Aladdin's adventure flying to Thailand during the Corona Pandemic


Wednesday 16th of March 2021 and my taxi will pick me up at 10:00 and I had time to go through my documents one more time. There is a long list of documents that I have to get in order to be able to fly to Thailand.
• Tourist Visa (eVisa) Took two days to get
• Thailand Pass - Took 2 days to get via the online application
• AQ Hotel reservation
• Travel Insurance covering Covid
• Negative PCR test
• Flight ticket


I will be in a 10 days quarantine; you can go for one day quarantine if you have all the covid vaccinations. Then you need proof of vaccination as well. Visit your local Thai Embassy online and they have all the information you need. I arranged everything from my computer, I only needed to leave the computer to take the PCR test.

Taxi was outside my hotel when I came down 10 minutes before 10 o'clock. We loaded my luggage and I took a seat in the back opening a MAX while the driver was pulling out. We were hauling arse going south on the highway and we approached an exit closing in on Malmö.

Aladdin's adventure flying to Thailand during the Corona Pandemic
Leaving Helsingborg

On truck in the right lane with the warning lights on and we moved over to the left lane to over take. We discovered a long line of trucks and cars ahead of us and all had the warning blinkers on. Lucky enough there was a few meters in front of the first truck so we could move up on the ramp and leave the highway.

We drove around Malmö on the inner ringway and when we came back to the outer ringway leading to the bridge to Denmark the highway was empty. So there had been an accident and we were very lucky to have been able to avoid it.

The terminal in the taxi did not work when I was going to pay. We need to pay in Sweden and already before the bridge the Danish network was stronger than the Swedish. Using his Swedish terminal and he is only allowed to use it in Sweden. His card reader was stuck and I asked him to restart his phone.

We stopped before the toll Gate to the bridge but he never listened to my advice and he did not get the card reader to work. When we reached the Danish side he decided to follow my advice and the machine started to work, but now we were in Denmark and the machine did not accept the transaction as we were not in Sweden any more.

Aladdin's adventure flying to Thailand during the Corona Pandemic
Toll gate at the bridge to Denmark

The driver was very lucky that I had US Dollars so I could pay him. Check in was open when I came in to the terminal and it did not take so long to check in even though they had to go through all the documents. They stamped my boarding pass with DOCS-OK in red.

If you are going to check-in in Copenhagen, ask if they need to stamp the boarding pass, they might forget it or it is not necessary to stamp the boarding pass when you are coming to check-in.

Anyway, if it is required and you miss the stamp there will be problem at the gate, a drama we can live without. So just beware of this.

Security was fairly quick and I was soon in the lounge where I had 2 glass of soda water. Walking to gate 37 and there is no place to sit down and there was plenty people and it was hot.

Kastrup International Airport - SAS lounge
SAS Lounge

Kastrup International Airport - SAS lounge
SAS Lounge

Kastrup International Airport
Thai Airways at Gate 37

Boarding at 13:10, and as no surprise the boarding was late and I had to stay there with my carry on and the bird hide. 30 minutes late and the boarding started and I was first to get on board.

DARN! It was nice to sit down! And I did soon have a bottle of water in my hand. Boarding was in full swing, not too many passengers but we were a wee bit late when we left the gate.

Thai Airways flight TG 953
Boarding

Thai Airways flight TG 953

Thai Airways flight TG 953
Take off and I am soon having 2 cups of tea

We will arrive to Phuket around 6 thirty in the morning, midnight thirty in Copenhagen so I don't expect to be able to sleep. Dinner and then there was not very much to do. I spent the whole trip watching the map with our plane moving towards Phuket on top of it. Time passed very slow even though I was ordering tea every now and then

I had brought two cans of MAX on board and my plan was to start enjoying one of them when we were approaching Phuket. The last one will be after the short technical stop in Phuket. We will just stop to drop passengers at Phuket International.

Thai Airways flight TG 953
I brought two surprises on the flight


Thai Airways flight TG 953
A tedious flight

Thai Airways flight TG 953
Approaching Phuket

Why didn't you watch a movie? I don't know, I really don't like watching movies on the flight, especially using the head phones. So the map was OK. But imagine a Train Driver View from a 12 hours long train journey, that would have been nice to look at. No need for any sound.

