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Frosty

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  1. Remember, the Vasu exchange is along Sukhumvit on a corner.  It can be hard to see as the signage is at a weird angle, and it is partially obstructed by the Nana skytrain platform stairs.

     

    One good way to find it is, if you see the big Q condos on Sukhumvit, then Vasu is on the exact opposite side of the Sukhumvit road.

    Or, go up to the Nana BTS platform and down the other side.  They'll be on the corner on the Nana Plaza side.

    https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vasu+Exchange/@13.7406329,100.5549582,19z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x30e29ee6dd4625a7:0xcfc30c8317c066ff!8m2!3d13.7406329!4d100.5556033!16s%2Fg%2F1yfdqx69d

     

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  2. On all my taxi trips in BKK for 7-days I only had 2 instances where they would not use the meter, but they quoted a near-fair price.  All other taxi trips they used the meters without even asking.

    Maybe it's your breath?

     

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  3. On 8/27/2022 at 8:54 AM, Rocky Rockstar said:

    I’m Covid vaccinated but don’t take anything else…should I be??

     

    That's not a really clear question.  But, it would be easier to get into Thailand and enjoy your time in the country if you were fully vaccinated. 

    As far as being sensible, having the normal vaccination regime is always a good idea for humanity and society, if not yourself.  This includes Polio, Tetanus, diphtheria, MMR, and pertussis.  Optionally, but still important, would be the HPV and seasonal flu boosters.

    What you do is up to you, but it's your  life to enrich or shorten as you want.  

     

  4. Looking at my 2019 taxi fare from BKK to my hotel on Sukhumvit it came to 450 baht.  It's a bit higher as I just rounded the payment up.  That includes the tolls as well.

     

    Also, as for fuel prices, I thought the Thai government subsidized fuel prices to keep them low?  But even if they didn't, the fair seems a bit high.  Maybe more rigged meters?

     

  5. Everything was looking good in LOS in March '21, but as April '21 roared around it started to look dicey.

     

    There's no firm answers on whether October '21 will be worth it at this point.  Like the weather, the predictions get clearer the closer you are to the forecast date.

     

    And, we still don't know if Phuket means fully open over the island, or just in certain tourist venues.

     

  6. Where do they get this information from?  I barely see the Chinese spending anything except for shopping.  Are they buying that much at the malls?

     

    https://thethaiger.com/news/opinion/why-the-chinese-are-infinitely-more-important-than-western-tourists-to-thailand

     

    "The Chinese now account for 57.48% of all tourists in Thailand and what makes this even more staggering is only 8.7% currently have passports (120 million)."

     

     

    "The Chinese expenditure into Thailand is US$15,342,000,000 each year, which is more than any other nation. The average spend per day for a Chinese tourist in Thailand is US$192 – which is 53% more than the average Europeans US$125 daily spend."

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