Practical handbook of self-help tour in Angkor Wat and Thailand

The first is the visa. Entrusting a travel agency costs 200 more to 300 yuan than taking it to Beijing Embassy or Guangzhou Consulate, but it's easier. Tourist visas for these two countries are easy to get. It usually takes ten days.

Then buy a plane ticket. Ask the airlines more, you can always get a cheaper ticket. For example, AirAsia 0592-5 167777 www. Airasia.com, China International Airlines (Bangkok ticket office 0-2634899 1-97), China Southern Airlines (Bangkok ticket office 0-22665688), Xiamen Airlines and Thai Airways.

My route is to climb Angkor Wat in Cambodia first. You need to fill out an exit form at the airport, and you must fill out a form when you enter or leave each country in the future, with English tips. Generally, you should write your name, date of birth, passport number, visa number, where you came from, and the plane or car number you took. When you enter Thailand, you must fill in the name of the hotel where you are staying. The visa officer holds a list of hotels and asks you to fill in any one. There is no requirement to fill in the form when leaving Thailand, but if you buy more than 5000 baht in a store in Thailand, you can apply for a tax refund at the airport.

Then change money. In Angkor Wat, US dollars are used, and it is more cost-effective for Thailand to exchange US dollars for Thai baht than RMB for Thai baht. Moreover, the general exchange offices do not provide RMB and Thai baht exchange, so it is more convenient to exchange RMB for US dollars and then Thai baht in China. Take a visa to a designated bank in China to exchange dollars, up to 3000 dollars. It is enough for two countries to exchange one thousand dollars together. If you buy less, you can only spend 500 dollars.

The first stop is Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Tip the customs officer $2 when crossing the border at the airport. People from the hostel will pick us up on Sunday. Of course, they have to pay. Five dollars a trip. They are from China and can speak Chinese. Tel: (855-23)2 1 1623. Hotel rooms in Cambodia and Thailand are generally divided into several types. Private bathroom and shared bathroom. Air-conditioned rooms (A/C) and rooms without air conditioning generally have electric fans. Double room, double room with big bed, single room. Triple room is rare. We live in a private bathroom with air conditioning, an air-conditioned room with TV, and it costs $65,438+00 per night. Check in before you check in, usually with your name and passport number. The room rate should be paid before checking in. Check Out is called checkout. All inns don't serve boiled water, so you have to buy your own mineral water to drink. Most inns have no slippers. Take the toilet with you. The voltage is the same as that in China, so it can be charged. Generally, it is also about 12. Some hotels have cable TV in their rooms.

Hotels in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap can be exchanged for Cambodian currency, and one dollar can be exchanged for four thousand riels (R). There are generally three types: 100R, 500R, 1000R. The inn can help you buy a bus ticket to Siem Reap. Angkor Wat is located on the edge of Siem Reap town. An air-conditioned bus ticket is 5 dollars.

The next morning, I visited the Royal Palace in Cambodia. The opening hours of the Palace are from 8:00 to 10:00, and the entrance fee is 6 dollars. I finished my visit in half an hour. The National Museum of Cambodia is next to the Royal Palace, and the entrance fee is $6. According to a large number of data, the exquisite stone carvings in Angkor Wat have been looted, most of them have gone abroad, and the rest are in the National Museum of Cambodia. Two hours later, I rode a tricycle to the central market and charged us a dollar. Back to the inn, we took a tricycle, negotiated the price to 3000R r, and the inn took us to the starting point, free of charge this time. The bus leaves at noon 12:30 and arrives in Siem Reap at 6:00 pm. We stopped several times to let everyone go to the bathroom.

