Unknown Thai driver for 600-odd kilometers versus 50 minutes on Nok Air. Got to admit that's a marginal call.
You can get full hazmat kit on lazada BTW.
marginal call?
In a car with one person (and open window if really worried) against stuck in a tube with 100 odd other possible carriers having your used air & germs recycled time and again around an enclosed space for an hour
We were on a fishing trip to Koh Kut/Kood a dozen or so years ago when the yellow shirts shut down DM airport in Bangkok and we were stranded there. We elected to have a taxi drive us to Udon Thani. I believe it was about ฿6,000 back then for the trip. Probably a little more today. Pleasant trip.
Unknown Thai driver for 600-odd kilometers versus 50 minutes on Nok Air. Got to admit that's a marginal call.
You can get full hazmat kit on lazada BTW.
marginal call?
In a car with one person (and open window if really worried) against stuck in a tube with 100 odd other possible carriers having your used air & germs recycled time and again around an enclosed space for an hour
know which I would take
More people die on the roads here than die from Covid.
I can confirm inter provincial travel is NOT a problem so long as you get all your ducks in a row prior to leaving and check up on restrictions and regulations in the province where your journey terminates .
BTW a lot less traffic on the roads which is just as well with all the many nasty HW2 roadworks that are currently on the go.
I can confirm inter provincial travel is NOT a problem so long as you get all your ducks in a row prior to leaving and check up on restrictions and regulations in the province where your journey terminates .
BTW a lot less traffic on the roads which is just as well with all the many nasty HW2 roadworks that are currently on the go.
DM
Nok Air just canceled my May 10th flight Udon to Chiang Mai because of the Covid-19 situation. Inter provincial travel is not a problem? Are you in Thailand or some other country?
I can confirm inter provincial travel is NOT a problem so long as you get all your ducks in a row prior to leaving and check up on restrictions and regulations in the province where your journey terminates .
BTW a lot less traffic on the roads which is just as well with all the many nasty HW2 roadworks that are currently on the go.
DM
Nok Air just canceled my May 10th flight Udon to Chiang Mai because of the Covid-19 situation. Inter provincial travel is not a problem? Are you in Thailand or some other country?
AirAsia scratched their Phuket-Chiang Mai service too.
Apart from the crap air, why on earth would one want to Chiang Mai at this time when it's second to Bangkok in the coronavirus championship?
I can confirm inter provincial travel is NOT a problem so long as you get all your ducks in a row prior to leaving and check up on restrictions and regulations in the province where your journey terminates .
BTW a lot less traffic on the roads which is just as well with all the many nasty HW2 roadworks that are currently on the go.
DM
Nok Air just canceled my May 10th flight Udon to Chiang Mai because of the Covid-19 situation. Inter provincial travel is not a problem? Are you in Thailand or some other country?
AirAsia scratched their Phuket-Chiang Mai service too.
Apart from the crap air, why on earth would one want to Chiang Mai at this time when it's second to Bangkok in the coronavirus championship?
I can confirm inter provincial ROAD travel is NOT a problem so long as you get all your ducks in a row prior to leaving and check up on restrictions and regulations in the province where your journey terminates .
BTW a lot less traffic on the roads which is just as well with all the many nasty HW2 roadworks that are currently on the go.
DM
Apologies post amended above .. yes i am in Thailand
I can confirm inter provincial travel is NOT a problem so long as you get all your ducks in a row prior to leaving and check up on restrictions and regulations in the province where your journey terminates .
BTW a lot less traffic on the roads which is just as well with all the many nasty HW2 roadworks that are currently on the go.
DM
Nok Air just canceled my May 10th flight Udon to Chiang Mai because of the Covid-19 situation. Inter provincial travel is not a problem? Are you in Thailand or some other country?
AirAsia scratched their Phuket-Chiang Mai service too.
Apart from the crap air, why on earth would one want to Chiang Mai at this time when it's second to Bangkok in the coronavirus championship?
PS: DM didn't use Nok Air either.
For an important scheduled consulate appointment
Then it's a 9 or 10 hour road trip. Same rules as DM mentioned.
