Cambodia?

I bought a can of these and was disappointed, wish id just gone regular salted.

def laos not cambodia.

drop passport off one day in laos, pick it up the next. easy.

cambo is a few extra days at least, and they often only give out single entries. could probably greasy your way into faster/double but i don't have confirmation on that just now

sorry about your taste buds

selling one of the 2 bikes. I have been the only user of both bikes (along with my girlfriend). both bought as new by me. green books and all the maintenances made on time

honda airblade(grey, mac wheels), bought 2 years ago. 25000km. asking 30k baht (taking offers)

honda click(red+white, mac wheels), bought a month ago, 350km. asking 45k (taking offers)

selling because things have changed and wont be needing both. test driving/seeing them etc are available, just PM or call/msn if you know the info

for people looking for places in phuket, i keep browsing around and finding things, so i thought i'd post stuff that others might find interesting.

there's a 5br 6bath available on soi saiyuan in rawai (about two blocks towards Icon from Stefan0's soi, right on the main road) it's got a ground floor office with plate glass if someone wanted to start a travel agency or someshit. (possibly could use as a sixth bedroom) I haven't seen the inside, but the asking price was 35k baht/month. i might have a look at it tomorrow if the landlord calls me, just out of curiousity. I have no idea if that 35k is negotiable and for how long a lease that is. there's a ton of available commercial/residential property available there, so maybe it's possible to get for 30k/month

there are also two 2br/2ba apartments right on the edge of Kata on Patak rd. asking price is 10k and 12k. furnished, 6 months lease 2 months deposit. when i asked the landlord said she'd rent the two together for 21k. the 12k one has more windows and a larger deck. looked comfortable as a one br with a guest room, but it's a two story place, and only one bathroom on the floor with the two bedrooms, and the second bedroom is small with a double bed instead of queen. also, CAT CDMA doesn't get good reception there.

and i've found a bevy of 2br 2ba places around the island in the 15k range.

land&houses have a lot of 3br houses. they were asking 22-30 per month depending on conditions and i didnt haggle much since they had too much space for me but for bigger groups maybe they would be ok

rutang, if you get the 5br I'm in. Need a place beginning december!

it's very unlikely that i'm going to be interested in the place. I want to stay in Kata, if not there, then close enough that getting to Kata is easy. i'm already a creature of habit here, and don't want to be too far away from my favorite places to eat....

i've got a friend flying into bkk, and she needs to get to samui. anybody know what the best way to get there is? i've never made that trip.

Do people here pay 2500 baht a month for 3BB in Phuket? That was the cheapest premier packages now. It seems so overpriced, since im just going to use it as back up.

i think taking a luxury bus..unless u want to fly down there


2500 for 3bb? do they jack up the price there?

its 590 for 5mb's here in bkk. 1500 for 10 mb.

flying is easiest. bangkok airways is expensive though - around 3500 each way i believe - there is a new service with one of the low costs (i think nok but dont remember) that has a package to fly into surat thani and bus/ferry over - i think 4- 5 hours total and under 2k baht - then there is the bus which im not sure the cost but prob under 1000 and goes overnight. I believe they might be the same buses to phuket since both stop in surat thani and then change to their respective buses.

bus ride from bangkok are really innexpensive, according to that site , bkk samui cost 500 baht and doesnt look too painfull since you can sleep in the bus and all night

http://www.kohsamui-info.com/transportation/coach.html

anyone know away around this? or hotels that let you stay for 3nites only? i really dont wana spend 5nites in kohpangan

I've been to FMP a bunch of times and never had anybody say anything about a 5-night minimum.

Just show up 2-3 days early you'll be able to find a hotel - probably one on Haad Rin.

Don't take the bus, god what a nightmare that would be stuck on a bus for 15 hours with a bunch of backpackers and the incidence of robbery on those bus routes is astronomical.

Here are the best ways from most expensive to least expensive:

1. Fly with Bangkok Airways direct to samui (4.5k baht one way)
2. Fly with Nok Air to Surat Thani and take the ferry (about 2k one way all up)
3. Take the overnight sleeper train from BKK to Surat Thani then ferry from there (about 1300 baht all up)

Edit: Depending on what day you fly you can get the Bangkok Airways BKK-Samui flight for as low as 3k baht. Standard price is 3.6-4k baht though. The surat thani flight+ferry isn't a bad option for a tourist since the ferry trip is fairly enjoyable and you get to see 1 more city (Surat Thani) which might make the extra time spent worth it.

http://www.travelfish.org/feature/57 has good info about the train options

The train is so much better than the bus for all sorts of reasons, but briefly

* The private buses are run by criminal organisations who coordinate theft teams to come in and rob the luggage compartments when the bus stops at a truck stop for food+drinks. This happens so often that it's become a running joke. The public buses don't have this problem but are very uncomfortable.
* A 2nd class sleeper on the train costs no more than the bus, and you can lay down and sleep.
* Trains have a restaurant/bar carriage to help pass the time if you can't sleep.
* Buses are by far the most dangerous way to travel.

You'd be crazy to catch the bus.

I usually take the bus from BKK (hate to fly). Other than being a long trip, nothing wrong with it imo =/

Thai Airways also has a BKK>Samui flight fwiw.

I understand not wanting to fly, but I really can't see the advantage of taking a bus over the sleeper train. It's the same price, far more comfortable and safer.

I've never been on the train so it could very well be better. Bus isn't AIDS tho imo

Alternatively **** all that BS, and just go on the piss in Bkk/Pattaya or Phuket for 3 days, be way less hassle and just as much fun but you obv won't be able to tick the full moon party box.........

I was always a train fanboy as well but you miss 2 points.

-the sleeper version that's the same price is the fan version, when it's hot this is pure hell, trust me. The aircon sleeper is like 1.5x the price of the bus.

- The train is much slower than the bus. Maybe it doesn't matter for some but even the sleeper isn't that comfortable and it might be a few hours slower..

I haven't travelled this specific routes but it might apply there too..

The aircon sleeper might be slightly more, but not all buses are aircon either, and you have to pay extra for the aircon bus. The difference in price is less than 200 baht between an aircon bus and an aircon train sleeper. 2nd class aircon sleeper from Bangkok-Surat Thani costs 698-758 baht.

AFAIK both bus and train take about 10 hours from Bangkok-Surat Thani. I found the sleeper cab extremely comfortable and I am 6'4" tall. You can sleep on a bus too obv but I'd rather sleep laying down rather than sitting in a chair. There is also the convenience of a restaurant/bar that you don't get on a bus. Half a dozen beers makes sleeping a lot easier too.

Hello guys,

I dont know if this is the right place to ask, but my brother and a friend are arriving in bangok at 10th, and leaving to pukhet at 11th to do some muay-thai classes(they are semi-professional). I talked with him today and didint liked the fact the history that they meet a girl that is going to help them.
I would like to know if anyone from this area is able to help them or provide some usefull contact numbers.

Thanks

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