Poi Pet

[bust]

Anyone been there lately? Latest updates accom etc.

[WorldFun]

if into gambling I heard free night(s) are still on at the border casino's

[cavanami]

Just did a day trip there on Friday.

 

Casino bus from Big C in Bangna, 200 Baht (farang price, 100 Baht for Thai). Bus leaves 8 AM.

Free bus back to the Big C at 3 PM from Poi Pet (Thai side, Trat).

Free buffet lunch at the Poi Pet casino, not too bad.

 

Last time I stayed at the Diamond casino, 1000 Baht / night and they give you 500 Baht in gambling chips, so 500 Baht / night.

Nice room.

 

The 8 AM bus gets you at the Thai border at 11 AM or so and the border was empty. The other buses come in from noon to 1 PM and it gets crowded.

 

Crossing back in to Thailand, immigration was empty, so the 3 PM bus was a good choice.

 

Very little other than gambling there. The slots suck! never saw many playing and no big payouts.

Blackjack is like a seven deck game, so very poor odds for the player.

All the other usual games.

 

Chok dee!

[kamui]

....and Poipet is still an absolute shit hole

[cavanami]

As we say...a nice place to be from (far from)

[Old Hippie]

Border crossing, Aranyaprathet-Poipet...

 

 

 

 

Cambodian Border guard/Weasel...

 

 

 

Down Town Poipet...

 

 

 

The Border Market on the Thai side is nice, and maybe worth a visit. There is supposedly a market in Poipet, but I have never been. As noted, the Casinos are ok, and a fun diversion to the rain or a visa run. Hell, it is a fun bus ride, but go early! The first Bus leaves Mor Chit around 03:30 or so, and is a direct bus, few stops, took maybe 3 hours. Visa/paper check near Aranyaphrthet, maybe not advisable if on an over stay. Comming back, the bus took over 5 hours one time, and 7.5 another time. Worth a look maybe, if just for the fun of it, Visa is maybe $20-25 USD (They want USA money as I recall) and 2 passport photos. Enjoy!

[Bangkoktraveler]

Good place to go and take a dump. One internet site says poi-pet rhymes with toilet. If you have an accent, it probably does. If you are tongue tied, when you ask for toilet it might come out as poi-pet.

[cavanami]

...border guard / weasel...

 

YES!!!

 

They do try to get their hands into your pocket.

Very annoying.

 

Last Friday was the first time I went thru there and was not hassled...maybe the AK47 put them off ::

[fudgyMcPacker]

I noticed on google earth that there was a golf course there, has anyone played it? Looks like a 9 holer with some of the holes right along the border.

[buddha]

I completed my fastest/cheapest visa run ever on tuesday.

 

Took a gamblers express bus from Lumpini Park at 6:00 am. They want 200 baht, but tell them you are only going up and they will let you slide for 100 baht. It will be empty on the weekdays.It arrived at 9:15 am and it stops about 200 yards from the border.

 

I was processing into cambodia by 9:30 am. A border guard asked me for 1000 baht and I produced a 20 dollar bill. He told me if I paid him 300 baht he would take me through the whole process. I told him if was under ten minutes I'd give him $10 USD.

 

He did all the paperwork for me. Walked me down to arrivals and over to departures. Twice he shood away beggers. Took about seven minutes, first rate service, I was back in Thailand by 9:45am.

 

Had a coffee, contemplated walking around the HUGE market, and then hopped a moto to the Aranya Prathet bus station. Was on a 10:15 back to Bangkok for 207 baht.

 

By 2:30 I was at Siam Paragon girl watching.....total expenditure

 

less than 1500 baht....nice

 

Poi pet has come a long way....they actually have a seperate arrival and departure building instead of a hotdog stand with falangs crowded all around, and actual PAVEMENT. Big ups to the cambo gov't....