ENG -- Thailand - Bangkok - first impressions

In this first post about our visit to Thailand we will introduce you some information, we think useful, about obtaining the entry visa in the country and about different transportation methods in Bangkok.

The full name of Bangkok is "Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit" and holds the record for the world's longest name of a city. In English the name would be "The city of angels, the great city, the residence of the Emerald Buddha, the impregnable city (of Ayutthaya) of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn."

About the visa

To travel as a tourist in Thailand, a tourist visa is required if you are from a country which is not exempted. This can be obtained upon arrival at the airport (Visa On Arrival), if the stay lasts for no more than 15 days, or from Thailand's Embassy in the country of origin, including for a stay that may exceed 15 days.

Our holidays in Thailand was for exactly 15 days and we could choose to obtain a visa on arrival at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bagkok (BKK), also taking advantage of the fact that for the period December 2018 - January 2019 the visa fee had been abolished for some countries, including our country, Romania. We have learned the VOA tax removal information reading foreign news about Thailand (details here) even the evening before the day when we had planned to go to the embassy in Bucharest to submit the necessary documents for obtaining the visa (details here).
Before the removal of the tax, it was 2000 baht (about 55 euro) for VOA and 30 euro for a visa taken from the Thailand embassy in our country. The visa fee can be paid in the airport only in the local currency, baht, but on your way from the plane to the visa desk there is no ATM to withdraw the money, there are only exchange offices with some not very good exchange rates.

If you want to visit other countries bordering Thailand (eg Cambodia) and to return to Thailand, you will need a multiple-entry tourist visa for which the tax is higher (€ 150 at the embassy) and the conditions stricter. For this reason, a variant would be multi-city flights: arriving in Thailand and departing from the other country without returning to Thailand (or at least without leaving the airport of Thailand where you could have the connection).

The visa procedure starts inside the plane where you will receive a some kind of coupon with 2 parts to be filled in: arrival and departure card.
Once you left the plane, you'll need to follow the "Visa on arrival" signs. We did not pay too much attention and we sat down at the first checkpoint where it was actually the passport control for those who already had a visa from their country of origin or for citizens of countries that did not need an entry visa. In conclusion, you will have to go until you find the office where it is written on a white-blue billboard "Visa on arrival". There you will find a form to fill in and to which you need to attach a 4x6 cm picture, the photo you should have from home. To stick the photo on the form is not a problem; airport employees can staple it on the paper.
You will be required to present your passport, which must be valid for at least 6 months, and to present your flight ticket for leaving Thailand and proof of accommodation (Booking.com, for instance). In our case, although we had 4 accommodations for the whole period, they only checked out the reservation for the first night of accommodation. Another condition for granting the visa is to hold 10,000 baht (about 270 euros) per person, which may be in euro or in another currency, but we were not verified.
Once we arrived at the counter, they checked our documents, the procedure that took a few minutes and they kept our passports for the first visa stamp. From the first counter we received a number with which we waited to be called to a second desk where we received back our passports. Another queue followed for a third counter where our passports were checked again and a new visa stamp was applied. Yes, you read well, you have to wait 3 queues, you do not receive the final visa stamp from the first checking desk.
All the formalities required to get out of the airport lasted for almost 2 hours, which was also influenced by our misfortune to wait for the same queues with a large group of Indians arriving in the few minutes which we lost at the first point of control where we should not have stopped. Most of the Indians chose to skip the line, taking advantage of the complicity of their conationals (even if they did not know each other), or even the indirect complicity of the airport employees.
What surprised us at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok was that at the most counters there were posters with "no tips" message that suggested the tourists not to bribe the employees. An indirect tip is the 200 baht (about 5-6 euros) to avoid the tail, but as far as we noticed, it is only available to avoid the tail at the first counter where the papers are checked and where it is lost the most time. We have been "advised" repeatedly by airport employees to pay the tax, as all the tourists who seemed to come from Western countries were "advised", but we preferred not to encourage the existence of that tax.

With your stamped passport, you will receive back the departure card (the one you have to complete before you present the documents at the first counter) that you will need to keep with you until leaving Thailand. It is requested at the airport for the exit visa, but also at hotels for accommodation.

