Ranong Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Thai immigration have a ridiculous system where you automatically get a free 30 day visa if you arrive in the country through an airport, but if you come in overland you only get a 15 day visa. This was our third time to enter Thailand on this trip; the first two times we flew in and only needed five or six days but this time we came in overland...

So, we left Ko Tao last night and took a night ferry to the mainland. This ferry had beds for everyone. It was just like a big dorm room in a hostel. Imagine sleeping in a double bed with your husband/wife and also with another Thai stranger. Everyone was layed out on the ground but the mattresses were far too close together. It was one of the r...

Zugegeben, der Titel ist etwas reisserisch, aber nicht ganz unwahr: Einer von meinen Tauchgenossen, mit denen ich mit der "Flying Carpet" durch die Inselwelt der Surin- und Similan Islands schipperte, hat die vier Tauchgaenge pro Tag nicht ganz so gut vertragen. Aber ich moechte lieber von den schoenen Dingen berichten: Fuenf Tage lang habe ich ...

Went on a VISA run today. Woke up at 5am after having 2 hours sleep. A pickup truck came at 6 and dropped me off at a minibus filled with tourists (will delve into this later). Popped a valium as friends recommended for the longgggg bus ride. Strangely enough it didn't do anything for me. Slept 2 hours, we got off and had coffee and biscuits. Di...

I'm feeling rather lonely at the moment i've arrived in Ranong as i realised i have no choice but to do a visa run eventhough there is only 4 days after my current visa expires until i catch my flight. I decided this was the cheapest and quickest way to sort out my visa as i'm very near to the Mynamar boarder and its sort of on the way to Ko Tao...

this is what the british FCO has to say about burma: Travel Summary In September 2007, there were violent clashes between protestors and Burmese forces and the situation in Burma remains unsettled. You should exercise caution, continue to avoid all demonstrations and large gatherings and avoid taking photographs or videos of the military, the po...

With only a few more days left of our 30 day visa and yet to make it out of the South, a Visa run was necessary, so we head to Ranong. At a brief stop at Takuapa bus station from Khao Sok on our way we found the best deals of the trip so far, 15B (NZ 75c) per hr for internet and the best pad thai - You can see why people don't want to leave this...

Take the Full Moon Party on Christmas Eve, multiply the number of people on the beach by 3 and you've got Koh Phangan New Year's. The whole length of the beach was shoulder to shoulder and I've never seen so many people peeing into the ocean at once in my entire life. The lead-up to New Year's was pretty calm compared to the few days before Chri...

On Christmas day was by the mineral water pool and hot spa all day and also visited the hot springs near by. Did not have Xmas dinner or celebrated in any way which was what I was looking for. Only reminder it was Xmas was phone call home, very nice.

Today I had one of the stranger travel experiences when I had to undertake the not insignificant inconvenience of the visa run. The closest border was Myanmar although this is not a land border but rather a stretch of the Indian Ocean perhaps two miles wide that separates the countries. First, one has to attend the Immigration Centre to get stam...