taaseesanuk

Hello colleagues
My name is Daniel, it is my first post in the forum, I am very excited to hear your experiences and advice.
I hope to find some recommendation on some LB of interest.
Thank you very much.

If you want to keep that smile going check out the prices of some of the premium Hotels in BKK!

oh yes 100%.
For mongering though, I much prefer condo's. I feel more free without staff around me and ID checks :-)

He is indeed mate.

A good friend of mine is finally able to now have some spare time to spend with his family after a very intense 4 months on the Covid wards, he said that at it's peak it was 50/50
as to whether they could treat and cope with patients, he said it has aged him and he is mentally and physically drained...I guess the 1.5% pay rise offered by the Government
will help ease the burden then!!  Disgraceful and disrespectful springs to mind.

Thanks for that. I'll be humble though, beside volunteering to administer vaccinations and helping out with the research and data, I don't have any real contact with covid patients.
The nurses having close contact with em are the real heroes of this crisis.

I know things have really flared up in France and most of Europe, I wish you the best of luck and sincerely hope the bastard disease is brought under control as soon as possible.
When you do get a chance to return to LOS I think you will have definitely earned a bit of quality Mongering...respect!

While younger people do die, they remain outliers even now. Everywhere I read newspapers, they are pushing the fact that young people die and get seriously ill to the point where there is the sentiment that this is common. It still isn't. The median age of people in the ICU is however decreasing. In my hospital the youngest person in the ICU is 47, out of 68 ICU beds that are all occupied.
Even non vaccinated, I would worry a lot more about traffic than about covid in the LOS.

Just got off the phone with KLM and all vouchers issued from March 3rd 2020 are extended to 31st December 2021. As mine was the 4th March I’ve made it by one day  
Here’s hoping Thailand is back open for tourists without quarantine by then.

Thank you that reminds me I must get in touch with KLM as my voucher runs out on the 4th March

I really enjoy both the advanced and public sector of the pats site, there is  loads of info that also covers BKK as well.
I have always found the vast majority there to be a decent bunch .

I really enjoy both the advanced and public sector of the pats site, there is  loads of info that also covers BKK as well.
I have always found the vast majority there to be a decent bunch .

Fair enough, I probably rag on the place too much. There's def good intel to be had on there and if I were in Patts more often I'd be on there more. The TS models tube thread is really useful for finding local LBs who have done porn.
Maybe liberal use of the 'ignore user/thread' function would solve my issues with the place.

I am sure they will not have an ounce of sympathy for your request,  whereas quite frankly they should be ashamedly expediting the process!

I don't think you can assume this, the only time the ban gets lifted is when us and the Thai's have vaccinated enough of the people.
Thailand can be extremely stubborn and often dig there heels in further the more pressure is put on them...to relent is to lose face.
Best chance of a visit with minimum restrictions looks like Q4....providing of course you are able to purchase an overly priced highly sought airline ticket.

Not sure if the moderator is still around to consider your request...the sister forum are suggesting he is AWOL.
There is hardly any traffic on here anymore so I don't suppose there is much being said in the advanced section, unless looking at bars and girls from the 
past who are no longer around is your thing. Still, I am sure things will improve and old advanced members will return again.

Not sure if the moderator is still around to consider your request...the sister forum are suggesting he is AWOL.
There is hardly any traffic on here anymore so I don't suppose there is much being said in the advanced section, unless looking at bars and girls from the 
past who are no longer around is your thing. Still, I am sure things will improve and old advanced members will return again.

I don't think you can assume this, the only time the ban gets lifted is when us and the Thai's have vaccinated enough of the people.
Thailand can be extremely stubborn and often dig there heels in further the more pressure is put on them...to relent is to lose face.
Best chance of a visit with minimum restrictions looks like Q4....providing of course you are able to purchase an overly priced highly sought airline ticket.

Below is a pretty good primer about getting cash instead of a voucher. It's from April and is is aimed at US readers, but it's still accurate and if you read through it EU regulations are covered as well. Apparently if you're British, EU consumer protections will still cover UK citizens despite Brexit, at least for a while.  
This article recommends turning to your bank card issuer as a last resort, but I would make that my first option. Several times over the years, I have had "non-refundable" airline and hotel reservations that I no longer wanted and I have gone straight to American Express and they have refunded my money every time with no questions asked. I also did that with a CitiBank card one time. Let your bank card issuer deal with Etihad if you can. 
https://www.cntraveler.com/story/as-airlines-refund-travelers-heres-how-to-get-cash-instead-of-a-voucher

And I thought that just moving sideways was stupid enough!

Such a shame but I guess inevitable...a chunk of land in that location is never going to be occupied by small scale vendors for any length of time.

Today is the last day for Artbox before it closes up.

Below comes from Bangkok Post. Visiting the planet Jupiter has fewer requirements than visiting Phuket. Good luck to folks in the Thai tourist industry, because this scheme will surely kill travel for pleasure to Thailand. I can't imagine anybody will jump through all those hoops to visit Phuket for the privilege of being regarded as radioactive and unwanted by both the government and the natives. Not even sex tourists with five alarm fires in their undershorts will sign up for this rodeo. 
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/1972519/tat-takes-a-gamble-promoting-phuket-model

I noticed this back in February but it was much later in the evening at around midnight....seemed like a mixed bunch as well, not just girls from the bars.

Thanks, I appreciate the response. Teaseeanuk, sorry I offended you. I have been active on the sister site ladyboyspattaya.com and rarely check bangkokladyboys.net, that is why this was my first post. I will post some pics here next time I travel to Thailand.