Resource and information sharing thread.

[adesmond2]

can I ask if there's alot of bike shops and accessories sold in hatyai? That's what I'm being told and I'm keen to go there and take a look at the accessories n etc..

Anyone care to advise?

& do you have the estimate address for all the bike shops?

[thoms]

thom@s: I went through all 8 land checkpoints with 1 piece of carnet. apply at the 1st checkpoint and returned at the last checkpoint. It's valid for 30 days.

 

You do not need to sneak in. Just clear immigration and go dannok/hatyai to have a good time. Return the carnet when you are leaving.

Nice bro!!! so it mean that if I managed to return the carnet within 30 days, no fine and no need change no plate liao lor?

[pipipapipu]

yes. I confirm you can enter legally using your previous carnet (within 30 days).

[pipipapipu]

can I ask if there's alot of bike shops and accessories sold in hatyai? That's what I'm being told and I'm keen to go there and take a look at the accessories n etc..

Anyone care to advise?

& do you have the estimate address for all the bike shops?

 

pls google for Siri racing.

[adesmond2]

pls google for Siri racing.

 

thanks bro!!

[kingfisher]

Hi just to info that I am leaving around 16 sept for Thai - laos and cambodia. Appreciate if you have any info with regards to the documentations required at the border crossing between thai and Laos and cambodia - Laos will be much appreciated. thanks

[pipipapipu]

Hi just to info that I am leaving around 16 sept for Thai - laos and cambodia. Appreciate if you have any info with regards to the documentations required at the border crossing between thai and Laos and cambodia - Laos will be much appreciated. thanks

 

How long will your trip last? I be leaving early October for 2 months.

 

Sequence will be Cambodia, Isan loop, Laos, North Thai.

 

Maybe can rendervouz with you sometime, somewhere, some how?

[kingfisher]

For my trip, i plan to travel 1 month. I have not decided if thai - cambodia - laos - north thai or the other way round

[Tanarthur]

when you going? I be attempting this in mid oct.

 

Not so soon for me.. Maybe next year.. All depends on work...

 

There are plenty of petrol stations. yes like in Thailand. I duno about the colours, perhaps it's best to ask before you pump.

 

Found out from a fellow forummer the info already thanks.

 

hi there, you can look out for the following sign board.... Please bring along a map and an gps for reference as well..

 

1. saodao ~ hatyai

2. hatyai ~ phattalung

3. phattalung ~ trang

4. Trang ~ krabi

5. Krabi ~ phanga

6. Phanga ~ phuket

 

 

Some petrol station there only have gasohol so u can try the major brands like shell, caltex or essomobil, or their local brand PTT. those small petrol kiosk operated by local villagers most likely only have gasohol.

 

Gasohol ~ A fuel consisting of a blend of ethyl alcohol and unleaded gasoline, especially a blend of 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline.Not good for cars/bikes that only pump unleaded gasoline. i tried pumping once, nothing much difference , but that is only when u are running out of options, die die bo bian... just my 2 cents.

 

Bro, if you never pump Gasohol, you pump wat?

[thoms]

yes. I confirm you can enter legally using your previous carnet (within 30 days).

thanks bro!!!

[pipipapipu]

Good news:

 

The National Energy Policy Committee, chaired by Prime Minister Yingluck, on Friday approved the reduction of contributions by refineries to the State Oil Fund by three baht a litre for diesel, 7.17 baht for 91 octane petrol and 8.02 baht for 95 octane petrol.

 

This drove down the pump prices of the fuels to 26.99 baht/litre for diesel, 34.77 for 91 petrol and 39.54 for 95 petrol.

[thoms]

yes. I confirm you can enter legally using your previous carnet (within 30 days).

Bro, thks for the advice. I shoot up and come back liao. this time rmb to return the carnet. everything went smoothy. in furture, I can enter thailand w/o changing no plate or paid fine lor... yeah!!!!

[pipipapipu]

Three bomb blasts kill 3 in tourist town

 

Sat, September 17, 2011 01:38 AM

 

 

At least three people, including a foreign tourist, were killed and more than 50 wounded in three car and motorcycle bomb attacks in Narathiwat's Sungai Kolok district Friday night.

 

The first of three explosions went off at 6.40pm opposite the Teochew Association in Soi 3 of Charoen Khet Road in Sungai Kolok municipality.

 

The blast, which came from a parked motorcycle, wounded a large number of passersby, both tourists and locals, and killed a member of staff from the association.

 

About 15 minutes later, another motorcycle bomb went off in front of a bar about 300 metres from the first explosion, near a junction leading to the Sungai Kolok branch office of TOT Plc. Several Thais and Malaysian tourists sustained shrapnel wounds.

 

Around 7.20pm, a third bomb exploded from a car parked near a food stall opposite the Merlin Hotel.

 

The impact damaged several shops nearby and one side of the hotel.

 

Capt Theerapong Suwannawetch, commander of the 1922 task force responsible for security in Sungai Kolok, was also seriously injured.

 

Two more people, including a Malaysian tourist, were killed, but it is not yet known in which explosions.

 

Police have detained two suspects for questioning about the three bombs.

 

The explosions caused a wide power blackout in the downtown area.

 

Authorities blocked roads around the three bomb sites and mobile phone coverage was cut while they inspected the scenes, to prevent any possible remote detonations of further bombs.

 

The bomb attacks came hours after a Muslim police officer and a defence volunteer were shot dead in a mosque in tambon Budi in Yala's Muang district.

 

Pol Snr Sgt Maj Arong Malaya and defence volunteer Mahama Yama were killed in the attack by two men.