Or a 12 hours film from bird baths.





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Thursday 17th of March 2022
and we landed in Phuket around six thirty. Phuket and most of the passengers disembarked. Leaving Copenhagen and there was 16 passengers in Biz and there were 5 remaining onboard when we left Phuket. There was a team coming on board to clean the plane and I think they refilled the plane as well.

We were supposed to be here for 30 minutes but it took us an hour before we left for Suvarnabhumi International. I had not been able to get any sleep so I was very tired but it was impossible to get any sleep.

Cleaning the plane in Phuket

Suvarnabhumi International
Arriving to Suvarnabhumi International

Suvarnabhumi International
Chairs

Took us about an hour to reach Suvarnabhumi International and it was nice to get off the plane. I was soon spotting the row of plastic chairs, but they were all empty. I took a seat in the third chair from the front and they got all my documents.

They looked at my documents and waved me on to the gate where they stamped my documents and I was off to immigration. No people and I was through the immigration in a few seconds. Picking up my luggage after having bought a bottle of 18-year-old Whiskey for my friend at the TAX FREE.

I had to ask for the hotel pick up so it was a huge difference from last time I was here. They followed your every step, today it was almost like a normal arrival. I got out and I went to look for Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel where I will spend my 10-day quarantine.

Suvarnabhumi International
Hotel Representative

Suvarnabhumi International
On the way to my hotel

I spotted a man in wearing a pink jacket and he took me to the van. Last time I was here two girls in hazmat came to pick me up making sure to keep an eye on me. We left the airport and we reached the hotel after about 15 minutes. They brought me to something that looked like a garage and they brought water. Good, I was very thirsty.

They had set up the reception for the quarantine guests in the garage. I started by moving to the Nurse desk where we took the PCT test. Then we moved to another desk and I could check in. I got a bag with masks and a thermometer; I have to check the temp at 8 o'clock and at 5 o'clock in the afternoon and send the picture via the LINE application.

I also ordered lunch and dinner from the quarantine menu. They also have a 24/7 room service menu in the room. I also got the schedule and they asked what time I wanted to check out. I said 6 o'clock and he repeated “check out between 6 and 12 o'clock”

I confirmed 6 o'clock and looked like he had a hard time understand that I wanted to leave so early in the morning. But I am in a hurry to get home.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Quarantine schedule

I left the garage and I went to my room and it looked to be a very nice room. So it will be no problem to stay here for 10 days. And if my PCR is negative I can spend an hour per day in the garden, the reason I chose this hotel.

Well, and the fact that I thought it was an airport hotel and I was hoping it would be far away from any restaurants that could deliver pizza and stuff. But we were far away from the airport, and they had pizza on the room service menu.

I was hungry so I opened the 24/7 room service menu right away. I ordered 2 cheese omelettes without any sausages and extras, just omelette. It was delivered with my quarantine lunch so I was full when ready. The food was very good so no worries about that for the rest of the stay.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
My room

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
My room

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
My room

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Bathroom

They called and told me that my PCR test was negative so I will go to the garden to have a look for birds tomorrow. I had already seen a few from my balcony and I have heard the Asian Koel.

I discovered Pepsi MAX in the room service menu as the boredom drove me towards the menu next to the bed. But they only had Coke ZERO so I had two coconuts instead.

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Friday 18th of March 2022
and I had my breakfast and not long after that they delivered 24 bottles of Soda Water so this will Yet another Smiley on www.aladdin.st hopefully last me until it is time to go home

I left my room at 5 o'clock in the afternoon and I took the lift down to the garden. I could hear the music and I walked towards the music. I spotted two Zebra Doves in a tree top on the other side of the street. There was one Red Collared Dove sitting in the next tree.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Walk in the garden

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Walk in the garden

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Walk in the garden

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Music in the garden

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Red turtle dove, Streptopelia tranquebarica, นกเขาไฟ, Red Collared Dove

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Zebra Dove

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - House Sparrow, Passer domesticus, Gråsparv, นกกระจอกใหญ่
House Sparrow

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
cormorant sp.

