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-Thailand travel is not only beaches, hotels, resorts, scuba diving, nightlife, plus plus.

The country also has a rich culture and history, great hotels and Thailand beach resorts, plus a long tradition as one of the leading exporters in south east Asia. For your Thailand travel you need some money, the currency is the Baht which is sometimes used as a speculation objects by the ruling parties because there is almost nothing more important in Thailand than money and winning in the lottery, speak "lotely", anyway take your Thailand flight and rush to the country of smiles a " Thai wai" (Thai greetings by folding hands) will welcome you. ATM's are almost at every corner in the tourist areas, petrol stations at the highways, Thai shopping malls, convenient stores and other places, which means no need to take lots of money with you or change money just fill up your account and pull the Thai Baht out from the machine, be careful about the frequency since they charge you a fee for each transaction which your bank will finally deduct.

Since the weather on your Thailand travel usually is excellent at least about 8-9 month per year with full sunshine and clear or partly clear sky over Thailand, the country is primarily a beach destination. Thailand beaches are legend, a Thai beach is exactly the place where the vacationer from anywhere in the world will enjoy to lay down and get a good Thai beach massage and lots of sun. Thai massage is usually available at Thai beaches in front of a beach resort, beach hut or maybe a beach bungalow and naturally at the the spas in every upper market resort and hotel.

Thailand vacation also mean beautiful mountains, lake and river scenery in all parts of Thailand. Bamboo jungle, lush tropical rainforest, river resorts along the River Kwai and other dark green waters with rapids and lots of fishes. River

rafting in the brown waters is very popular among foreign and local tourists, a good example is Umphang.

There are legions of  Thai girls and Thai women, who hang around at the beaches of Thailand and do a good Thai massage and other things. They also do it at the famous Thai massage parlors available almost everywhere in Thailand, if there are no dedicated massage parlors in a Thai town, every bigger hotel offers massage service and many times a person who want a massage can choose the Thai lady for doing the Thai massage among others sitting around.

They also offer the special Thailand massage for the guys, you guess what ?

Thailand flights in and out are used by millions of tourists every year departing and arriving from international destinations mainly at Bangkok, Phuket, Krabi and Chiang Mai. But Thailand vacation and holidays are not only beach holidays may be on a great island in southern Thailand, what about a elephant ride in the tropical mountain jungle, this can be done in almost any Thai tourist area.

Thailand travel flights
Thailand flights at Bangkok or Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport.
Yao Yai
Yao Yai Island opposite the east coast of Phuket.
Phuket
Phuket
Khao Lak
Khao Lak
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Thailand nightlife at Patong Phuket
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Thai bar girls
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Thailand beach resort, Chedi Phuket
Thai Seafood
Thai Seafood

jungle of  northern and western Thailand. Of course you can also do some elephant trekking at Phuket island, Khao Lak, Krabi and elsewhere on you  Thailand trip. If you are on a vacation trip its probably Thailand fun you are looking for and yes you are at the right place at the right time.

Travel in Thailand is full with all kind of fun stimulation activities, the Thai call this "sanook" and nothing is much interesting when there is not much fun. You probably will once visit a 7-11 store in Thailand and find some of the employees sleeping somewhere in the back, sleeping is fun, among others.

But the greatest fun of a Thailand trip is the nightlife and the Thai bar girls who run the nightlife more or less. Nightlife with Thai bar girls is the real stuff to make a lonely foreigner happy under the Siamese moon.Great Thai seafood and other culinary delights are served at excellent Thai restaurants at any Thailand hotels, just right at the beach or elsewhere.

Another great encounter on your Thai
holiday are marvelous beach resorts and other Thai luxury hotels and resorts. Most of the upper scale hotels in Thailand have excellent spa facilities, actually a Thai spa is more or less a luxury extension of a Thai massage parlor, massage Thai is popular with any tourist.

