think about me one more time before you go
someday oh no so before i start today's vlog i'm gonna tell you that no matter how hard
are these stays on thailand and especially on bangkok and the surrounding provinces
i'm sure that better days are ahead and we are going to pass
all these problems if we stand together so let's start our today's let's talk thailand episode
what's up everyone welcome back again into yet another episode from let's talk
thailand it's another beautiful friday and here we are in august and we still cannot
enter thailand as tourist without spending quarantine for two weeks or maybe join a sandbox
and follow all the obligations and restrictions in order to enjoy a vacation in thailand
in today's vlog we are going to talk about the operating sandboxes in phuket and kosa movie plus
and what is the situation nowadays there besides terminating all the domestic flights from those
islands into other provinces so what are the alternatives to leaves those islands nowadays
the second part we are going to talk about the nightlife and how it start at 9 00 pm
yes at 9 00 pm and how you can enjoy this nightlife
i know you are so excited about this part but wait till we talk about it and at the last
part we are going to talk about our community post which was how thailand can open without
any strings attached so lots of interesting topics stay tuned and enjoy till the end
operating sandboxes yes the phuket model sandbox and the kosami plus is still on and despite
the entry rules and regulations and on and off restrictions people are still entering thailand
through these sandboxes and trying to enjoy their vacation as much as they can in those islands
so what's really happening in the sandboxes nowadays with the new restrictions and regulations
that are being applied because of what's happening in bangkok and the surrounding provinces with the
rising cases and the vaccinations and all the things that are happening nowadays in thailand
well as you know from our sunday's updating vlog that things are getting harder and tougher
in bangkok and the surrounding provinces because of the rising cases and all the harder
and tougher regulations that are being applied nowadays is also affecting the sandboxes phuket
and kosamui plus so one of the restrictions that has been applied lately in phuket island
is terminating all the domestic flights from phuket island to the red dark provinces so
that was a major problem for the people that are now in the sandbox plan and how they are going to
travel from phuket to other provinces once their mandatory stay has ended in phuket island so what
are the alternatives nowadays to leave phuket island once your mandatory stay has ended there
so the alternative these days to leave phuket island are bus rides from phuket
to bangkok suvunabumi airport this buses leaves phuket island three times per week
and they cost you only 1500 baht so you can take a bus at 5 00 am in the morning
from phuket island and you will be at bangkok suvarnabhumi airport at 9pm at the same day
so as you see rather than taking a domestic flight from phuket to bangkok which will be only
one hour nowadays you will enjoy a bus ride from phuket at 5 am in the morning
and you will be in bangkok at 9 00 pm in the evening so what a wonderful ride from phuket to
bangkok well concerning the other reopening plans and the sandboxes
and especially pattaya well these reopening plans nowadays are vanished because of the situation in
bangkok and the surrounding provinces so as you see nowadays thailand opening plans are in break
so the reopening plans of pattaya bangkok and the other provinces
are in break nowadays and we don't know when things can be back under control
so that these provinces can join the reopening plan as it was promised at the end of this year
all right now we come to the nightlife part as i said in my introduction that night life begins
at 9pm and you can enjoy nightlife after 9pm what i meant by that that at 9pm there is curfew
in phuket bangkok pattaya and all the provinces so that's the big problem especially in the sandboxes
there is no nightlife and what are the alternatives after the sunset especially
if you are spending a vacation in phuket island well in my opinion with all these restrictions
and regulations and with all the things that happening nowadays in thailand travel to thailand
enter the sandboxes if you are desperate if not wait because things will be better
sooner or later so this is not the perfect time to travel to thailand if you are not
desperate or you're not obliged to go to thailand if you're not visiting your family
other than that if you can wait it's better because things will be better sooner or later
welcoming to our last part of today's vlog which was our community question which was
what's the best solution to open up thailand for international tourists
with minimum entry regulations on one hand and keeping the safety standards on the other hand
so we had five choices the first one was welcoming vaccinated international tourists
without regulations that took 29 of the voters the second one was welcoming vaccinated tourists with
a pcr test that was only 9 the third one was welcoming tourists with departure pcr test and
arrival pcr test that was 10 and the fourth one was welcoming vaccinated tourists from low risk
countries that was the list which was four percent and the best one was the fifth one which was mass
vaccination in thailand and open up for vaccinated tourists which took almost half of it 50 percent
so as you see from the votes for the time being the best solution is the mass vaccination
in thailand and on the other hand welcoming vaccinated tourists without
obligations and regulations in order to enjoy their vacation in thailand
i know this is not the complete solution but for the time being the best solution is this which is
mass vaccination in thailand and on the other hand welcoming vaccinated tourists without any
strings attached i mean without regulations obligations or even quarantine and sandboxes
so at the end i hope that things will be better in thailand soon and especially in the capital
city bangkok and the surrounding provinces because without them the reopening plans and the sandboxes
cannot be complete and without the capital city bangkok the reopening plan in thailand can stay
in a long break we will talk more detail in the coming updating vlog on sunday i hope you
enjoyed also this vlog thank you for watching subscribe for more from live love thailand