Difference between revisions of "Thailand"
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'''Thailand''' is a wonderful hitchhiking country - but you have to be persistent. People are not familiar with the concept of hitchhiking and they always want to drop you off at a bus station. | '''Thailand''' is a wonderful hitchhiking country - but you have to be persistent. People are not familiar with the concept of hitchhiking and they always want to drop you off at a bus station. | ||
| − | In buses you have air conditioning - way too cold and you have to watch B-class movies on the video screen. Hitching you | + | In buses you have air conditioning - way too cold and you have to watch B-class movies on the video screen. Hitching you don't have to freeze and you can get acquainted with locals and some foreigners too. They don´t ask money for the rides but if a someone not so rich offers you a long ride, would be polite to offer him a lunch if you can afford it. |
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| + | However, 3rd class trains are really cheap (48 Baht from [[Bangkok]] to [[Aranyaprathet]], which is 6 km from the [[Cambodia|Cambodian]] border), and it might be inconvenient to get to a good hitching spot when you're leaving [[Bangkok]]. | ||
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==Language== | ==Language== | ||
| − | Thai is a language with 6 tones. | + | Thai is a language with 6 tones.--> |
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==Cities== | ==Cities== | ||
| − | [[Bangkok]] | + | * [[Bangkok]] |
| − | + | * [[Chiang Mai]], [[Chiang Rai]], [[Chon Buri]] | |
| − | + | * [[Khon Kaen]] | |
| − | + | * [[Lampang]] | |
| + | * [[Nakhon Ratchasima]] | ||
| + | * [[Pattaya]], [[Phuket]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Asia]] | ||
[[Category:Thailand|*]] | [[Category:Thailand|*]] | ||
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Revision as of 19:00, 11 October 2007
Thailand is a wonderful hitchhiking country - but you have to be persistent. People are not familiar with the concept of hitchhiking and they always want to drop you off at a bus station.
In buses you have air conditioning - way too cold and you have to watch B-class movies on the video screen. Hitching you don't have to freeze and you can get acquainted with locals and some foreigners too. They don´t ask money for the rides but if a someone not so rich offers you a long ride, would be polite to offer him a lunch if you can afford it.
However, 3rd class trains are really cheap (48 Baht from Bangkok to Aranyaprathet, which is 6 km from the Cambodian border), and it might be inconvenient to get to a good hitching spot when you're leaving Bangkok.
