Very brief report of 21st trip to Thailand in Jun 2020

[vinapu]

Today at 2.30 pm I was supposed to land in Swampy according to he ticket I'm still holding.

Plan was to pass immigration , take a train to Phaya Thai, change to BTS and walk from Sala Daeng to still undecided hotel.

First massage was supposed to be at Senso and in the evening I was hoping to itch to  check if my dream boy at Jupiter is still there,

Unfortunately for well known reason it came to naught and timing of trip # 21A is still unknown.

Some seeing a tittle and then reading narrative will be disappointed but rest assured , not even 1/10 of how disappointed I am.

But hope dies last

[stijntje]

You forgot to go to your favourite exchange booth at the airport, so no baht left for LT boy tonight  

[Guest]

43 minutes ago, stijntje said:

You forgot to go to your favourite exchange booth at the airport, so no baht left for LT boy tonight  

I'm sure Vinapu would have picked up about 200,000 baht at his favourite exchange booth in the airport rail station.

[vinapu]

12 hours ago, stijntje said:

You forgot to go to your favourite exchange booth at the airport, so no baht left for LT boy tonight  

after such drought, who would waste time lining up there, 

[vinapu]

11 hours ago, z909 said:

I'm sure Vinapu would have picked up about 200,000 baht at his favourite exchange booth in the airport rail station.

no, budget set at 66000, more if needed from plastic

[spoon]

10 minutes ago, vinapu said:

no, budget set at 66000, more if needed from plastic

That gives about 4.7k per night for 14 night stay. Not too shabby especially if pattaya s part of the holiday lol 

[fedssocr]

that is sad. I've already figured that I won't get to travel until autumn 2021 at the soonest. The world really has changed

[vinapu]

6 minutes ago, fedssocr said:

 The world really has changed

not really, sun still rises in the east.

There are some inconveniences at the moment and by autumn of 2021 will be all forgotten 

[GWMinUS]

3 hours ago, vinapu said:

no, budget set at 66000, more if needed from plastic

OH such a BIG SPENDER!! WOW sounds like a Line in a Broadway Song...  

[Londoner]

Vinapu is right but we older guys  (or at least me) fear that soon, travel to Thailand may be beyond us. The months of sanuk we are missing now may not be available.

[vinapu]

6 hours ago, GWMinUS said:

OH such a BIG SPENDER!! WOW sounds like a Line in a Broadway Song...  

what da ya mean? One is not going to Thailand to save money, one saves money by NOT going to Thailand - that's only upside of whole virus saga for me

[vinapu]

58 minutes ago, Londoner said:

Vinapu is right but we older guys  (or at least me) fear that soon, travel to Thailand may be beyond us. The months of sanuk we are missing now may not be available.

you got it right, inevitably one day we need to settle down , just like all others

[vinapu]

to complete that report I must mention that tonight ar 11 p.m I was supposed to fly back and in a day or two later start reporting it here.

I guess nothing to report, sigh

[abidismaili]

It is all so sad. And the authorities are very silent about when tourism becomes possible again.  

[vinapu]

2 hours ago, abidismaili said:

It is all so sad. And the authorities are very silent about when tourism becomes possible again.  

Both authorities and travelers at one point need to start being brave 

[ggobkk]

On 6/30/2020 at 6:22 PM, vinapu said:

to complete that report I must mention that tonight ar 11 p.m I was supposed to fly back and in a day or two later start reporting it here.

I guess nothing to report, sigh

And I had planned to meet up this week with vinapu to share pizza...

[vinapu]

7 hours ago, ggobkk said:

And I had planned to meet up this week with vinapu to share pizza...

don't worry, one day we will. I'm optimist.

If only Madrid Tavern survives, sigh

[spoon]

Ive spent the money i saved not being able to travel on some item purchases instead lol

[vinapu]

1 hour ago, spoon said:

Ive spent the money i saved not being able to travel on some item purchases instead lol

that way you keep economy running and eventually moving truck guys occupied

[GWMinUS]

18 hours ago, spoon said:

Ive spent the money i saved not being able to travel on some item purchases instead lol

My Dear Great-Aunt told me as a young boy! That I should be careful because money can burn a hole in your pocket!!!

[Travellerdave]

I’ve spent 4 months in lockdown hardly spending any money. I would love to distribute my savings to worthy recipients  [ie Asian boys and gay bars}. Unfortunately travel to Thailand from the U.K. seems completely impractical as the moment with quarantine requirements on arrival and also on return to U.K. , despite flights being available. I don’t understand why Thailand is still on the U.K. list for quarantine whereas many European destinations with far worse Covid records have been free.
if somehow I did manage a trip setting a budget would be the last thing on my mind ! 

[Londoner]

My guess is that the no-quarantine arrangements will be reciprocal;  both governments  will have to  agree to lift restrictions at the same time.

By the way, my boyfriend has an extension to his house in Kamphaeng Phaet, thanks to the virus. If the October trip meets the same fate as the June one, as seems likely, I'm bloody well spending that money on myself!