As I wrote about on March 25, Hong Kong was going to ban all tourists, including transit passengers, for 2 weeks.
Now South China Morning post is reporting that this ban has been extended indefinitely, as most of the recent COVID19 cases are imported cases.
Ever since I landed my job in Hong Kong almost 2 years ago I was getting excited about the traveling oportunities from here. There are so many places available within a short distance of flying, and so many places to explore and discover.
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Koh Samui mayor Ramnet Jaikwang declared today that the island is imposing a 3 week entry ban for the Island, effective until the end of April 2020.
Keep on reading!It is not often I will put a TV add here for any company, but I just came across the new Emirates ad, and I thought it was pretty awesome, and wanted to share it here.
This pretty much sums up the situation around the world right now, and at least the way I feel about it as well…
Boarding was already starting when I arrived at the gate, and as the flight was no more than 30% full there was no queue for boarding, so I was able to proceed directly to my seat.
When I did the online check-in one day before departure, I was more interested in finding an empty part of the cabin, so I assigned myself seat 72A if I remember correctly, almost in the rear of the plane. From experience I like the seats in this area of the airplane, the fuselage is starting to narrow here, and the seat configuration goes from 2-4-2 to 2-3-2, so there is more space between the seats, and as the fuselage is not straight here, the seats are places a bit further from the windows, so the A-seats have more space than in the rest of the plane.
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Effective midnight last night (Friday April 03 2020) and for 72 hours Thailand has announced that they are suspending all incoming passenger flights.
Anyone who arrives on a flight that took off before the ban came into force will be allowed to arrive, but will be quarantined for 14 days after arriving in Thailand.
They are also reporting that Phuket Airport will close for 3 weeks, from April 10 to April 30, but his is not yet confirmed.
Check-in and Immigration was quick and efficient at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, and after security was cleared I headed towards my gate with about 90 minutes spare before boarding was supposed to be starting.
I am a MasterCard LoungeKey member, and I was surprised to see that they had several lounges around Bangkok airport, normally my experience is that they are sharing Priority Pass lounges, but here they were using several different airline lounges.
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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?
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.
According to South China Morning Post , Hong Kong is to ban all tourists, including transit passengers.
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