Reader Submission: 'Through the eye of the needle'
Last week I was not feeling well. Just short of breath and nothing else, we went to a private hospital where an ECG was immediately made. Immediately afterwards with the ambulance to the government hospital, there I got 2 tubes in the urethra.
Reader Submission: What's been happening in Thailand lately?
When the mass protests against the current government and for modernizing the monarchy started about a year and a half ago, it was initially peaceful and non-violent, until the police started using violence.
Reader's submission: Opening up foreign tourism successful plan?
Thailand recently took an important step last Friday (Oct. 1) to revive its devastated tourism industry. This was reported in the Thai media. The quarantine time for fully vaccinated travelers has been reduced from 15 to 7 days. However, which does not create the expectation that this will quickly lead to a rapid increase and recovery in tourism. There is still a long way to go that the government needs to tread carefully.
Dear fellow bloggers, a lot has already been written about transferring money to Thailand. Usually it dealt with situations where Thai baht was received in Thailand. Therefore just a message about sending euros by a Dutch bank and receiving euros in Thailand. The latter, of course, in a euro account (FCD, foreign currency account) at a Thai bank. Just my experience over many years.
Reader Submission: Form Screening and Consent
Attached is the Screening and Consent form Maarten requested in response to a reader's question (Covid vaccination and refusal to sign liability statement). The form is in English.
Reader Submission: Statement of Insurance Dispute – Supplement
Following our posting of yesterday, September 30, about the statement of the SKGZ on the Statement of Insurance, this response from the SKGZ about my comment that, against my express wish, the statement was presented as “Binding”. Apparently the SKGZ overlooked this and acknowledged its mistake in the email below.
Reader Submission: We are going back with extra pleasure
Because we requested CoE before October 1, departure 7/10 for Phuket sandbox, we still had to prepay for 15 nights and 3 swab tests. Yesterday we approached our booked hotel about a refund, here is their 100% complete response.
The ruling of the SKGZ was received on 29 September XNUMX and has been sent to the editors in full. Because I do not agree that suddenly, contrary to my request, the decision would still be binding, I have lodged a protest against this because it was against the agreement. I also refer to the appendices.
Reader Submission: Thailand and Traditions
I have nothing against traditions but some I really don't understand, I respect everyone's traditions, but what I saw on live streams on September 29th really didn't make me good.
Reader submission: Rainy season, a blessing or a source of misery?
It's that time again, finally rainy season in a part of Thailand. Normally, mid-August to the end of October is the time when the thirsty soils of Isaan, among others, are provided with water so that anything and everything can be grown again.
Reader Submission: Hooray back to seven days!
Yes I'm going for it, I doubted for a long time locked up in a hotel for fifteen days, I didn't like it. The Phuket Sandbox was the other option and now certainly with seven days of Sandbox and then back to my own hideaway in the Isaan.
Reader Submission: Fueling up in Pattaya
Strange but true, the gas tank of the car was full and suddenly 50 kg of gas could be added to the tank. Normally a maximum of 32 kg of gas is used because then the tank is really full. More than 32 is simply not possible.
Reader Submission: Issuance of CoE Suspended Due to Revision of Thailand Entry Conditions
If you plan to fly to Thailand in October, please note that the entry conditions including the quarantine period are under review.
Reader submissions: Standings 25 Sept 2021 – Call – Collect English health insurance statements here!
Dear readers, 8 insurers have now been fully processed. I still miss the major insurance groups: Eucare Aevitae, Zorg en Zekerheid and Eno Salland. Click here to see the result.
Reader submission: Interim score – Call – Collect English health insurance statements here!
Dear readers, after a day I have a short standings after yesterday's call. Click on this link. Then you will see a Google web spreadsheet with tabs.
Reader Submission: Database of travelers arrival data in Thailand unsecured on the web
Thailand left a database containing arrival details of 106 million travelers over the past 10 years unsecured on the web. This according to a message from Comparitech on September 20, 2021.
I've gotten some good responses to my question here in this blog which standard insurance statement have been recently accepted by the Thai embassy for a Certificate of Entry [CoE].