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Does anybody foresee any problems with me buying a one way ticket? Problems in terms of Visas, etc. I plan on going to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and maybe Indonesia and Malaysia. Does anybody know if I need to show a return flight home to get a Visa? I'm getting a one way because I'll be getting a working Visa for Australia to work around after my vacation, so I have no idea when I might be returning. I'm Canadian, if that makes a difference in getting a Visa in any of these places. I checked Wikipedia and travelindependent.info, but the information they had was conflicting and vague.
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The only time it ever comes up w/r/t Thailand is when checking in with airlines in certain countries. In the US I've never been asked (I'm sure some have) to show proof of onward travel or a visa, but I've been asked in Australia and in The Philippines. If you get a *visa* before you arrive then it's a non-issue either way as a visa negates the onward travel requirement, but if you don't get a visa ahead of time then am overzealous airline clerk could be a problem. As has been pointed out before, though, you can always dummy up an Air Asia booking confirmation and they'll have no idea. Certainly I have never heard of anyone being asked *in Thailand* upon arrival. The general rule in Thailand is that if you arrive by plane and you're from a desirable country (by their definition) you can walk right in for 30 days. If you arrive by land you're more suspect and only get 15 days. Whee.
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stratdax posted:Does anybody foresee any problems with me buying a one way ticket? Problems in terms of Visas, etc. I plan on going to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and maybe Indonesia and Malaysia. Does anybody know if I need to show a return flight home to get a Visa? I'm getting a one way because I'll be getting a working Visa for Australia to work around after my vacation, so I have no idea when I might be returning. I'm Canadian, if that makes a difference in getting a Visa in any of these places. I checked Wikipedia and travelindependent.info, but the information they had was conflicting and vague. Probably not, at least for Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. You will need the Vietnam visa in advance, the rest you can get on entry. Keep in mind that the overstay penalty for a Laos visa is pretty stiff. I never had to prove intent to move on from the country anywhere I went, though. In other news, I'm currently in Patong Beach and Phuket is basically underwater. The main streets are flooded and there's been some landslides. I'm also sick, so I don't feel so bad about staying in and grumping a bit, but the sheer volume of rain is a bit insane. Here's hoping I can actually get to the airport tomorrow, and that I'll be able to get back to Bangkok.
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Jenkin posted:Keep in mind that the overstay penalty for a Laos visa is pretty stiff. I never had to prove intent to move on from the country anywhere I went, though. $10/day is stiff? I overstayed by 8 days last time I was there, the border guys at Attapeu were friendly and apologetic, and didn't even try to ding me on my motorcycle (also 8 days over on its temporary import permit). Thailand is like $16/day and I think there's mandatory immigration jail time if you go over 20-30 days or something now.
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Pompous Rhombus posted:$10/day is stiff? I overstayed by 8 days last time I was there, the border guys at Attapeu were friendly and apologetic, and didn't even try to ding me on my motorcycle (also 8 days over on its temporary import permit). I hear there's a way out via cambodia... thai checkpoint easy to bypass, cambodian side open to bribes. Can't get back without a new passport, but beats jail I guess.
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Pompous Rhombus posted:$10/day is stiff? I overstayed by 8 days last time I was there, the border guys at Attapeu were friendly and apologetic, and didn't even try to ding me on my motorcycle (also 8 days over on its temporary import permit). Argh, I meant Thailand. I wonder if immigration jail is as delightful as the rest of the Thai prison system is made out to be.
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Anyone been around Koh Samui during November? I'm heading back there between the 7th-18th and have heard it's big time monsoon season. I believe they had major flooding there last November? I'll be happy either way, but would most definitely prefer some sunshine baby!
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I'm heading to Thailand in January and am getting pretty excited. I'm planning to fly in to Bangkok, head up to Chiang Mai through Sukhothai, then go down to Koh Tao to scuba dive, and back up to Bangkok to fly home. I'm having trouble figuring out the best way to get from Chiang Mai to Koh Tau. Would it be better to fly into Koh Samui or one of the coastal cities like Surat Thani or Chumphon?
