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advice wanted for 1st ever visa run PLEASE


greg

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Laos is not a good idea. Very often nothing but problems there. The rules change constantly. One guy I know called the Thai visa section at the Embassy in Vientiane, asked about everything he would need in detail, and once he was there was told something different! Once last year they suddenly started demanding to see Thai bank-account books, even for a Tourist visa!

 

 

 

Make it easy on yourself for the first time. Go to Penang. You can fly straight there, so there's the airplane trip. Take the train back from Butterworth on the mainland, and that will allow you to stop off and see different places in Thailand.

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Greg, You can get hotels at around the $60 mark but from memory the locations all seemed to be in and around Geylang. Geylang is the legal red light district and whilst its pretty safe and central, its not really the best place to bring a girl who has her own suitcase. Getting a taxi around there though is never a problem !!!

 

 

 

You can certainly get tourist standard hotels for around S$80 in quite OK locations. I would take the advice of the girl at the desk based on whats available.

 

 

 

Cheers

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If you go to Singapore surf the net you will find some cheep motels there, the cost of living is the same as Australia so if you know what the Australian dollars is then you know the cost of living; Singapore has a mini Thailand area where your GF will feel at home with

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