Reply #16 Freelancer's post
It’s been a really low-key visit. The spike in cases started just before I was to get out of ASQ and then Bangkok moved into a strict red state lock-down, followed by even stricter dark red state. Restaurants (for dine-in), parks, massages, bars, gyms, pools, etc. all are not allowed to open. Malls, grocery stores, 7-11’s, etc. required to have shorter hours than normal. Even some of the malls are completely closing down until at least the end of this month because there just isn’t enough customer traffic. The handful of malls I’ve gone into have far fewer customers than workers.
To date, I decided to just stay out of the way so I didn’t unintentionally contribute to the situation. I’ve roamed the city quite a bit to see whatever Bangkok sites I could (mostly from behind closed gates), but I haven’t partaken in any activities of any sort. Even without that, Thailand’s a great place to be, so just happy to be here.
The impact of this extended lock-down is so clearly taking a heavy toll on the people's morale/finances/etc., so for their sake hopefully they can move past this very soon and start the recovery phase. | |