There was one House Sparrow that was flushed when I came over the lawn. It was really nice to come out from the room walking around listening to the birds. I have heard the birds since I got out of the elevator.

I spotted two Cormorants flying over the hotel, but not possible to give a correct ID and I reported them in my eBird app as cormorant sp.

I walked to the swimming pool area and there were plenty swallows flying around, but I could not give a proper ID. There was one Zebra Dove drinking from the swimming pool.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Pool area

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Pool area

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Zebra Dove, Geopelia striata, นกเขาชวา
Zebra Dove

There was a lot of birds in the bushes around the pool. I spotted both Yellow-vented Bulbuls and Streak-eared Bulbuls. There was an Olive-backed Sunbird across the street. So I had seen more birds than I had expected when I left the room.

One hour passed very quickly and it was soon 6 o'clock and time to go back to the room. They had delivered my dinner when I came back so I had my dinner before going for a shower.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Yellow-vented bulbul, Eastern Yellow-vented Bulbul, Pycnonotus goiavier, นกปรอดหน้านวล

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Streak-eared Bulbul, Pycnonotus blanfordi, นกปรอดสวน

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Brown-throated Sunbird, Anthreptes malacensis, Plain-throated Sunbird, นกกินปลีคอสีน้ำตาล

Could not ID the Brown-throated Sunbird because of the grey colour of the bird, but thanks to andyb39 on birdforum.net I could ID the bird.

Thread: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/ashy-drongo-bangkok.420462/

eBird

eBird Report

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel, Samut Prakan, TH
18 Mar 2022 17:09 - 17:58
Protocol: Traveling
0.35 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments: In quarantine at Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel. After negative PCR test I am allowed to spend one hour per day in the garden
10 species (+1 other taxa)

Red Collared Dove 2
Zebra Dove 3
Asian Koel 1 Heard only
cormorant sp. 2 Flying over the hotel. Attached picture for trying to ID the bird. I used wing shape for ID
Malaysian Pied-Fantail 1
Yellow-vented Bulbul 2 Flirting or fighting?
Streak-eared Bulbul 2 Sitting next to collared dove
Oriental Magpie-Robin 1 Female singing/ calling from the roof over the restaurant
Brown-throated Sunbird 1 Observation details: Could not ID this bird because of the grey colour of the bird, but thanks to Butty on birdforum.net I could ID the bird. Thread: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/ashy-drongo-bangkok.420462/
Olive-backed Sunbird 1
House Sparrow 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S105051677

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

eBird report - Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Today's track at Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel

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Saturday 19th of March 2022
and I was awake when they delivered my breakfast at 6 o'clock, two fruit and two salads. I had not been able to sleep all night long so I was hungry and I called room service for an omelette and toast. I didn't think the fruit and salad would do it for me.

I woke up at 2 thirty in the afternoon, DARN! I put on the kettle and I called the Nurse to order some sleeping pills. I had the fruit and salad they had delivered for breakfast and I went to the garden at 5 to see if there was any birds in the garden.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Zebra Dove, Geopelia striata, นกเขาชวา
Zebra Dove

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel

Nice to come out from the room and it was sunshine today. I walked towards the MUSIC IN THE GARDEN area and I spotted a bird flying in to one of the trees. I went to look for the bird and it turned out to be a House Sparrow.

I should take a picture and discovered that I had forgotten the batteries for the camera in my room. I went back to my room to get my batteries. Back in the garden and there was fantails and sunbirds singing and one Oriental Magpie singing from top of one tree.

I went to the swimming pool area and I discover on fantail nest. I did not discover the net until I was very close. I saw the bird flying in to the tree and I went to have a look and I discovered that the bird was sitting on a nest.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
Malaysian Pied Fantail / นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
Malaysian Pied Fantail nest

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Purple Heron
Purple Heron flying over the hotel

I also spotted one Purple heron was flying over the hotel. I could see that it was heron, but I had to try to take a picture to see if I could ID the bird. Poor picture but I could see that it was a Purple Heron, good enough picture for me.