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phillytothemax posted:I'm heading to Thailand in January and am getting pretty excited. I'm planning to fly in to Bangkok, head up to Chiang Mai through Sukhothai, then go down to Koh Tao to scuba dive, and back up to Bangkok to fly home. I'm having trouble figuring out the best way to get from Chiang Mai to Koh Tau. Would it be better to fly into Koh Samui or one of the coastal cities like Surat Thani or Chumphon? The Chumpon ferry goes to Koh Tao first, then Phangan, then Samui. The Surat ferry goes in the other order. Traveling from Chiang Mai all the way down to the islands isn't a trivial undertaking, and if I had the money personally I'd fly to wherever and then take the ferry. I think you'll do better to fly to Samui mostly because the time spent waiting for the ferry there is better than in Surat or Chumpon.
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I don't think you can fly to chumpon actually? You can also just fly/bus/train back to BKK and take the bus/ferry combo from there. When I went to Koh Tao I came from Phuket (gently caress that shithole) and flew in to Koh Samui, now that is probably the nicest airport that you'll ever see! Though avoid having a poo poo while they off load the luggage because some stupid Italian tourist will switch his stuff with yours and make you run after him.
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Question for you Burma guys, how did you get the visa? I'm currently in Bangkok and just quickly googled it. Some say it takes hours of early morning queuing while others says it's rather painless.
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Rojkir posted:I don't think you can fly to chumpon actually? You can also just fly/bus/train back to BKK and take the bus/ferry combo from there. When I went to Koh Tao I came from Phuket (gently caress that shithole) and flew in to Koh Samui, now that is probably the nicest airport that you'll ever see! Though avoid having a poo poo while they off load the luggage because some stupid Italian tourist will switch his stuff with yours and make you run after him. Lomprayah and Solar Air run a service from Don Mueang Airport to Koh Tao - fly to Chumphon, Lomprayah bus from the airport to the ferry terminal, Lomprayah to Koh Tao. It's not too pricey but when I tried to use it our flight was cancelled and we were put on an 8 hour mini bus ride to Chumphon, and arrived on Koh Tao a day later than we wanted to. They did put us up in the Chumphon Novotel, which was nice enough. In hindsight I would have been far better off flying Bangkok Airways to Samui (arrive before 12:30pm if you want a connection to Koh Tao) then getting a Lomprayah bus/ferry transfer.
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Ringo R posted:Question for you Burma guys, how did you get the visa? I'm currently in Bangkok and just quickly googled it. Some say it takes hours of early morning queuing while others says it's rather painless. I tried getting a visa once and after waiting all morning they sent us out of the building for lunch. We wrote our names on a legal pad to hold our spots and were told to come back at 1:30. When I can back my name had been scratched off and rewritten at the bottom. The little nasty gently caress in the waiting area said I wasn't back at 1:30 so I lost my spot. I'd gotten back at 1:32. While I was waiting that morning a Thai guy came in with his motosai helmet still on and handed over a six inch stack of passports and then stood around picking his teeth for maybe 40 minutes. He was then handed back a six inch stack of passports cum visas and motosaied away into the angry Thai sun. Moral of the story: have a travel agent process the visa for you, or go to Cambodia instead, which was my solution... raton fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Oct 7, 2011 |
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Ringo R posted:Question for you Burma guys, how did you get the visa? I'm currently in Bangkok and just quickly googled it. Some say it takes hours of early morning queuing while others says it's rather painless. I got mine in DC, so I am not familiar with Bangkok's embassy. I have heard similar things as sheep-goats though, just get a service...
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Cheesemaster200 posted:I got mine in DC, so I am not familiar with Bangkok's embassy. I have heard similar things as sheep-goats though, just get a service... Not just for Burma, but I almost always recommend this. I'd rather spend my morning doing something fun or interesting and let someone else handle the running around for $5 or whatever.