For cash withdrawals from ATMs you will be charged a 220 baht fee. In the baggage waiting area, there are several ATMs where you can withdraw money you need for the cash payments in Bangkok, but you can also pay by card in the train or subway stations.

About transportation in Bangkok

It's easy to move from one point to another in Bangkok. The fastest means of transport are underground (MRT) and  suspended BTS (Skytrain). Another variant is to travel by the boats, especially for the old town where you can't reach by the subway or the train. By bus we only went from Don Mueang airport to the BTS line, but the bus can also be changed for the underground subway.

How to get to / from Bangkok airports

For the main airport Suvarnabhumi (BKK) the fastest and safest way to get there is by the SRTET metro line that has connections to the suspended train and the underground subway. We say fastest and safest because in this way you get rid of the crowded traffic in Bangkok.

The metro station is right in the airport, just follow the signs and you find it easy. The airport line stops at Phaya Thai where it is connected to the BTS line. If you need to change for the subway, get off at the Makkasan train station and head to Petchaburi, the subway station. In all stations there are automatic tickets and maps to help you to plan the route. The price is calculated according to the distance traveled. For BTS it starts from 15 baht and can reach 55 baht. At the subway, the cost of a trip varies from 15 baht to 40 baht. For the airport line the maximum price is 45 baht if you take the train from one end to the other.

In the stations there are vending machines that are good to buy tickets quickly, but unfortunately only for the subway and for the airport train you can also pay with banknotes. At BTS, the only option to pay for the vending machine is with coins, but there are also counters with human operators where any payment method is accepted. For this reason, long queues were often formed at the counters. Fortunately, the waiting time is very small and you just have to let the operator know the station where you want to go and he/she will communicate you the price. Ticket vending machines can also be used as interactive maps to find your station or to help you to find the price to the desired station but also they can help you to find where you need to change the train if you do not have a direct line.

Domestic flights are operated from  the airport Don Mueang (DMK).

Before the holiday we were still looking for transport to Don Mueang airport, but in most sources of information the taxi was suggested. We also chose this option when we left Bangkok to Krabi because we did not have enough time to look for alternatives for which we had to change different means of public transport.
With regard to taxis, be careful not to be fooled. We asked the hotel to help us with booking a meter taxi to pay the right price for the driving to Don Mueang Airport. Although this had been confirmed and we boarded the taxi just after he had guaranteed to start the meter, the driver asked a fixed amount of 500 baht and it was almost impossible to speak with him about the meter. An argument used in negotiations by the taxi driver was that he had to pay both the highway and the airport tax, which are quite large. In fact, for the highway he paid 2 charges, 50 and 80 baht, and he did not pay for the airport because he left us at the ground floor entrance. The terminal being on the 2nd floor, one option would have been to take the taxi to the parking area on the 2nd floor and so we had to pay a 50 baht, but there are escalators on which to climb. Finally, we paid 400 baht. Details of the recommended rates for taxis taken from the airport Don Mueang can also be found on the airport's website (link here).

But there are other options about which you can not easily find too much information on the internet. One of them is Limobus. The bus has 2 routes: one to Khao San and one to Silom where you have connections to the Underground Subway and the Suspended Train. It's not the cheapest option, the price is 150 baht, but it's more convenient and can only be useful if you stay near one of the stations where it stops.

From Don Mueang Airport to Bangkok, probably the best transport option is the A1 or A2 buses that you can change with underground subway or underground trains (BTS), depending on your final destination. These buses are very frequent; we lost the first one, and the next came in 5 minutes. Buses connect to BTS line at Mo Chit and to subway station at Chatuchak Park. The ticket costs 30 baht and is bought from the bus. From the Terminal 2, the buses leave at gate 12. There are also local buses which can be useful if you are near one of their stopping stations. These are even cheaper, a ticket costs 20 baht.

An option to admire the city is while you're hiking on the Chao Praya River, especially as it's the best way to get to the Grand Palace or Wat Arun, about which we will write in the next articles. There are several types of boats:
- Chao Phraya Express Boat - with yellow, orange or green flag, the price varies between 15-20 baht

- Chao Phraya tourist boat - the ticket costs 60 baht 

- Iconsiam free shuttle boat and Asiatique free shuttle boat - to get to Iconsiam mall / Asiatique about which we will write in the following articles.