One hour passed very quickly and one from the staff came to remind me that the time was soon up. Walking around with a bell and sign so it was hard to miss it.

Time to return to the room

eBird

eBird Report


Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel, Samut Prakan, TH
19 Mar 2022 17:06 - 18:04
Protocol: Traveling
0.68 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments: In quarantine at Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel. After negative PCR test I am allowed to spend one hour per day in the garden
9 species

Feral Pigeon 3
Red Collared Dove 1
Zebra Dove 3
Purple Heron 1
Malaysian Pied-Fantail 3
Streak-eared Bulbul 2
Oriental Magpie-Robin 1
Brown-throated Sunbird 1
House Sparrow 3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S105120440

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Excitements delivered to the room

They delivered my drinks to the room and I had ordered 6 small bottles but they brought 6 big bottles. So now I have MAX to last me until it is time to go home.

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Sunday 20th of March 2022
and I woke up at 5 thirty. Been sleeping more or less since 10 o'clock yesterday evening. The Nurse brought me sleeping pills and I managed to fall asleep. I was hungry and I ordered omelette from the room service that was delivered with my quarantine breakfast.

I decided to save my breakfast for later and I had tea and omelette for breakfast. MY quarantine breakfast, I have a standing orders for 2 salads and two fruits. Lunch and dinner is cheese and ham sandwich with salad and fruit, same every day.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Breakfast, the same every day

It was gloom and grey for long as I could see and heavy showers. But the rain stopped in time for me to go have a look for birds at 5 o'clock. Overcast and some drops of rain falling and I did not expect much of birds in the garden. But the bird watching turned quite interesting as soon as I came out from the hotel.

I spotted two House Sparrows and it looked like they were busy with their nest. The birds was Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotelvery scared and I could not confirm it, but there was a nest close to the door and the birds kept in this area.

It is breeding times and there were many birds singing and flirting, and as we know, there are already used nests in the hotel area.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Yellow-vented bulbul, Eastern Yellow-vented Bulbul, Pycnonotus goiavier, นกปรอดหน้านวล

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Streak-eared Bulbul, Pycnonotus blanfordi, นกปรอดสวน
Streak-eared Bulbul

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Streak-eared Bulbul, Pycnonotus blanfordi, นกปรอดสวน
Streak-eared Bulbul

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Chinese Pond Heron

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Chinese Pond Heron
Chinese Pond Heron

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel


eBird

eBird Report


Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel, Samut Prakan, TH
20 Mar 2022 17:04 - 18:02
Protocol: Traveling
0.43 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments: In quarantine at Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel. After negative PCR test I am allowed to spend one hour per day in the garden
14 species

Feral Pigeon 1
Red Collared Dove 1
Zebra Dove 5
Asian Koel 1 Heard only
Plaintive Cuckoo 1 Heard only
Chinese Pond Heron 4
Blue-tailed Bee-eater 1
Malaysian Pied-Fantail 2
Yellow-vented Bulbul 1
Streak-eared Bulbul 3
Asian Pied Starling 2
Great Myna 2
Oriental Magpie-Robin 1
House Sparrow 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S105200947

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

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Monday 21st of March 2022
and I had my breakfast at three thirty as I still had my breakfast from yesterday. My second breakfast was at 6 o'clock when they delivered my salad and fruit that I had topped up with omelette.

I went back to bed and I felt asleep for a while. Nothing to do in the room except for waiting for the food and to have an hour of bird watching in the garden. So most of the time is spent in bed and it is easy to doze off every now and then.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Lunch, with French fries

I had called room service yesterday evening to cancel the French fries for my lunch and dinner. Lunch was served with French fries and I had to call them to remind them about the French fries. Just salad and the sandwich and I will Yet another Smiley on www.aladdin.st hopefully be able to lower my blood sugar and weight.

