasing and stocking up on the vaccines.

[QUOTE=Horatio;2553726]If I go to Thailand on a visa on entry, I can get up to three months there I think. I want to stay much longer. Should I figure out how to stay much longer before I go or can I figure out things there after I arrive just as easily? I used to just do visa runs. I want to stay at least 9 months. I want to stay through winter.[/QUOTE]Multi entry tourist visa allows stays for 6 months with visa runs every 60 days. If you do a Visa run and re-enter Thailand on the day before your 6 months is up, you can extend your stay for another 60 days. That will at least get you 8 months. Not sure what the current requirements for Visa runs are now though. You may get amnesty once you are in Thailand.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2554034]Last week I went to Bumrungrad Hospital on Soi 3 to inquire about signing up for a vaccination waiting list. They took my info and said they will call me when they get a waiting list. They don't even know what month that might be. That is how far behind they are in purchasing and stocking up on the vaccines.[/QUOTE]One of my non-P4P girlfriends is a phlebotomist at a BKK hospital. She just got her vaccine yesterday and said hospital staff without direct patient contact are not yet scheduled. It's going to be a long time before the ordinary Thai people get vaccinated. Perhaps longer for expats.

That hospital is using Sinovac, which has received much negative press regarding efficacy and longevity.

I am keen to visit som area that has farang, bars, golf and so on. But not the top 3. High availability of girls and good golf are musts.

Which areas would rank 4-10 on a girl availability scale? I am thinking maybe Hua Hin and Ko Samui would be on the list, but help me out.

Thanks.

[QUOTE=BHawk;2554069]I am keen to visit som area that has farang, bars, golf and so on. But not the top 3. High availability of girls and good golf are musts.

Which areas would rank 4-10 on a girl availability scale? I am thinking maybe Hua Hin and Ko Samui would be on the list, but help me out.

Thanks.[/QUOTE]Stay home and play golf. Here not normal times or situation. Plus things are fluid with good becoming bad and bad becoming worse. As they say still waters run deep and these waters are muddy to boot.

[QUOTE=BHawk;2554069]I am keen to visit som area that has farang, bars, golf and so on. But not the top 3. High availability of girls and good golf are musts.

Which areas would rank 4-10 on a girl availability scale? I am thinking maybe Hua Hin and Ko Samui would be on the list, but help me out.

Thanks.[/QUOTE]I would not recommend Samui right now because too much is closed due to COVID. My reply is based on pre-COVID experiences between 2017 and 2020.

I played one beautiful golf course on Samui, but it was very expensive (maybe 5,000 to 8,000 baht inclusive of course, clubs, caddy, cart). Not an easy course. Some hotels might have promotional golf prices, I learned that after playing. I've heard rumors about another course, supposedly a lousy 9-hole course.

Plenty of girls available during normal Samui nights. If you are thinking Bangla Road go-go girl hotties, you will be disappointed. Girl quality is slightly better than Pattaya Soi 6 with some beer bar fuglies thrown in. Only a few hotties would qualify to be a Bangkok or Pattaya go-go girl. I've always found someone to keep me happy. A couple times I dropped my standards. Once I dropped my standard to a 2-bagger. Chaweng and Lamai Beach are my Samui sources for girls (I haven't looked elsewhere). Tons of small bars. Bar fines are low. If you have a nice hotel, the girls tend to want LT for the price of ST, they want to sleep when I want them out the door. Maybe they live in some real shit holes.

Tourists are mostly farang. Socializing with Samui farang is a trip highlight for me, never feel alone. There are a few Chinese and Korean tourists. Very few Indian tourists.

Go to Koh Samui for the beach and laid back atmosphere.

[QUOTE=TConor;2554084]Stay home and play golf. Here not normal times or situation. Plus things are fluid with good becoming bad and bad becoming worse. As they say still waters run deep and these waters are muddy to boot.[/QUOTE]Almost every Thai girl I know, P4P and regular, is fearful of getting vaccinated and thinks the shot will give them Covid. Some have said the only way most Thai people will get over that fear and line up to get the shot is if the highest ranking members of The R Family do it and make it well known they did it.

It isn't a stretch for me to imagine the authorities whose job it would be to buy the tens of millions of vaccine doses required, organize the distribution of them, administer the shots, keep accurate records of who got the first (and second) round, when and make sure they come back for the next ones so as not to waste the effort, all gargantuan challenges for any country, are well aware of this mindset in the country and are simply not yet inclined to tackle it. I am sure they would much rather wait for that time in the future when their countrymen can take a 20 baht vaccine "pill" or nasal stick they bought at any 7-11, done and done.

[QUOTE=BHawk;2554069]P4 P outside BKK, Pattaya and Phuket[/QUOTE]Why come to Thailand if you're sick of Bangkok and Pattaya? When COVID is over, why not go to other Asian cities instead? Jakarta, Phnom Penh, and even Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh, etc would all be better than other parts of Thailand. There's no use coming to Thailand now unless you know a ton of girls already or you want to do things other than having sex.

