"Hot and Steamy" Colin's photos about Khao Sok, Surat Thani, Thailand

Preview of Colin's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Khao Sok, Surat Thani, Thailand Entry Title: "Hot and Steamy" Entry: "A few months ago the Thai government decided that travellers crossing the border by land would get only 15 days (used to be 30) in Thailand, but you can go to an embassy and get a longer visa for free. I was waiting for the embassy in Kota Bharu to open. In Kota Bharu the weekend is Friday and Saturday so on Sunday I wandered over to the embassy only to find it was closed for Songkran (Thai New Year), and wasn't going to re-open until Thursday. Bugger! So on Monday I got the local bus to the border. While I was in Kota Bharu I met a Swiss couple (thanks Paul and Sara) who told me to go Khao Sok National Park in Thailand, so I figured I would. I walked across the border and into the town of Sungai Kolok. The first thing you notice in Sungai Kolok is how many soldiers are there. This is the part of Thailand where some local Muslims want to secede and go about achieving this by use of bombs, etc. So lots of soldiers to try to stop such nonsense. I didn't take any photos of them as I wasn't sure how they would react to that. I went straight to the train station to buy a ticket to Surat Thani from where I can get to Khao Sok. There was no train that day due to the holiday. Bugger! So I wandered off to the bus station, via an ATM ...



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