Fire alarm tested at 15:00 and it was soon 5 o'clock and I was off to the garden to see if there is any exciting birds to be seen.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Yellow-vented bulbul, Eastern Yellow-vented Bulbul, Pycnonotus goiavier, นกปรอดหน้านวล
Yellow Vented Bulbul

Looking for birds

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
Malaysian Pied Fantail nest

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
Malaysian Pied Fantail nest

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Chinese Pond Heron
Chinese Pond Heron

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Time to go back to the room

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Olive-backed Sunbird, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Olive-backed Sunbird, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Olive-backed Sunbird, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง

It was time to go back to the room and walking back and I passed a bush with a Female Olive-backed Sunbird. So I took a few pictures of the bird before continuing towards the elevator. I was surprised that the Sunbird just sat there letting me taking pictures.

eBird

eBird Report


Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel, Samut Prakan, TH
21 Mar 2022 17:03 - 18:04
Protocol: Traveling
0.36 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments: In quarantine at Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel. After negative PCR test I am allowed to spend one hour per day in the garden
12 species

Feral Pigeon 3
Red Collared Dove 1
Zebra Dove 5
Asian Koel 1 Heard Only
Chinese Pond Heron 3
Coppersmith Barbet 1 Heard only
Malaysian Pied-Fantail 2
Yellow-vented Bulbul 1
Streak-eared Bulbul 1
Great Myna 2
Oriental Magpie-Robin 1
Olive-backed Sunbird 1 Female

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S105287807

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

Back to my room and they had delivered the dinner, and now they had skipped the French fries. So I turned on my kettle and I was enjoying my dinner with tea while looking at the bird pictures from the walk in the garden.

The rest of the evening was spent trying to alleviate the boredom, and that is not very easy sitting in a hotel room. But tomorrow they will come to clean the room so I might be able to get a bonus hour in the garden.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Dinner without French fries

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Salad with my dinner

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Tuesday 22nd of March 2022
and again, another night with no sleep. The sleeping pills they brought, well, could as well have eating M & Ms. I managed to fall asleep around 6 o'clock and I woke up at ten thirty. I had my breakfast and then my lunch arrived at 12.

And today there was French fries again and I sent them a reminder NOT TO SERVE any more French fries with my meals.

I called the Nurse and she will arrange real sleeping pills, seems like she had given me the M & Ms because they were cheap. Real sleeping pills will cost more than 10 Baht per pill as the one she delivered the last time.

She was very concerned about the price for the Rohypnol, 160 Baht per tablet including the Doctors fee. They came to clean my room and I had to go to room 425. They had turned this room in to a waiting room with two chairs. I could see a couple of birds from the window.

I went outside at 5 o'clock and it started to rain. I got the nest confirmed outside the entrance, there was a House Sparrow in the nest. So I have two nests here at the hotel.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Raining

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Female and male Pink-necked Green-Pigeon

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Time to go back to my room

eBird

eBird Report


Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel, Samut Prakan, TH
22 Mar 2022 17:02 - 18:06
Protocol: Traveling
0.35 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments: In quarantine at Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel. After negative PCR test I am allowed to spend one hour per day in the garden
12 species

Feral Pigeon 1
Zebra Dove 4
Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 2 Looking like a pair sitting together on a branch
Asian Openbill 1
Chinese Pond Heron 2
Malaysian Pied-Fantail 3
Barn Swallow X Flying over the area
Streak-eared Bulbul 1
Great Myna 1
Oriental Magpie-Robin 1
Brown-throated Sunbird 1 Male singing from top of a tree
House Sparrow 3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S105351981

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

Back to my room and I had my sandwich, without fries today. After dinner and the Nurse came to deliver my sleeping pills so I hope to be able to sleep tonight.

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Wednesday 23rd of March 2022
and I spent the day looking at “LOW CARB” videos on internet. I got so inspired so I called room service and ordered cheese and bacon omelette.

Time passed very slow and it seemed like forever before it was 5 o'clock and I could go out to have a look for birds. Overcast but no rain and it was nice and cool so I enjoyed to be outside.