A group of motorcyclists surrounded us when we got off the bus. This tricycle, called Tuktuk or Toto, takes us to the old market and the place where guest houses gather. We've seen some. They are all clean. The price is similar. Finally, we stayed in a popular guest house. A double room without air conditioning and bathroom (private bathroom-twin beds, fan) is $7 per night. There is a hot shower, and those without it are only 5 dollars. You can watch CCTV 1, Phoenix TV, Zhongshitai, China TV, Channel 5 and so on. Angkor Wat is in the rainy season in July. It rains every afternoon and it is cool at night. No air conditioning is needed. Tuktuk driver wants us to charter a car, which costs $0/6 for two days and $24 for three days. If you want to get up early and watch the sunrise in Phno Bakeng, you have to add 2 dollars. If you go to distant scenic spots such as Ban Diez Lei, you have to pay extra.

Siem Reap, like Thailand, is a place with developed tourism. Hotels and shops have free maps everywhere, laundry rooms provide laundry service, Internet access, overseas telephone calls, tourist information on various tourist routes, car reservations and visa agents. Everyone in Siem Reap can speak fluent English, because most of the tourists here are Europeans and Americans.

Eat in a restaurant in Siem Reap. The menu is full of English. The price of vegetables is also marked in dollars. When I was looking for change, I was looking for riel. Of course, you can also pay with riel. Checking out after dinner is called CHECK. It seems that foreign invoices (recept/CASH SALE) are rarely stamped, so they are generally signed. The Lucky Hotel (Chinese signboard) next to Wangde Hainan Chicken Rice (Chinese signboard) has free iced tea and free rice. The boss is from Guangdong. Satay chicken tastes good, 2 yuan each. Smiling Sun's Cambodian food tastes good on the same road. For example, Amork, Kar Kor soup and Khmer sour soup in coconut are basically two yuan each. Go ahead, the Dead Fish Tower will have dinner at night and there will be a Cambodian song and dance performance. There is no extra charge.

When you go to the market or shop to buy things, just ask how much? Cheap? Can you give me a discount? Or take a calculator and dial the number, and finally it will be ok.

There are three kinds of tickets for Angkor: one-day tickets, two to three-day tickets and seven-day tickets. Generally speaking, it takes two to three days to play once. This ticket is 40 dollars. When buying a ticket, you need to hand in a two-inch photo and wrap it with plastic wrap. If there are no photos, you can take them on the side. On the first day, I visited a small circle, namely Angkor Wat. Total length17km. Bayon temple's relief is wonderful, and many stories are carved in it. The elephant platform on King Libo's altar is very beautiful. Phimeanakas can climb up. There are more temples in the small circle. Generally, we go to the temple on foot, and there are many tour groups. You can go to the most famous Angkor Wat Temple in the afternoon. The steps are at 90 degrees to the ground and are very narrow. You have to lean on your side and climb to the top with your hands and feet. When you come down, you will feel safe by grabbing the iron railing next to you. The next day, you can visit the big circle, with a total length of 26 kilometers: beans? F Temple (Prasat Kravan), Bandiekdai Temple, Tapum Temple, Taco Temple, Mistress Manon Temple. Then cross the victory gate to Preah Khan, Neak Pean, Ta Som, East Mebon, Banteay Samre, Pre Rup and Sras Srang. If you have time in the afternoon, you can go to Rollos Group (Lore, Preah Ko, Bakong). On the first day, after climbing the Temple of Heaven and Angkor Wat, my legs hurt and I had difficulty walking the next day. You can rest more and walk less when you walk in a big circle the next day. And that is the tea gum temple needs to be climbed hard. Day 3: Some distant scenic spots, such as Ban Diez Lei, Kulun, Phnom Penh, and Kbal Spean in Gobs. If your physical strength is average, you can have a rest in Siem Reap and visit the market on the third day. Or send a postcard to the post office. Postcards sold by Siem Reap Post Office are more beautiful. A postcard for 2000R, sent to China for 2200R, and stamps with Angkor architecture and statues, a set of $ 5- 10. The working hours of the post office are from 7: 00 am15 to 5: 00 pm15.