The main port for boarding the Chao Praya River is at Sathorn, and to get there you can take the BTS line, and get off at Saphan Taksin Station.

Another way to travel inside Bangkok is the tuk-tuk (a kind of motorcycle with trailer in the back or on side). Both hotels where we were accommodated provided free shuttle services with a tuk-tuk to the subway / BTS. There are also many locals who try to attract tourists to tuk-tuk rides at relatively low prices compared to those of taxi drivers in their home countries, but too expensive compared to Thai prices.

The prices we talked about are in local currency baht, and in order to compare them, you should know that 1 euro is approximately equal to 36 baht or that 1 USD is approximately equal to 31 baht.

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In the following articles about Thailand we will write about: Thai food, Bangkok temples, shopping in Bangkok, Bangkok Grand Palace, Krabi: Ao Nang Beach and Railay Beach, Tiger Cave Temple; Phuket: Patong Beach and Karon Beach; elephant trekking.

Valentine's Day in Paris - zboruri dus-intors de la 98 euro

Daca vreti sa petreceti Valentine's Day, impreuna cu persoana iubita, intr-unul dintre cele mai romantice locuri din lume, puteti alege Paris. Vedeti mai jos, detaliat, variante de zbor si cazare.

Cele 2 variante pe care vi le propunem sunt cu plecare din Bucuresti Otopeni si cu sosire in Paris, pe aeroportul Charles de Gaulle.

Varianta 1 : 12-19 februarie 2019

Zbor dus-intors Bucuresti-Paris: 196 euro / cuplu (98 euro/persoana). Click aici pentru detalii.

Cazare : pentru perioada 12-19 februarie 2019 preturile pentru 7 nopti de cazare intr-o camera dubla cu baie privata, cu mic dejun inclus si cu rating bun pe Booking.com, incep de la 460 euro/camera (33 euro/persoana/noapte). Click aici pentru detalii cazare.

Varianta 2 : 13-17 februarie 2019 

Zbor dus-intors Bucuresti-Paris: 236 euro / cuplu (118 euro/persoana). Click aici pentru detalii.

Cazare : pentru perioada 13-17 februarie 2019 preturile pentru 4 nopti de cazare intr-o camera dubla cu baie privata, cu mic dejun inclus si cu rating bun pe Booking.com, incep de la 263 euro/camera (33 euro/persoana/noapte). Click aici pentru detalii cazare.

Pe site-urile Air France si KLM puteti gasi multe alte variante de zboruri dus-intors la preturi de 98 euro catre Paris dar si multe alte reduceri pentru alte destinatii catre care puteti zbura cu Air France sau KLM. Click aici pentru detalii.

Daca ati gasit o varianta de cazare care v-ar putea interesa, dar nu ati luat inca o decizie, puteti citi cu atentie conditiile de anulare si, daca poate fi anulata fara nici un cost, o puteti rezerva acum si aveti timp sa decideti pana la data la care poate fi anulata gratis. In acest fel, veti fi siguri ca nu va fi rezervata de catre altcineva sau ca pretul nu va creste.

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Thailanda - Bangkok - primele impresii

In aceasta prima postare despre vizita noastra in Thailanda o sa va prezentam cateva informatii, credem noi utile, despre obtinerea vizei de intrare in tara si despre diferite modalitati de transport in Bangkok.

Denumirea completa a orasului Bangkok este "Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit" si detine recordul pentru cel mai lung nume din lume al unei localitati. In limba romana, numele ar fi "Orașul îngerilor, orașul mare, reședința lui Buddha de Smarald, orașul impetuos (al lui Ayutthaya), al zeului Indra, marea capitală a lumii înzestrate cu nouă pietre prețioase, orașul fericit, abundent într-un imens Palat Regal, seamănă cu adăpostul ceresc unde domnește zeul reîncarnat, un oraș dat de Indra și construit de Vishnukarn".

Despre viza

Pentru a calatori, ca turist, in Thailanda este nevoie de viza turistica de intrare. Aceasta se poate obtine la sosirea in aeroport (Visa On Arrival), daca durata sederii este de cel mult 15 zile, sau de la ambasada Thailandei din Romania, inclusiv pentru o sedere care poate depasi 15 zile.