 

At noon prayer time, four men drove up to the mosque on two motorcycles and two of them walked up to the victims who were praying and shot them in the head. Three other villagers nearby were wounded.

 

Police said the two dead men used to work with Sompien Eksomya, a policeman dedicated to quelling the southern unrest.

 

Pol Gen Sompien was killed in a bomb blast early last year.

 

The mosque shooting came a day after five security officers were killed and one injured by a bomb buried under a road in Pattani's Kapho district.

 

In another attack, a bomb detonated at a military base of the Narathiwat 31st special task force in Cho Airong district of Narathiwat on Thursday night, wounding three soldiers.

 

Six soldiers had left their base to set up a checkpoint in a nearby village.

 

The attackers detonated a roadside bomb as the soldiers walked past.

 

Around the same time, another group of attackers shot at the base.

 

Officers believed the bomb attack was aimed at luring soldiers to leave their base to inspect the blast scene.

 

This made the base more vulnerable, as fewer troops were guarding it.

 

Deputy Prime Minister Kowit Wattana admitted suspected militants had stepped up their activity after the government transferred high-ranking officers to the region.

 

"I have talked to unit commanders about tightening security," he said.

 

"We will have to launch a pre-emptive strike [against the insurgents]."

 

From 2004 to August this year, 11,074 cases of violence in the Muslim-dominated provinces in the far South have been reported, and 4,846 people - mostly Muslims - have been killed, according to Deep South Watch.

 

In Narathiwat, police Friday arrested Maroki Ding, 30, a suspect allegedly working with the Runda Kumpulan Kecil guerrilla group, at a house in Ban Ta Lo Neng in Muang district.

 

Homeowner Dolo Arong, 54, was also arrested for allegedly giving the man a place to hide.

 

Earlier on Thursday night, in Yala and Pattani, two people were killed and four others wounded in attacks suspected of being linked to the insurgency.

 

One of the victims was Masainung Lateh, 46, a member of Katong tambon administration organisation in Yala's Yaha district, who was shot and killed in a drive-by attack, police said.

[pipipapipu]

looks like it's gonna be too risky to visit this cowboy town anytime soon.

[kingfisher]

I am diem reap now.

[pipipapipu]

I am diem reap now.

 

good job!! did you encounter any flooding along the way? the condition is really bad now in central thai.

[xincentsbobby]

Hi peeps.. So far havent seen any post and info bout entry into Vietnam? Any special conditions required? Visa?? I heard a levy nds to paid. Any advice?

[pipipapipu]

Hi peeps.. So far havent seen any post and info bout entry into Vietnam? Any special conditions required? Visa?? I heard a levy nds to paid. Any advice?

 

hi, sorry I'm not qualified to give you a satisfactory reply yet. the fees are too astronomical for a solo budget explorer like myself.

 

you may like to refer to the following link for more information: http://www.gt-rider.com/touring-information-overview/s-e-asian-border-crossings/cambodia-vietnam-border-crossing-notes

 

else, please wait for my idol or other 'crouching tiger hidden dragon' calibre riders to give their advice.

 

btw, there's now a free way to 'ride into Vietnam' legally. I'll test it next month and update again then.

 

cheers!!

[yem_paul]

hi, sorry I'm not qualified to give you a satisfactory reply yet. the fees are too astronomical for a solo budget explorer like myself.

 

you may like to refer to the following link for more information: http://www.gt-rider.com/touring-information-overview/s-e-asian-border-crossings/cambodia-vietnam-border-crossing-notes

 

else, please wait for my idol or other 'crouching tiger hidden dragon' calibre riders to give their advice.

 

btw, there's now a free way to 'ride into Vietnam' legally. I'll test it next month and update again then.

 

cheers!!

 

I thought your idol is Captain Slash?

[pipipapipu]

ya. he is one of them. you are my idol too. I read somewhere that you out-slashed him somehow.. ^^

[kingfisher]

Did not encounter any floods from Malaysia, to Bangkok and then to Siem Reap. Intermittent rain 1st and 2nd day, and hot days the last 4days.

[xincentsbobby]

hi, sorry I'm not qualified to give you a satisfactory reply yet. the fees are too astronomical for a solo budget explorer like myself.

 

you may like to refer to the following link for more information: http://www.gt-rider.com/touring-information-overview/s-e-asian-border-crossings/cambodia-vietnam-border-crossing-notes

 

else, please wait for my idol or other 'crouching tiger hidden dragon' calibre riders to give their advice.

 

btw, there's now a free way to 'ride into Vietnam' legally. I'll test it next month and

 

 

cheers!!

 

 

 

Thanks bro! Do update alrighy. Intend to have a ride up in March.. Cheers!

[yem_paul]

ya. he is one of them. you are my idol too. I read somewhere that you out-slashed him somehow.. ^^

 

Don't idolize me la ... i'm not God ... Yes that Captain Slash has some very interesting rides ... plus he rides solo just like you ...

 

Anyway, the Ha Tien border crossing was interesting ... but my Vietnamese friends mentioned big bikes might have some problems there ... but good luck bro with your rides ... do share infos and photos when you're back ...

[yem_paul]

Hi peeps.. So far havent seen any post and info bout entry into Vietnam? Any special conditions required? Visa?? I heard a levy nds to paid. Any advice?

 

Yes, the legal way is possible with levies paid ... No special conditions required, just you and your bike and the location of the chasis and engine number ...

[xincentsbobby]

Yes, the legal way is possible with levies paid ... No special conditions required, just you and your bike and the location of the chasis and engine number ...

 

Arhh I see.. Does the levy varies a lot? I heard a guide is required.. Is it compulsory?? Wat kind of restriction is imposed?