Month: March 2020

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Pattaya – Mostly Harmless

I last visited Pattaya in 2008 or 2009, and at the time I felt it was mostly a dump, and had no plans of ever visiting it again. But after a few of my colleagues had told me that it was quite nice nowadays and with a lot of things to do for kids, I thought I would give it another shot, and also have a look at it for a possible vacation spot with my kids?

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Confirmed: Hong Kong to temporarily ban all tourists, including transit passengers effective Wednesday March 25

Listening to the ongoing press conference by Mrs Carrie Lam, it is now confirmed that Hong Kong will ban all tourist, including transit passengers, for 2 weeks. In addition, all residents returning to Hong Kong will have to home quarantine for 2 weeks, including travelers coming from Macau and Taiwan.

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Rumor: Hong Kong to temporarily ban all tourists, including transit passengers!

According to South China Morning Post , Hong Kong is to ban all tourists, including transit passengers.

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Emirates changes their minds, will now keep a few destinations open

As I wrote about yesterday, Emirates announced that they are suspending all passenger flights effective March 25, 2020.

Emirates is now backtracking on this decision , and will now continue to operate flights to 13 destinations/countries.

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Emirates suspends all passenger flights effective March 25, 2020.

Update: the correct date should be March 25, nor March 23 as originally posted.

Emirates has put the following statement up on Twitter today:

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Review, Discovery Beach Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand

The driver dropped me off outside the main entrance of the hotel just before 2 pm, and there was a bellboy there to carry the suitcases inside for me. Arriving at the reception I was the only customer there, and the receptionist completed the check-in formalities and then asked me to take a seat while she would try to locate an available room for me.

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Christmas holiday in Norway

So after clearing Immigration and getting our bags, we headed in the direction of Hertz to collect the Rav 4 I had booked. Upon arriving at the counter they offered me an upgrade to a Tesla Model S instead, for the price of 200 NOK per day. Considering it would give me free parking, free recharging and avoid paying the toll fees on the highways I decided to take it – it basically cost me nothing extra considering the extras that are included.

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Cathay Pacific to reduce passenger capacity by 96% in April and May

Cathay has just release the following press statement on their website:

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Hong Kong Express cancels all flights until end of April 2020

Hong Kong Express, Hong Kongs low cost operator who was purchased last year by Cathay Pacific is the first Hong Kong based airline to halt operations amid the COVID19 outbreak.

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Update from AirAsia reference the Covid-19 outbreak.

AirAsia has sent out the following email to their costumers in reference to the Covid-19 outbreak:

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