There was a cat coming too close to the Fan-tail nest and the birds was attacking the cat and it looked very fun. The cat didn't bother with the birds, just yawning.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Yellow-vented bulbul, Eastern Yellow-vented Bulbul, Pycnonotus goiavier, นกปรอดหน้านวล
Yellow Vented Bulbul

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
Malaysian Pied Fantail attacking the cat

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
Malaysian Pied Fantail attacking the cat

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Streak-eared Bulbul, Pycnonotus blanfordi, นกปรอดสวน
Streak-eared Bulbul

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Common Iora
Common Iora

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
Malaysian Pied Fantail attacking the cat

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
Malaysian Pied Fantail attacking the cat

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
Malaysian Pied Fantail attacking the cat

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
I can see and hear them coming for me

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Time to go back to the room

eBird

eBird Report


Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel, Samut Prakan, TH
23 Mar 2022 17:03 - 18:02
Protocol: Traveling
0.35 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments: In quarantine at Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel. After negative PCR test I am allowed to spend one hour per day in the garden
9 species

Red Collared Dove 2
Zebra Dove 4
Common Iora 1
Malaysian Pied-Fantail 3 Defensive protecting nest. 2 birds attacking a cat
Barn Swallow X
Yellow-vented Bulbul 1
Streak-eared Bulbul 3
Great Myna 2
Oriental Magpie-Robin 1
House Sparrow 0 Could not see any birds at the nest today

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S105412290

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

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Thursday 24th of March 2022
and I went to have my last covid test at 9 o'clock. Just taking the elevator down to the garden and it was over in just a few minutes.

Last covid test

I had 8 hours to spend before I could leave for the garden at 5 o'clock. And the time passed very very slow. It is getting very boring in the room by now.

I left my room at 5 and it was yet another overcast day, thinking about it, I have not seen the sun since I left Sweden. It is OK, cool to walk around, but there is not much light for taking pictures. But the main purpose is to get out of the room.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Streak-eared Bulbul, Pycnonotus blanfordi, นกปรอดสวน
Streak-eared Bulbul

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Zebra Dove, Geopelia striata, นกเขาชวา
Zebra Dove

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Red-wattled Lapwing

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
Malaysian Pied Fantail attacking the cat

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
Malaysian Pied Fantail attacking the cat

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
Malaysian Pied Fantail attacking the cat

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
Malaysian Pied Fantail attacking the cat

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
Malaysian Pied Fantail attacking the cat

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Pink-necked Green-Pigeon

eBird

eBird Report


Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel, Samut Prakan, TH
24 Mar 2022 17:00 - 18:01
Protocol: Traveling
0.42 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments: In quarantine at Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel. After negative PCR test I am allowed to spend one hour per day in the garden
14 species

Feral Pigeon X
Red Collared Dove 2
Zebra Dove 5
Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 1
Red-wattled Lapwing 1
Asian Openbill 1
Chinese Pond Heron 1
Coppersmith Barbet 1 HEARD ONLY
Malaysian Pied-Fantail 3
Barn Swallow X
Streak-eared Bulbul 2
Oriental Magpie-Robin 1
Olive-backed Sunbird 1
House Sparrow 2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S105467794

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

Dinner when I was back to my room, and now I have not got any French fries with my sandwich for a couple of days, so my blood sugar I coming down. Temperature check at 17:00 but I forgot it before going to look for birds so I had to do it after the dinner.

And at 9 o'clock they had not given me the test result of this morning’s PCR test so I had to call them. The PCR test was negative, but I have to stay in quarantine until Sunday morning.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Checking the temperature

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Friday 25th of March 2022
and I woke up at midnight and my breakfast arrived at 6 o'clock. My sugar was out of the charts even though I had been very strict on my diet during the quarantine. glasbergen.comLast time in quarantine I had room service and food delivery all the time.

But this time I had stuck to my 3 meals a day and no French Fries. So, I had decided to make an experiment this morning.

I checked my sugar before having my breakfast and it was OK, a little high. I had my tea and salad and I tested my sugar again. It went up with 12 points.

I tested again after the fruit, and BOOM! And bear in mind this is the fruit servings from the restaurant so not very much fruit.

A slice om pineapple, 2 small pieces of cantaloupe and 2 small pieces of papaya

The sugar was off the chart, 197 or something like that. So, the first thing I did when I woke up at 1 o'clock in the afternoon was to call room service. I asked them to cancel all the fruits for the rest of my stay. Swap the fruit for salad. No more sandwich, hamburger for lunch and dinner. NO BREAD AND FRENCH FRIES!