You can take a bus from Siem Reap to Bangkok, Thailand. 1 1 USD each. The Volkswagen Guest House sells tickets for the capital tour, and the cars are slightly better than those of other companies. It is said that it will leave at 7: 30, but then every guest will leave at 8: 30. This section of the road in Cambodia is extremely poor. The loess road is full of potholes, and everyone is ashamed. Because of the poor road, even good cars dare not drive. We think of the famous saying: to get rich, build roads first. It is recommended to fly directly in Siem Reap if you have money. Arrived at the Cambodian border city of Pobe at one o'clock noon, got off and went through the departure formalities with a large number of foreigners from Europe and America. Then cross the long middle zone to go through the immigration formalities in Thailand. I waited for over an hour. I don't know where to get on the bus when I get out, and there is no sign. I have to say that Bangkok, under the guidance of passers-by, found the boarding point. There are many foreigners traveling, so don't worry about safety when you follow them. Actually, it was already five o'clock when I got on the Thai bus. Thai buses are really luxurious and fancy in appearance. There are two floors of seats, air conditioning and bathroom. At about 8: 30 in the evening, the bus arrived at Kau San Road, Kau Shan Road, where there are many inns in Bangkok. Like Siem Reap, foreigners in Europe and America are full of eyes. Recommend a very good inn Lamphu House, which has excellent business and is full every day. Tel: (+66 2)629586 1, 6295862 Website: www.lamphuhouse.com. In the alley next to 7 ELEVEN store in Roi Ram Butri. Although there is no TV in Lamphu House's room, the surrounding environment is good, quiet and sanitary, and the floor is paved. The following are the prices of Lamphu House. Common toilet with public toilet: air-conditioned single room (air-conditioned single room) 350bt, single room with electric fan (Christine single room) 200Bt, one double bed (Christine double room) 300Bt and two twin beds (Christine double room) 320Bt. Private bathroom with bath: 390bt with electric fan, standard room with air conditioning, 520bt with two twin beds (A/C standard).

There are several bank exchange offices around Kau Shan Road on Kau Shan Road. Thai currency is called Thai baht, abbreviated as B or Bt, pronounced BA. There are three kinds of dollars to exchange for Thai baht, 1-2, 5-20 and 50- 100. A 50-dollar bill or 100-dollar bill, with the most Thai baht. At that time, we exchanged 1 USD for 4 1.70Bt on average, which was equivalent to 1 RMB for 5 baht. After two weeks, it dropped to 40Bt. When changing money, you can compare several banks, because there is always one that will be slightly higher. There is also an exchange office at the Thai airport. RMB can be exchanged for Thai baht, but it is more cost-effective to exchange US dollars for Thai baht. Thai baht is divided into 20Bt, 50Bt, 100Bt, 500Bt, 1000Bt, coins 1Bt, 5Bt, 10Bt.

It is convenient to live around the mountain road. There are all kinds of stalls and shops. 7 ELEVEN is a life convenience store, with a cup of coffee 10Bt and a minimum cup of chocolate milk tea 13Bt. A 5Bt postcard, sent to China 15Bt. An hour in an Internet cafe is about 15Bt. One-minute international call 15bt-20bt. The telephone number near Thailand is 2.5Bt per minute. You can also buy a magnetic card at 7 ELEVEN. 20Bt/kg laundry. You can pick it up in two or three hours. Kodak EXPRESS, a digital developing library, develops a printed photo, and a 4-inch (4R size) one is 4Bt/ sheet. You can also burn the film as a CD-DVD. The opening hours are from 8 am to 9: 30 pm. Fast food stalls usually have a dish of 20Bt, and there are stalls selling porridge. All kinds of snacks and desserts range from 2bt to 20bt, and fruit milkshake10bt to 20bt. Among them, dessert is the most distinctive. Fruit juice is much cheaper than domestic juice. There is also a Thai fried powder called PAD THAI. It tastes good, too.

