Jawnie Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 (edited) On April 1, I made the short trip to Cambodia for a 15-day visa exemption stay. I'm leaving Thailand permanently on April 15, but my current visa expired April 1. I was referred to Jack Golf as a visa run provider. When I called the number listed on the Jack Golf website -- 022511950 -- I got a different company. The new company, Bangkok Buddy, took over the phone number and visa run business. I should say at the outset, everything went perfectly smooth and as expected. The meeting place is still at Sukhumvit Soi 12 at 5am. I arrived at about 4:50am and there were 12 or so people already there and waiting. Tanya, of BB, was there with all of the necessary forms which you fill out on the spot including application, arrival/departure cards. The money, 2100 baht, was collected when we boarded the vans. We traveled in vans, not a nice, big air conditioned bus (I guess that's not the same as Jack Golf). We took a couple of very short rest breaks along the way and arrived at the border in about three hours. Btw, the driver was safe and careful at all times so no worries about a crazy van driver even if the van was somewhat cramped. After we all passed through the Thai border, the BB assistant collected our passports and took them to immigration for the visas and exemptions. We were given a coupon for breakfast at a casino. We never really entered Cambodia (we couldn't anyway because we did not have passports) as the casino lies in a 'no man's land' between the Thai and Cambodian immigration offices. The buffet breakfast was decent and we hung out there for about an hour and headed back to the Thai immigration where BB staff gave us our passports with the Cambodian visa and Thai visa exemption stamp, along with a new, completed departure card. Some in our group stayed overnight because they were getting tourist visas while the rest loaded back into the van to Bangkok. We arrived in Bangkok at about 2:30pm in good shape. All is well. Edited April 2, 2013 by Jawnie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KED Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Informative update - thanks for posting. Where did the van make the border crossing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlspencer Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Nice to know that you had a good Visa run, hard to hear these stories these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiasurfer Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Thanks a lot for the report. A useful resource for border runners... But I would prefer the big bus as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiasurfer Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Informative update - thanks for posting. Where did the van make the border crossing? The van is going to Poipet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawnie Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 Informative update - thanks for posting. Where did the van make the border crossing? The van is going to Poipet. Yes....Poipet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolsti Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Ties in with the interview with Tanya on the Stick site. Good to see that what she promises is true. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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