I went travelling around Thailand for one month in January 2022.
The first half of the trip I was hosting a bespoke group tour with Intrepid Travel, joined by people who follow my channel.
We had to run the guantlet of the Thailand Pass and the Test & Go scheme, and as you’ll see, travel in Thailand wasn’t easy.
We still managed to see and experience some incredible places. From Bangkok, to the railway market and floating markets; visitnig the bridge on the River Kwai at Kanchanburil; the gorgeous waterfalls of Erawan National Park; and the ancient city of Ayutthaya.
Also joining me for 1 day before the tour was my good friend @Paddy Doyle
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This trip was in January 2022 when we had to run the gauntlet of the Thailand Pass Test & Go scheme.
As of July 2022 all these rules are gone, so this is a unique document of a strange and weird time of travelling, that wasnβt without its rewards though!
Ep2 is live next Thursday but Patrons can watch it now: https://patreon.com/karlwatsondocs
Big shout out also to Paddy, check out this Thailand and Vietnam adventures here:
https://www.youtube.com/c/PaddyDoyleYT
poor scorpion king..got fried and enter your tummy π€£
Karl my man back at it! Looks class, Will watch later after work brother π»
The intro mario editing was hilarious!
I was one of those person on the waiting list π₯²π₯²π₯²
Mate what an amazing video. Captured all the feels of a fun yet stressful trip. LOVED IT. Can't wait for the next episode π
Great work! What a Roller Coaster.
Stepping up the game with every video, man! Those 8-bit parts combined with the 90's trance blended in perfectly and the storytelling and editing were top notch! If you keep evolving like this you will be Christopher Nolan or Vince Gilligan-levels in two years time! Also those half empty Chang bottles on the nightstand bring back so much memories and make me wanna go there right now π
Brilliant video, as always! I can't wait to join you on one of these trips!
Did you have to pay for the quarantine hotel?
The best travel vlogger is bk. Always feels like we are on the journey with u. Class as usual karl
waste of a trip, really.
Another cracking video! Love the nod to Groundhog Day ππ»πππ»
Cool, video, love the music during the quarantine part π so sorry you had to go through this. I'll be travelling to Thailand later this year, cant wait to get there π
Brilliant 8-bit animations and references! Love your edits! I had to quarantine for 10 days in Thailand in Jan 2022 and I couldnβt leave my room nor choose my meals. My food was complete inedible $h*t.
Amazing, I'm going to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam for 35 days on 1st Sep. (3rd time)
On Sep 2021 we went to Kyrgyzstan road trip for 2 weeks. Highly recommended. The best nature we've seen in the world
Top quality video as usual Karl, your editing really captures the emotion of the trip well.
The COVID rules were absolutely insane!
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Excellent video again!! Keep them coming
I'm your fan from Thailand, could not deny that we have a fking bad organization.
Hope u enjoy
can't wait for the next ep
Great video Carl I was in Thailand January this year all the test and stress ,no negative results, did some travelling ,had a great time, felt sorry for you and friends doing quarente, hope it's all in the past now cheers π»
Welcome to Thailand πΉπ
Hello my brother am your fan from Kenya π°πͺ, I have been following your video for a while, my brother in your Q&A LIVE which you did for some weeks ago I had you saying that you make your money through Freelancing my brother please coach me to be a freelancer, either writing online or any work that can be done through Freelancing I will appreciate you so much please God bless you.
Thank you Karl
what a video u stayed positive throughout the stresfull days thank you foe showing thailand through your camara…π
A 'positive' time was had by……some, but hope strings eternal for a different kind of positive for part 2.
Another brilliant video Karl…. You never fail to deliver quality content bud… Me and the wife are definitely going to visit this amazing country one day… hopefully with less hassle than you guys went through lol… Looking forward to the next instalment..
On the one hand I think you were somewhat crazy for doing this trip around all of these extreme measures. On the other hand an excellent travel story from a hopefully bygone era has come out of it. Great video.
Fantastic Video Karl, Can't wait for part 2!
Woah looks like all the stress was kinda worth it?! Awesome video and great timing! Makes perfect bank holiday viewing!
Heading to veitnam for my honeymoon so time to watch your veitnam videos again! Love the new trip!
I really liked the super Mario theme infograph music.
Lovely story and video!
I've been waiting for you to revisit Thailand. Great video! Can't wait for episode 2.
Looking forward to Thailand revisted part 2. My sister and brother in law and my daughter and son in law have been to Thailand. (Very envious) I've travelled the world with you from my armchair.
amazing looks like so much fun
Karl, it is because of people like you courageous, adventurous, we have the free covid restrictions world we have today, every thing else is as perfect as it was, you changed the prospective of our world so thank you!
Awesome! Did you ever talk about what would happen if you just skipped the 5th day test? π€ Would they hunt you down? π
Sick video!! Look forward to your videos. You spacing them out brings excitement when you randomly pop up on my screen.
When a white man is told to obey rules and listen to people:
"OMG slavery still exists, these guys are dictators"
Bravo, Karl!
You are one hell of a storyteller. The situations you were in obviously are made challenging in producing this video.
Can't wait for the next episode. ππ
nice vedio…krub
What a crazy trip. And the graphics were dope nice one Karl!
Editing and story…wow…so good Karl. Sorry it was so stressful at times, but glad you didn't have to crawl through the sh&%. Everything really visually fun and beautiful.
that replica attraction is next level compared to window of the world in zuhai china
This is a coincidence I subscribed to your channel and would like to watch all your videos but I was thinking have you been to my country and then you uploaded this video 7 hrs ago I was meant to watch this channel π thank you for making these videos π
If there was any common sense in this then the failed test would be followed by a second one. The problem is that there are false positives. A second test would confirm that the first was not a fluke.