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Had a bit of a walkabout today, as I wanted to do some banking. I took a big chunk of cash out of the bank to put in my safe to cover a few months expenses. If CV were to spin out of control here could be a run on the banks. Likely? Not at all. But not completely impossible. Restaurants are open so bars that double as restaurants remain open in Pattaya. Up in Bangkok It seems that inter-provincial movement is being discouraged. I'm not exactly sure what the bus situation is.

As of this writing the Dow is down 2000 points today.

Near the beginning of the above video you can see the closed Nidcha Bar. He also does a stroll down 13/1. I expect things to be much different tomorrow,

The massage shop where my better half works will be closed starting tomorrow until the end of the month. Suspect the bars will be closed starting tomorrow.

The bar next door to where I live is open but I have a feeling that tonight is the last night. One ladyboy works there and a good source tells me she is fairly well hung.

Super Rich headquarters has the USD at 32.30 now. The spread between the Buy and Sell rate is 10 satang. Usually it is about 4 satang, sometimes as low as 3 for the USD (spread is higher for other currencies) but at times of high volatility the spread widens.

Sorry AB, wish i had, but taking pics inside of Kink is verbotten. She has a cheery personality, and the Mickey an Minnie tats are quite endearing.

One attractive young lady at Kink Go go has a tat of Mickey Mao one one thigh,and Minnie Mao on her other thigh, sort of a family friendly look. But turning around she has a tat that says Fuck on her left butt cheek and Me on her right cheek.

The EU border is closed!

From the article Dukey quoted above by Adam Judd who is in some of Nick's videos. My teerak's massage shop was not notified of the closure yet but I don't think "massage parlors" refers only to soapies but suspect it also applies to mainstream massage joints.

Super Rich Thailand main office has the USD at 32.12.

Language schools in Pattaya are also closed starting tomorrow until March 31st.

I'm not an epidemiologist, but as a layman it makes sense to me that the final exit strategy is a vaccine which is most likely at least a year away.

Yes, but not really up on daily rates.

The Dow had it's worst one day percentage drop since the crash of 1987. Asia likely tanks tomorrow.

Please consider this contingency planning rather than alarmism. I'm thinking that if either me or my better half have what even the most minor flu like symptoms that we'd be best not staying under the same roof. So if one of us were to move out temporarily we'd be looking for a fairly basic room. Not looking for the cheapest but wouldn't want to pay extra for frills. For example, most mongers want an in room safety box. This would not be needed. Main requirement would be both an AC and fan. 24 hour checkin would be nice. Any ideas?

Buriram is now in lockdown.

All Asian markets are in the red today with Thailand down 6% as of this writing. USA stock futures are getting hammered. Usually a Fed rate cut jumpstarts the market as a rate cut increases the net present value of future cash flows. But with the wordwide economy in the shitter the projected future cash flows are decreasing everyday.

The Fed cut rates to near zero on Sunday night but the baht is depreciating today. Under normal conditions if a central bank cuts interest rates, that currency depreciates vis a vis other currencies as money tends to move to where the risk adjusted yield is highest. My guess is that the dollar got stronger because many expect the BOT to cut rates at its March 25th meeting and in times of worldwide crisis the USD tends to appreciate.

Some pics of Diamond Bar can be found in the New Bar thread:

Cambodia is imposing a ban on foreign nationals arriving from Italy, Germany, Spain, France and the US commencing on St Paddy's Day and lasting for 30 days until after Khmer New Year. All Cambodian schools are closed until April Fools Day but teachers suspect it will be until at least after Khmer New Year, same dates as Songkran.

So are you guys changing your lifestyle due to Coronavirus? My Pattaya lifestyle is extremely quiet to begin with but I'm thinking about cutting down even more on socializing, but I've cut down allot already since I'm slowly cutting down on drinking anyway. I guess I could not go to bars at all anymore and run out to 7/11 and Friendship late at night. My big decision is whether or not to go to Cambodia to teach. While I certainly could use the money I make from teaching, it's not essential to me. I know many of you just can't up and quit, so I'm lucky in that regard.

Will the event be held in the Evergreen wing on Soi 15 as usual rather than the original Areca on Soi Diana?

Big Fat Besty in the second video above picks IMO the best area in Koh Lanta to stay, Northern Long Beach. The advantages of Northern Long Beach are a non-rocky bay and good and good nightlife, Lanta style. While I like Lanta, I would caution most mongers that they are much better off elsewhere. The extremely limited P4P scene is in southern Khlong Dao, the next beach north of Long Beach (Phra Ae). I do not recommend staying in Khlong Dao and I don't recommend Khlong Khong as the bay is rocky and downright ugly at low tide.