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IMO, you have a conflict of interest!
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Land at the airport and get a metered taxi (200-300 baht) into the city (tell them you're going to Khao San Road). Go to nearby Soi Rambutri (a small lane) and stay somewhere like this. If the Mango Lagoon is full there are others nearby. I always recommend this for first-timers and still stay there sometimes. Maybe a tad over your 600 baht level but a great place to relax after a long flight, and close to Khao San Road for instant injection to "the scene". Do a trip up to Kanchanaburi and visit the "death railway" road to Burma (don't do a day-trip, that sucks - stay a few days, do a river trip etc.) At the eventualend of your trip go to Ko Samet (3-4 hours from Bangkok) and find a bungalow, then the nice white sand, get a tan then go back to Bangkok and home. Nice 15 days.
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Thai Overlander Travel on Sukhumvit near Asoke is one of the most reputable travel agencies in Bangkok, in business since 1984. They have a direct link with State Railways of Thailand to sell train tickets (not send a guy on a motorcycle to fetch them from the train station for a jacked-up fee).
Posted By: VenessaP -- 28-Jan-2010 15:01
Posted By: VenessaP -- 09-Dec-2009 17:01
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