well I never smoked and I've got other lung problems so a mask both for minimal protection from COVID and to get some of the crappy air out of my lungs is necessary..

registered for my 90 day reporting on-line yesterday. I'm due the 5th so hopefully this coming week I'll be able to see an acknowledgement. I was a bit flummoxed at the site https://extranet.immigration.go.th/fn90online/online/tm47/TM47Action.do and silly me it took me a bit to figure out that I had...

with the crappy AQI in Udon for the last week why would anybody with masks not wear one when out and about?? The air is filthy.. I'll grant the masks used are not N95 and won't be particularly effective against 2.5 micron particles but they will get part of it and that's gotta help your lungs..

I suggest you go to Immigration's "approved" foreigner medical insurance plans and consult with a number of the providers. You certainly will require a physical with lab work as a prerequisite to getting a health insurance policy. I would say that after getting a provisional quote from an insurer, d...

yes, pristine with the people living out in that pristine countryside absolutely poverty stricken according to my Lao friend who does road construction in the hinterlands.. Not all development is bad. We'll have to wait and see how this railway affects the future of Laos..

note the article posted on the track laying showed it being done in Vientiane. Could be we'll see train service up to Vang Vieng within a year?? Plus the Vientiane to Vang Vieng tollway is also currently under construction..

the bureaucracy is not known for its agility in amending or suspending rules. In this situation you would think a waiver of these fees is merited..

WT absolute F?? Cumulative AQI right now 0930AM 29 March is 192!!!!! I'll just take it as the field burners are having a field day torching stuff while the authorities are totally focused on COVID-19!!

now laying track at 2 kilometers a day.. That's 500 meter continuous spans of rail. The entire Lao to China railway is about 440km so 220 days to lay the entire rail structure.. Scheduled to open late next year. Bet it opens early. https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/international/2020/03/28/1st-rai...

Looks like the government in Udon has a roadblock set up down on Route 2 at Non Sa-At where all passengers disembark for COVID-19 Screening.... The Province. Udon Thani #set up a screening checkpoint from Bangkok-perimeter to downtown #first stage at Non Sa-at District, khon kaen-Udon Thani by scree...

here's the closure notice that came out from the government the other day.. All listed places closed from 22 March through 12 April 2020. Pardon my translations.. Update: -Restaurants - Schools - stores (with exceptions) - ? - ? - Beauty shops - Markets (with exceptions) - bathing/haircuts (didn't k...

saw a Thai announcement on closures and it did include Bars, Beauty Shops, Spas, Massage places and it did say Ran Ahan (Restaurants). Mine you my Thai is basic and I've dug through my sites to try and fine the original to post but can't find it...

wife just talked to the lady who does her paperwork at the Nong Khai Bridge when she goes across to Laos.. It appears the bridge at Nong Kai is closed 20 March to 20 April.. We don't know exact details..

because Thais killing Thais was anathema but getting the KMT Chinese to do it with promises of Thai citizenship was fine... The BKK Post has done a number of stories over the year of the ethnically Chinese villages in northern Thailand that originated from the KMT..

2030 hours and AQI on Air Visual for Udon Thani showing 157.. Outside my house I can see the smoke haze in the air and smell the stench of burning.. All with government bans of field burning and threats of fines.. I hope the application of various edicts on the COVID-19 virus infections are implemen...

DM you really need to expand your vocabulary! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputum

not yet although the PM hasn't rule it out. (last paragraph in article) https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... irus-fears

the PM 2.5 "crisis" has been overwhelmed and forgotten by the COVID-19 crisis.. Udon AQI is 128 at 1737 hours 15 March...

annoyance? How about answering a question by prefacing your answer with, "that's a great question."

The RT article claims the UK Health Minister confirmed this proposal. Any link supporting this other than RT??