| Even before you arrive in Bangkok you would be | | | | the usual army of touts offering you taxi services |
| wise to check upon the visa requirements for | | | | and so on. A metred taxi should cost around 300 |
| your particular nationality. Most persons of | | | | baht to downtown area but you will most likely |
| western nationality however will be provided | | | | have to negotiate a fixed price for the journey as |
| automatically with a 30 day tourist visa. | | | | the Taxi drivers realise they have a captive |
| On expiration of this Visa you will usually be able | | | | market and will be unlikely to settle for the |
| to extend it at the Immigration centre on 'Suan | | | | metred price. |
| Plu' Road in downtown Bangkok for a maximum | | | | One alternative is to use the bus shuttle service |
| of 14 days. After this period expires visitors | | | | which runs to all the main tourist centres including |
| would than have to leave the country or risk | | | | Khao Sahn Road (Banglampoo area)for 150 baht. |
| being fined. If you know you are going to stay | | | | These buses tend to leave every half an hour |
| for longer than this period consider applying for a | | | | with the trip downtown taking about the same |
| visa in advance from your home country where | | | | time span again. |
| double entry and triple entry visas maybe | | | | Many travellers arrive weary and are in no fit |
| available for you. A double entry visa if extended | | | | state to do the currency conversions in their head |
| in Suan Plu twice can get you up to 6 months on | | | | so it pays to have a bit of fore knowledge. $10 |
| a tourist visa whilst only leaving the country once. | | | | at the moment gets you roughly 300 baht and |
| In the past tourists could simply leave the country | | | | 10UK pound will get you in the region of 600 baht |
| every thirty days and return on the same day to | | | | (double check at Money Transfer Review.com). |
| receive another new thirty day visa. however the | | | | One final tip when handing over 1000 baht notes |
| Thai government are seemingly tightening up on | | | | say the amount out loud so they are aware that |
| this practise and enforcing several other laws and | | | | you know it is a thousand baht note and they |
| procedures to make this practise less feasible on | | | | don't give you change for the wrong amount. It |
| a continuous basis. | | | | can be surprisingly easily to be short changed |
| If you arriving via the International airport be | | | | when using unfamiliar notes, especially with jet lag! |
| aware that you will immediately be accosted by | | | | |