Thailand - Cambodia Visa Run - Pattaya/Bangkok - Siem Reap/Phnom Penh

Travel — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:31:59 -0500

Thailand is such a nice place, but they only give me a 1 month visa for free. Since I was planning on staying longer than that, I needed to go on an infamous visa run.

For those not up with the visa run terminology, it basically means exiting the country you are currently in (Thailand) with plans to return shortly there after with a new visa. In Thailand a tourist visa is not extendable past the one month provided. This means you really do have to leave the country or start paying fines when you finally do decide to leave. In Thailand I believe a fee is imposed for each day you go over your visa end date.

Cambodia - Tales of Asia

Travel — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:18:48 -0500

Cambodia is the feature of the Tales Of Asia website. I think most people researching a trip to Cambodia end up finding this site. I know a lot of the people I had met travelling in Cambodia mentioned Tales Of Asia. I had also found it to be the most useful site for reliable information on what to expect upon reaching Cambodia.

There are a lot of articles relating to Cambodia on Tales Of Asia, and they aren't all just focused on the main destinations of Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. Learn the tricks of Cambodia, like hiring Motodops, aquiring visas and the horror that awaits at border crossings or the local toilets!