My advice is to take the train from Bangkok to Surat Thani, then bus from there. It will only cost like $10 and the service is great. PLUS you get to stand between the (train) cars and have a smoke if you like while watching big lizards and kids playing as you cruise by... staggering
You can fly there from Bangkok? Can you do stuff like Elephant trekking there?
You can fly to Phuket from bangkok...itll cost you about 25-35£ and catch a 3 hour longtail boat to koh phi phi, its a pretty chilled spot, in fact there isnt a single car or scooter on the island...!!!
unfortunatly theres no elephants either, but there is some the most shit hot rock climbing youll EVER see, if thats your thing...!!
thats koh phi phi lei, the one where they filmed the beach, koh phi phi don has plenty of bungalows, and a small town with all the esentials, joh hang is pretty cool as weel but if you want a really good elephant trek you have to chang mai or chang rai up north
I reckon you're getting a bit busy there with the schedule. I'd leave out either the North or the South. Thailand is for chilling and you'll wish you had more time in all of those spots.
If you stay around Koh Sahn Rd you can store luggage in some guest houses. Haven't done it for years but it was cheap and it'd probably be cheaper than the airport.
Morning everyone I'm looking to store luggage too in Bangkok... how safe is it to do so in the Khao San Road guesthouses? Can anyone suggest a good guesthouse in this area? (I only have my first night's accomodation booked near Suhkumvit Rd, and that's it).
Also, can anyone tell me if Ko Samet is worthwhile? I only have a week in Thailand on the way to Europe so looking at just a few days in Bangkok and then a few days on the beach on Ko Samet (since it's so close).
get out of bangkok asap - if u get yourself into the Banglampur district you are sweet as there are some really nice backpacker type styled accom. Sooooo cheap and the cuisine mmmm love those thai currys.
But yeah head of there as soon as you can in the wilderness and a MUST IS GETTING TO A FULL MOON PARTY. get those shroom shakes haha
The person I'm going with is gonna have a big suitcase and I dont want to drag it round Thailand! If I only stay at a backpackers for one night in Bangkok can I still leave the bag there?
If I dont have time I'll miss out Laos. I was gonna catch the train to Chan Mai and then fly back down to Samui. I figure I should have enough toime to do both of thos things yeah?
My friend flew up to chaing mai then down to samui from there. The flights are pretty quick generally, so that shouldn't be a problem.
As for the airport stored luggage, well it is possible (they do it from what I hear), but nobody seems to have anything good to say about them. I get the impression they're a bit dodgy, but I could be wrong.
Most guesthouses or hotels will hold onto your luggage if you book your last night in bangkok with them. Normally this is a good idea to do anyway, since you don't want to be racing to bangkok airport from somewhere else in the country really.
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