In Bangkok, if two or more people travel together, it is cheaper to take a taxi than a three-wheeled motorcycle, but you must agree to set your watch before getting on the bus. Buses in Bangkok are rather puzzling. Some stop signs are very small, just write a P, and then write a few buses, and it will be gone. Unlike in China, there is a sign with the name of each stop on the back of every bus. So if I don't look at the signs on the map, I really don't know where these cars are going. Take the 15 bus to the center of Bangkok New Town. This is a transportation hub. You can take the light rail or visit large shopping centers, such as Siam Center and MBK Center.

The Grand Palace in Thailand is near the mountain road. Opening hours are 9: 30- 16: 00. Gorgeous but messy. The current king doesn't live here. In the evening, we went to the flower market by motorcycle. It cost us 40Bt. People in Bangkok string flowers into various shapes to pray for the Buddha, which is very beautiful.

Thailand's famous water market is more than an hour away from Bangkok. We found a travel agency near the inn and reported a 560Bt: one-day tour of the water market and the rose garden. The next morning, the bus picked us up at the gate of the travel agency. It is also good to visit the water market in the morning and watch Thai song and dance performances in the rose garden in the afternoon. But only three dishes were arranged for lunch, and I was basically not full. The water market gives me a general feeling, and there are many such places in Jiangnan.

Sukhothai was the capital of Sukhothai Dynasty in Thailand (1240- 1438). There is a Sukhothai Historical Park, also called Sukhothai Old Town. It takes about eight hours to get from Bangkok to Sukhothai by bus and nearly forty minutes to walk to the northern bus terminal by taxi, which is much cheaper than Beijing. A second-class ticket is 237 pounds, including a premium of 68 pounds. We leave at 8 am and arrive at 4 pm. I stopped at several towns along the way, and with the time for eating, I naturally couldn't get up quickly. Public toilets in Thailand are cleaner than those in China, and some of them will charge, ranging from 2Bt to 5Bt. The long-distance bus station is at the new bus station. When you go to town, you can take a bus called a circular bus, which has the functions of a taxi and a bus. You can park in the first wave, and it's no problem to pack more than a dozen people in one car. It only takes a few Bt's to go to the market by ring bus from this new bus station, but if you want to charter a bus to the inn, you have to pay more, depending on your bargaining skills.

The G.S. Guest House introduced in the English version of Lonely Planet in Thailand is an inn with a good environment, and another inn named Cocoon Guest House has a very beautiful garden. Because the inn is not big, several families are full. Finally, I stayed at Sukhothai Guest House. Tel: 055-6 10453, 0 1-680693 1 The boss is of Indian origin and the proprietress is from China, but she can't speak a word of Chinese. Private bathroom-fan/double, priced at 450Bt, negotiate the price and charge us 400Bt a night. The price of air conditioner is 600Bt, and it is estimated that 500Bt is no problem. The inn gave us a simple map of Sukhothai. I walked around the street and there was nothing to eat. I might as well eat in the inn or buy it at 7 1 1. The next day, the proprietress volunteered to take us to the bus stop. It's the same truck It has been there since eight in the morning. One person 10Bt to Sukhothai Historical Park. It will arrive in less than half an hour. There are several kinds of tickets. Generally, just buy a ticket of 50Bt. The park is relatively large, so you can rent a bicycle at the door for 20Bt and ride it in. Go to the post office in the afternoon. The business hours of Sukhothai Post Office are from 8:30 am to afternoon 16:30, and from 9: 00 am to 12:00 on weekends (Saturday to Sunday). After school, the school uniforms of primary and middle school students in Thailand are much better than those in China. Police uniforms are also much cooler than in China. Srisatchanalai Historical Park and Sukhotsu Historical Park are not in the same direction. It is more than 60 kilometers away from Sukhothai, and it takes an hour and a half by car. The innkeeper said he couldn't go to two parks in one day, so he gave up.

The next day, the proprietress took us to the bus terminal of the bus station and bought us a bus ticket from Sukhothai to Chiang Mai. A person spent 203Bt. The first bus leaves at 7: 15, and the second bus leaves at 9: 15, but it is not on time. It's been half an hour since we set out, and it took more than five hours to arrive in Chiang Mai after three o'clock in the afternoon.

