My visa-exempt pass is expiring in a couple of weeks and I'm too lazy to do a land border run which will only give me another two weeks. Any idea what the cheapest international flight out of Chiang Mai and back is? i wouldn't mind a short break in a neighbouring country.

The air aisa flight to KL is a nice getaway

Not too expensive and fun for a few days

Airasia apparently has problems filling up the flights to Macau -- so now they have great deals on offer.

Check their website thoroughly and look for the conditions on their latest promotion of 790 THB to Macau.

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I agree on the Air Asia flight to KL. Just went and it was B 4,800 or so roundtrip but I note that prices will go up next month (end of rainy season). But KL itself is a noisy, ugly city. Easy to get outside (a bus ride to Penang takes only about 6 hours and is not expensive). Penang has great restaurants (best food in the world in my opinion with terrific Chinese, Indian and Malay food) and some inexpensive (but old) guest houses.

Just want to remind everyone, take air-asia fly to macau seems cheap and easy. However, Macau has no Thai Embassy nor Consulate there, not good for a visa run.

Just want to remind everyone, take air-asia fly to macau seems cheap and easy. However, Macau has no Thai Embassy nor Consulate there, not good for a visa run.

Thanks for the info.

I had heard that Penang only gives 30 day visa's.

How far from the Air Asia airport to the Thai immigration. I know it is a fair size trip into KL from the airport.

But KL itself is a noisy, ugly city.

Compared to Bangkok, KL is a work of art.

Just want to remind everyone, take air-asia fly to macau seems cheap and easy. However, Macau has no Thai Embassy nor Consulate there, not good for a visa run.

Thanks for the info.

I had heard that Penang only gives 30 day visa's.

How far from the Air Asia airport to the Thai immigration. I know it is a fair size trip into KL from the airport.

It takes around an hour from LCCT to KLSentral by bus. From KLSentral to the Thai embassy can take between 20 to 60 minutes depending on traffic and mode of transport.

If you ever went to Singapore or Dubai, you never will go to KL

I went one time to get a visa, the immigration is good but KL is boring if you don’t like shopping, the have a very bad transportation system, you need to ask all time to find something and most time take a taxi to go from A to B.

The only I like there was nearly everybody speaks English

Just want to remind everyone, take air-asia fly to macau seems cheap and easy. However, Macau has no Thai Embassy nor Consulate there, not good for a visa run.

If the op is after 'visa-exempt' he doesn't need one, thus a flight anywhere (with or without consulates) and back will net him another 30 days.

Agreed on KL, dead city.

Someone mentioned Penang (another horrible place), better off flying to Hat Yai and taking a minibus, though you would only get two weeks of course.

Macau trip sounds good (mind them casinos), though I'd do Singapore.

Singapore is great for a few days....second KL if you are looking for a cheaper place to chill....

Melaka is only a couple of hours from KL LCCT and is excellent for 2-3 days and there is a bus service from the terminal straight there for around 250baht.

Just want to remind everyone, take air-asia fly to macau seems cheap and easy. However, Macau has no Thai Embassy nor Consulate there, not good for a visa run.

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Don't know if you can get a visa in HK but Macao is a ferry trip away. Quite a nice trip as well. I'd much rather visit HK than KL. But that might be because I lived there for a few years and have friends there.

I flew to KL and back direct (on air asia) last year. The flight down was grand, but coming back there is only one daily flight, at 6:55 AM, from an airport that is 1 hour out of town! FYI

If you ever went to Singapore or Dubai, you never will go to KL

I went one time to get a visa, the immigration is good but KL is boring if you don’t like shopping, the have a very bad transportation system, you need to ask all time to find something and most time take a taxi to go from A to B.

The only I like there was nearly everybody speaks English

I've had only bad experiences in Singapore while getting my visa. Went three times, never again. They cheated me on time every time and were incredibly rude. Worst place I have been for a visa besides LA in the USA, which was filled with the biggest bunch of American a-holes you've ever seen in your life.

I wouldn't want to live in KL, but it's not such a horrible place to spend a few days. I used it for my first 90-day run three years ago, and aside from the heat, had a pretty good time. I moved into a cheap hotel in Chinatown and left the A/C running all day. Lots of cheap eats and night bazaar action in the neighborhood, and there's a pleasant upscale crafts market run by the government only a few blocks away.

About four or five blocks to the public transit terminal, where you can catch the commuter train out to the airport area. The final leg is on a bus. You can also use the same system when you arrive, and get downtown faster and more comfortably than in the hour-long minivan rides that are touted at the exit. Also cheaper.

If you ever went to Singapore or Dubai, you never will go to KL

I went one time to get a visa, the immigration is good but KL is boring if you don’t like shopping, the have a very bad transportation system, you need to ask all time to find something and most time take a taxi to go from A to B.

The only I like there was nearly everybody speaks English

I've had only bad experiences in Singapore while getting my visa. Went three times, never again. They cheated me on time every time and were incredibly rude. Worst place I have been for a visa besides LA in the USA, which was filled with the biggest bunch of American a-holes you've ever seen in your life.

I have found people in Singapore to be polite and had good experiences there but have no recent experience with the Thai Embassy there.. So,

They cheated you on time and were incredibly rude. Is "they" the Thai Embassy staff? How did you get cheated on "time"? Appreciate your response because I would like to keep my Singapore trips pleasant.

Penang,for visas is the best...