News Forum - Tourists flock to Koh Phangan for New Year’s beach party

[Guest1]

  On 12/31/2021 at 7:09 AM, King Cotton said:

And with the Full Moon not due until 17 Jan, this is going to be one, long party!

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But they do new moon parties, for quiet some time and that one is on January 2

[Guest1]

  On 12/31/2021 at 7:15 AM, Karim62 said:

Superb!! not the slightest mask and stuck tight !!!! a beautiful hecatomb in perspective!! this appointment should have been simply canceled! Incredible this laxity...

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I 'assume' that the Thai Government, knowing about this, is STILL NOT planing to test anybody, leaving Koh Phangan. 

[Rain]

  On 12/31/2021 at 2:28 PM, Guest1 said:

I 'assume' that the Thai Government, knowing about this, is STILL NOT planing to test anybody, leaving Koh Phangan. 

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Why bother...

[Alavan]

  On 12/31/2021 at 11:50 AM, Does said:

Here comes the New Year Omicron outbreak on Koh Phangan. 

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And then infecting people who thried to keep it healthy, including on the flight back home.
 

[DWSC]

For sure after this party, there will be lock down again by Thailand. See, the Thais are desperate for tourist dollars but they are also condescending to the infectivities. The authorities claimed to clean up the beaches but the ecosystem has already been devastated. These same Westerners kept screaming about climate change, well, how about y'all just STFU and be personally responsible. 

[Rain]

  On 12/31/2021 at 3:41 PM, whitesnake said:

paracetamol!!!!

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Peyote might a suitable substitute.

[RampantRabbit]

Just cant inderstand this  compulsive need  to 'party'

[HiuMak]

just shock to see these photos

[Imnottelling]

  On 12/31/2021 at 9:43 AM, Rain said:

Of course.....time to live. 

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Party, and spend money when we tell you

[Imnottelling]

  On 12/31/2021 at 2:28 PM, Guest1 said:

I 'assume' that the Thai Government, knowing about this, is STILL NOT planing to test anybody, leaving Koh Phangan. 

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No test to get on the island so none needed to get off again, I would think

[Faraday]

  On 1/1/2022 at 2:37 AM, whitesnake said:

OFF TOPIC BUT... I notice the article about Andrea Bocelli performing (OR NOT!!!) in Phuket last night has been removed! Well? DID HE SHOW UP OR NOT???? A huge, massive, gigantic embarrassment if he didn't!!! Can someone find out what 'really' happened there last night?  

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Apparently, he did.

https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-sees-in-new-year-with-bocelli-20-000-firework-spectacle-82575.php

[King Cotton]

  On 1/1/2022 at 2:45 AM, Faraday said:

Apparently, he did.

https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-sees-in-new-year-with-bocelli-20-000-firework-spectacle-82575.php

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Still a little O-T . . . sorry! . . . but I'll wager there were a hundred times more fireworks than people at this farcical gig . . . just my cynical view, of course .

[Chatogaster]

  On 1/1/2022 at 2:37 AM, whitesnake said:

OFF TOPIC BUT... I notice the article about Andrea Bocelli performing (OR NOT!!!) in Phuket last night has been removed! Well? DID HE SHOW UP OR NOT???? A huge, massive, gigantic embarrassment if he didn't!!! Can someone find out what 'really' happened there last night?  

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There's a PN-article and a couple of YouTube videos, nothing spectacular.

FYI - to "unremove" the article, all you need is the WayBackMachine and the original link Thaiger link
For this one, 3 snapshots are available (taken in less than a day). Quite amazing...
 

[ThaiPhilExpat]

Some videos posted on tiktok today, show that almost none wear a face mask at Koh Phangan party last night.

Patong phuket videos from last night, no foreigner wear a mask, while maybe 30% of thais wear a mask.

Same on the crowded ferries going there, no mask used.

January will be interesting ...

Edited January 1, 2022 by ThaiPhilExpat

[BlueSphinx]

  On 1/1/2022 at 2:37 AM, whitesnake said:

OFF TOPIC BUT... I notice the article about Andrea Bocelli performing (OR NOT!!!) in Phuket last night has been removed! Well? DID HE SHOW UP OR NOT???? A huge, massive, gigantic embarrassment if he didn't!!! Can someone find out what 'really' happened there last night?  

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Andrea Boccelli probably performed in his Hotel room to meet the draconian covid-requirements for his own gig.  And somehow the TAT was able to convince him that the terrace of his hotel-room was actually the podium of this massive event...

[AMc]

  On 1/1/2022 at 3:46 AM, ThaiPhilExpat said:

Some videos posted on tiktok today, show that almost none wear a face mask at Koh Phangan party last night.

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Excellent. The resistance is growing!