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Tourist in Thailand,
Thailand places, Thailand resorts, Thailand river,
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Thailand Kid
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Thailand Kids at Songkran
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Thailand is the world's 51st-largest country in terms of total area and has approximately 63 million inhabitants. About 80% of People are Thai, 10% Chinese, 3% Malay and the rest are minorities such as Mon, Khmer and various so called hill tribes which are again Karen, Lisu and plenty of others.

Ethnic Thais are basically Chinese who came to Thailand about thousand years ago from the today area of Yunnan, they got split with the Shan in present day Myanmar or Burma. Thailand always was a migratory crossroads and got a wide ethnic diversity. About 70% of the Thai population are Buddhist, others are Muslims, Taoists and some Christians.

Thailand also has a huge community of people from India, Pakistan, Arab, Malay and so called western people. All of them influenced Thailand's traditions and cultures over time.

Theravada Buddhism is the main religion but the belief in spirits and demons is very popular, most house in Thailand have a spirit shrine in front of the house or inside to please the spirits. Actually its very similar to Myanmar or Burma where they call this spirits ‘Nats” and the shrines are placed similar to the way its done in Thailand.

For the best places to visit have a look to the menu bar at left since Thailand has a great tourism diversity, from the mountain jungle of the north and west of Thailand all the

Spirit Shrine
Spirit Shrine

way to the beaches and limestone cave world in southern and south east Thailand.

- A foreign male tourist in Thailand called "farang".

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Tourist in Thailand

 
     
-For the stressed western tourist who is seeking sun, Thailand beaches, nightlife

and some adventure travel, Thailand is for sure amongst the top of the tourist and travel destination and a Thailand beach is usually a real pleasure. Thailand has great tour destinations with top notch scenery of the Thai coastal areas and islands are joined by a beautiful nature in the mountains and hills of the Thai western boarder areas towards Myanmar or Burma and in the north Laos with scenic rivers, jungle and Thailand resorts. There are no problems in that area, all war in this area had ended already about a decade ago, its safe to travel there and the reward are great panoramas and incredible views, a prototype for a memorable Thai vacation and don't forget Thailand nightlife.

There are huge dams and reservoirs, great river resorts, floating villages on the lakes, incredible waterfalls rivers for jungle rafting and other Thailand tours. All this scenic areas are usually integrated into a Thailand national park and there are over 60.
You could visit the areas via a Thailand tour package or on individual trip.
A very particular area for Thailand holiday is trekking, hiking and river rafting is around Kanchanaburi and from there to the west towards the three pagoda pass. Everyone know the “Bridge over the River Kwai” visible 

Thailand Beach
Thailand Beach, Mai Khao at Phuket
Thailand nightlife
Thailand Places Nightlife
Thailand Resorts
Thailand river resorts at River Kwai

Erawan Waterfall
Erawan Waterfall at Kanchanaburi

Bridge over the River Kwai
Bridge over the River Kwai at Kanchanaburi

at Kanchanaburi town. Nearby is one of the most exiting waterfall on planet earth, the Erawan Falls. Erawan waterfall is a real highlight on any Thailand holiday, not the biggest waterfall but the location and the scenery of the waterfall running down mountains over 7 level is real great. Other great Thailand places to visit are for almost every taste and wallet size. Whether you're a tourist in Thailand, traveler, backpacker or whatever, you never get bored on Thailand vacation.

- Another great experience on your Thailand holiday is Thai food.

Tourist in Thailand
Tourist in Thailand
Thailand Places
Thailand Places, Maya Beach at Phi Phi
Thai Seafood
Thai Seafood
Thai Restaurant
Thai Restaurant at Chalong Beach Phuket

Sometimes Thai food can be hot and spicy since the Thai put lots of chili into it. If you don't like this, since it really will let your stomach burn for hours.

When you order Thai food anywhere tell them..mei pet.., this means not hot from chili or other spices. You have a chance of 50/50 that you get it, because most of the time they say, yes yes, but wont do it, they just ignore it. On your Thailand vacation try the seafood, if you dont you miss a important part of Thailand.

