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#109 kliome

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Posted 30 December 2011 - 08:21 PM

I confess I have handed over my passport for motorbike rentals before, as it's either do it or don't have the bike at all. You takes your chances, as they say.


I usually bring a few copies of my passport which I hand out when hiring bikes, the copies have so far always been accepted,

I recently renewed my passport and so I now have the older one with the corners cut off which I used the last time I rented a bike and to check into my current hotel.

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Posted 30 December 2011 - 08:34 PM

Be it in Pattaya or Phuket I tend get around this passport thing by hiring from either Thai friends whom I've known for many years or failing that I ask my hotel to sort a bike out for me.

Fascinating reading DC, especially the story of the accident and the ramifications.

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Posted 30 December 2011 - 08:53 PM

I usually bring a few copies of my passport which I hand out when hiring bikes, the copies have so far always been accepted,

I recently renewed my passport and so I now have the older one with the corners cut off which I used the last time I rented a bike and to check into my current hotel.

That's a good idea, I renewed my passport at the beginning of April this year too.

Plus, I always keep a PDF of my passport's front page in a folder in one of my email accounts too, so it can be printed out if need be.

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Posted 30 December 2011 - 09:03 PM

Be it in Pattaya or Phuket I tend get around this passport thing by hiring from either Thai friends whom I've known for many years or failing that I ask my hotel to sort a bike out for me.

Fascinating reading DC, especially the story of the accident and the ramifications.

Thanks PT 8)

Over the years with my Thai girlfriend she had always handed over her ID card for the bike rental, with a just copy of my passport made in the office, she did most of the driving anyway.

Pattaya traffic flow doesn't come naturally to me as it's almost the polar opposite of the style I was taught in the UK. So I left it to the local experts and just tucked in my feet, knees and elbows if things looked like they were going to be tight and left the rest up to her.

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Posted 30 December 2011 - 09:19 PM

I always keep a PDF of my passport's front page in a folder in one of my email accounts too, so it can be printed out if need be.


Great tip dc!

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Posted 02 January 2012 - 04:39 AM

A few days later and some B30,000 lighter, thanks to those bike rental scoundrels, I again had access to funds of my own and could continue with the trip.


Phang Nga Bay
Koh Tapu and Khao Ping Gun, a.k.a. James Bond Island.

A trip organised the previous day to visit Phang Nga Bay started with a bus from Phuket and around a two hour journey to the first stop-off to see the reclining Buddha at Wat Suwankuha. Then it was back onboard to rendezvous with a long-tail boat to take us for ride around Phang Nga Bay itself.

I would recommend the trip, or I certainly would back then. Not sure what the tourist count might be like these days, but it's one of those good trips that is nice to tick-off the list.

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Posted 02 January 2012 - 05:03 AM

We didn't stay that long on Khao Ping Gun as there wasn't really that much to see or do, apart from look at Koh Tapu and take a pee. The pleasure of this trip was to absorb the splendor and sheer beauty of Phang Nga Bay itself. The whole area is truly beautiful.

On the return we circled Koh Pannyi, the Muslim fishing village built on stilts and oil drums, where we stopped off a short while to allow us to shop (?) before making our way back.

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Posted 02 January 2012 - 05:45 AM

All in all the trip to Phang Nga Bay made for a very pleasant day out.

If you can manage to prize yourself away from C&D's long enough and wake up on time then I'd recommend it :mrgreen:



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Posted 07 January 2012 - 08:34 PM

After having seen enough of Phuket for this visit it was back to Bangkok.

With a number of days to fill in the Thai capital before getting back on track in Australia, the Bangkok section of South East Asia On A Shoestring was thumbed through and a few tourist sights chosen and done. Which included the Giant Swing, Democracy Monument and the Golden Mount, which offered good views over the city (see clip).


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Posted 07 January 2012 - 08:45 PM

Then on to Wat Po, one of the oldest and largest Wats in Bangkok. Located close to the Grand Palace and the home of the Reclining Buddha.

Street scene from Bangkok.

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Posted 07 January 2012 - 08:54 PM

Located inside Foodland on Soi 5, Tuk Lae Dee (cheap and good), was one of my favourite eateries along the Sukhumvit Road. Some friendly staff and always good simple food at a good price.

Tuk Lae Dee was completely refurbished during 2011 and now offers more seating around an island. Plenty more space now for the middle-easterners of Soi Arab to come with their noisy families. I have yet to try out the new layout.

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Posted 14 January 2012 - 10:39 PM

I've started this, so I'll continue ...

Having left Perth two months earlier to re-satisfy my urges for Thailand, it was now time to get back on-track in Western Australia and continue where I'd previously left off. I won't go into too much detail of what I did in Australia so I'll cram 6-weeks-worth into one post.

I only stayed at a hostel in Northbridge, Perth for a few days while I arranged some tours to see other parts of WA. It seems most visitors to Australia do the Darwin to Sydney trail, I wanted to do part of that too but I also wanted to see more.

From Perth I took a 6-day tour with Red Earth Safaris which headed north from Perth as far as Exmouth across the Tropic of Capricorn, then back. It took in numerous National Parks along the way and attractions such as the Pinnacles, Hutt River, Kalbarri, Shark Bay, Coral Bay, Monkey Mia and Ningaloo Reef.

Back to perth for a few days and to catch up with my buddy again, followed by another 5-day tour south with Redback Safaris (now called Western Xposure). This tour took me from Perth, via Albany, to Esperance and back. Amongst other places we visited were the Margaret River, Bicential Tree, Tree Top Walks in the Valley of the Giants, Mount Clarence, The Stirling Ranges and Wave Rock.


It was now goodbye Western Australia, hello Northern Territories and Darwin, which I still rank as the hottest place I have ever been. I spent many hours in the hostel pool during the days there simply to stay cool, but still managed to get out and about to see places including Kakadu National Park, Litchfield National Park and Katherine.

After Darwin came Cairns where I visited Kuranda and took a ride on their scenic railway and rode the Skyrail cable car over the rain forest. The Great Barrier Reef did not get missed, a group of us took an organised scuba diving trip out to soak up that wonder, minus video camera.

Australia in general was a very nice and easy place to travel around, but the distances covered can be huge and there's lots and lots of nothingness in-between.

6 weeks after returning to Australia I was again missing Thailand, so at the end of November 1998 I bought a ticket in a travel shop in Cairns and flew back to Bangkok for my Xmas and New Year. I would return again to Australia the following year.

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