travel to thailand

[steve n songsang 45]

if anyone is considering trip to Thailand we booked 2 round trips Aug20/sept18, Cathay pacific,$2013.00 total....I paid $2117.00 just for myself Aug2013!!! Also, we have a early morning departure Sept18(11:50am),and since we cannot get to BKK from Korat by bus that early we were able to book 2 nights at the Landmark BKK, a five star hotel for $60.00 per night! Don't know if there low prices are due to the past and present "situation in Thailand? We were worrying about receiving Songsang`s EAD/I-131 combo card in time but we today received e-mail that combo card went to card production!

[steve n songsang 45]

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[AaronLV 12]

if anyone is considering trip to Thailand we booked 2 round trips Aug20/sept18, Cathay pacific,$2013.00 total....I paid $2117.00 just for myself Aug2013!!! Also, we have a early morning departure Sept18(11:50am),and since we cannot get to BKK from Korat by bus that early we were able to book 2 nights at the Landmark BKK, a five star hotel for $60.00 per night! Don't know if there low prices are due to the past and present "situation in Thailand? We were worrying about receiving Songsang`s EAD/I-131 combo card in time but we today received e-mail that combo card went to card production!

Pretty good price, how many stops? We just came from Chiang Mai to Vegas on Korean for 3400 (2 adults, 1 child) RT with only one stop in Seoul, less stops the better, used to pay the extra money when Thai flew non-stop from LA to BKK, well worth the extra money. My friend in BKK that does B2B travel packages told me that the groups are currently not filling up the planes and they are releasing seats back into inventory which has driven the price down.

If you plan on eating at the Landmark at all get the Membership (5900 baht for 1 year), gets you discounts at all the restaurants. The restaurants are a bit expensive, but really good food. I eat on the terrace whenever I am in Bangkok and it is good food. I get bored with Thai food pretty quickly. On soi 11 there are some good restaurants also (lots have opened up in the past year), one of our favorite places is a Pizza place behind the Old German House, and Zaks Wine Bar has some good wine for happy hour (at least good wine at reasonable prices for Thailand). We have spent a lot of time in the area since my Mother in law owns several condos on Soi 13. I have a few other places I enjoy eating, but all are western

If you have a chance head over to the Baiyoke tower, they have a bar at the top with awesome views. Don't eat up there as it is very expensive and my friend said it was horrible (after 40K baht for dinner), but surprisingly the drinks are quite reasonable, cheaper than Lebua and I think the view is much much better.

I would suggest renting a car rather than taking a bus to Korat, more expensive but well worth the extra expense. I did the bus to Burirram on a few trips, and having to rely on Cousins and other people to take me places, sucked. Of course my wife was from a village quite a way out of town. I think in the end with gas, food, and extra baht I had to give people for driving us, it would have always been cheaper to rent a car. Now I won't go unless we are driving. Don't be afraid to drive, Korat is a simple drive from BKK, and driving in Thailand is quite easy, took me a bit to get used to driving on the opposite side of the road, but just remember, the center line is always outside the drivers window. The worst part is driving in Bangkok, I missed my exit for Sukumvhit one time and it took me 2 hours to get to the condo. I have been driving for about 4 years in Thailand, and the only thing I have hit is poles (don't ask).

[TEX_715 6]

I love driving in BKK, but only motorcycles. There is a place in bangkapi you can get a 125 for 3,000 a month

steve, where are you departing from?

Edited July 30, 2014 by TEX_715

[steve n songsang 45]

Chicago....1:15am 8/20

[Karee 4,189]

I love driving in BKK, but only motorcycles.

Good way to get dead.

[TEX_715 6]

You just gotta drive faster than death or slower that hell

[joshandgigi 8]

You just gotta drive faster than death or slower that hell

My wife wanted to kill me when I took at taxi from Lat Phrao 48 to BTS Mo Chit. I wanted to record it I guess we went fast enough or slow enough but that bus wanted to squish us 10 times