I browse today i found out that Thailand already change the rules about visa ! yess people ! be careful and do RE-ARRANGE your long stay in Thailand !!
This rules already applied since December 2008... uuhhhh.. i just know this today ! few days before i left.. and lucky me i got some information to share !
Travelers without visa will get only 15 days of stay if they are arriving via a land border checkpoint from a neighboring country. Its means if you're from Malaysia and entering Thailand with bus or train, you will only granted 15 days stay in Thailand. But if you fly down to Thailand, the rules will be the same, you will be granted with 30 days visa.
I can't belief it until i see my self the very own Thailand Gov. website that said about this new visa rules !
Only several countries that listed as exception of this rules like Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Korea, and Tunisia.
For further information you could go to the website i just mention and contact Immigration Bureau, in Bangkok.
Yupp saudara2 baru saja saya temukan perubahan yang terjadi pada aturan soal visa di Thailand. Sebelumnya kita, pemegang passport indonesia bisa tinggal dengan gratis tanpa bayaran visa di Thailand selama 30 hari, tapi sekarang hanya 15 hari ! cateeettt !!
Kalau misalnya kita masuk ke Thailand lewat udara, melalui airport, kita tetap di kasih 30 hari, gak ada perubahan, tapi kalau lewat perbatasan dengan negara lain, seperti Malaysia.. dan dengan menggunakan kereta api atau bus/transport darat, kita cuma bisa dapat 15 hari izin tinggal di Thailand.
Tahun 2007 dulu waktu kita pertama kali ke Thailand, kita berdua dapat stempel visa 30 hari. Hiks...
Untung kali ini kita pake pesawat langsung dari KL ke Phuket.... hehe jadi teteup dapat 30 hari euuyyy ! (kayak mau lama aja di Thailand...hehehe who knows ? wink wink)
We're pretty close to our next journey to Malaysia and Thailand.
Its only one month left. So much to do, and so little time to prepare everything.
Me, i have most of my things packed already on my backpack. Because i will have no ti me to pack next month as i return to home from my job site one day before we're leaving.
Theres not much plan to do in KL because i have my family there. Its good for our budget tho.. hehe.
In Thailand we're planning to do some island hopping. I have few internet resource that said this could be done in budget. First thing first to do island hopping i should have ferry schedule to support us here. So i browse for it and found it here.
I think my cousin want to stay in Railey beach, it is much closer from Krabi. This island is one of the prettiest island in Andaman sea. We're going to be in tight budget so we decide we only stay for short length in Phi Phi. I just browse some of the accommodation and find some fair price guest house with pretty view, the name of the resort is Diamon Cave Resort check here if you want to see the website. Its not really in Railey but it does have good facility, and the price is quite cheap. Our other choice is this.. euuh.. not so convincing place called Yaya Resort. Thats our temporary plan for Railey.
Theres others island that more people suggest to me. Island like Koh Tao, Koh Samui, Koh Naka Yai, Koh Lanta, Similans island (i love this one), Surin island and ofcourse Koh Phangan.
I think we prefer the less crowded places. Me and Maria like to see new friends on road, but not really like over crowded beach. We just want to relax abit after working for two years without vacation (thats me!).
We also plan to spent some times in Phuket and visit some interesting places. We both love Phuket. Its a small beautiful town, smaller than Jambi i think. But its beautiful. I am planning to do some bungee jumping here, sound like fun, hehe.
But we have less budget and less days (less than 20 days) to explore all of the beaches.. so i think Phi Phi will be on the top of all, and i think i will ask Maria if she would love to check on Similan & Surin island at the end of our journey.
I will keep update this post to tell you whats our final decision..hehehe
Well.. most people ask me why i went back to Thailand and Malaysia for the 2nd time this year.
My answer is.. if we don't need to have visa to go to Australia or Europe countries.. i will might go there...
Visa require me to have at least US$ 4000 on my bank account for at least 3 month (where the hell i am going to find that much money ehh???). In some other countries even more also depend on how long we will stay in that country. The visa it self only cost less than a m illion.. but the requirement.. hurt me so much lah !!
Hehehe.. im a dirt cheap traveler... I just want to pay for flight ticket and hostel and my food while there..hehehe... (thats an extra income for the country !)
I could understand well, most of these country afraid of illegal imigrant (who? me??!!!!) that come to their country and cant go back to their country (sumpeh loh.. gue gak nyusahin kook !)
I try to seek other countries beside my South East Asia destination that doesn't require Visa (for indoensia passport holder). I found that some interesting countries doesn't require visa..(ehh..)
Untuk yang punya passport indonesia silakan klik disini untuk melihat daftar negara mana aja yang dengan baik hati memperbolehkan kita masuk dengan tanpa syarat gonoh gonih...
Did i read it right ? Morocco is free? ehehehehehehehhe... next time baby..next time....