Vacanta noastra in Thailanda a fost de fix 15 zile si am putut alege sa obtinem viza la sosirea pe aeroportul Suvarnabhumi din Bagkok (BKK), profitand si de faptul ca pentru perioada decembrie 2018 - ianuarie 2019 taxa de viza fusese eliminata pentru unele tari, inclusiv pentru Romania. Noi am aflat informatia despre eliminarea taxei pentru VOA citind stiri externe despre Thailanda (detalii aici) chiar in seara dinaintea zilei in care ne propusesem sa mergem la ambasada din Bucuresti pentru a depune documentele necesare obtinerii vizei (detalii aici).

Inainte de eliminarea taxei, aceasta era de 2000 baht (aprox. 55 euro / 250 ron) pentru VOA si de 30 euro pentru viza luata de la ambasada Thailandei din Bucuresti. Taxa de viza poate fi platita in aeroport doar in baht, dar de la coborarea din avion pana la ghiseul de viza nu exista niciun ATM, existand doar case de schimb valutar cu un curs nu prea bun.
In cazul in care doriti sa vizitati si alte tari care se invecineaza cu Thailanda (de exemplu Cambodgia) si sa reveniti in Thailanda, veti avea nevoie de viza turistica pentru intrari multiple, pentru care taxa este mai mare (150 euro la ambasada) si conditiile mai stricte. Din acest motiv, o varianta ar fi zborurile cu destinatii multiple: sosire in Thailanda si plecare din cealalta tara, fara a mai reveni in Thailanda (sau cel putin fara a mai iesi din aeroportul din Thailanda in care ati putea avea escala).

Procedura pentru viza incepe inca din avion unde veti primi un talon cu 2 parti ce trebuie completate: arrival and departure card.

Dupa ce coborati din avion va trebui sa urmati indicatoarele pentru "Visa on arrival". Noi n-am fost foarte atenti si ne-am asezat la primul punct de control, unde era de fapt controlul de pasapoarte pentru cei care aveau deja viza luata din tara de origine sau pentru cetatenii unor tari care nu aveau nevoie de viza de intrare. In concluzie, va trebui sa mergeti pana cand gasiti biroul unde scrie mare pe un panou alb cu albastru "Visa on arrival". Acolo veti gasi un formular care trebuie completat si la care trebuie sa atasati o poza de 4x6 cm, poza pe care ar fi bine sa o aveti de acasa. Lipitul pozei pe formular nu este o problema; angajatii aeroportului va pot capsa poza pe formular.
Vi se va solicita pasaportul, care trebuie sa fie valabil cel putin 6 luni, si sa prezentati biletul de avion pentru iesirea din Thailanda si dovada de cazare (rezervarea pe Booking.com, de exemplu). In cazul nostru, desi aveam 4 cazari pentru toata perioada, ne-au verificat doar rezervarea pentru prima noapte de cazare. O alta conditie pentru acordarea vizei este detinerea sumei de 10.000 baht (aprox. 270 euro) de persoana, care poate fi si in euro sau in alta valuta, dar noi nu am fost verificati.
Odata ajunsi la ghiseu, ni s-au verificat documentele, procedura care a durat cateva minute si ne-au pastrat pasapoartele pentru aplicarea primei stampile de viza. De la primul ghiseu am primit un numar cu care am asteptat sa fim chemati la un al doilea ghiseu de unde am primit pasapoartele. A urmat o alta coada pentru un al treilea ghiseu unde ni s-au verificat din nou pasapoartele si ni s-a aplicat o noua stampila cu viza. Da, ati citit bine, trebuie sa asteptati la 3 cozi, nu primiti stampila finala de viza de la prima verificare.
Toate formalitatile necesare pentru a iesi din aeroport au durat aproape 2 ore, timp care a fost influentat si de ghinionul nostru de a astepta la aceleasi cozi cu un grup mare de indieni care a sosit in cele cateva minute pe care le-am pierdut la primul punct de control, la care nu ar fi trebuit sa ne oprim. Cei mai multi dintre indieni se strecurau printre cei care asteptau la coada, pentru a avansa, profitand de complicitatea conationalilor lor (chiar daca nu se cunosteau intre ei) sau chiar de complicitatea indirecta a angajatilor din aeroport.
Ceea ce ne-a surprins in aeroportul Suvarnabhumi din Bangkok a fost ca la majoritatea ghiseelor erau afise cu "no tips" care sugerau turistilor sa nu dea bacsis angajatilor. O forma indirecta de bacsis o reprezinta taxa de 200 baht (aproximativ 25 ron / 5-6 euro) pentru a evita coada, dar, din cate am observat, este valabila doar pentru a evita coada la primul ghiseu, la care se verifica actele si la care se pierde cel mai mult timp. Am fost "sfatuiti", in mod repetat, de angajatii aeroportului sa platim taxa, asa cum erau "sfatuiti" toti turistii care pareau ca vin din tari occidentale, dar am preferat sa nu incurajam existenta acelei taxe.

