Visa Run. Phuket or Ranong?
Replies: 10 - Last Post: Feb 4, 2013 2:46 PM Last Post By: madanapalle2
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If you want to do something a little different. Take the bus from Phuket to Satun. Then the ferry across to Lankawi in Malaysia. You can go in the morning from Satun and come back in the afternoon. The cable car on Langkawi is awe inspiring. You will see a lot of new and interesting country, have a sea voyage (about 1hour) and get your 15 day visa.7
1. Phuket town to Ranong 300km2. Phuket town to Satun 433km
3. Phuket town to Sadao 496km
Only #1 is doable in one day, and it's a long one. The visa run process is fairly complicated. Stamp out at Ranong immigration, continue by road to the pier, get a longtail across the wide (5km) estuary, stop at stilt-hut checkpoints both sides, stamp in/out in Kawthawng, then back in reverse. If it's low tide you might have to walk through knee-deep mud to/from the boat. Four+ hours each way in the van too. Yee haw.
