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‘White Pills’ Found In Woman’s Luggage After Bangkok Flight – Chilling Discovery Could Have Ended In Life Sentence

Nov 05 2024

“I found some white tablets in a clear plastic glove, all in the bottom of one finger of the glove,” buried deep within her dirty clothes. The tablets were unmarked, five in total, and she has “no idea” what they were. “It felt really scary that somehow someone had either accidentally or intentionally put it in my suitcase.”

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What Visitor Quarantine Is Like In Thailand Right Now

Jan 21 2021

Thailand is technically open to visitors, but even with a negative Covid test there’s a 14 day quarantine requirement and the idea of being stuck inside a hotel room that long hasn’t been popular. It’s attracted only a few hundred tourists per month to the country.

However people will go to greater lengths to visit friends and relatives than they will for just a vacation long enough to justify the quarantine period. I saw on social media that the owner of my favorite Thai restaurant was back in Bangkok, in the middle of his quarantine period at a hotel with his wife. He was gracious enough to share his story and some photos.

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Hyatt Regency Bangkok ‘One Million Baht Club’ Lets You Become A Resident For A Year

Dec 07 2020

Your year-long Bangkok City Center stay is in a club room, so you get club level benefits including breakfast, light snacks, evening hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. Think of it like rent, without having to pay extra for utilities for housekeeping, and meals thrown in. You even get complimentary parking. And they throw in club lounge meeting room use, too, so call it your office.

They rebate 20% of the price (200,000 Thai Baht) as a statement credit for use in the hotel’s restaurants and bars, or for room service and even hosting events. That’s over $6500 in room service, on top of the club lounge food.

They even throw you a birthday party.

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