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Ringo R posted:Question for you Burma guys, how did you get the visa? I'm currently in Bangkok and just quickly googled it. Some say it takes hours of early morning queuing while others says it's rather painless. I just did the visa stuff yesterday morning in Bangkok. You just go to the Burmese/Myanmar whatever embassy and there is a visa department right next to the front gate. They process visas from 8:30 in the morning until like 1130 or noon i think. Then after lunch they don't accept visa applications, only processed visa returns. I rocked in at 10 AM or so and was out in like half an hour or so. It really wasn't so bad. They said I can pick up my passport with the visa in it on Monday after 3 PM. It cost 810 baht (I'm American, I don't know if the price differs by nationality.
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Steve. posted:Lomprayah and Solar Air run a service from Don Mueang Airport to Koh Tao - fly to Chumphon, Lomprayah bus from the airport to the ferry terminal, Lomprayah to Koh Tao. It's not too pricey but when I tried to use it our flight was cancelled and we were put on an 8 hour mini bus ride to Chumphon, and arrived on Koh Tao a day later than we wanted to. They did put us up in the Chumphon Novotel, which was nice enough. I'll look into the flight to Chumphon. The main reason that I was looking away from Samui was that I couldn't find any early morning flights that would allow me to catch the ferry. It might just take an extra day no matter what I do.
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phillytothemax posted:I'll look into the flight to Chumphon. The main reason that I was looking away from Samui was that I couldn't find any early morning flights that would allow me to catch the ferry. It might just take an extra day no matter what I do. Seriously, my opinion after a day trip out to the islands is in a solid "gently caress the islands" status. Stay at Thung Wua Laen.... unless you like the nightlife and high prices or whatever. Yellow Car from the station 30 baht each, just give a yell when ya want to get off.
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Pro-PRC Laowai posted:Seriously, my opinion after a day trip out to the islands is in a solid "gently caress the islands" status. Stay at Thung Wua Laen.... unless you like the nightlife and high prices or whatever. Yellow Car from the station 30 baht each, just give a yell when ya want to get off. Thanks for the advice but I'm pretty set on Koh Tao. I was attracted mainly by the scuba diving and Koh Tao looks like the best place to do it. Also, I'm honestly looking for a bit of night life since I will be traveling solo.
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phillytothemax posted:I'll look into the flight to Chumphon. The main reason that I was looking away from Samui was that I couldn't find any early morning flights that would allow me to catch the ferry. It might just take an extra day no matter what I do. Bangkok Airways have a stack of early morning flights from Bangkok. They're not always cheap, though...! From memory there's no way to get from Chiang Mai or Phuket to Koh Samui airport before the last ferry-to-the-islands pick up at 12:30. That may have changed, though - perhaps a real early flight from Chiang Mai to Bangkok will make a connection work. http://www.lomprayah.com/E/route_solar.htm for all your flight to Chumphon needs. However, you might end up doing this in a mini van along the boring as gently caress highway south:  But you'll get an enormous room in the Novotel:  And it's pretty:   And you'll see dudes carrying around tiny tool boxes:  If you visit the restaurant at the "golf club" and interrupt the cool Thai girl who works there from watching Thai soap operas because there's no customers and nothing else to do she'll then make serious gin and tonics and bring out the best grilled pork evar. Then she'll come and hang out with whitey.  The Lomprayah guys will tell you to get up at 6, because the bus will come to fetch you at 7. You know that the hotel is only a ten minute drive from the Lomprayah jetty, and that the ferry doesn't leave Chumphon until about 11, but you'll believe them and then end up hanging around the hotel for 3 hours anyway. There's a beach across the road:  But you'll eventually get to the jetty. Except there won't be a catamaran there.  The Thai people waiting for the ferry will do something extraordinary, and form an orderly queue for the ferry that isn't even there. Whiteys will sit down and chill the gently caress out.  Eventually the ferry will show up and you'll get on board only to have to sit outside in the sun for an hour while a bunch of Thai dudes stand around the engine room scratching their heads. When the ferry finally starts moving you'll decide it's definitely time for a beer. Or two.  Finally, Koh Tao, nearly 24 hours late... 
