Border Run Around Thailand

[emmezeta]

Counting that this winter i'll be in Thailand with at minimum a dual entry 6 month visa (to be on the safe side......) i was wondering how much is the cost of entering the various neighborough countries....

Just to avoid paying 30$ to say hello......

The candidate are Malaysia, Burma, Singapore as i'm far from Bangkok.

[torrenova]

Singapore and Malaysia are free. Cambodia is USD20 but they will try and rip you off for Bt1000 or more. Loas is USD 30 or I think you can pay Bt1500 (more like USD 50 these days). Burma / Myanmar is quoted at many different prices but I understand that up in the Golden Triangle you can sort of cross in without paperwork for a very minimal charge over some river or waterway.

[waveydavey]

Singapore and Malaysia are free. Cambodia is USD20 but they will try and rip you off for Bt1000 or more. Loas is USD 30 or I think you can pay Bt1500 (more like USD 50 these days). Burma / Myanmar is quoted at many different prices but I understand that up in the Golden Triangle you can sort of cross in without paperwork for a very minimal charge over some river or waterway.

If you cross to Myanmar at Maesai in the far North of Thailand it's Bt500 or slightly less in USD (can't remember the exact amount). You can get the visa for Myanmar in 2 minutes flat at the border.

[LivinLOS]

Down at Ranong it has risen from 5 USD (300 baht to buy them tho) to now 10 USD (for 500 baht)..

If you try to use USD you bring they must be pristine new notes, they try everything possible to reject notes to keep the exchange industry going (my guess)..

[emmezeta]

Singapore and Malaysia are free. Cambodia is USD20 but they will try and rip you off for Bt1000 or more. Loas is USD 30 or I think you can pay Bt1500 (more like USD 50 these days). Burma / Myanmar is quoted at many different prices but I understand that up in the Golden Triangle you can sort of cross in without paperwork for a very minimal charge over some river or waterway.

Well Malaysia will be the first on my list.

Unfortunately there is no airline with 2 daily flight from Samui to just visit the destination airport and go back (Singapore is also very good for electronics duty free stuff)....

[torrenova]

Well Malaysia will be the first on my list.

Unfortunately there is no airline with 2 daily flight from Samui to just visit the destination airport and go back (Singapore is also very good for electronics duty free stuff)....

I'm not sure what you mean about daily flight from Samui. From Samui you could fly to bangkok and onward but another option is to take the ferry to Surat Thani and get the train down to Butterworth and go across into Malaysia overland.

Check out the train times here:

http://www.railway.co.th/english/index.asp

http://www.railway.co.th/English/Time_HTML.asp