I can confirm inter provincial travel is NOT a problem so long as you get all your ducks in a row prior to leaving and check up on restrictions and regulations in the province where your journey terminates .
BTW a lot less traffic on the roads which is just as well with all the many nasty HW2 roadworks that are currently on the go.
DM
Nok Air just canceled my May 10th flight Udon to Chiang Mai because of the Covid-19 situation. Inter provincial travel is not a problem? Are you in Thailand or some other country?
AirAsia scratched their Phuket-Chiang Mai service too.
Apart from the crap air, why on earth would one want to Chiang Mai at this time when it's second to Bangkok in the coronavirus championship?
PS: DM didn't use Nok Air either.
For an important scheduled consulate appointment
Then it's a 9 or 10 hour road trip. Same rules as DM mentioned.
But I would check with the Consulate in question in case they've pulled the shutters down as well.
Neighbours flew Krabi to Bangkok (stayed over 2 hours in airport at that time it was a RED ZONE then flew to Udon. Next day notifies Authorities now on Day 11 of 14 Day Quarantine
So if you fly through BKK be prepared of 14 days of watching the walls
If you come from a RED ZONE this equals 14 days quaratine, even if you fly, walk, drive, come by camel
I've just come from 10 days ASQ, would make no sense to do another 14 day quarantine in udon.
Is someone waiting at the airport to impose this quarantine upon you or all self regulated.
Had my fair share of bloody covid tests in past few weeks as it is.
Onto important topics where can I get a beer at 8am on Sukhumvit Soi 11 when I get released from this bloody ASQ hotel. I've got a thirst that'll sink a battleship.
Udon's coronavirus doesn't care much if you've dodged Bangkok's coronavirus. Whichever way you chose to travel, you're still the "vehicle" that can come into contact and spread the otherwise immobile coronavirus. This isn't the same game as last year and the presence of this new, more infectious variant needs more attention.
Watched an expose on Thai telly tonight on how this latest ball ache kicked off from Bangkok bars and clubs. Even if they were still selling alcohol, I wouldn't go near one.
But you can still buy from 7 eleven or Foodland or Family Mart within the usual licensed hours, 11 am to 2 pm and 5 pm till 9 pm or whenever they close. If you need a coldie at 8 am on D-Day, maybe ask what your nice, friendly hotel reception can do in advance? Otherwise tough it out till 11.
Udon's coronavirus doesn't care much if you've dodged Bangkok's coronavirus. Whichever way you chose to travel, you're still the "vehicle" that can come into contact and spread the otherwise immobile coronavirus. This isn't the same game as last year and the presence of this new, more infectious variant needs more attention.
Watched an expose on Thai telly tonight on how this latest ball ache kicked off from Bangkok bars and clubs. Even if they were still selling alcohol, I wouldn't go near one.
But you can still buy from 7 eleven or Foodland or Family Mart within the usual licensed hours, 11 am to 2 pm and 5 pm till 9 pm or whenever they close. If you need a coldie at 8 am on D-Day, maybe ask what your nice, friendly hotel reception can do in advance? Otherwise tough it out till 11.
And if you are vaccinated same rules? Not according to the wife and who am I a meer mortal to disagree, due home next month let's see and Tam Rowies at your butandben a must
We already know that being vaccinated confers the bare minimum of benefits with regard to quarantine. Even the UK's much heralded late Spring "reopening" is predicated on the existence of and potential for change in infection rates due to these new variants. If it looks like the variants are defeating the existing defences, changes in behavior will be needed. The fact that countries like India, that seemed to have coped well with the "much worse" second wave last year, are now being hammered by this unheralded and mostly ungraphed third wave is very alarming. Yes, we can pass anecdotal tales of watching their people take a dump in the streets and ponder why they get so much traction in the halls of power, but the real lessons from the catastrophic rise in their Covid infection rates need to be taken onboard. I can hardly wait for Johnson's next, somber incantation of new catch phrases to "save the NHS", ie. stop being irresponsible and pay bloody attention.
For the time being, those that travel for work will have to be happy with paid or part-paid quarantines at either side of a job. Tourists and those who just want to live somewhere else will need to continue to roll with it.