So… it’s been a while and I just thought I’d let you know what’s going on. Obviously, travel has been severely restricted and even locally we’ve been locked down to the point of insanity. My fingers, toes and balls are crossed that it will open up soon.
Some small updates:
- Manila and the wider Philippines is slowly opening up and finally, those stupid facemasks (a cover-up for wider corruption) have gone
- Angeles City is a bit of a ghost town, although there are still a lot of ex-pats that have managed to find some entertainment around the place
- From all accounts, Pattaya is slowly getting a little better but at one point was empty and tough to get a beer
- Bangkok seems to have factions of warring ex-pats all of who are being fucked over by the local government in some way, but really are just pissed that they can’t get a chip buttie on a Tuesday night
- Saigon was in a lockdown for months and people are gradually getting back to normal now
- Apart from the Tokyo Olympics I’ve heard nothing from Japan
I’ve had friends who have just dealt with the quarantine rules and have travelled back and forward, and for me, hotels have become something that I don’t care to see again for a while.
So really it’s been sucky for the past year or so. And now we have Omicron so fuck knows what will happen next.
Interested to know how you’re going in the comments below.
Mike
Nice to see you’re still alive zando. its right shit here in bangas and yea bit of a mission to get a chip buttie or a beer, harder to get visas and wify says locals are getting pissed off with the bloody govt too. see ya soon ya cnut.