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bkk to Angkor bus/scams???
anything I shold be aware of if I take the bus from Khaosan Rd to Cambodia
(Siem Reap/ANGKOR) are ther still scams, delays. ripoffs?? Are the roads better?? faster?? suggestions on guest houses???? THANK YOU !!!! joel |
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bkk to Angkor bus/scams???
"Joel Smith" wrote in message link.net... anything I shold be aware of if I take the bus from Khaosan Rd to Cambodia (Siem Reap/ANGKOR) are ther still scams, delays. ripoffs?? Are the roads better?? faster?? suggestions on guest houses???? THANK YOU !!!! joel Hi Joel, "Scam, ripoffs"? Like what? Mayby you would elaborate? "Are the roads better/faster" eeeh, than what? You should know that the deal is like this in case you choose the Phoiphet Route: You get picked up at your GH/hotel in bkk. In a van you are transported to Poiphet on the thai/cambodian border. You will make a stop and have lunch at a restaurant of the operator`s choice. In my case we were let off a a very attractive open air restaurant some 5 kilometres from the border. Prices and food were just fine. From here you will board a Songtaew that takes you to the border, you will have to go through immigration on your own and if you don`t have a visa in advance your guide will take care of that for you. Once you have been cleared through immigration there will be a bus waiting for you. No AC, open windows etc. "Well, this isnt Kansas Dorothy". The road is still dreadfull and the 150 kilometres will most likely take some 6-7 hours unless you arrive during the rainy season. There will be a stop at a restaurant for dinner. And of course the driver will decide the place. Not likely that any of the passengers will know anything about restaurants in this area anyway. Of course the driver will have a deal with this specific restaurant, but I have definitely no problems with that as long as I am satisfied with the quality and price of food/beverage etc. On the entire journey we had a local english speaking guide with os. From here you will brought to a designated GH in Siam Riap. The manager of the GH has paid the KSR people 10 dollars a head to make them bring the guests to his GH - Hello Guest House. But there were in my place plenty of GHs in the vicinity had we not liked this one. But this one was a very good deal. Brandnew, very clean with double rooms at 4 Dollars. Everybody from the bus some 12 persons checked in here. The price was of december 2002 100 baht. And if you can make it on your own you will probably pay 3-4 times that amount. You will most likely do the trip somewhat faster. Have a nice trip. Cheers Michael Christoffersen |
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Hi Joel
Tyhe best thing to do asa advice of a tourleader (which Iam ) is just take the the local bus from the busstation to Aranyaprathet buy ur visa at the border (1000 Baht) and arrange ur transport in Poi Pet It will take u cheaper and faster to Siem Reap Dont pay anything at the border besies the visa and check ur entry stamp!!! otherwise u will get problems later when u leave the country .. u were there illegally and will be fined!!! The bustickets that are sold at KS Road are cheap but you will transported with a fully packed bus to Aranyaprathet where they will drop u off 3 km from the border where they want u to wait and pay extra 1300 baht for the visa so this will be the first 300 baht u pay extra and the delay is terrible After that they will drop u off at a sort of bussstation where they probably want u to go with 20 others in a small truck to save up gas so the more they can pack in one car the better and u have a hell of a ride The road improved and can be done by minivan which is the best option so ask for that! 300 baht is fee pp and dont pay more! All the negotation will only cost time and count on at least 6 hours from the border to Siem Reap (150 km) They will drop u off at a guesthouse or hotel where they get commission which of course u pay A good and cheap hotel is Angkor hotel only 5 usd per night ( without airco) Have fun "Joel Smith" schreef in bericht link.net... anything I shold be aware of if I take the bus from Khaosan Rd to Cambodia (Siem Reap/ANGKOR) are ther still scams, delays. ripoffs?? Are the roads better?? faster?? suggestions on guest houses???? THANK YOU !!!! joel |
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"rob mendes" wrote in message news:R_Llb.9790$n03.976923@zonnet-reader-1... Hi Joel Tyhe best thing to do asa advice of a tourleader (which Iam ) is just take the the local bus from the busstation to Aranyaprathet buy ur visa at the border (1000 Baht) and arrange ur transport in Poi Pet It will take u cheaper and faster to Siem Reap It will not. Faster most likely, cheaper? no. The best thing IMHO is to do is to listen to fellow travellers who has been there done that. You being a tour leader or not doesnt mean much unless you have been a tourleader on this specific trip. Besides being a tour leader and a passenger on the same trip is not the same. The passenger may very well have a very different perception of how the trip turned out than that of the tour leader. Just out of curiousity according to the Alien Occupations Law of 28 July 1978 act 23 it clearly stipulates that a foreigner working as a tour guide in Thailand is against the law as it is a occupation reserved for thai citizens. So I just wondered are you working illegally? I got my visa while in bkk 1.000 bht as did the rest of my fellow passengers. We got picked up at 8 am at our GH and arrived 12 hours later at 8 pm in Siam Riap. Total cost 100 bht. Now you try to beat that! I wish you luck Cheers Michael |