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Paging the Saigon-goon who was going to show me what places you should go for cheap beer and weed in HCMC. I'm leaving Hanoi tomorrow by plane and will be down south til next sunday when I'm crossing the boarder into Cambodia.
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Burma question, I'm getting conflicting things on the exchange rate at the moment from google. Can anyone give me an approximate exchange rate to the US dollar? Also how long is long enough to hit most of the big 4? Week and a half, 2 weeks? and how much should I bring for that amount of time?
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Bulging Nipples posted:Burma question, I'm getting conflicting things on the exchange rate at the moment from google. Can anyone give me an approximate exchange rate to the US dollar? Also how long is long enough to hit most of the big 4? Week and a half, 2 weeks? and how much should I bring for that amount of time? 750-800 kyat to the dollar, depending on where you change it two weeks is ideal
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Some friends and I are thinking of doing some scuba diving late December for about a week. After browsing through wikitravel, seems like Thailand would be the place to do it - specifically Koh Tao or Koh Phi Phi. Are there other recommendations? We'll need to get our license, then spent the remainder of the time exploring. I know December is peak season, but how busy are places likely to be - the thought of scuba diving with a bunch of other people in the water isn't too intriguing. Are there less touristy places and better scuba diving places?
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Koh Tao is always busy, diving is usually done in specific spots with something interesting to see underwater. Like a reef or something. On the reefs around Koh Tao you'll meet whole groups of other people down below. Probably the same is true for Phi Phi, but I haven't been there so not so sure. It's hard to avoid popular and busy spots when getting your PADI/SSI in general I'd say. There aren't that many nice and easily navigated spots in shallow water close to land I guess.
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Yeah, although Koh Tao can be fairly busy the experience you have underwater really does depend a lot upon the company you're diving with (don't dive with Ban's). It's well known as a place to learn how to dive, so there will be a lot of people there. However, the conditions are much nicer and easier than over in the Andaman Sea. I did a few dives over there (well, north of Phuket, from Khao Lak) and I have no doubt that the diving is infinitely better - there's more to see and it's much more pristine and there are far fewer people - there can be some really gnarly currents and swell and surge and until you're qualified to 30 metres (open water is 18) you'll miss out on the best bits. Koh Tao is much nicer and much more accessible to learn in and dive after qualification. Christmas and New Year on Koh Tao is epic, by the way. It is kinda peak season though.
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Both places will be very busy in December and there are only so many dive sites to absorb the people from those islands. However, dive sites aren't small places and you can only see so far under water, especially when you're down further (which is the whole point of SCUBA diving) so these sites can actually hold a lot of people too. You also won't dive solo anyway (it's not safe and you don't have your own equipment right now) and your first few dives will consist of getting in to the water and then following your instructor and/or your partner around a site. If you want access to a less populated dive experience you should book a week long dive tour or whatever on a boat. These boats go off a ways away from the island and just hang out over various dive sites so you can do your dives in less trafficked areas. They have these ("live aboards") in both the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Thailand and many of them depart from Phi Phi / Tao, however the sites available to you on the Andaman side are stronger than the Bay of Thailand ones and your chances of seeing something big (leopard sharks, whale sharks, etc) are better on that side. This is a consequence of the more open face to the big ocean, but another consequence of that is more currents which can mean more difficult and therefore shorter dives plus sediment being kicked up which means less visibility (the quality of many of your dives will be largely determined by the visibility in the water). A few other considerations are basic logistical ones. An open water cert course on Tao is about 9,000 baht. On Phi Phi it's about 14,000. Accommodation is also higher on Phi Phi. Phi Phi is harder to get to than Tao requiring maybe an extra six or eight hours of travel time overland. The available sites near the two islands are different, too. Near Tao you have two other islands -- Samui which is basically a big resort of varying quality / price from lux to basic, and Phangan which is still the most varied island in Thailand with anything from jungle hikes to private resorts to the Full Moon party. Near Phi Phi you have the limestone cliffs of Krabi along with good rock climbing, more dive variety, the coolest cave to visit in Thailand, and access at some point to Georgetown or other northern parts of Malaysia (and Southern Thai culture in general). Tao, at this point, also has a more developed bar / nightlife scene and Phi Phi got washed away by the tsunami so all of the construction there is eerily similar and a bit too fresh looking -- it may not bother you but Phi Phi does feel a bit like an open air mall and Tao does feel a bit like it's trying to hard to be some Greek party island. But oh well, there's no turning back the clock -- if you want the Tao or Phi Phi of 20 years ago you're going to have to look around to find it, probably somewhere out of the way in Indonesia.