If you visit a Thai restaurant and have been in Thailand before you will notice that fish prices almost doubled within the lat 3 years (current is 2010) , but there are so many other delicious dishes based on chicken ..called gay.. in Thailand and muu, this is pork and so on.

If you like shrimps or prawns, be careful, all shrimp come from the farm and there they mix a awful lot of antibiotics and other

chemicals into the feedings. The outcome today is that Thailand is a country where almost all conventional antibiotics based on penicillin don’t work anymore with the locals.

Most of people who come to Thailand on a Thailand package choose Thai beach vacation, either at the endless beaches and beach resorts on the mainland or the great beaches on the islands. Phuket is the biggest island in Thailand and a prime vacation destination, second is Koh Chang und Ko Samui is Thailand's third largest island in the Gulf of Thailand. Just a short distance from Koh Samui is Koh Phangan and the Ang Thon Archipelago. Around Phuket, Phang Nga Bay and towards Krabi, Phi Phi and Trang are countless islands, beaches and coral reefs.

On the east side of the gulf of Thailand is Pattaya and several attractive islands and tourist destinations. Along the eastern seaboard is also one of the highest industrial density in Thailand and a huge deep sea port.

- A trip from Thailand to  Malaysia leads you into the deep south.

Actually there is a Thailand conflict, the insurgency in Thailand south east. The Thailand province in the south east want to break free from the present state and create their own muslim state. For this they kill people every day, throw bombs and even kill Thailand Buddhist monks, women,  schoolchildren and burn down schools. Actually if one don't travel into this particular Thailand provinces there wont be any problems, this Thailand conflict is limited to that area around the eastern border with Malaysia.

- Off the southern west coast of Thailand

is the Tarutao Archipelago with more than 50 islands. Behind the border is the island of Langkawi and further south is the betel nut island Penang or Pulau Pinang.

There is big game fishing in the Andaman Sea and Thai scuba diving off  the west coast with some of the best diving grounds on earth. Such as Similan Islands, the Surin Archipelago and the Myanmar Islands of the Myeik or Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar. Accessible from Phuket via life aboard  trips out of Phuket.

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Thailand vacation at Bang Tao Beach Phuket

Beach Phuket
Kite surfing at Nai Yang Beach Phuket
Koh Chang
Koh Chang
Thai scuba diving
Thai scuba diving

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Similan Islands,  Similan, tourist in Thailand, Thailand Asia.
Ko Tarutao
Ko Tarutao
Andaman Sea at Ko Similan
Andaman Sea at Ko Similan

Bangkok Airport
Bangkok Airport Departure Hall
Bangkok
Bangkok
-Bangkok, is a great Asian metropolises

with a new airport of modern architecture. Almost all roads and flights to and from Thailand and within go through Bangkok. Huge shopping malls and a relatively new elevated train system together with a excellent underground train system took out some of the traffic problems of the past, but for sure not enough. Bangkok is probably your first stop in Thailand. Bangkok travel, nightlife and shopping is legendary, for sure one of the best in the world, also almost everything produced in Thailand is quite cheap (to US-EU) standard. Prices are quite below Singapore prices.

Bangkok with about 10 million of people  is the commercial hub of Thailand is more or less located at the centre of Thailand, the starting point of most Thailand trips is Bangkok. Bangkok has plenty of sightseeing tour spots like Wat Phra Kaew – a very famous monastery and temple, Chinatown is a legend of its own. At the northern greater Bangkok city boundary is Ayuthaya, the legendary old capital of Siam and Thailand, much more on Bangkok is here.

- Backpacking Thailand

is very popular since accommodation, food and transportation is quite cheap with a excellent and cheap 

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Bangkok Nightlife, Market Thailand, Thailand Market, Thai Market, Market Flower,  Patpong.
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Bangkok Shopping, night market, Bangkok market, Phuket, Patong.

bus system for Thailand road travel means no need to travel on the back of a elephant or buffalo, actually if you like you can do a elephant ride, its available in most tourist areas.. You could hire one of the small motorbikes, called "motocyc" for about 4 - 5 dollars per day. But be careful, road traffic in Thailand is a chaotic experience with lots of accidents since nobody cares about traffic rules. Actually is looks that most of the Thai people never even heard that traffic rules exist.