I left for my hour of bird watching at 5 and I discovered that the elevator did not work. So, I went down to the room and I called the front desk. They called back quarter past 5 and told me that the elevator was working again.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Zebra Dove, Geopelia striata, นกเขาชวา
Zebra Dove

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Asian Pied Starling
Asian Pied Starling

I was late for the bird watching because of the broken-down elevator. I started in the MUSIC IN THE GARDEN area and I spotted the doves and a Yellow-vented Bulbul. There was also one House Sparrow in the trees.

Walking down to the pool area and I passed the Fantail nest area, I could not see the nest and the birds did not annoy me when I passed. So, I thought that they had lost the nest to a lizard or something. Later on, I was hearing the Fantails making a lot of noise, they were really annoyed by something so I went to have a look.

The cat was back and both birds were attacking the cat. The cat did not bother but I was happy as it means the nest is still there.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
The cat is back to annoy the Malaysian Pied Fantail

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
The cat is back to annoy the Malaysian Pied Fantail

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
The cat is back to annoy the Malaysian Pied Fantail

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
The cat is back to annoy the Malaysian Pied Fantail

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
The cat is back to annoy the Malaysian Pied Fantail

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Malaysian Pied Fantail, Rhipidura javanica, นกอีแพรดแถบอกดำ
The cat is back to annoy the Malaysian Pied Fantail

I spotted one stork flying over the houses next to the hotel. I just got a quick glimpse and I put it down in my eBird app as a painted stork. They came to call me at 6 o'clock and I argued a wee bit about the lost time due to the elevator.

I spotted 4 storks soaring in circles over the hotel and I tried to get a picture. I got a bad picture, but good enough for me to ID the storks as an Asian Openbill and I changed my eBird report. And I got back to my room looking forward to my last birding in the garden tomorrow before checking out on Sunday.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Asian Openbill
Asian Openbill

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Today it was a short time outside

eBird

eBird Report


Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel, Samut Prakan, TH
25 Mar 2022 17:17 - 18:04
Protocol: Traveling
0.42 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments: In quarantine at Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel. After negative PCR test I am allowed to spend one hour per day in the garden
14 species

Feral Pigeon X
Red Collared Dove 1
Zebra Dove 2
Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 2
Asian Koel 1
Plaintive Cuckoo 1 Heard only
Asian Openbill 4 Soaring in circles high above the hotel
Malaysian Pied-Fantail 2 Could not see the nest today. Maybe destroyed by a lizard or something. And they did not attack me walking past to the pool area.

But maybe used to me coming every day. But when the cat came both birds attacked the cat non-stop

Yellow-vented Bulbul 1
Streak-eared Bulbul 2
Asian Pied Starling 1
Oriental Magpie-Robin 1
Brown-throated Sunbird 2
House Sparrow 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S105526793

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

Back in the room and they had delivered my dinner. And as soon as I spotted the food I realised that I had forgot to cancel the soup. The soup is very good, but I suspect that it is not 100% healthy. But the burger and salad is very healthy.

They deliver one bag of salt with each meal, and a month ago I would have asked them to deliver extra. But as my new healthy life style have started to kick in I have almost ended using salt.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Healthy dinner, well, maybe NOT the soup that I forgot to cancel

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Plenty salt remaining

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Saturday 26th of March 2022
and I woke up 9 thirty. I checked my sugar before having the breakfast. Lunch was delivered so I will have this for dinner and I called and cancelled my dinner. So I was a wee bit hungry when I went for my hour of bird watching in the garden. And today is the last time as I go home tomorrow morning.

