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[ Costs]
[Recommendations] [Itinerary]
Costs
Food costs are low in Thailand $2-6/meal and each person has
their own priorities and desires for souvenirs - here are representative costs
for some of our fun activities:
|
Expense Type |
Thai
Baht |
US
$ |
| Hotel in Bangkok/night, 2-people,
includes breakfast |
1450 |
$36 |
| Hotel in Chiang Mai/night, 2-people,
includes breakfast |
790 |
$20 |
| Train between Bangkok and Chiang Mai |
870 |
$22 |
| 1/2-Day Elephant show, raft and
ox-cart ride and lunch |
750 |
$18 |
| 1/2-Day Thai cooking class |
500 |
$12 |
| 2-Day trip from Chiang Mai to Mae
Hong Son including elephant ride, visits to 2 villages, driving 6 hours
one-way and 30 minute plane flight return, lodging and all meals |
4000 |
$100 |
| Flight Phuket-Bangkok 1-way,
1-person |
2730 |
$68 |
| 1-Day Sea Canoe trip, including
lunch |
2650 |
$66 |
| 2-Day trip from Phuket to Phi Phi,
2-hour ferry trip snorkeling stop, lunch, 1-night lodging
breakfast |
1300 |
$32 |
| Evening at FantaSea (add 500 Baht
for buffet meal) |
1000 |
$25 |
Recommendations
Hotels:
- Bangkok - Elegance
Court Suites - 88 Charatweing Rd., Silom, Bangkok.
Ph: (02) 630 7000-20 Fax:
(02) 238-1419 Email: elegance53@hotmail.com
This small hotel has 2-room suites (bedroom and living room with
refrigerator and tea/coffee service) for about 1450 baht/night.
5 minute walk to both the Skytrain and River Ferry landing.
- Chiang Mai - Royal
Lanna Hotel - 119 Loikroh Rd. T.Changklan A.Muang
Ph. (053) 818773 email: royal_lanna@yahoo.com
This was right next to the Night Bazaar and a 15 minutes walk to the
historic city. Lots of restaurants within walking distance.
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Travel/Tour Agents:
- Phuket - Emotion
Travel, 104 Ratsada Rd. Muang, Phuket
Town PH: (076) 222320 Fax: (076) 222420
Email emotiontravel@hotmail.com
- Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai Suparerk Group
(in the lobby of the Royal Lanna Hotel). Yupin was an
excellent guide and spoke very good English
Transportation
- Bangkok - Skytrain
This is the way to get around in this traffic-choked
city. If you are going to be there more than 2 days, we
recommend you purchase the 4-day tourist fare card for 280 baht.
It allows unlimited rides for 4 days.
- Chao Phraya River Ferry
- This is another great way to get around. You can ride
the ferry all the way to the end (stop no. 30) for 10 baht.
Get off at stop no. 9 to go to the Grand Palace.
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Thai Cooking Class:
- Chiang Mai - The
Master Thai Chef Cookery Course, Permpoon & Suriyan
Nabnian (owners) Ph: (053) 27782 This course is run by 2
brothers who both speak excellent English. Their facility is
in a lovely country location just outside of Chiang Mai that has
individual cooking stations for all participants.
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Sea Canoe Trip:
- Phuket - John Gray's Sea Canoe - 124 Soi 1
Yaowarad Rd. Taladyai, Muang. Ph: (076) 254 505 6.
email: info@johngray-seacanoe.com
This is the trip for nature-lovers as they emphasize quality over
quantity. They take their time in each hong and move to a
different one if there are too many other canoe companies already
there.
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Itinerary
This was our proposed
itinerary that we used as a guideline for a 3-week visit and, as you will see, we did almost every activity.
| Day |
Activity |
Day |
Activity |
| 1 |
- Meet at Phuket airport and bring back to our hotel
room at marina
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12 |
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| 2 |
- Show around marina and introduce to friends.
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13 |
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| 3 |
- Sightseeing around Phuket � See Wats, Chinese
Temples, beaches, waterfalls and Gibbon sanctuary
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14 |
- Visit Wats and huge Night Bazaar
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| 4 |
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15 |
- Travel to Mae Hong Son by mini-van on specially
designed tour.
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| 5 |
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16 |
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| 6 |
- Phi Phi Island sightseeing
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17 |
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| 7 |
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18 |
- Travel to Bangkok by Train
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| 8 |
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19 |
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| 9 |
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20 |
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| 10 |
- Travel to Bangkok by Plane
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21 |
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| 11 |
- Travel to Chiang Mai � by Train
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22 |
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