Originally Posted by eccentricfusion

I stayed at the Courtyard for my ASQ, so unless my pics/review were successful in steering you away from the Courtyard, the thanks probably goes to Kalboz and escape4, both of them reviewed and posted pictures from the Le Meridien.

Originally Posted by Assimilated Cajun

As noted in my previous post (#1020), my alternative state quarantine (ASQ) hotel is the Hyatt Place Bangkok Sukhumvit. As those of you who have looked into ASQ options already know, there is a wide range of choices. A few are quite inexpensive -- perhaps $70 or $80 per night for the complete room/meals/transport/tests/etc package -- but look pretty dismal. And then there are a few high-end hotels whose basic rooms start at $300 per night for the ASQ package and that offer suites or villas at $500 or more. (All these prices are quoted online in Baht for the whole 15 nights; I have converted them into the per-night US$ charge at a rate of 30 Baht per dollar. Also, please note that these prices are "net": that is, all taxes and service charges are already included.)

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The good news is that nothing in this life lasts forever. Yesterday I took my five-day Covid test. This was an exciting event, mainly because it was the first time I had left my room since my arrival. The head nurse, still in her Martian-explorer uniform, knocked on my door and escorted me to the elevator and then to the pool area, where another nurse put a swab in my nose. (I've had six Covid tests so far, and this was the first one that really hurt; she poked it deeper into my nostril, left it there longer, and swirled it more vigorously than in any of the previous tests; I don't know whether that's a local thing or just about this particular nurse. But I can stand almost anything for 30 seconds or so.) This morning I got the negative result. That means that starting tomorrow (Day 7) I'll get 40 minutes per day to stand, sit, or walk around in the rooftop "relaxation area" (formerly the bar), which if I recall correctly is somewhat more than Dr. Lecter was allowed. There will be another Covid test on Day 13, which is one week from today, and assuming that one is also negative I will be a free man on the morning of Day 15.