On 1/22/2020 at 10:42 PM, torrow said:

However, coming from Malaysia. Everybody walks up the the hill and crosses the border there... then takes the bus to Hat Yai.

 

Wrong, many just go downstairs and catch a train to Thailand.

On 1/22/2020 at 6:56 PM, wotsdermatter said:

Instead of muddying the waters why not provide reasons why the information is incorrect instead of leaving things dangling because you  give the impression that you know all about the trains and the procedure.  We try to help when people seek assistance and do not like or appreciate those making requests for help then "knocking" what has been provided without them providing anything to back up their statements.

'nuf sed.

Everything I posted has been proven to be correct.

'nuf sed.

On 1/19/2020 at 12:53 PM, fxe1200 said:

Yes you can. Make sure you carry the equivalent of 20.000THB with you. I have heard of folks being denied entry in Padang Besar because of insufficient funds. You also should have a reservation on a plane for your flight home or elsewhere outside Thailand.

Just today I was, in total, quizzed by four(!) IOs, while getting my first Thailand VFE this year in the South, not in PB, though. None of these IOs asked me for cash, but of great interest seemed to be, in the end,  'where I am staying'...