Chiang Mai is the second largest city in Thailand. The inn gathers in the southeast corner of the old city. Nuanpranee House is in an alley in Rajapakinard. Tel: 01-7832512,01-5686041,newly opened inn, two months. All rooms are air-conditioned. There is TV at 300Bt a day, and you can watch CCTV 4, Phoenix TV, Fashion TV, MTV, Channel V, India, Japan, South Korea, BBC, CNN and so on.

There are many temples in Chiang Mai. Three steps and one temple, five steps and one temple. Free visit. Houses in the old city are generally two or three stories. Private gardens are adjacent. There are more Europeans and Americans visiting Chiang Mai than Bangkok. The services accompanying tourism are also comprehensive. All kinds of maps of Chiang Mai in the store are free of charge. Bank exchange points open later than Bangkok. Travel agencies offer one-day, two-day and three-day tours. The car rental point provides jeep, car, motorcycle and bicycle services. Rent a bicycle for a day, about 25Bt to 30Bt. There are many internet cafes, laundries, overseas telephones and convenience stores, and the prices are a little cheaper than those in Bangkok. There is a market during the day and a night market at night, and the bigger one is the night market on Changban Road. If it is Sunday, the whole RATCHDAMNOEN Road is a market, extending to the outside of Tapae Gate. Shopping is very enjoyable. I think the most attractive thing about Thailand is these large and small markets. Many foreigners come to Chiang Mai to attend the cooking school and learn Thai food. Courses range from one to five days. 990 baht a day. Here are some Thai dishes in English: chicken/beef/pork made of green/yellow curry, fish made of red curry made of fish red curry, Thai fish cake, Thai fried noodles, Thai fried noodles or noodles, fried fish with Chili and basil pepper, sweet and sour vegetables, spicy tender chicken salad, coconut milk soup chicken, fried noodles with sweet soy sauce, glutinous rice, steamed fish with banana leaves, etc.

There is a train between Chiang Mai and Bangkok. Take the ring bus from the inn to the railway station (20Bt). If you buy a ticket in a travel agency, you have to pay a handling fee of 80Bt. Train tickets are easy to buy, and only one or two people are waiting in line. The conductor knows some English.

The train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai is RAP 10 1, 0620-2055; 9,0830 sprinters—1945; RAP 109， 1430—0535； SP EXP 1， 1800—0650； Sprinters 1 1,1925—0720; SP EXP 13， 1940—0855； Express delivery 5 1, 2200— 1 130.

Thailand has a small population, which is most obvious on the train. The sleeper has only two floors, next to the window. Usually, the upper berth is put away, and the lower berth is folded into two chairs to sit opposite each other, with a table in the middle. When you sleep at night, put away the table, pull out the chairs at both ends to make a bed, put on a mattress, put on sheets and hang up curtains, which becomes a private space. The upper berth has a lot of space, which is similar to the middle berth in China. Compared with domestic sardine sleeper cars, it is really enjoyable. There is also a small lamp at the bedside of each berth for passengers to read. And the price is much cheaper than that in China. If there is any shortcoming, it is that the train will be late. We were half an hour late for the trip.

Going back to Bangkok to catch up with the weekend, it took 6Bt to take the No.3 bus to CHATUCHK weekend market. This is a super huge market, divided into twenty or thirty districts. Clothing, home accessories, all kinds of gadgets, many can be wholesale. If you open a Thai jewelry store in China, it is a good choice to purchase goods from here. Take the No.3 air-conditioned car on the way back, one ticket 15Bt.

I took a taxi to the airport with a stopwatch, and the traffic jam was the same as that in Beijing. Spent 180Bt, equivalent to RMB 36 yuan. You have to pay 500 pounds tax at the airport.

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The above is the situation in Angkor Wat and Thailand in July this year.