Thailand vacation. Essential Thailand holiday planner and shopping resourceThailand diving holidayMajor hotels and restaurants add ten percent service charge to bills, otherwise tip around thailand diving holiday ten per cent. Hotel porters and bag boys B10-20. Taxi drivers tipped to next 10 thailand diving holiday Baht above meter fare shown. Government offices work a five day week, Monday-Friday, 8:30 am thailand diving holiday to 4:30 pm. Business offices usually open rather later and some work Saturday mornings. Banks thailand diving holiday open Monday-Friday, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. THAI operates domestic flights to 21 key cities, thailand diving holiday towns and resorts throughout the country. Thailand's rail and trunk bus services are efficient, but thailand diving holiday travel times can be long in this large country. Roads in Thailand are good. Driving thailand diving holiday is on the left and self - drive or chauffeur driven rental cars are easily thailand diving holiday available, from airports or hotels. Thailand has five international gateways: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, thailand diving holiday Phuket and Hat Yai. In Bangkok, THAI operates a reliable airport-city transfer service. An airconditioned thailand diving holiday limousine costs between B450 and B650, depending on model, to any city destination. Provincial airports thailand diving holiday are mostly served by public taxi or hotel limousine services. A regular, free shuttle-bus operates thailand diving holiday between Bangkok's international and domestic air terminals. A THAI limousine from Bangkok Airport to Pattaya thailand diving holiday Beach costs B1,500, one-way. THAI also operates bus services to Pattaya three times daily, fare thailand diving holiday B150. Airport tax: B250 for international flights, B30 for domestic. Free baggage trolleys are available thailand diving holiday at airports. Airport caution: In Bangkok, unauthorised taxi and sightseeing touts may seek to divert thailand diving holiday arriving passengers from their pre-arranged Royal Orchid Holiday travel plans. If in doubt, ask to thailand diving holiday see THAI staff authority. Thai currency is the Baht, divided into 100 Satang. Exchange rate, thailand diving holiday as at March. 2002, approximately 45 Baht to the US$. Thai notes are in denominations thailand diving holiday of B1000, 500, 100, 5O, 20 and 10. Coins are of B10, 5 , I thailand diving holiday and S50 and 25.Cash and travellers cheques can be exchanged freely, with banks or money thailand diving holiday changers giving etter rates than hotels.Major international credit cards are widely accepted in hotels, restaurants thailand diving holiday and shops. 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Their national language is Thai, although many speak local and Chinese thailand diving holiday dialects. English is also widely spoken, especially in cities and towns. Thailand's climate is tropical, thailand diving holiday with three main seasons: hot - March to June; rainy - July to October; and thailand diving holiday cool November to February. Average day-time temperatures range from 20- 35 C. The weather is thailand diving holiday always cooler in northern and mountainous regions. All visitors to Thailand require valid passports, but thailand diving holiday visas are not necessary for most nationalities for a stay of up to 28 days, thailand diving holiday For a longer visit a tourist visa, issued by overseas Thai consular offices, is valid thailand diving holiday for a stay of up to 60 days. It must be used within three months thailand diving holiday from the date of issue and can usually be extended. Visitors are permitted to bring thailand diving holiday in duty-free 200 cigarettes and one litre of wine or spirits. Strict restrictions apply against thailand diving holiday the import of weapons, narcotics, pornography etc. Any amount of foreign exchange in travellers cheques thailand diving holiday or drafts may be imported, but cash in excess of US$10,000 must be declared on thailand diving holiday arrival. It is not permitted to import more than 2,000 Baht per person, nor export thailand diving holiday more than 50,000 Baht per person in cash. Certificates of inoculation against cholera and yellow thailand diving holiday fever are not required, unless arriving from an infected area. Some remote areas of Thailand thailand diving holiday are still malarial, so visitors should take appropriate precautions. Bangkok has excellent medical facilities and thailand diving holiday hospitals, with all hotels having doctors on 24-hour call. |
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