- Your Thailand visit is not complete without visiting a Thai orchid nursery.

Thailand orchids in particular dendrobium orchids are somehow national flowers of the country. A Thai orchid nursery or garden is a overwhelming optical adventure. A unbelievable sea of orchid colors in all shades of the visible spectrum it is a feast for the eyes. They usually have, dendrobium, cattleya, vanda, dyakia, phalaenopsis, paphiopedilum and other type of hybrids and species. Only the hybrids are usually for sale, there is a strict ban on any export of species to curb orchid poaching. Aside of orchid cut flower and orchid retail they also sell orchid seed and orchid seedlings sterile packet into the bottle. The bottle are reused Thai whisky bottles, at least to do a good purpose here.

- Thailand vacation are also a excellent idea for honeymoon

in luxury hotels and beach resorts just the right destination for your happy days. At Trang in southern Thailand they even offer underwater weddings every year.

Thai orchid
Thai orchid nursery
 
Orchid nursery Thailand
Orchid nursery in Thailand
 

To easily find out what to do in Thailand and where to go in Siam -Siam is the old name for Thailand- you will find maps of Thailand at most of the relevant pages, and you can watch great videos in our video section.

One of the most attractive activity during Thailand vacation is, go shopping, but the best is to have a look around open air markets and in particular at the Thai night markets. If you visit one of the huge shopping center they have in every big city in Thailand you will very often just find the same stuff like in any shopping center in the world, native handicraft, Thai silk etc. is in!

- Thailand markets are legend,

from the night markets at Patpong, Bangkok, to Phuket, Patong and Chiang Mai night Bazaar, just to mention a few among other. There are thousands of other markets

Market Thailand
Market Thailand
Thailand Market
Thailand Market
Thai Market
Thai Market
Market Flower
Market Flower

 in Thailand with great colors and lots to see. The markets are full with fruits, flowers, fake items, food and myriads of other items. There are cloth market and dress markets, they all play a important role in the Thai economic.

-Thailand and Travel

Some of the best Thailand tourist destinations are the mountains and rivers of northern Thailand and at the western border areas to Myanmar. That's also the area where the Myanmar Karen refugee camps are. The Thai picture at right are from this area. This is also the right destination for Thailand adventure travel, in particular jungle waterfall, trekking,  and river rafting. Actually a Umphang river rafting

Jungle waterfall
Thailand Namtok Pra Charoen Waterfall.

Thailand Waterfall
Thailand, Umphang Thee Lor Sue Rock Water Fall.

tour should be on the Thailand visit plan of everyone. There you can explore the real Thailand, far away from the beaches. Touring the great mountain jungle area of Thailand Myanmar border.

You also can
see the Karen refugee camps or villages south of Mao Sot on
Thailand attractions
Thailand attractions
Thailand Rafting
Thailand Rafting Tour
the road to Umphang, and near the road from Mae Sot to the north, but only from outside, they wont let foreigners visiting the villages. Karen Refugee Camp
Karen Refugee Camp


- Thailand is one of the real great tour destinations on planet earth.

A very good transportation infrastructure makes it easy and comfortable to tour every corner of Thailand. Thai people are very eager to help you on your Thailand trip because foreigner means money and money makes everyone in Thailand happy. No yoke, money or -tang- in Thai language is the absolute number one.

One of the best idea on your Thailand vacation is travel from Bangkok to southern Thailand and let the legs hang down into the Andaman Sea. Great islands and beaches are waiting. Travel Thailand is quite safe, here are some problems in far south east of Thailand but this problems are only at a limited area along the border with Malaysia, there is no war of any kind of insurgent in the rest of Thailand. Consider this page and the website in general as a Thailand pictures based travel guide with plenty of information for a interesting Thailand travel package, info for great Thailand tours and other travel advisory Thailand.

