cavanami Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 OK, a small question that may help many...even me :: I am usual on the road every 3 ~ 4 weeks, so no issue with the visa here in T'land...but if I have to actually pay and do a visa trip, what is the cheapest??? I know the bus to Cambodia, but the entrance and exit fees are rather stiff. I heard about the bus to Panang...etc. Maybe we can put it all together here??? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Laos costs you 1,000 baht on arrival for a visa, which is a factor to consider. Nice break from Bangkok, and you can get around using Thai. Try the baguette sandwiches everyone seems to offer -- nice lunch when washed down with a big Beer Lao. (The clean air might have you hyperventilating though, and everything is so green! Small nightlife scene, more of a sit down bar type. No go-go bars.) Malaysia hands you a 3 month tourist visa for free! You wouldn't catch me on a bus to Penang though, not at 2500 baht or so. You can fly there Air Asia for under 4,000 baht. One hour flight beats any long bus ride or that overnight train trip. (Get a cheap A/C room in a Chinese hotel on Chulia Street in Georgetown for about 400 baht a night.) I like Penang -- for about 3 days. After that, you have seen it all and are ready to leave. (Small nightlife scene, but hardly worth the bother if you live in Bangkok.) Get a 2-month Thai tourist visa, which you can extend for another month in Bangkok. Burma is only good if you happen to live in Chiang Mai and want a short trip for a visa. Just a quick trip across the border, an hour's look around and then come back to Thailand. (Nothing much there but a blackmarket of pirated goods from China.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 KL a bit longer than one hour, closer to 2, off there next week. Love Loas, bagueetes great! Another way to Penang s the train, very cheap! DPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 KL a bit longer than one hour, closer to 2, off there next week. Love Loas, bagueetes great! Another way to Penang s the train, very cheap! DPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Cheapest? Catch the B100 Casino bus that leaves near the HSBC Bank at Lumpini, I think 7am, but not sure; pay the B1000 visa fee for Cambo., sneak into the Casino buffet (but not the gaming rooms if you want this to remain cheap!) sit in the Casino lobby or walk around the metropolous of downtown Poipet(gag) until the bus goes back to Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Thats the way to do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Great big market on the Thai side of the border as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 I've done the train to Penang -- once in 1974, second time in 1985. Cheap enough, but it gets to be boring as @#$%! I'd take it over the bus though. Nice way to see the countryside, but once by train is enough! p.s. If you go by train, take the ferry over to Penang Island. Makes it feel more like an adventure. Great Indian food in Penang for next to nothing. Got picked up by a Chinese gal in Georgetown on my first visit. Ah for my younger days, when I really did get freebies now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Don't fret Flash, I'll buy you a free beer next time we meet, but I'm getting old, so you'll have to remind me ok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorwolf Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 take bus from morchit to mae sot. get stamped out of thailand and walk into burma after paying a few us$ (5??) for daypass. look around market, have drink, smoke cheroot. cross back into thailand and receive a 1-month visa. velly velly cheap and makes for a nice combination with trip in central/northern thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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