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THAILAND- 6 days
Currency: 1 USD= 30 Baht
Population: 66,720,153 (July 2011 est.)
Entry Visa: Allowed 30 days visitor travel with no visa
Literacy: 92.6%
Geography: 513,120 sq km, (twice the size of Wyoming)
Currency: 1 USD= 30 Baht
Population: 66,720,153 (July 2011 est.)
Entry Visa: Allowed 30 days visitor travel with no visa
Literacy: 92.6%
Geography: 513,120 sq km, (twice the size of Wyoming)
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| Ko Phi Phi |
Our Plans
July 4th- Leave Kat: 1:30pm, Arrive Bangkok: 6:15pm, Leave Bangkok: 8:15pm, Arrive Phuket: 10:40pm
July 5th- Morning: Ferry from Phuket to Ko Phi Phi (ko= island), day: explore Phi Phi
July 6th- Explore Ko Phi Phi, & celebrate my birthday! :)
July 7th- Ko Phi Phi
July 8th- Sadly leave Ko Phi Phi and head back to Patong Beach, Phuket
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| Woman in Patong Beach |
July 10th- Leave Phu: 12:50pm, Arrive Bangk: 2:10pm, Leave Bangk: 5:00pm, Arrive Sydney next day at 5:15am (aussie time)
TRAVEL NOTES
Things to do: - Phi Phi Island: beach, snorkeling, cliffdiving, kayaking, trying not to freak out from sheer beauty!
- TRANSPORT: Airport > Rassada Pier (45 min taxi): 500B / $15 one way
- Rassada Pier > Phi Phi (45 min ferry): 1000B/ $30 round trip each-
- $40-50 for Elephant rides
-Surf rental: $30?
-Eating in Thailand: make local style breakfast: cook sticky rice, coconut milk & bananas
- Pad thai costs around 50-75 baht
- Squirrel rats (?!) & monkeys can chew through packs so need to secure food somehow..- $12- 15 per day overall.. $70 or so for 6 days
WHERE WE'LL STAY
BANGKOK
( emergency only if we miss phuket flight): New Road Guesthouse- $6/ night -1216/1 Charoen Krung between soi 34 & 36, Bangkok, +66 (0)26306994, newroadguesthouse.hostel.com
PHUKET
Sea Blue Phuket Backpacker Hostel. $6.60/ 10 bed dorm -74/11 Soi Banzaan, Nanai Rd, Patong, Katoo, Phuket 83150, Thailand, ph: +66 (0)76-344-405, seabluephuket@hotmail.com
PHI PHI ISLAND
-Snowwith Resort - $13 for 2 nights (July 6-8) - book through hostelbookers.com
- Pad thai costs around 50-75 baht
- Squirrel rats (?!) & monkeys can chew through packs so need to secure food somehow..- $12- 15 per day overall.. $70 or so for 6 days
WHERE WE'LL STAY
BANGKOK
( emergency only if we miss phuket flight): New Road Guesthouse- $6/ night -1216/1 Charoen Krung between soi 34 & 36, Bangkok, +66 (0)26306994, newroadguesthouse.hostel.com
PHUKET
Sea Blue Phuket Backpacker Hostel. $6.60/ 10 bed dorm -74/11 Soi Banzaan, Nanai Rd, Patong, Katoo, Phuket 83150, Thailand, ph: +66 (0)76-344-405, seabluephuket@hotmail.com
-Plan B: Sunwest Guesthouse Phuket- $6.58/ 8 bed dorm
PHI PHI ISLAND
-Snowwith Resort - $13 for 2 nights (July 6-8) - book through hostelbookers.com
Moo 7 Tumbol Aonang Muang KrabiTel: ++66 81 7082107, ++66 89 8613110, Fax: ++66 75 601314 info@snowwithresort.com
BASIC THAI
Sa-wat dee - Hello
Khorb koon- Thank you
mai- yes
chai- no (mai chai= no it’s not)
gee baht- how much
mai ow- I don’t want (useful for annoying street vendors..)
khor thod krap- sorry
yoo tee nai - where isBASIC THAI
Sa-wat dee - Hello
Khorb koon- Thank you
mai- yes
chai- no (mai chai= no it’s not)
gee baht- how much
mai ow- I don’t want (useful for annoying street vendors..)
khor thod krap- sorry