Travel Thailand is not only how to travel to Thailand and travel in Thailand, its also important to know something about travel from Thailand since many people use Thailand as hub to explore the greater area of south east Asia around Thailand, in particular Myanmar and Cambodia who have no direct flight connections to Europe, US and Australia. When you travel to and in Thailand make a travel insurance for  Thailand and the other country you might go. If you only travel Pattaya Thailand and other Thai beach destinations contact your health insurance company at home id they have some local Thai contacts. Actually almost every reasonable Thai hospital has some links to Europe health and travel insurance companies.

Keep in mind that travel in Thailand by road can be quite dangerous, the country has one of the highest road accident count worldwide, so its quite possible to encounter an accident and you better be prepared for that. Although travel Thailand is quite save and it wont need a lot of advice its better to careful. Travel Thailand Cambodia is a typical situation, if anything happen when you go from Thailand to Cambodia you better get back to Thailand immediately.

Travel Thailand opens up great panoramas with incredible views. Breathtaking pictures and videos you can bring home from your travel Thailand vacation. Most people will travel from Bangkok to southern Thailand. This is the direction for travel to Phuket, Koh Samui, Krabi Thailand, the Andaman Sea and further south is Trang with the great Trang Archipelago and near the Thailand Malaysia border is another archipelago called the Tarutao archipelago with about 50 great Thai islands. Several variants are possible for travel Thailand, there is group travel in Thailand and solo travel. One of the newer travel ideas in Thailand is gay travel. The travel Thailand infrastructure is excellent. Your travel Thailand trip our tour will be a success because it is very easy to go to any place in Thailand,

either by bus, airplane, ship, taxi or rent a motor bike or a car.

Thailand holiday means beach travel for most of the people who come to Thailand for holidays. That also means visiting the beaches of southern Thailand. It is very easy to find a appropriate accommodation in Thailand even right on the beach. There are plenty of guesthouses, hotels and beach resorts available at all places tourist usually visit.

Phuket, Koh Samui, Krabi, Koh Chang or maybe Trang and at other places where you maybe are the only traveler to that part of Thailand. There are cheap beach cottages and expensive hotels and beach resorts in the Thailand luxury travel segment.

If you are searching for some Thailand travel advice have a look here or visit some travel agencies at any place to touch down in Thailand. They will tell you what you want to hear and offer you plenty of trips and tours. Maybe you like adventure travel in Thailand, no problem, boat travel or any other travel deal.

Most of Thailand tourism destinations are open for business 12 month a year. The best travel time in Thailand is from November to April but any other time is also quite good since the climate in Thailand it is always warm. Even when there are rainy days, in particular during monsoon times, you see the sun everyday, usually for some hours.

Travel to Thailand is even a good alternative for the summer holiday travel in Europe.

Maybe you travel to Phuket, because if you count all costs together for a road travel with your car in Europe and compare it with a trip and flight to Thailand plus accommodation Thai food and so on, its still cheaper in Thailand.

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Phuket Nightlife
Phuket Nightlife at Pink Lady Cafe
Koh Samui
Koh Samui great beach
Thailand Tourism
Thailand Tourism at Phang Nga Bay
Thailand sailing
Thailand boat travel at Phi Phi Islands
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Travel to Thailand via Sailing and Yachting
Travel to Phuket
Travel to Phuket at Chalong Bay

- Travel from Bangkok west to Kanchanaburi and Umphang

and further westwards to enjoy the breathtaking panoramas of the blue mountains along the border Thailand Myanmar. There are huge reservoir for electricity generation and this artificial lakes are the home of many Thai and Thai - Karen people who live on floating houses and go fishing. Its the right place for a Thailand eco inspired travel tour by trekking und hiking through the mountain jungle, doing some rafting in the River Kwai, see one of the absolute top waterfalls in Thailand, the Erawan falls and nearby the Sai Yoke waterfall. Enjoying great food in one of the river resorts and Thai hotels along the River Kwai Noi, you can also have a look for the Bridge over the River Kwai at Kanchanaburi.