Spotted Dove, Spilopelia chinensis, นกเขาใหญ่, นกเขาหลวง

Spotted Dove, Spilopelia chinensis, นกเขาใหญ่, นกเขาหลวง
Spotted Dove - นกเขาใหญ่, นกเขาหลวง

Spotted Dove, Spilopelia chinensis, นกเขาใหญ่, นกเขาหลวง
Spotted Dove - นกเขาใหญ่, นกเขาหลวง

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel - Zebra Dove, Geopelia striata, นกเขาชวา
Zebra Dove

eBird

eBird Report


Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel, Samut Prakan, TH
26 Mar 2022 17:02 - 18:03
Protocol: Traveling
0.3 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments: In quarantine at Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel. After negative PCR test I am allowed to spend one hour per day in the garden
13 species

Feral Pigeon X
Red Collared Dove 1
Spotted Dove 1
Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 2
Zebra Dove 5
Plaintive Cuckoo 1 Heard only
Malaysian Pied-Fantail 1 No sign of the second bird today and no sign of the nest
Large-billed Crow 1
Barn Swallow 2
Streak-eared Bulbul 3
Asian Pied Starling 2
Oriental Magpie-Robin 1
House Sparrow 2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S105591657

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

The garden did not offer much of excitements regarding the birds, but one hour passed quite quickly and I was going back to my room to have my lunch for dinner. I checked the sugar and down 16 points from before breakfast. So, this NO CARB diet is working like a charm. But I made a huge mistake and I added honey to my tea.

I was enjoying my tea while study honey on the internet and the facts made me move over to the kettle and I threw the last honey in the bin. No more honey for me!

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Sunday 27th of March 2022
and breakfast was delivered at 6 o'clock and my tea was ready a couple of minutes after that. I had packed my stuff yesterday so I was ready to leave at 06:50 when they would come to get my luggage. Taxi was booked for 7 o'clock and the Driver was waiting in the reception when I came down to settle the bill.

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Luggage ready to be rolled away

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Walking the long way to the elevator

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
In the reception

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
Car waiting for me

Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel
On the way back home

Back home and I had a shower. My food, all LOW CARB stuff arrived from Villa Market. I tried to get hold of my bird watching taxi. He was not available until Tuesday, but then I he will be here to pick me up at 06:00: We will start in Praek Nam Daeng, Samut Songkhram west of Bangkok.

There will Yet another Smiley on www.aladdin.st hopefully be time to continue towards Phetchaburi Rice Fields a little bit further to the south. Just click HERE to find out how it goes.

My Boxing Teachers all have Covid, well, they test negative now but the gym don't open until Friday. So I can keep myself busy bird watching until Friday when it is time to kick behinds again.






Vaccination

       
                  
OK, it has come to my knowledge that we have senior citizens visiting my web page. How hard can it be? So it's not very easy for them to see the blue coloured links to the next page.
Jiffy (also jiff)

noun [in SING.] informal a moment: we'll be back in a jiffy.

ORIGIN late 18th cent.: of unknown origin.

So as you understand, in a jiff pretty much depends on your internet.
So I put a “Next” button here and I hope that there isn't any problem to understand how to use that one. So just CLICK the “Next” button on your left hand side and you will be on the next page in a jiff!

Marunong ka mag-tagalog? Walang problema! Magpunta sa kabilang pahina pindutin ang “NEXT” button sa itaas

Faites vous parlez le français? Pas de problème! Pour arriver à la page suivante faites s'il vous plaît un déclic le bouton “Next” ci-dessus!

Haga usted dice el español? No hay problema! Ver la siguiente página sólo hacer clic el botón “Next” encima!

Farla parla l'italiano? Non problemi! Per vedere la prossima pagina lo scatto per favore giusto Il bottone “Next” sopra

Sprechen sie Deutsch! Kein problem! Wenn Sie die folgende Seite sehen wollen gerade klicken der Knopf “Next” oben!

คุณพูดภาษาไทยได้ไหม ไม่มีปัญหา ถ้าคุณต้องการไปหน้าถัดไป ให้กดปุ่ม “Next” ข้างบนนี้

Вы говорите по-русски? Просто нажмите синюю кнопку "Next" с левой стороны и Вы моментально переместитесь на следующую страницу!

E ni Svenskar och inte förstår Engelska så ska ni skämmas. J och Björn, med det menar jag inte att alla mina stavfel ska ältas varje gång vi träffas.

Flag of Skåne / Skånska flaggan Well, the flag of Skåne, just a BONUS flag.


                                       

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