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by bamakmak
October 24, 2021, 9:22 am
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: Insurance requirements up to 3Million baht
Replies: 89
Views: 12007

Re: Insurance requirements up to 3Million baht

Already in 2019 when this scheme first came up there was information how to change from OA to O. O does not need insurance at all. https://www.thaiembassy.com/travel-to-thailand/health-insurance-thailand-for-retirees You started with a 90-day O Visa, then got a one-year OA Visa? I'm sure you did th...
by bamakmak
October 23, 2021, 2:53 pm
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: Insurance requirements up to 3Million baht
Replies: 89
Views: 12007

Re: Insurance requirements up to 3Million baht

Already in 2019 when this scheme first came up there was information how to change from OA to O. O does not need insurance at all. https://www.thaiembassy.com/travel-to-thailand/health-insurance-thailand-for-retirees Am I correct to say: Non-O is suitable only for people who have Thai family (spous...
by bamakmak
August 20, 2021, 6:56 pm
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: Phuket Sandbox
Replies: 162
Views: 23196

Re: Phuket Sandbox

Thanks Stats. We did have the foresight to purchase 1 liter insulated, opaque drinking containers before we left the USA to take to the restaurants and beach now that alcohol is banned at those places!
by bamakmak
August 20, 2021, 6:28 pm
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: Phuket Sandbox
Replies: 162
Views: 23196

Re: Phuket Sandbox

Live from Phuket! Ok, so I got back to Thailand today via the Sandbox. We'll see how it goes during the next 14 days. As I had mentioned earlier and, now that I'm here, I want to say again that for the basic tourist traveler, you are nuts coming back under the Sandbox. From my experience, the COE ex...
by bamakmak
August 7, 2021, 9:01 pm
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: Phuket Sandbox
Replies: 162
Views: 23196

Re: Phuket Sandbox

Stats - just so you don't lay awake at night worrying about the flight crew returning to Phuket each day, they actually are in compliance with the Phuket-entry rules. The regulations state that anyone scheduled to depart on a flight from Phuket ARE ALLOWED entry to Phuket the day of departure. So, i...
by bamakmak
August 6, 2021, 8:43 pm
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: Phuket Sandbox
Replies: 162
Views: 23196

Re: Phuket Sandbox

Note:- Nok are saying they are only allowed to fly one way (out of Phuket), so have they now purchased pilot and staff less planes, as neither their pilots or aircrew meet the current govt. requirements to be allowed to enter the Island If you are saying that Nok Air IS NOT returning the planes eac...
by bamakmak
August 5, 2021, 9:42 pm
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: Phuket Sandbox
Replies: 162
Views: 23196

Re: Phuket Sandbox

Samuel, thanks for posting the information on the extended Nok flights. If they keep that going, it certainly solves my problem getting back to Udon from Phuket!
by bamakmak
August 5, 2021, 6:43 am
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: Phuket Sandbox
Replies: 162
Views: 23196

Re: Phuket Sandbox

I don't head back to Udon until 3 Sept, so hopefully things have loosened up somewhat by then. If not, hire an ambulance in Phuket to drive me to Udon. Flashers going, 120 kph, and no policeman in their right mind to pull us over. (And if one did pull us over, just have the driver explain there is a...
by bamakmak
August 4, 2021, 8:20 pm
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: Phuket Sandbox
Replies: 162
Views: 23196

Re: Phuket Sandbox

It's now easier to travel from the USA to Thailand than from Phuket to Udon, which is nearly impossible!! Ba mak mak.
by bamakmak
August 4, 2021, 7:27 am
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: Phuket Sandbox
Replies: 162
Views: 23196

Re: Phuket Sandbox

Drunk Monkey wrote:
August 4, 2021, 7:22 am
Hope all goes well Bruce ..chill and enjoy the beach n restaurants.
Thanks Jon. I'll shout out your regards to the girls on Bangala. We'll see if I hear anything back other than my echo.
Take care.
by bamakmak
August 4, 2021, 12:02 am
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: Phuket Sandbox
Replies: 162
Views: 23196