Further north is Mae Sot, only reachable by a several hundred kilometers detour trough central Thailand. Mae Sot is a busy little city with a border crossing over the friendship bridge into Myanmar, visa costs are US $ 10,-, the Myanmar visa there is

Namtok Pra Charoen National Park Waterfall
Waterfall in Thailand Namtok Pra Charoen National Park Waterfall Mae Sot

only valid for the border area. You can buy cheap real Myanmar jade there, no fake and not treated. A great destination for your exiting Thailand travel is south of Mae Sot, first the Namtok Pra Charoen National Park Waterfall, after you can see a huge Karen refugee 

camp. At the end at Umphang waits the biggest and spectacular waterfall of Thailand and Asia, the Thee Lor Sue Water Fall at  Umphang. Umphang is also the right place for a exiting mountain jungle river rafting tour. Again a little bit further north on your Thailand travel trip another nice town, its Mae Hong Son. Mae Hong Son actually more or less lives from the border trade with Myanmar. The whole Myanmar Shan State including huge parts of the Myanmar golden triangle is supplied with almost everything people needs. This also brought and bring a lot of drug money from the Myanmar side into the city.

Almost everywhere on your Thailand travel you can find excellent hotels above about baht 1500,- per night and budget hotel for less than baht 1000,- per night, on many locations even for less than baht 500,- and guesthouses are even cheaper.
Thee Lor Sue Water Fall
Thee Lor Sue Water Fall at Umphang

But there is a certain tradeoff since lots of the very cheap Thailand accommodations naturally don't offer the best hygienic standard. Especially toilets and beds are some times substandard and Thai are very noisy. Motorcycle and Bike Travel

To have a good and pleasant travel Thailand experience, spend a little bit more money and it will prevent you form serious trouble. The  same is valid for Thai restaurants and food stalls along the streets. You eat there you have a good chance to get real sick. 

Also if you intend to hit the road on your travel Thailand trip either with a cheap Thai motorbike, about baht 150,- per day or a reasonable car, starting at about

baht 500,- per day -as a reference for car and motorbike rental check here-. Put a helmet on your head when using a motorbike on your travel Thailand trip, since either you get fined or your die at an accident. As a parameter, only on Phuket island they have about 200.000 accidents per year, mostly with motorbikes. You should know that Thailand has one of the highest count in road accidents worldwide, since most don't care about traffic rules and drunken driving is almost normal, especially after about 9 pm. Means have a good travel insurance otherwise you might run into a real disaster. Also other things can happen like this Bangkok airport blockade the other day, a good insurance is really

Thai motorbike rental
Thai motorbike
Thai food
Thai food in a Phuket Restaurant
Kayan lady and girl Mae Hong Son
Kayan lady and girl at Mae Hong Son

helpful on that.

Close to Mae Hong Son city is a refugee village of the Myanmar Kayan or Padaung people who fled from their villages near Lake Inle during fighting of the Myanmar army with Karen insurgent.

The women and girls in this village are famous for their long neck with brass coils which looking like rings wound around. They say its to remember to their ancestors, mythical naga snakes.

It is necessary to mention that the people in this Karen refugee villages are not living worst than the normal Thai people of that rural area. There are several Karen refugee villages along the border road from Mae Sot to Mae Hong Son. This border road is in an amazingly good condition for such a remote area and the area in general could be just the right stuff for your Thailand Travel adventure trip, just hire a car and go, you wont regret and have a real unique experience.

Some of the refugees even live better than the Thais of that area since there are a lot of international agencies from the EU and NGO who look after them. They supply almost everything the Karen refugees need including health care, houses, water, food and transportation. This is one of the real reasons why so many people from the Myanmar side come 

Karen Refugee
Karen Refugee Village near Mae Sot
Doi Mae Salong
Thai Wat in the mountains at Doi Mae Salong

into this villages since they live much better here than on the Myanmar side. Almost all fighting between the Myanmar army and the insurgents has ceased many years ago. The only real problem for them is, they cant leave the villages.

