@Nigel *********************

31/disease-law-set-for-change

State of emergency ends the end of this month.Not being extended.

@Steve *********

The touristy parts sure - the moat, Night Bazaar and Nimman but most of the rest of the Chiang Mai you wouldn't even know COVID was a thing. Chiang Mai is bigger than the moat and Nimman.

TAT is the clown show of Thailand. If the government was serious about fake news, they'd arrest the whole of TAT. Outright lies.

@Elisa ****************

TAT says Chiang Mai will fully reopen on Oct. 1 as well. Putting aside that CM was never meant to fully reopen anyway versus a limited program called Charming Chiang Mai, it's reliant on 70% fully vaccinated. It's not going to happen.

I've never understood people's obsession with protests. It's Thailand - it's more unusual for there to not be protests about something. Basing a decision because "OMG the protests" is just bizarre. I was in Bangkok in 2013 for a few weeks during Occupy Bangkok when grenades at one point were being thrown around. It affected me in that it took 90 minutes in a tuktuk and 400 baht to get from MBK to Khao San Road. If you get upset about protests and what's in the media - Thailand isn't for you.

@Stan ******

I'd even suggest stinginess when it comes to general rubbish - most of my neighbors burn their rubbish let alone their rice waste. We have a local garbage pickup but you have to pay for it. I think it's 50 or 60 baht a month through the teesaban for the service.

@John *********

ok then :)

@John *********

why don't you try reading the thread again - I didn't say fire for germination, I was responding to someone who said that by noting they burn the waste.

@Troy ******

they burn the waste, nor are seeds always common here versus cuttings.I didnt watch a doco, I live in the middle of rice paddies.