Re: Phuket Sandbox

But anyway, i really could do with two weeks laying in a hammock on a beach with fresh coconuts filled with Bacardi . oh memories .perhaps Bamakmak would be kind enough to let me do his isolation for him. . ill sneak in and he can sneak out . Tell you what Dean. Toss in a ten year's supply of scone...
by bamakmak
August 3, 2021, 9:02 am
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: Phuket Sandbox
Replies: 162
Views: 23196

Re: Phuket Sandbox

Covid insurance: 7,400 for me (90 day), 3,100 for my wife (30 day) 10,500 thb One Covid test for each prior to departure from USA $140 x 2 = $280 4,620 thb Three covid tests in Phuket for each of us: 8,000 x 2: 16,000 thb Airline (this will obviously vary). For us, one-way $860 x 2 = $1,720 56,760 t...
by bamakmak
August 3, 2021, 7:59 am
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: Phuket Sandbox
Replies: 162
Views: 23196

Re: Phuket Sandbox

My wife and I just received our approved COEs for our arrival in Phuket on 20 August. Overall, a simpler, less stressful and less expensive option than using the old 14-day Bangkok ASQ quarantine, which I went through last October. Total approval time was 13-days. Had the airline not changed our fli...
by bamakmak
July 31, 2021, 7:56 pm
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: Phuket Sandbox
Replies: 162
Views: 23196

Re: Phuket Sandbox

I think that Stat's report of around 6,000 tourists coming through the Sandbox in July is spot on. Total arrivals for July will be around 13,000, meaning that around half will be returning, like my wife and me, to our Thailand home rather than as a tourist. In my specific situation, our original fli...
by bamakmak
July 24, 2021, 6:28 am
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: Phuket Sandbox
Replies: 162
Views: 23196

Re: Phuket Sandbox

tamada wrote:
July 24, 2021, 6:09 am
^ WRT to "2. Hotel confirmation (needs to be SHA+ approved)." Does that have to be pre-paid with the proof of that prepayment?
Yes. The hotel provides a paid receipt with details of your stay. You also prepay for the Covid tests with the hotel.
by bamakmak
July 24, 2021, 12:30 am
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: Phuket Sandbox
Replies: 162
Views: 23196

Re: Phuket Sandbox

I am in the process of returning to Thailand on 19 August via the Phuket Sandbox. For those interested, I will share my experience so far. The COE application is a two-part process, both done on-line. (I am going through the Chicago Thai Consulate). In Part One, you submit: 1. Basic personal informa...
by bamakmak
December 9, 2019, 8:55 pm
Forum: Thailand News
Topic: tesco plans to leave thailand
Replies: 7
Views: 1759

Re: tesco plans to leave thailand

Giggle wrote:
December 9, 2019, 10:44 am
It's a perfect world? Why would anyone want to leave? ;)
I can think of 9 billion reasons (6.8 billion if you're a Brit)
by bamakmak
November 7, 2019, 10:41 am
Forum: Udon Thani Restaurants
Topic: Nok Restaurant - in Nongsamrong Area (Sponsor)
Replies: 262
Views: 72317

Re: Nok Restaurant - in Nongsamrong Area (Sponsor)

I just heard from Nok that Alfie was in a serious accident yesterday and is critical condition at Udon General Hospital. He was riding his bicycle and was rear ended by three teenagers driving a motorcycle.

I don't have any other details right now.
by bamakmak
August 2, 2019, 9:14 am
Forum: World News
Topic: Vietnam aims for Thailand’s auto-making crown
Replies: 10
Views: 1453

Re: Vietnam aims for Thailand’s auto-making crown

I may be wrong, but I believe that trade between the ASEAN members is tariff free.
by bamakmak
November 25, 2018, 3:55 pm
Forum: U.S. Politics
Topic: U.S. Politics
Replies: 9892
Views: 608295

Re: Will Trump make the Grade.

As a note of interest, during the same time frame since Trump's election, Britain's stock market is up 1.6%, Germany's market is up 6.8% and the Chinese market is DOWN (18.1%). Makes the American market increase of 23% even more impressive when compared to the other major markets.

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