Odata cu pasaportul stampilat veti primi si departure card (cel completat inainte de prezentarea la ghiseul pentru verificarea documentelor) pe care va trebui sa il pastrati cu voi pana la plecarea din Thailanda. Este solicitat la aeroport pentru viza de iesire, dar si la hoteluri pentru cazare.

Pentru retragerile de bani de la bancomate de percepe o taxa de 220 baht. In zona de asteptare a bagajelor sunt mai multe bancomate de unde puteti retrage bani pentru platile cash de care veti avea nevoie in Bangkok, dar pentru transport se poate plati si cu cardul la ghiseele existente in statii.

Despre transport in Bangkok

Este usor sa te deplasezi dintr-un punct in altul in Bangkok. Cele mai rapide mijloace de transport sunt  metroul subteran (MRT) si trenul suspendat BTS (Skytrain). Alta varianta o reprezinta barcile, mai ales ca in zona mai veche a orasului nu ajunge metroul sau trenul. Cu autobuzul am mers doar de la aeroportul Don Mueang pana la linia BTS unde se poate schimba si pentru metroul subteran.

Cum ajungi la/de la aeroporturile din Bangkok

La aeroportul mare Suvarnabhumi (BKK) cel mai rapid si sigur ajungeti cu linia de metrou SRTET care are legaturi cu trenul suspendat si metroul subteran. Spunem sigur pentru ca asa scapati de traficul aglomerat din Bangkok.

Statia de metrou este chiar in aeroport, trebuie doar sa urmati indicatoarele si o veti gasi usor. Linia de aeroport se opreste la Phaya Thai unde are legatura cu linia BTS. Daca aveti nevoie sa schimbati pentru metrou, coborati la statia Makkasan a trenului si mergeti spre Petchaburi, statia metroului. In toate statiile sunt automate pentru bilete si harti care sa va ajute pentru planificarea traseului. Pretul se calculeaza in functie1 de distanta parcursa. Pentru BTS porneste de la 15 baht si poate ajunge la 55 baht. La metrou pretul unei calatorii variaza de la 15 baht pana la 40 baht. Pentru linia de aeroport pretul maxim este de 45 baht, daca veti lua trenul de la un capat la altul.

In statii exista automate care sunt bune pentru a cumpara bilete rapid, dar din pacate doar la metrou si la trenul de aeroport se poate plati si cu bancnote. La BTS singura varianta de a plati la automat este cu monede, dar exista si ghisee cu operatori umani unde este acceptata orice modalitate de plata. Din acest motiv, la ghisee se formau frecvent cozi destul de lungi. Din fericire, timpul de asteptare este foarte mic si nu trebuie decat sa spuneti statia unde vreti sa mergeti si vi se va comunica pretul. Automatele de bilete pot fi folosite si ca harti interactive cu ajutorul carora puteti afla pretul pana la statia dorita dar si unde trebuie sa schimbati trenul, in cazul in care nu aveti linie directa.

Zborurile interne sunt operate de la aeroportul Don Mueang (DMK).

