@Steven ******

i might look into it, shipping from 'Straya has been excruciatingly slow. EU's cleared up pretty well, Germany was where my packages from the US went to die.

I don't agree that "it's getting insane" in Thailand though. i think they handled it well, everything's pretty much open here, even pubs. and most small businesses survived.

meanwhile look at the shit show that is the US. lock down late, end it early, that way you get to lock down again later, and guarantee you screw up the economy without containing the spread of the virus? genius plan.

Thai Mail's doing just fine, but due to some lengthy delays i'd recommend tracked. if you're in anything like a hurry, or if it's important, Fedex is operating pretty much normally. Their having their own planes may have something to do with it...

is it? are they? because i've been getting packages just fine. biggest problem is there are few flights, so delays

@Gina *********

he was one day short of the ban hammer. we were held up quite a while as they counted and recounted the days.

@Gina *********

i'm not sure that applies if it's a lot of days.

i was on a border run once with a guy who had an epic overstay--one day short of being banned--i don't know if he got a stamp or not. it was a big pile of cash though. just because he forgot about that pesky visa stuff.

@Hettie ******

let's start at the end. America's doing a lot of testing? that's why cases are so high? explain then how being 23rd in the world in tests per 1 million population translates to being 12th in the world in total cases.

most sources have tourism at around 15 percent of the Thai economy. that's more than the USA (around 3%). meanwhile industry is around 35 percent agriculture is around 8. the service sector 56 percent. presumably we can assume that includes tourism.

even if we assume that all of the 15 percent is Western tourists? numbers i've seen: 16.3 million East Asia, 10.6 million ASEAN, 6.7 million Europe, 1.6 million Americas.

so really? the The economy depends on tourism? Thailand needs YOU??? the tourism sector doesn't even depend on Western tourists. c'mon.

next time, try numbers instead of made up talking points.

@Matt ******

only have to leave if you are relying on the visa amnesty

@Michael *************

it's the best place to live so you want to leave?

@Hettie ******

I'm not sure why Mr Wade is dependent on tourists, but Thailand isn't. Don't expect to be invited in until America has the virus under control.

it's not generation-specific, look at all the 'Muricans throwing tantrums because their consulate won't write 'em a letter so they can stay longer.