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Hi everyone, i have few questions:

1) I'm planning to come to Chiang Mai from september to december, is it still doable or with covid cases increase it's not suggested/permitted anymore?

2) I know lots of people are/were there grinding on .com sites.
I play on .it, so local ones. Since there aren't thai poker sites i assume you can use pokerstars.it etc, but can someone confirm this assumption? is anyone there grinding on national clients?

3) If i go to Chiang Mai with no Hotel/room booked, can i still look for something when i'm there in order to save money or with covid it would be better to book something from there to avoid problems?

Thanks to everyone!

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08-12-2021 , 06:12 AM

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ramabranch

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Originally Posted by Mivax96

Chiang Mai is doing fine so far in this third covid wave and pretty much everything is open but bars.

Best thing to do is book a hotel/airbnb for 3-4 days and find a condo for the length of your stay once here. With covid making international travel hard theres plenty of availability and you can probably get good deals just walking into condo buildings and asking at reception.

Not entirely sure if .it works here but I know .es does. You can always email stars support and ask. If not every other .com sites besides partypoker let you play from here so you could potentially play on those the time you're here.

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08-12-2021 , 09:22 AM

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iLiveInAsia

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Death in paradise: first the virus, now a murder casts pall over Phuket

At the police station where he is being held in Phuket, Teerawat Thothip was handed a phone to begin a national address like few others.

The 27-year-old local man was patched into a press conference to confess to the murder of 57-year-old Swiss woman Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf near a waterfall on the south of the island last Thursday.

“I would like to apologise to the tourist’s family and beg all Thais to excuse me,” he said. “I did not mean to kill her.”

Charged with murder and robbery after being identified with CCTV footage, Teerawat explained he had been left unemployed by the pandemic and was trying to steal Sauvain-Weisskopf’s backpack, which had 300 baht ($A12) inside it, when he saw her wading in the water on her own. She died in a struggle after he placed her in a headlock, he said.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/de...09-p58h65.html

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08-12-2021 , 10:02 AM

#68154

Mivax96

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Originally Posted by ramabranch

Thank you very much, now everything is clear

Now i only need to get a visa, hope i can get it.

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08-12-2021 , 11:03 AM

#68155

5 south

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Originally Posted by Mivax96

Unless you're scared of covid I see no reason to come to Thailand. There has to be countries out there that are fully open and comparable living expenses.

I'd say let the dust settle from the current wave and reaccess

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08-12-2021 , 01:48 PM

#68156

U shove i call

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Originally Posted by iLiveInAsia

https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/de...09-p58h65.html

That stuff happens every day in most countries dude whats your point? There is a mass shooting every day in the US but you don't seem to care about that.

https://www.nationmaster.com/country.../Violent-crime

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08-12-2021 , 04:52 PM

#68157

BKKYOLO

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This troll is happy to learn the death of a person, as it makes an exemple for the racist arguments he was spitting all over the thread. And winning an argument on some random Internet forum is the best thing that could happen in his miserable life. Yes, asians are horrible cold-blooded killers dude, you win!

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08-12-2021 , 08:04 PM

#68158

iL1keTurtles

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Originally Posted by 5 south

Unless you're scared of covid I see no reason to come to Thailand.

And if you are scared of COVID definitely don't come.

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08-13-2021 , 10:25 AM

#68159

BT2

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Originally Posted by 5 south

Unless you're scared of covid I see no reason to come to Thailand.

traveling is the opposite of what people who are scared of covid ought to do. going to a largely unvaccinated country is even worse. i do not get your point.

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08-13-2021 , 01:53 PM

#68160

5 south

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Originally Posted by BT2

traveling is the opposite of what people who are scared of covid ought to do. going to a largely unvaccinated country is even worse. i do not get your point.

Well they take it more serious here than Florida or Mexico.
There are going to be bar closures, curfews, possible quarantines for domestic travel, etc...
So if you're worried about Covid it's not a bad place to be as there are some attempts to slow the spread.
If you want to travel and have a good time and really dgaf about Covid then Thailand seems like a terrible place to go to.
It's boring af out here atm.

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08-13-2021 , 01:59 PM

#68161

Mivax96

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Gonna wait some months, not that i can get my visa anyways

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08-13-2021 , 02:31 PM

#68162

BT2

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Originally Posted by 5 south

If you want to travel and have a good time and really dgaf about Covid then Thailand seems like a terrible place to go to.
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this is me. where do you recommend sir

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08-13-2021 , 05:36 PM

#68163

purrretrog

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Originally Posted by BT2

this is me. where do you recommend sir

Would have to confirm with someone who is there but Mexico seems pretty legit.

I can confirm Thai sucks atm, Im in Phuket which is probably the least restricted place in Thai and nothing much happening, one of few times id way rather be back home in Ireland rn.

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08-14-2021 , 11:22 AM

#68164

GonZo72

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Originally Posted by BT2

this is me. where do you recommend sir

If you have an Euro passport, Eastern Europe is pretty good rn. No need to visa run, cost of living close to SEA, Eastern Euro sloots are hot too. Stayed close to 1 year in Romania and made new local friends (straight dudes) super easy without speaking Romanian. Also, had great experiences here with the local police when hanging out with some super sketchy local brahs. In my 10 years experiences living abroad, Romania is the most genuinely welcoming country I have ever been, even if you look like a complete foreigner like myself (light hair and poverty blue eyes) and barely speak Romanian.

