Thailand Travel Guide

Thailand

How To Get To Thailand

One can Catch three daily flights from Manila to Bangkok, with
Thai International Airways or Philippine Airlines. Lufthansa and
some other Europian and Middle East Airlines also offers discounted
flights to the city of Angels.

Where To Stay

Chart Guest House

Grand Hyatt Erewhon

Royal Orchids Sheraton

Shangri-La Hotel

The Oriental

The Peninsula Bangkok

For budget travelers, there are lot of decent hotels to stay in within
the city especially along the Patpong area. Anything calling itself a
"guest house" offers Spartan backpacker digs; the Chart Guest House
(58-62 Khao San Road) seems the best of the lot, featuring rooms
ranging from US$5 to US$15 a night, email srvice and pleasant restaurant.
For luxury travelers, The Royal Orchid Sheraton (662 266 0123), The
Oriental (662-236-0400), The Grand Hyatt Erewhon, The Peninsula
Bangkok and The Shangri-La Hotel offers reasonable rates and discounts
including airport transfers and pickups, complimentary breakfast, high tea
and dry cleaning.

Getting Around

River Boat

Chiang Mai

Jeep rental In Phuket

Phuket

songthaews

Tuktuks

For the love of Buddha, don't rent a car in Bangkok. Taxis and tuk-tuks
are plentiful and cheap, although communication can be difficult.It helps
to have someone from your hotel write down your destination; grab a
business card from your hotel to direct drivers on the way back. The most
pleasant way to get from some points to others is by riverboat.

Taxis, tuktuks and songthaews (converted pickup trucks used as buses) are
also available in Chiang Mai, and the town is small enough to explore on foot.
Bicycles and motor scooters can also be rented near the town's Main square.

Renting jeep in Phuket makes a little more sense, allowing you to tour the coast
at your leisure. Rates range from US$50 to US$75 a day.

Where To Eat

Coconut Cafe on Nan Harn Beach

Old Siam Restaurant

Aroon Rai Restaurant

Restaurant Along Sukhuvit

Whole Earth Cuisine

Whole Earth Restaurant

There are lot of sit-down restaurants in Bangkok; many snacks at the numerous
noodle stands that line the city's streets. The Whole Earth Restaurant (71
Sukhumvit Soi 26 and 93 Soi Lang Suan, near Siam Square has outstanding food,
reasonable prices and a large vegetarian menu. The Windmill Restaurant
(543-545 Silom Rd.) features excellent curries. There's also a stretch of good
restaurants along Sukhuvit Road in the downtown area.

In Chiang Mai, the Aroon Rai Restaurant (43-45 Kotchsaran Road), has a huge
two level seating area and very cheap prices for most entrees.

On Phuket, where seafood is specialty, the Old Siam Restaurant on Karon Beach
Road in Karon features dining on a second story terrace overlooking the beach.
At the Coconut Cafe on Nan Harn Beach, you can enjoy a Pesos 200 lunch of
fresh seafood and and a huge Thai beer.