Spilornis

Looks like an unexpected result.

If leave does get up...........Not too may changes in the short term (other than a new PM) but medium/ longer term could be interesting.

On all the Brit expats in Europe I do not expect change for the middle wealthy and up (they will arrange some form of visa) but for the less well off it is hard to see why Spain etc would want them to remain given their incredibly high youth unemployment etc

It allows for "fly through" bookings without the need to recheck your baggage.

For example Scoot now flies out of Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast daily to Singapore. Using this system you can make an onward booking on say Tiger (in the one booking) that means no recheck at Changi.

Will be interesting to see if like Air Asia they charge more for the fly through (around 700THb in my experience) as compared to the separate bookings.

The system is not perfect. I took advantage of the cheap business class fare on Scoot but because tiger did not have business class it would not let me link an onwards economy flight to Malaysia. Hopefully they will fix this......... tried to call Scoot but they are worse than Air Asia when it comes to speaking to someone !!!

Hi Lurker

It is Lamae Chumphon.

Lamae does show as inland but it also has a beach section to the east of the highway. Look for Route 4019 and the "Majaeo University at Chumphon."

The hotel we stayed at was called the Lamae Beach resort on route 4019. (It is sign posted and you cannot miss the giant kangaroo out the front.) Rooms were around 100MYR for standard to MYR 150 for the sea view. Very clean and comfortable.

The beach view is nice but the water is very shallow and by the look of the small rippling waves the last section is mud. There was a good pool but because it was in the direct sun it was a little warm.

The highlight for me as I mentioned was the country roads along the sea front. The roads were great quality and well sign posted. We drove at least 70k up the quiet roads and could have gone further.

Thanks Poohy

I did see a few of them when we were up there during the week but they were more of the roll up mattress type.

Will try again over the weekend. What day and time is best for the weekend border market.

Thanks again

Thanks again guys

Went up to the Myanamar border at Singkhorn. Enjoyed the market but the shops in the main had the same stock.

Made a visit to Wing 5. Very impressed. Will return on the weekend when it is a little more lively. Loved the town at the southern end of Wing 5. Lots of good food that I look forward to sampling.

Was hoping to buy some quality Thai triangle cushions to take back to Malaysia. Do they sell this type of thing in PKK?

Cheers

Thanks for the kind replies.

Went to the market yesterday and was surprised by the quiet pace of the traffic. Very pleasant indeed.

Staying in Huai Yang......... must be out of season as we seem to be one of the few people in what must be at least two hundred villas. (Anybody know how to get the Netflix menu off Swedish and into English)

Local food at the roadside stops is great. Looking forward to trying some of the restaurants in PKK.

Don't tell the Malaysians but sometimes I think Thai food is better !! (Often lighter and more meat)

Driving habits are much the same I think.... not too bad really. And they use right hand indicators here....... wow........never seen one in Malaysia !!!

Going to head up to the Myanamar border to look around.

Thanks again

Hi

just wanted to say thank you for this wonderful series of posts. It has inspired me to drive up from Malaysia and enjoy the lovely town of PKK.

Stopped at a beautiful beach resort in a small town north of Surat Thani on the way up called Lamae. Drove for around 100k up the back roads near the ocean. Very little traffic and a wonderful experience.

Looking forward to my next few weeks exploring around PKK.

I notice there is an aquarium near the National Park. Is it worth a visit and how about the National Park itself?

Thanks again