Inainte de vacanta am tot cautat mijloace de transport pana la aeroportul Don Mueang, dar in cele mai multe surse de informatii era sugerat taxiul. Am optat si noi pentru varianta aceasta cand am plecat din Bangkok spre Krabi pentru ca nu am avut suficient timp sa cautam variante alternative pentru care trebuia sa schimbam diferite mijloace de transport in comun.
In ceea ce priveste taxiurile, aveti grija sa nu fiti pacaliti. Noi am solicitat la hotel sa ne ajute cu rezervarea unui taxi cu ceas pentru a plati corect cursa pana la aeroportul Don Mueang. Desi ni s-a confirmat acest lucru si am urcat in taxi doar dupa ce ne-a garantat ca va porni ceasul, nu a fost chip sa ne intelegem cu soferul care cerea pret fix de 500 baht. Un argument folosit in negocieri de soferul de taxi a fost ca trebuie sa plateasca si taxa de autostrada si pe cea de aeroport, care sunt destul de mari. In realitate, pentru autostrada a platit 2 taxe, de 50 si 80 baht iar pentru aeroport nu a platit nimc pentru ca ne-a lasat la intrarea de la parter. Terminalul fiind la etajul 2, o varianta ar fi fost sa urcam cu taxiul pana in parcarea de la etajul 2 si astfel trebuia platita o taxa de 50 baht, dar exista scari rulante pe care se poate urca. Intr-un final am platit 400 baht. Detalii despre tarifele recomandate pentru taxi-urile luate din aeroport puteti gasi si pe site-ul aeroportului (click aici).

Dar mai sunt si alte variante despre care nu prea gasesti informatii pe internet. Una din ele este Limobus. Autobuzul are 2 trasee: unul spre Khao San si unul catre Silom unde aveti legatura cu metroul subteran si cu trenul suspendat. Nu este cea mai ieftina varianta, pretul find de 150 baht, dar este mai comoda si poate fi utila doar daca aveti cazarea aproape de una dintre statiile in care opreste.

Din aeroportul Don Mueang catre Bangkok, probabil cea mai buna varianta de transport o reprezinta autobuzele A1 sau A2 pe care le puteti schimba cu metroul subteran sau cu trenul suspendat (BTS), in functie de destinatia finala. Aceste autobuze sunt foarte dese; noi l-am pierdut pe primul, iar urmatorul a venit in 5 minute. Autobuzele fac legatura cu linia BTS la stiatia Mo Chit si cu metroul la statia Chatuchak Park. Biletul costa 30 baht si se cumpara din autobuz. De la terminaul 2, autobuzele pleaca de la poarta 12. Tot de acolo mai pleaca si alte autobuze locale care va pot fi de folos daca aveti cazare apropiata de una dintre statiile in care opresc. Acestea sunt chiar mai ieftine, un bilet costand 20 baht.

O varianta de a admira orasul este in timp ce te deplasezi cu barca pe raul Chao Praya, mai ales ca este cea mai buna varianta de a ajunge la Grand Palace sau Wat Arun, despre care vom scrie in articolele urmatoare. Sunt mai multe tipuri de barci:
- Chao Phraya Express Boat - cu steag galben, portocaliu sau verde, pretul variaza intre 15-20 baht

- Chao Phraya tourist boat - biletul costa 60 baht 

- Iconsiam free shuttle boat si Asiatique free shuttle boat - pentru a ajunge la Iconsiam mall / Asiatique despre care vom scrie in articolele urmatoare

Principalul port de imbarcare pentru calatorii pe raul Chao Praya este la Sathorn, iar pana aici se ajunge cu linia BTS, coborand la statia Saphan Taksin.

O alta variana de deplasare in Bangkok este cea cu tuk-tuk-ul (un fel de motocicleta cu remorca in spate sau in lateral). Ambele hoteluri la care am fost cazati ofereau servicii de transfer gratuit la metrou/BTS cu tuk-tuk-ul. De asemenea, exista numerosi localnici care incearca sa atraga turistii la plimbari cu tuk-tuk-ul la preturi relativ mici comparativ cu cele ale taximetristilor din tarile de origine, dar mari sau foarte mari comparativ cu preturile din Thailanda.

Preturile despre care am vorbit mai sus sunt in moneda locala baht, iar pentru a le putea compara, ar trebui sa stiti ca 1 euro este aproximativ egal cu 37 baht sau ca 1 ron este aproximativ egal cu 8 baht.

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In urmatoarele articole despre Thailanda vom scrie despre : mancare thailandeza, temple din Bangkok, shopping in Bangkok, Bangkok Grand Palace, Krabi : Ao Nang Beach si Railay Beach, Tiger Cave Temple; Phuket : Patong Beach si Karon Beach; plimbari cu elefantul.