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"Michael Christoffersen" wrote in message
... It will not. Faster most likely, cheaper? no. The best thing IMHO is to do is to listen to fellow travellers who has been there done that. You being a tour leader or not doesnt mean much unless you have been a tourleader on this specific trip. Besides being a tour leader and a passenger on the same trip is not the same. The passenger may very well have a very different perception of how the trip turned out than that of the tour leader. Just out of curiousity according to the Alien Occupations Law of 28 July 1978 act 23 it clearly stipulates that a foreigner working as a tour guide in Thailand is against the law as it is a occupation reserved for thai citizens. So I just wondered are you working illegally? I got my visa while in bkk 1.000 bht as did the rest of my fellow passengers. We got picked up at 8 am at our GH and arrived 12 hours later at 8 pm in Siam Riap. Total cost 100 bht. Now you try to beat that! I wish you luck Cheers Michael hi micheal, how long did it take you to get cambodian visa in bkk? i got lao visit in bkk within a day, but took a long time to find the bloody consulate. i paid the most [1600B!] for lao visa as every nationality has its own price. it's just a flat 1000B for cambodian visa? tak! |
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"ExpatNL" wrote in message ... "Michael Christoffersen" wrote in message hi micheal, how long did it take you to get cambodian visa in bkk? i got lao visit in bkk within a day, but took a long time to find the bloody consulate. i paid the most [1600B!] for lao visa as every nationality has its own price. it's just a flat 1000B for cambodian visa? tak! Hi ExpatNL, I paid a "rush fee" to have it ready I believe the following day. That was 1.100 bht. A standard price was 1.000 baht but that would take like 2-3 days. A travelling agency in bkk took care of that for me. Obviously you have to deposit your passport with them to have the visa stamped in it. A lao visa 1.600 bht.? Yes, rather expensive. I seem to recall paying 1.100 bht at the Mitraphap bridge in Nong Khai a couple of years back. Every shop in the Khao San Road area will offer visa services and probably offer the best price as the competition is pretty stiff around there. The cambodian embassy in Thailand is at 185 Rajadamri Road, BKK 10330, phone 254-6630 fax 253-9859. Mayby they would supply you with the visa the same day, dunno. cheers Michael Christoffersen |
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Hi Joel
The best thing to do as an advice of a tourleader (which Iam ) is just take the the local bus from the busstation to Aranyaprathet buy ur visa at the border (1000 Baht) and arrange ur transport in Poi Pet It will take u cheaper and faster to Siem Reap Dont pay anything at the border besies the visa and check ur entry stamp!!! otherwise u will get problems later when u leave the country .. u were there illegally and will be fined!!! The bustickets that are sold at KS Road are cheap but you will transported with a fully packed bus to Aranyaprathet where they will drop u off 3 km from the border where they want u to wait and pay extra 1300 baht for the visa so this will be the first 300 baht u pay extra and the delay is terrible After that they will drop u off at a sort of bussstation where they probably want u to go with 20 others in a small truck to save up gas so the more they can pack in one car the better and u have a hell of a ride The road improved and can be done by minivan which is the best option so ask for that! 300 baht is fee pp and dont pay more! All the negotation will only cost time and count on at least 6 hours from the border to Siem Reap (150 km) They will drop u off at a guesthouse or hotel where they get commission which of course u pay A good and cheap hotel is Angkor hotel only 5 usd per night ( without airco) Have fun Rob |
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bkk to Angkor bus/scams???
Have you seen the Bangkok airways site? They have an airpass for $50 from
bkk to SiemReap. The only thing is that you must buy 3 passes togheter for any destination in Thailand or whatever the fly. bye Giorgio "Joel Smith" ha scritto nel messaggio link.net... anything I shold be aware of if I take the bus from Khaosan Rd to Cambodia (Siem Reap/ANGKOR) are ther still scams, delays. ripoffs?? Are the roads better?? faster?? suggestions on guest houses???? THANK YOU !!!! joel |
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:32:12 +0200, Michael Christoffersen wrote:
I paid a "rush fee" to have it ready I believe the following day. That was 1.100 bht. A standard price was 1.000 baht but that would take like 2-3 days. Rush fees are unnecessary. Skip the middlemen. Go to the embassy in the morning. Pay your US$20. Collect your passport with visa in the afternoon. US$20 was about 1800 baht when I was there in April. -- Use the From: header. Sending mail to or will only result in frustration. |
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" US$20 was about 1800 baht when I was there in April."
where do you change your money, by your reckoning this makes 1 US = 90 Baht rates from bank April, 1 US = +- 42 Baht source, http://www.oanda.com/convert/fxhistory |
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