[QUOTE=BHawk;2554069] High availability of girls [/QUOTE]

This wasn't even available in the Big 3 before the bars recently shut down. Don't come here expecting Thailand to be even remotely close to how it was before.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2554139]Almost every Thai girl I know, P4P and regular, is fearful of getting vaccinated and thinks the shot will give them Covid. [/QUOTE]

The Thai need to educate their people. They haven't really had to do so until now.

For the first time since COVID began girls who were not concerned about getting COVID are finally starting to worry. One girl I know who lives on street food won't even buy street food any more. She only eats 7-11 now since she believes it's safer, which may be true.

[QUOTE=Cohend386;2553562] I was disappointed mask wearing seems to be taken seriously here.[/QUOTE]I hate wearing a mask, shades get fogged up, heat and humidity doesn't help but we all do it here. Even before Covid many wore them to protect against PM2. 5 pollution. It's the smart way to go. I believe countries where mask wearing is the norm have lower infections, hospitalizations and deaths. Some credible modelling in the US show a national mask mandate would have saved well over a 100,000 lives. Anyway you're here now and just in case you haven't heard not wearing a mask could add to your disappointment in the form of a 20.000 baht fine. You arrived at an inopportune time but hopefully if you can find your way around the online hook ups sites you can still have some fun during your visit. ET is your man for up to date intel on Bangkok.

In today's Bangkok Post, it was noted that the PM failed to wear a mask during a meeting with several government officials about vaccine procurement. The governor of the province noted this and called the police and they all went over to the government office where the PM was assessed a $6 k bt fine for violating the mask provision. Apparently, first offense is $6 k, 2nd offense is $12 k and 3rd is $20 k.

Remarkably, the PM acknowledged he was wrong (not to wear a mask) and agreed to pay the fine. The other officials in the photo were all wearing masks so it's amazing that the PM did not think these rules applied to him. Tone deaf, that fellow.

[QUOTE=Franciscass;2554439]I hate wearing a mask, shades get fogged up, heat and humidity doesn't help but we all do it here. Even before Covid many wore them to protect against PM2. 5 pollution. It's the smart way to go. I believe countries where mask wearing is the norm have lower infections, hospitalizations and deaths. Some credible modelling in the US show a national mask mandate would have saved well over a 100,000 lives. Anyway you're here now and just in case you haven't heard not wearing a mask could add to your disappointment in the form of a 20.000 baht fine. You arrived at an inopportune time but hopefully if you can find your way around the online hook ups sites you can still have some fun during your visit. ET is your man for up to date intel on Bangkok.[/QUOTE]

Hi.

Please help my confusion regarding Quarantine time in Thailand.

I received my final 2nd Covid-19 vaccine jab in March 2021.

If I arrive in Thailand September 2021, will I be quarantine for 7 or 10 days?

Thanks.

TC.

My guess is that the rules will have changed several times by September. No one can know what variants are where. I wouldn't plan on anything definite that far out.

[QUOTE=Tcvve;2554594]Hi.

Please help my confusion regarding Quarantine time in Thailand.

I received my final 2nd Covid-19 vaccine jab in March 2021.

If I arrive in Thailand September 2021, will I be quarantine for 7 or 10 days?

Thanks.

TC.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Tomasb;2554467]a $6 k bt fine [/QUOTE]I heard it was £6 k bt. Why use a dollar sign for baht?

[QUOTE=Tcvve;2554594]Hi.

Please help my confusion regarding Quarantine time in Thailand.

I received my final 2nd Covid-19 vaccine jab in March 2021.

If I arrive in Thailand September 2021, will I be quarantine for 7 or 10 days?

Thanks.

TC.[/QUOTE]You will probably need some kind of authorisation to enter Thailand from your Thai consulate / embassy so that's where you have to look for answers. Anyway, no answers in May for September. Answers early May for mid-May (perhaps).

[QUOTE=Tcvve;2554594]Hi.

Please help my confusion regarding Quarantine time in Thailand.

I received my final 2nd Covid-19 vaccine jab in March 2021.

If I arrive in Thailand September 2021, will I be quarantine for 7 or 10 days?

Thanks.

TC.[/QUOTE]Like others have said, we don't know what will happen that far into the future.

A month ago I was thinking like you, I would go to Thailand in October, provided the quarantine requirements are easy. Now, I'm thinking many things could be closed for the trip. Easy quarantine doesn't help us if there is no fun after quarantine. To enjoy Thailand, I really need the full hospitality industry open (hotels, restaurants, tours, transportation, bars, massage, hookers, etc.). I want many tourists to be there, it's less fun if only a few people are there.

The Thai government has set a trend of making closure decisions today that go into effect very soon. We might get on our airplanes on September 15, but the rules may be very different on September 20. That is not at all comforting.

The planned Phuket sandbox concept is to start in July. It will be interesting to see how that goes.