Road block before and after the villages makes it impossible to get out. On top of it the refugee villages are always located in narrow deep valleys, this also prevents from trekking out through the mountain jungle.

The rural area opens up breathtaking panoramas all the time, its a real feast for the eyes and a take a deep breath to get the get the cool, oxygen saturated breeze into the lungs, you body will be happy. The wind comes through deep valleys and bring the fresh smell of the mountain jungle to you, the only thing you have to do is, take a strong breath.

A Thai Wat in the mountains at Doi Mae Salong north of Mae Hong Son and close to Chiang Rai, this is a short peep into Thailand western travel travel, for more just browse the website. If you want to know Thailand more closer click to our e-book section and download our great e-books on Thailand with all pictures in full scale. If you are in Thailand you can buy all the books at Asia Book stores and Bookazine stores in almost every big city in Thailand and at every airport in Thailand.

- Thailand road travel.

Bangkok Road Travel
Bangkok Road Travel
From Phuket to Krabi
From Phuket to Krabi
Boat Travel at Krabi
Travel at Krabi
Thai Road Trip
Thailand Road Travel

Driving in a foreign country can be a terrifying prospect, especially in a country as unfamiliar as Thailand where almost everyone wont obey traffic rules. If you are planning a holiday to Thailand and want to explore this fascinating country in your own time road travel is the choice.

Thailand road travel enables you visiting places that would otherwise be tricky to get to, in this cases hiring a car is an absolute must. Although Thailand is becoming a modern, bustling country, with new main roads and traffic control systems in the capital of Bangkok, it is still a country where you must be very careful when you drive. Although the majority of citizens are polite and friendly, traffic laws can often be ignored by the locals in favor of getting to their destination - you'll find city driving a crazy experience and it's not recommended for nervous drivers! Anyway Bangkok road travel is something special.

The first road travel rule of driving in Thailand is, as in neighboring countries such as Malaysia and the UK in Europe, they drive on the left-hand side of the road. Be aware, however, that on many country roads and in the alleys of Bangkok there is often only the one lane - so you may find yourself squeezing right up the kerb to allow other cars past, including 12 wheeled trucks.

Road travel on Thailand country roads at night is not recommended, especially on holidays and long weekends, as the country is still tackling the issue of drunk drivers and many cars used by the local populace sport broken or no lights at all. Nevertheless, in the daytime, driving in Thailand can be a very pleasurable experience with stunning views and far better access to the "hidden gems" of the country.

For road travel in Thailand with a car you will need a current, non-probationary drivers license to drive in Thailand. This can be from nearly any country, but if it is not written in Thai or English then you must always carry an International drivers license or a full English translation. In addition, a valid passport must be carried at all times.

If you are planning to extend your Thailand trip for more time (over three months, officially) then you will need to apply for a Thai drivers license to do your Thai road travel.

Thailand boasts an excellent network of roads to make travel quite easy, especially around Bangkok and in the north and south in the popular tourist areas of Chiang Mai and Phuket. From bustling city to remote paradise, you can do road travel to it all in Thailand, although it is a much bigger country than many realize.

Northern Thailand offers jungle covered mountains and a vast array of rare wildlife, while the south offers unspoilt sandy beaches and tropical islands. In-between you will explore ancient cities, national parks, traditional villages and a huge diversity of culture. Festivals run throughout the year and the range of foods mean there is something for everyone.
Many choose to take the main roads from the capital to the Golden Triangle, then explore the islands to the south. This is possible in a rented car, too, whether you want to explore a quiet paradise island or one of the bustling resort islands full of clubs, bars and an exciting night-life.

Insurance is important as accidents are frequent in Thailand. When you hire your car you will be offered several choices for insurance, as in Thailand they often insure just the vehicle. It's highly recommended that you do not try to get a budget deal, or choose a company that you may be unsure of. There are some excellent cheap car hire companies available who will also deal with insurance, so hiring a car should not have to break the bank and you can afford to get the latest, safest model of vehicle.


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Raong Visa Run Myanmar Thailand Ranong Border

 

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