Four Tips That Will Make You Guru In Thailand Travel

At 8% alcohol, it's cheap and potent, but you may regret it the next morning! While traditionally associated with Isaan , it's now sold nationwide under the brand Siam Sato, available in any 7-Eleven at 25 baht for a 0.65L bottle.

Thai rice wine (สาโท sato) is actually a beer brewed from glutinous rice, and thus a spiritual cousin of Japanese sake. All the chains are heavily concentrated in Bangkok , but larger cities and popular tourist spots may have an outlet or two. Thailand has a large number of indigenous restaurant chains offering much the same fare as your average street stall, but with the added advantages of air conditioning, printed menus (often in English), clean storefront.

Most night markets also have large open air food courts attached. A Thai speciality is the night markets found in almost every town, the largest and Best hotel in Thailand-known of which are in Bangkok and the Night Bazaar in Chiang Mai Here a variety of vendors from designers to handicraft sellers have stalls selling goods which cannot normally be found in malls and day markets. Yellow Ayudhya (Krungsri) ATM's should be avoided; not only they charge 220 baht surcharge, but the exchange rate is horrible.

AEON ATM which used to apply no fee now charge only 150 baht. Their advantage is to allow you to withdraw 30,000 baht, when others limit the transaction to 20,000. Citibank , for free until 2016, now also charge that amount to foreign cards but they are only located in Bangkok.

There's a 200 baht surcharge for using foreign cards at all ATMs, you'll be notified about this fee in any ATM which charges it, so you always have an option to cancel. ATMs are available at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport (BKK) after collecting your bag and clearing customs, and while it is advisable to arrive with a small amount of baht if possible, you may obtain cash from an ATM after landing as well. When using a debit card, an ATM will typically provide a much better exchange rate than a money exchange counter, and this is especially the case if you have a card that does not charge a transaction fee for overseas withdrawals (becoming common in countries such as Australia).

ATMs are everywhere, and international withdrawals are not a problem. Finally, the gravity-defying limestone formations of the Phang Nga Bay shouldn't be missed by anyone who stays in the region. The Heo Suwat Waterfall in Khao Yai National Park and the 7-tiered Erawan Falls in Kanchanaburi are among the most visited, but the Thee Lor Sue Waterfall in Umphang and the 11-tiered Pa La-u Falls in Kaeng Krachan National Park are equally exciting.

Waterfalls can be found all over Thailand. Other cultural attractions include Wat Pho, Wat Arun and Jim Thompson's House, but these are just a fraction of possible sights you could visit. It is home to Wat Phra Kaew, the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand that houses the Emerald Buddha.