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 How
to get to Thailand |
Travel
within Thailand |
Travel
inside Bangkok |
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| How
to get to Thailand |
>> By Air
 Bangkok is Thailand's major gateway. Most visitors arrive
through Bangkok's Don Muang International Airport which is
connected by daily flights to Europe, North America, Asia
and Australia aboard the world's major airlines. Further international
flights, mostly from Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Hong
Kong, land on a less regular basis at the southern airports
of Phuket and Hat Yai and Chiang Mai in northern Thailand.
Charter flights from Europe and the Orient sometimes land
in Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai and at U-Taphao for
Pattaya.
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>>By Rail
Regular rail
services link Singapore and Bangkok. Intermediary stops include
Kuala Lumpur, Butterworth and major southern Thai towns.
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>>By Road
Overland entrance
to Thailand is restricted to three road crossings on the Thai-Malaysia
border in Songkhla, Yala and Narathiwat.
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>>By Sea
There are no
regular steamship connections with Thailand. Cargo ships calling
at Bangkok's Klong Toey port sometimes have passenger cabin
facilities. Cruise ships, such as Cunard's Queen Elizabeth
II, Royal Viking, or Pearl of Scandinavia periodically visit
Pattaya.
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| Travel within Thailand |
Domestic air, rail and road transport in Thailand is surprisingly
inexpensive.
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>>By Air
Thai
Airways International, Thailand's national airline, flies
to five destinations in the North, five in the Northeast,
and seven in the South. Bangkok Airways (Tel: (02) 5237116,
25340'I4-6, 5352497) flies to Samui Island and Phuket. Reservations
can be made through any authorised Thai Inter Travel Agent.
Thai Airways International's Lan Luang Office is on 6 Lan
Luang Road, Tel: 2800070,2800080. The airline also organises
'Royal Orchid Holidays' tours to every destination it flies
to.
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>>By Rail
An efficient
rail system links major northern and north-eastern towns with
the capital. A southern route permits the visitor to travel
by train into Malaysia and Singapore. Domestic express trains
comprise first, second and third-class carriages. Slower trains
may have only third-class seats. The State Railway of Thailand
organises one- day, two-day economy tours to various destinations
on Saturdays, Sundays and official holidays. Other tours include
trips to SuratThani (for Koh Samui), Chumphon and Chiang Mai.
Railway schedules can be obtained from Bangkok Railway Station,
Tel: 223- 7010, 223-7020.
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>>By Road
A modern highway
system reaches into all corners of the kingdom. Domestic bus
services offer fast means of travel. Air-conditioned tour
coaches offer more comfort. Bangkok's Northern / North-eastern
Bus Terminal is on Phahonyothin Road, Tel: 2794484-7 (air-conditioned)
and 2710101-5 (regular) Bangkok's Southern Bus Terminal is
on Pinklao-Nakhon Chaisri Road, Tel: 4351190, 4351200 (air-conditioned)
and 4345558 (regular). Bangkok's Eastern Bus terminal is on
Sukhumvit Road, Tel: 3929227, 3919829 (air-conditioned) and
3912504, 3922521 (regular)
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| Travel inside Bangkok |
>>Public
Transportation
Public buses are plentiful and cheap, with 3.50 baht minimum
and 5 baht maximum fares to most destinations within metropolitan
Bangkok. Air-conditioned buses within Bangkok have minimum
and maximum fares of 6 and 16 baht respectively. Red and grey
Micro-Buses, also air-conditioned, cost 25 baht for single
journey. A Bus Route Map is available at most hotels, bookshops
and the TAT head office for 35 Baht.
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>>Taxis
and Tuk Tuks
Hotel taxis have fixed tariffs. Taxis cruising the streets
of Bangkok, and designated "taxi-meters" charge 35 baht for
the first 3 kilometres and approximately s baht for every
kilometre thereafter. Tuk-Tuk or three wheel taxis are quite
popular among the tourists for short journeys inside Bangkok.
Fares range from a minimum of 30 baht to a maximum of 150
baht. Fares must be bargained for.
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>>River
Taxis
There
are many boats plying the Chao Phraya River. Some criss-cross
between landings on opposite banks while the Chao Phraya Express
boats travel upstream and downstream within the metropolis.
Fares range between 5 and 15 baht.
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