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10-Sep-2007 20:45
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Hellfirepass.com tours

Hi there I'm headed over to Thailand in October and I'm looking at booking some tours before I go for my 3 days in BKK just to save the hassle of doing it once I get there (with the limited time I have in BKK)

Has anyone heard anything about this crowd.

http://www.hellfirepass.com/

The tours on paper look really good, but I read a really bad experience from one customer on a travel site, but can't seem to find anything else.

I'm looking at doing the following tour

07:00 Leave Bangkok for Kanchanaburi.
08:30 First Stop visit to. Floating market of Damnoen Saduak
10:30 View Bridge over the river kwai and cemetery of allied prisoners of war.
11:30 Visit hellfire pass museum walk down into hellfire pass.
12:30 View jap train at Sai Yok waterfall
10:00 Lunch Nam Tok station
01.00 Visit Tiger Temple in the dimension of Tiger Island Project and then touch the nature of tigers and other kind of wild animals such as deer, wild fowl, wild boar
03:00 Wang Po, time allowing all: Feed Wild Monkeys, Kaset Buddha Cave, Trestle Bridge part of the Death Railway, River Rafting, Elelphant Camp,
05:00 Leave Kanchanaburi Province for Bangkok.

It seems pretty good, but I'd rather hear a few more opinions or alternatives if anyone has them, as the one bad review I've read has me a little worried,

Thanks

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10-Sep-2007 21:01
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if you already have an itinerary, why not just do it yourself when you get there. there are a gazillion travel agencies right there too for much cheaper even if you want to go that route, which is not necessary. grab a lonely planet book and follow the route there. much more enjoyable and you don't have to be on someone else's schedule.

is this your first time to Bangkok? there is enough to do in Bangkok for 3 days and even 6 days. you don't need to do side trips with so little time there, unless you want to cram stuff in.

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10-Sep-2007 21:47
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hey there, yep first time. I guess this tour set up appealed to me as I don't have to organise much myself and I really want to see the war cemetary and hell fire pass.

I have also read that a lot of people hire their own tour guides is this something that i should consider?

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10-Sep-2007 22:47
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yes, it's very easy to hire a guide with a driver in Thailand. it's one of the easiest areas to travel given that the tourist industry is so developed. you won't have an issue with just a guidebook on you.

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11-Sep-2007 21:06
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1 hour is NOT ENOUGH TIME to see Hellfire Pass and the museum. I spent an hour in the museum alone.
Visiting the floating market in the same tour is wasting time.

2 hours to do <Wang Po, time allowing all: Feed Wild Monkeys, Kaset Buddha Cave, Trestle Bridge part of the Death Railway, River Rafting, Elelphant Camp> NO WAY.

That itinerary is way too rushed, and you will regret it.
The overnight tour staying at River Kwai Village resort is much better.

kingbonza

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12-Sep-2007 06:49
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Agree with #4. That itinerary is too much for one day. Stay overnight is the way to go.

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