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Visa run....where shall I go?

  • 02-08-2017 4:11pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,597 ✭✭✭


    So my 90 days in Malaysia will be up towards the end of September, which coincides with my birthday, so am thinking I will take a week and head off to somewhere to relax and enjoy getting older and then come back and have another 90 days that will do me til I go home for Christmas.

    So where should I go?

    I have been thinking maybe Thailand. Krabi has been drawing me (maybe coz of super cheap flights!) but maybe I should go somewhere else there?

    Or do I go to Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos or Myanmar? Maybe I should go to China or Japan?

    Ideally, I want something fairly cheap and am thinking a beach would be great.

    I have already been to Bali and the Gili Islands, India, Sri Lanka and Nepal so somewhere that is not those would be a good shout.

    Anyone who has been to these places tell me which would be your preference.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Christmas Island isn't far from you and is well set up for visitors.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    I'd recommend Cambodia if you haven't been. If you're willing to go as far as China, maybe try Mongolia or Bhutan.


  • Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    Bray, lovely this time of year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,209 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    Thailand / Cambodia / Laos / Vietnam .... take your pick.

    All depends what you're into.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Courtown, beautiful Courtown.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,292 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    Christmas Island isn't far from you and is well set up for visitors.


    Mind the crabs


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭TPD


    For a beach, Koh Chang in Thailand was lovely, and Koh Rong nearby in Cambodia is meant to be good.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,676 ✭✭✭AllGunsBlazing


    Monster Island. Don't worry, it's just a name.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,828 ✭✭✭stimpson


    I hear a lot about North Korea at the moment.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Find Captain Kurtz and talk with him


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭ArchXStanton


    Depends what you are after,if it's nice beaches and partying,definitely Thailand over the others


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Cambodia is astonishing in terms of historical sites, culture, music and cuisine. It's one of the few places I've been where I was overwhelmed with the history. I'd strongly recommend going there.

    On the other hand there is a breathtaking amount of extraordinary poverty. From the little girls on river boats with python snakes around their necks asking for "1 dollar mister" to take a photo of them, to the enormous number of crippled people from the wars in the 1970s. The children, or at best very young teenagers, offering sex to westerners as you walk down streets, the white male adults walking around with very young females, that even the respectable-looking massage places are actually brothels with again very young females working there was disturbing at a level I've never, ever experienced. Life is so cheap there and it really made me think about all the stuff we take for granted.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Monster Island. Don't worry, it's just a name.

    It's actually a peninsula.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,597 ✭✭✭Witchie


    Depends what you are after,if it's nice beaches and partying,definitely Thailand over the others

    Am too old for the partying really though did give it a good shot in Bali. More looking for a week of chilling with a couple of beers and some live music.
    Cambodia is astonishing in terms of historical sites, culture, music and cuisine. It's one of the few places I've been where I was overwhelmed with the history. I'd strongly recommend going there.

    On the other hand there is a breathtaking amount of extraordinary poverty. From the little girls on river boats with python snakes around their necks asking for "1 dollar mister" to take a photo of them, to the enormous number of crippled people from the wars in the 1970s. The children, or at best very young teenagers, offering sex to westerners as you walk down streets, the white male adults walking around with very young females, that even the respectable-looking massage places are actually brothels with again very young females working there was disturbing at a level I've never, ever experienced. Life is so cheap there and it really made me think about all the stuff we take for granted.

    This breaks my heart. I saw some heartbreaking sights in India and not sure am up to more at the moment.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭Doltanian


    Singapore


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,597 ✭✭✭Witchie


    Doltanian wrote: »
    Singapore

    Ugh no. Went there in June. Hated it. Such a souless, expensive place. Also the hassle of getting on a bus, off it at the checkpoint, going through immigration, trying to find your bus etc, just not worth it.

    I want to relax. ��


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,128 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    Myanmar formally know as Burma. It was like Thailand 15 years ago and Cambodia 7 years ago.


    Option 2- kl to somewhere in the Philippines. Really nice place.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,597 ✭✭✭Witchie


    Oranage2 wrote: »
    Myanmar formally know as Burma. It was like Thailand 15 years ago and Cambodia 7 years ago.


    Option 2- kl to somewhere in the Philippines. Really nice place.

    Hadn't thought of the Philippines but that is a good shout. Just a little worried about the stability of it at the moment.

    My sister had her birthday in Myanmar at the beach in May....she will think I am copying her! :D She loved it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,785 ✭✭✭KungPao


    Cambodia is astonishing in terms of historical sites, culture, music and cuisine. It's one of the few places I've been where I was overwhelmed with the history. I'd strongly recommend going there.

    On the other hand there is a breathtaking amount of extraordinary poverty. From the little girls on river boats with python snakes around their necks asking for "1 dollar mister" to take a photo of them, to the enormous number of crippled people from the wars in the 1970s. The children, or at best very young teenagers, offering sex to westerners as you walk down streets, the white male adults walking around with very young females, that even the respectable-looking massage places are actually brothels with again very young females working there was disturbing at a level I've never, ever experienced. Life is so cheap there and it really made me think about all the stuff we take for granted.

    I'd be paranoid if I went there, that people would think I'm a nonce on tour, like Gary Glitter.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 448 ✭✭Syphonax


    Unnecessary Surgery land is quite popular at the moment for certain people in society, ill let you decide who they are


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭Doltanian


    Witchie wrote: »
    Hadn't thought of the Philippines but that is a good shout. Just a little worried about the stability of it at the moment.

    My sister had her birthday in Myanmar at the beach in May....she will think I am copying her! :D She loved it.

    The Philippines is very safe just avoid the southern Island of Luzon, usually visa runs are designed to be cheap, quick and cheerful, which was my earlier recommendation of Singapore as it would be closed to you presuming you are in KL. Being in Malaysia you will benefit from finding low cost flights with AirAsia from their KLIA hub there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,597 ✭✭✭Witchie


    Doltanian wrote: »
    The Philippines is very safe just avoid the southern Island of Luzon, usually visa runs are designed to be cheap, quick and cheerful, which was my earlier recommendation of Singapore as it would be closed to you presuming you are in KL. Being in Malaysia you will benefit from finding low cost flights with AirAsia from their KLIA hub there.

    Oh believe me Singapore and Indonesia will be used in future runs am sure but decided since its my birthday it would be nice to treat myself and go somewhere I haven't been yet and have a nice relaxing week. ��


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭Doltanian


    I meant the Southern island of Mindanao in my earlier post, Luzon is the largest island in the North and is considered the mainland.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    Rarotonga...it's cheap enough Afaik or new Caledonia?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    I only run with Mastercard myself. Running with visa gives me a rash


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭Doltanian


    I only run with Mastercard myself. Running with visa gives me a rash

    Better use cash :o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,519 ✭✭✭ozzy jr


    Cambodia is astonishing in terms of historical sites, culture, music and cuisine. It's one of the few places I've been where I was overwhelmed with the history. I'd strongly recommend going there.

    On the other hand there is a breathtaking amount of extraordinary poverty. From the little girls on river boats with python snakes around their necks asking for "1 dollar mister" to take a photo of them, to the enormous number of crippled people from the wars in the 1970s. The children, or at best very young teenagers, offering sex to westerners as you walk down streets, the white male adults walking around with very young females, that even the respectable-looking massage places are actually brothels with again very young females working there was disturbing at a level I've never, ever experienced. Life is so cheap there and it really made me think about all the stuff we take for granted.

    :(

    Is it really that bad? I'm going there for a week in September. only have flight booked from Bangkok at the moment. I may reconsider and go somewhere else instead.


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