  On 1/1/2022 at 3:46 AM, ThaiPhilExpat said:

Patong phuket videos from last night, no foreigner wear a mask, while maybe 30% of thais wear a mask.

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70% emboldened by foreigners display of non-compliance.

The reports just keep getting better!

  On 1/1/2022 at 3:46 AM, ThaiPhilExpat said:

Same on the crowded ferries going there, no mask used.

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No masks worn, indicating that the majority of these people are aware of the ineffectiveness of wearing a cloth/paper face covering in an attempt to slow the aerosol spread of this pathogen (the virus is 1000 times smaller than the weave/fiber of these masks).

  On 1/1/2022 at 3:46 AM, ThaiPhilExpat said:

January will be interesting ...

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Absolutely. Expect a ten-fold (at least) increase in the use of the (now discredited) PCR test, allowing enough false positives (up to 97% of positives are false positives) to justify further measures to be taken, ahem, "...out of an abundance of phobia caution"

If you are concerned about contracting "Covid-19"^TM  , which carries with it only a 99.8% chance of recovery, I suggest you

1)self isolate

2) practice social distancing

3)avoid crowds

4) wear a mask

5) get vaccinated

and most especially,

6) keep your "vaccine passport" up to date by receiving your n^th booster.

Simple.

[oldschooler]

  On 1/1/2022 at 3:46 AM, ThaiPhilExpat said:

Some videos posted on tiktok today, show that almost none wear a face mask at Koh Phangan party last night.

Patong phuket videos from last night, no foreigner wear a mask, while maybe 30% of thais wear a mask.

Same on the crowded ferries going there, no mask used.

January will be interesting ...

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Mask wearing whilst fully vaxxed & at leisure is obviously contradictory & ludicrous.ALL those farang are Fully Vaxxed. If Thais at tourist events or not are not vaxxed that’s their look out…….

[oldschooler]

  On 1/1/2022 at 5:38 AM, AMc said:

Excellent. The resistance is growing!

70% emboldened by foreigners display of non-compliance.

The reports just keep getting better!

No masks worn, indicating that the majority of these people are aware of the ineffectiveness of wearing a cloth/paper face covering in an attempt to slow the aerosol spread of this pathogen (the virus is 1000 times smaller than the weave/fiber of these masks).

Absolutely. Expect a ten-fold (at least) increase in the use of the (now discredited) PCR test, allowing enough false positives (up to 97% of positives are false positives) to justify further measures to be taken, ahem, "...out of an abundance of phobia caution"

If you are concerned about contracting "Covid-19"^TM  , which carries with it only a 99.8% chance of recovery, I suggest you

1)self isolate

2) practice social distancing

3)avoid crowds

4) wear a mask

5) get vaccinated

and most especially,

6) keep your "vaccine passport" up to date by receiving your n^th booster.

Simple.

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Testing now has zero / negative benefit with vax around for 12 months now.

[ThaiPhilExpat]

  On 1/1/2022 at 7:23 AM, oldschooler said:

Mask wearing whilst fully vaxxed & at leisure is obviously contradictory & ludicrous.ALL those farang are Fully Vaxxed. If Thais at tourist events or not are not vaxxed that’s their look out…….

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While I agree with you, it's still required by Section 51 of the Communicable Diseases Act, fine up to 20,000 baht, and Section 18 of the same act, mask violators are subject to jail sentences of up to 2 years plus up to 40,000 baht in fines.

[Stardust]

  On 12/31/2021 at 10:07 AM, Stonker said:

For once we're in full agreement.

Selfish, stupid and farang - just what's needed when looking for someone responsible. 

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You are a farang maybe look into in the mirror. As I seen in former comments you have really mental health issues. This is not about farang this is about the operators because they are responsible!

[Stonker]

  On 1/1/2022 at 9:06 AM, Stardust said:

You are a farang maybe look into in the mirror. As I seen in former comments you have really mental health issues. This is not about farang this is about the operators because they are responsible!

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So when it all goes pear shaped the "operators", whoever that means, will be held responsible?

Somehow, I don't think so !

[Alavan]

  On 12/31/2021 at 3:36 PM, whitesnake said:

Ahhhh, so what?

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Egoistic and asocial.
Even if a sickness is harmless, you don't infect other people.

[Rain]

  On 1/1/2022 at 10:12 AM, Alavan said:

Egoistic and asocial.
Even if a sickness is harmless, you don't infect other people.

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Akin to a posted forum opinion. 

[Rain]

  On 1/1/2022 at 12:15 PM, whitesnake said:

I'm not sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[HiuMak]

  On 1/1/2022 at 2:45 AM, Faraday said:

Apparently, he did.

https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-sees-in-new-year-with-bocelli-20-000-firework-spectacle-82575.php

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did he sing with his mask on?