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franjipani · Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Posts: 29

My family is meeting me in Phuket in August for a holiday.
I have looked at some maps and it looks pretty far from the rest
of Thailand. How possible is a day trip to Cambodia or northwards towards
less touristy areas?
Thanks for any suggestions
Franj Cool

tedkarma · Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:05 am Post subject:

Phuket as a base - is a pretty good idea. It is only about an hour from Bangkok by air and the budget carriers are pretty good deals. From there - nothing is much more than an hour away. (try www.one2go.com and www.bangkokair.com )

Think also the mainland - just off the island. And, not all of Phuket is "touristy". The northern beaches this time of year are almost deserted - think Nai Thon, Nai Yang, and Mai Khao beaches ( "Phuket's Best Beaches" http://phuketdelight.com/Best%20Beaches.htm "

North of Phuket is Khao Sok National Park and Khao Lak ("touristy but pretty neat! - http://khaolaklovers.com/) and to the south is Krabi and Koh Phi Phi, Trang and more.

Phuket would be an EXCELLENT base.

franjipani · Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Posts: 29

thanks tedkarma for those words of wisdom.
Heres another quez...
on my way to thailand i wanna catch a ferry
to korea (im in japan at the mo),
and then fly to thailand.
do i need a special visa to venture into korea
from here?

tedkarma · Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:15 am Post subject:

I don't know your home country - so I can't tell you if you need a visa or not.

To the best of my knowledge - UK, Canada, USA, Australia - can stamp in without a pre-arranged visa. Other countries - can't be sure.

franjipani · Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Posts: 29

kay
got it
(im from south africa, by the way)
we dont need visas to go korea for up to 30 days
for future references.
thanks, that was easy,

thanks a bunch tedkarma
happy days
franj Cool