Ranong Thailand...

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That means if the Thailand visa expires you can quickly take a tour to Myanmar on the other side of the bay, come back and get the new immigration stamp into the passport. Some companies in Phuket and elsewhere offer tour programs to handle this. The biggest company offering this service is the one who runs a off shore casino on a island on the Myanmar side.

They have their own jetty in Ranong port and carry you straight to the hotel and casino, there you get a visa and also if you like do some gambling. Gambling is strictly forbidden in Thailand but almost everyone does it, gambling and betting is very popular in Thailand, there are continuous raids on gambling den's who are operated under the protection of "influential" people. In the last couple of years many casinos where opened in the neighboring countries to serve the ever growing appetite of the Thais for gambling.

The area around Ranong shows plenty of beautiful scenes like this picturesque Ranong Mosque and the the colorful trees fresh
blossoms along the road. Ranong harbor is home to a big fishing fleet and lots of refrigerator trucks leave for Bangkok every day with the new catch. The river banks with houses on stilts beside the channel out of Ranong harbor towards Kawthaung in Myanmar.

Ranong province southern Thailand is one of the real attractions in Thailand. Its less a Thailand beach
destination and also has no luxury hotels like Phuket Thailand, but Ranong is full of green, trees, jungle and has a couple
of beautiful islands around. The trip from Phuket or Samui to Ranong is very popular for the visa run. Its the trip to
Kawthaung in southernmost Myanmar or Burma and come back for a new visa.

Ranong Mosque

Colorful Roadside

 
Harbor Ranong.

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from harbor, fish trawler and a great water world between the islands. There are a few hotels and other accommodations around even for the backpacker Thailand level.

Ranong at the Andaman sea is the home of one of Thailand's biggest fishing fleet. The Ranong casino on a island just right in Myanmar waters is a destination for Thai gamblers.

Diving around Phuket and Ranong is usually during a live aboard trip into the Mergui Archipelago north of Ranong or to the Similan Island plus Surin Island further south on the coast between Phuket and Ranong.

A Phuket vacation could include a trip to Ranong since the trip from Phuket to Ranong brings totally different pictures as just around at Phuket Island. Ranong has not the same Thailand climate as Phuket. The area from Mergui in Myanmar or Burma all the way down to Ranong receives plenty of rain throughout the year with less during November to April.

South of Ranong is extensive fish and shrimp farming in the plains between the coastal hills and the seaside.

Plenty of Ranong Thailand tourist attractions are around in form of hot springs, waterfalls, lush tropical vegetation and some nice beaches, unfortunately the beaches around Ranong are not maintained to a standard level.

You could do a Ranong Thailand tour during a Thailand vacation, its worth it and easy done, just take the bus from the Phuket bus terminal and off you go, it costs around baht 300,- and takes around 3-4 hours for one way. Flights to Ranong are only out of Bangkok. No need to care about the hotel, there are enough and quite low priced.