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08-23-2021 , 01:21 AM

#68165

Avante7227

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Hey guys
I am planning to set up a poker house in Chiang Mai since I cannot find any here.
Plan is to get a 3-bedroom house and install a good Internet.
Let me know if anyone is interested.
LINE: steven7227

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08-23-2021 , 02:50 PM

#68166

acesup81

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Originally Posted by GonZo72

WORD!!! ty

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08-23-2021 , 03:03 PM

#68167

acesup81

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Originally Posted by purrretrog

I was in Mexico last year. It was way legit. I was grinding BOL. Im could be interested in either ensenada or the riviera maya after the October WSOP in vegas. So early NOv.

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08-23-2021 , 09:40 PM

#68168

iL1keTurtles

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Seems like this wave has peaked and restrictions will start easing up soon.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...-with-covid-19

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...reopening-plan

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08-24-2021 , 02:18 AM

#68169

Kiljusieppo

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Yeah let's hope for the best but not expecting too much.

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08-24-2021 , 04:58 AM

#68170

5 south

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Originally Posted by iL1keTurtles

Seems like this wave has peaked and restrictions will start easing up soon.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...-with-covid-19

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...reopening-plan

Would be nice if they could get everyone vaxxed that wants to but going to be hard for Thailand to hold on.
Also seems like Thailand doesn't have even Mississippi like hospital capacity.

Would be good to get the old people vaxxed. Friend just lost both her parent in laws in Myanmar a couple of days ago.

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08-25-2021 , 01:16 AM

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iLiveInAsia

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Lets see how many people will think it's a great idea to go to a delta COVID hotspot filling out thousands of forms in order to be treated like a child molester with a tracking bracelet in a 3rd world country while gambling with catching delta in a place with dubious hygiene practices.

Better to go to Singapore at this point if you don't mind a 21 day layover in Brunei or Germany: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/19/sing...-visitors.html

Contrary to Thailand everybody is using the contact tracing app and there is no dedicated farang monitoring task force and hotel prices are on par with Thailand pre pandemic. AirBnBs are a bit more expensive but it's a 1st world country.

Last edited by iLiveInAsia; 08-25-2021 at 01:38 AM.

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08-25-2021 , 01:32 AM

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iLiveInAsia

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Thai PM tells Phuket people to “stop ripping off tourists”

Everyone is having their say about a van charging two Australian tourists 3,000 baht for a trip from the Phuket International Airport to Kata, even the Thai PM.

The PM took time out today to issue a warning to “Phuket people” that its reputation as a tourist destination will suffer if local people keep ripping-off tourists.

A spokesperson says the Thai prime minister was made aware of a formal police complaint filed by two Australian tourists that a passenger van driver charged them 3,000 baht (1,500 baht each) for the 47 kilometre ride to their hotel in Kata.

The spokesperson said… “if people persisted in taking unfair advantage of foreign visitors it would have a negative impact on the Thai people and Phuket.”

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/tran...g-off-tourists

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Video of alleged police killing during extortion attempt shared on social media

A video of the alleged police killing during an extortion attempt was shared on social media today by a well-known Thai lawyer. The footage shows officers putting a plastic bag over a man’s head and beating him. Reports say the man died from suffocation, but the district chief allegedly ordered his subordinates to write the death off as drug overdose.

The police chief in Nakhon Sawan, Pol Col Thitisant Utthanaphon, is being transferred following allegations raised this week claiming that he accidentally killed a drug suspect while demanding a 2 million baht bribe. The claims are now being investigated and 10 other officers are being questioned.

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crim...n-social-media

This guy is lucky he didn't end up like that:

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08-25-2021 , 01:40 AM

#68173

Fossilkid93

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Oh my god. Some tourists were charged more than a fair rate for a taxi ride? I'm glad you brought this to our attention. I'm NEVER visiting Thailand now. [/SARCASM]

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08-25-2021 , 04:08 AM

#68174

ramabranch

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Before a big part of me used to think that ILIA was an advanced troll that was creating this persona of a thai-hater lunatic just to annoy people ITT. Now that someone said that they know him IRL my feelings towards him changed from anger for his repeated spamming of his anti-thai agenda to extreme pity knowing that a person so troubled and and full of hate actually exists IRL. Virtual hug to you, ILIA.

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08-27-2021 , 06:01 AM

#68175

iLiveInAsia

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US man found innocent after 13 months in Klong Prem prison held by immigration at airport

It is expected that US man Derrick Keller will be deported and fly home to the US on Monday following his 13 month ordeal in a Thai maximum security prison since his arrest in August when he arrived with his family as a tourist and found himself facing serious fraud charges linked to a Ponzi scheme in which he featured as an actor in a corporate video.

44-year-old US man and former servicemen Derrick Keller found himself back in detention over the weekend after being released from Klong Prem prison in Bangkok on Monday and spending his first night in a real bed. He was detained by immigration police as he attempted to fly out of the country for overstaying his visa.