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Steve. posted:The Thai people waiting for the ferry will do something extraordinary, and form an orderly queue for the ferry that isn't even there. Whiteys will sit down and chill the gently caress out.  Asians, it never gets old watching this. Sometimes when you enjoy waiting on the plane as a bunch of Chinese tourists push and shove toward the front, only to board a bus first, meaning that they're the last off the bus, resulting in your lazy rear end arriving at the baggage claim ahead of them only to have them start the shoving all over again it feels a bit like you're possession of a special secret that they don't have access to.
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I think they may have had the right idea in this case, though. By the time we got on to the ferry the inside was full and we had to sit outside in the sun and got way too sunburned. Imagine a Thai dude out in the sun - they'd get off the ferry and immediately head for a vat of bleach to soak in.
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MonkeeKong posted:Paging the Saigon-goon who was going to show me what places you should go for cheap beer and weed in HCMC. I'm leaving Hanoi tomorrow by plane and will be down south til next sunday when I'm crossing the boarder into Cambodia. Hello there! I work all week and I have a wife and kid so I don't have much free time, but we can try going out next Friday if you're free. Here's my email, we can plan something: sensoz at gmail.com P.S. I cannot guarantee I'll find weed, andro had the guts to ask a waiter, I would never had even tried.
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For anyone in Bangkok, flooding has caused the cancellation of the Royal Barges this year (for now, anyway). I doubt heaps of people were interested, but it's often listed in tourist books and on sites with a date certain. I had scheduled a lunch on the river to watch them (as I've never seen them) and found out, so I wanted to pass it on.
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ReindeerF posted:For anyone in Bangkok, flooding has caused the cancellation of the Royal Barges this year (for now, anyway). I doubt heaps of people were interested, but it's often listed in tourist books and on sites with a date certain. I had scheduled a lunch on the river to watch them (as I've never seen them) and found out, so I wanted to pass it on. I think I saw them practicing a month ago. I was at Wat Arun, and all ferry services conveniently stopped around 3 PM, so I got to walk back to Silom and noticed a bunch of guys rowing these really long canoes.   I haven't noticed any flooding the past couple of days. Some storefronts have sandbags out in Silom near the river, but the water hasn't arrived yet.
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Ringo R posted:Question for you Burma guys, how did you get the visa? I'm currently in Bangkok and just quickly googled it. Some say it takes hours of early morning queuing while others says it's rather painless. It was pretty painless for me. Before 9am, the queue was pretty short, but after 9:30am it was a long line for sure. Here's my hurriedly-written blog post about it. http://reasonablepace.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/getting-our-myanmar-visa-from-bangkok-a-how-to/
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ReindeerF posted:For anyone in Bangkok, flooding has caused the cancellation of the Royal Barges this year (for now, anyway). I doubt heaps of people were interested, but it's often listed in tourist books and on sites with a date certain. I had scheduled a lunch on the river to watch them (as I've never seen them) and found out, so I wanted to pass it on. Fortunately I hear that the 1-day-only per year sale at the Royal Government Clothing Factory is still on, which is pretty good due to the Palace being closed
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