This year in July, I had a chance to visit Thailand for 15 days and while it was a great experience, I learnt a few things that I wish I knew before. So, here are 5 tips to make the most out of your trip!
1. No sea in Monsoon :
Thailand is famous for its beautiful beaches like Phuket, Pattaya, Krabi and exploring the sea in boats. While it is best to travel Thailand in dry season like winter, if you really want to go in monsoon, try to avoid beach and sea tour and go for town and temple visiting instead. The sea is really rough in monsoon and you will not be able to snorkel or swim or visit a lot of beautiful islands that you could in winter. Also sea storm is a really dangerous situation that is very frequent in monsoon.
Who misses floating market while visiting Thailand? No one! But there are tons of fake floating markets with bunch of rip-offs. Make sure to note the exact location from your provider and look for reviews about that place before you book; or you might have to pay $60-$80 for one hour narrow canal tour with no good experience other than seeing some greens(trees nearby).
Tuktuk (auto rickshaw) drivers ask excessive amount of money when they see foreign tourists. You can just walk and discover amazing shops and foods, or ride on metro.
4. Ask the locals for recommendations :
This is the best thing to do as the locals are very friendly. Ask the hotel staff or people you are taking services from, what are the best places for shopping or roaming. They suggest places where you can find really cheap items, you just have to bargain a bit. As an example, we were suggested to visit Platinum mall (Pratunam) for shopping and visit Chao Phraya river in a cruise to experience the night beauty of Bangkok, which turned out to be one of the best things in the tour.
Thailand has tons of amazing fruits which we can hardly find in any other countries. Not to mention, you will find their traditional thai dishes very cheap if you just walk around and explore menus of a few restaurants. So it is really recommended to eat tons of fruits and their traditional dishes there; they are really tasty and amazing.
thank you for sharing your experience in Thailand, how long have you stayed? And what places have you visited?
I have been there as well and I can fully agree with what you described, I was in June and compared to July I could enjoy the beaches with a beautiful sun on the sea side of Koh Samui rather than Phuket where weather was already bad.
I did visit the most famous floating market around Bangkok thanks to our tour guide who brought us there and what an experience with the Tuk Tuk, if you are able to negotiate a price before (and as Neapolitan we have quite an attitude to that hehe) then it is a good way to move âĻ otherwise they can really fool you.
I just had few collages which Iâm posting here again.
This was my 2nd visit and stayed around 20 days. I was in Krabi for a few days and the sea was so rough and waves so wild, our sea tour guide refrained us from snorkeling and swimming at those place. My first visit in Thailand was in December 2017 and we were able to do all these things as the sea was calm. Our guide also told us that monsoon is a bad time to visit sea, you never know what happens!
We tried to bargain a lot for tuktuk as I was with my mom and she was too tired to walk, but they insisted 150 THB for 15 minute walk, it was so frustrating.
Your photos are amazing! They make me want to go there again right now. Thank you for your suggestions, I really appreciate it.
Wonderful trip you had @maisha_maliha besides some monsoon, Thailand I think is a beautiful country with a lot to discover âĻ now I wish to go there again as well hehe.
During my last visit in Thailand, I faced problem with Tuktuk driver. Before the Tuktuk ride we fixed the rent in 50 baht. But After reaching the destination the driver claimed 150 baht. Finally we settled in 100 baht.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. All information is very useful. Is it your first visit there? I would love to talking about Tuk Tuk. it is a very famous transport in Thailand. In Bangkok is a lot of Traffic jams and what transport we used is Motorcycle (ā¸§ā¸´ā¸ā¸Ąā¸āšā¸ā¸ā¸Ŗāšāšā¸ā¸āš) or Tuk Tuk the faster one that what we can used in the Traffic jams. As you said it is very nice also to take a walk to see the area and the shop around. I was sure that you will like my country. There are many places which you can visit and a lot of activities to do around.
Thank you so much. It is actually my second visit to Thailand. I love the country and the culture so much and I have yet to visit many more places. Tuktuk is indeed a great transportation but this year, I was there for 20 days and every single day, they asked more than taxis even when there was less to no traffic jam (as an example, in Ao Nang Beach, Krabi, they asked 200 Baht for 1.5 km. Another example, they asked 1000 Baht for 6 km in Bangkok when there was really little traffic, these are really pricey to me as taxis ask about half of these prices). Being totally unable to negotiate even a bit, I asked some tourists in the hotel I was staying, and they said the same thing. So I prefer other transportation system of Thailand and they are amazing! I would love to go there again!
Also, thanks for the tips! As a newbie, these will help me a lot.
Oh wow too expensive but what you can take it for the next time you could find the local transportation for Rod Song Taw (ā¸Ŗā¸ā¸Ēā¸ā¸āšā¸ā¸§) you will pay like 20 baht theyâre going around the city. Have you ever visit The Grand Palace in Bangkok? It is very popular in Bangkok. I can share some photos of The Grand Palace in Bangkok that I have visited.