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Q: Having looked through your web site I found that you arrange different kind of tours. I'm writing to ask if you can arrange a jeep tour for a couple along the Northern part of Thailand. We can take a flight to Chiang Mai or Chaing Rai to start. We wish to see the most exciting places of Northern Thailand such as temples, hilltribes, waterfalls and hotsprings. We've heard about Golden Triangle and "long-necked" women.
A: ROH has many wonderful package tours available, and your request is one. You would need at least a week to do all the things you asked about. There are self-drive packages as well as accommodation arrangement available in ROH.
Q: I fell in love with Thailand during a five-day R&R from Vietnam 30 years ago. I understand Thailand has greatly changed since then. I'd like to bring my wife and introduce her to some Thai culture and Thai ways. Is that still possible in our modern world?
A: Indeed, it is possible. Royal Orchid Holidays has just the thing for you called Experience Thai Life (ROHE2O). You travel by boat and van to your destination and spend a night in a Thai home, an actual wooden houses built on stilts. You live the way the Thais do. Your meals are typical Thai, prepared by your Thai hosts. In the early morning hours you watch or participate with the villagers as they offer food to the monks, who arrive there by rowing boats. You couldn't get closer to Thai ways and culture.
Q: We've actually visited Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Singapore and KL in the past, but this time we want to go to Siem Reap and also take the International Express to Singapore, stopping for a night in Georgetown. What do you suggest?
A: There are overland trips to Cambodia but for security reasons, and comfort, I strongly recommend taking a Thai flight to Phnom Phen ROH37. Travelling to Singapore by train is an exciting adventure, but a roundtrip by train is repetitious and time consuming. I suggest taking the train one way, with a stopover in Penang and perhaps Kuala Lumpur, depending upon how much time you have, and return by air. ROH has programmes for Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
Q: I would like to ask you about cruising the klongs (canals) of Ayutthaya.
A: Ayutthaya, the ancient capital of Siam lies some 20 kilometres up the Chao Phraya River from Bangkok. ROH has a leisurely overnight river cruise (ROHE47) upriver departing from Bangkok aboard “Mekhala,” a beautifully converted rice barge. Guests have private facilities, all meals that include a candlelit dinner, sightseeing tours and shore excursions. We also offer day trip from Bangkok to Ayutthaya as well as dinner cruise along Chao Phraya River.
Q: My wife and I are planning to visit Thailand with our two young children but we are concerned about getting sick. What information can you give us?
A: Travelling in Southeast Asia isn't what it was fifty years ago, even fifteen years ago. In fact, many travellers are coming to Bangkok these days for medical treatment.
Q: A friend mentioned that ROH has a program for medical check-ups in Bangkok, at a great savings for tourists and foreign visitors.
A: Go to the first page of ROH and click at Spa & Medical Check-up and you will find the full packages there. We understand the program is getting more and more popular every day.
Q: I read that Bangkok now has an elevated train and it makes getting around much easier. Now I hear that Bangkok has an underground subway soon to open. Is this true?
A: Bangkok does indeed have an elevated train called the Skytrain as well as the recently opened underground subway. It's now possible to get across town in 15 minutes.
Q: Thailand has miles of coastline on both its coasts. I was curious about the stretch north of Phuket. Can you tell me anything about it? Are there hotels or does one have to remain in Phuket to explore?
A: There are some very fine hotels that have sprung up in the area. So there is no need to find accommodation in Phuket, although it is possible to rent a car which is available in Royal Orchid Holidays Fly-Drive progeamme, and make the drive with ease. The roads are excellent.
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