Self-driving to play Thailand is some kind of experience?

Ocean Traveler - Emotional Dan Cell

The first foreign self-driving, chose to come to Thailand before, 14 days of self-driving travel, shooting more than 500 photos, from Bangkok all the way south to Phuket, experienced the first climbing, experienced into the hospital stitches, experienced the sea of the headwinds and waves, feel the stormy Thailand. I came to Thailand in August, to share with you my first out-of-country driving experience (with a number of small video hope to see a more realistic Thailand).

Self-introduction

The storm before departure, sighing everything to do with a clear conscience is good, I am a fish, memory only seven seconds of the fish, will forget that you just told me the name, will forget and the enemy between why the flip-flop, will forget that this place a few years ago had been here (in front of the false, this line is true)

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Trailer

Looking at Karen from above

Only because of a glance at the picture, decided to go to the big city

Living color - Bangkok

"Thai" can hit - Pattaya

Pretend to be in Santorini

Twilight at Seven Rocks Beach

Don't you want to see the sea when you're in Phuket?

Morning! Hua Xin

Photography equipment

Canon EOS5D MarkIII

50mm F1.4, 16mm-35mm F2.8, 70mm-200mm F4

Landscapes I love the wide-angle, the 16mm-35mm F2.8 is the lens that I usually use the most, and sometimes portraits are done by it!

Portrait 50mm F1.4 is the largest aperture lens I've ever used, and the results are superb, and the price is not too high 2000+;

Perphoto 70mm-200mm F4 is less in use, but better than the small size, lightweight, and the price of 4000+;

Video Shooting

DJI Phantom 4Pro

Cananada's Cannabis video camera is the most popular lens in the world, and it's a good choice.

Canon EOS5D MarkIII

iPhone 6S most of the time-lapse video released by the circle of friends are done by it;

GoPro Hero4 Carrying around a convenient and compact, large wide-angle, waterproof by the manufacture, because of waterproof shell, so from the careful treatment of it;

Post software

Photo processing: Lightroom

Small video processing: iMovie, VUE

Thailand pre-trip preparation

1. documents passport, Thai visa, air tickets, ID card, domestic driver's license, international driver's license

Thailand visa a treasure for, no photo can follow customer service prompts to upload the electronic version of the photo, the fee of 24.80 yuan, including the passport back to the 15 yuan courier and photo printing fees **PS: I was in August to go, September 1 onwards, visa on arrival fees to resume 2000 baht about four hundred yuan, in advance in the country for more cost-effective. Thailand visa processing 7 working days, valid for 90 days, the period of stay of 59 days to the Customs chapter shall prevail, the validity of the period to go to Thailand can be, within the period of stay back to the country.

Tickets AirAsia official website to buy / zh/home.page

Cheap flights check-in baggage costs, according to their own need for the weight of the booking of the ticket together in the official website, the site will be more expensive to buy. If both trips are AirAsia Connection, there is no need to pick up your luggage, so be sure to check before you leave. Kuala Lumpur transit smokers do not need to worry, in the Kuala Lumpur terminal there is a smoking room, their lighters can be brought on the plane Oh, happy? The airport you must not be able to idle, in addition to duty-free stores and a variety of flavors of the restaurant, shopping and eating a few hours will soon be over, transit must set aside time Oh, I think two hours a little bit rushed, the first ride a little later you have to run, or like elegant slowly, like me, six hours is very good well.

Tips there is a point to note, Thailand and the domestic time difference of one hour, the boarding time of the connecting flight is based on the time zone of the country where you are at the airport, do not get it wrong.

Domestic driver's license is required when renting a car, you must remember to bring;

International driver's license translation certified copy of the self-drive car rental platform can be dealt with, the equivalent of a translation of China's driver's license, most of the platforms are just charging a 15 yuan courier fee can be free of charge to deal with the rental of a car in Thailand can be not, but they will be in the requirements of the documents written on this, it is recommended that you still do a, encountered the Police trouble less, this time in the rental car rental car, so on this to do;

2. ￥ ￥ ￥ money ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ about tipping, cash, Internet banking, credit cards, savings cards, domestic banks to exchange foreign exchange, the Bank of Thailand, the Thai street exchange;

Tipping many foreign countries have the habit of tipping, perhaps because of the reasons of the tourist cities, in Thailand to tip also become normal again! However, for example, to help me take a bunch of luggage into the room of the waiter I will pay;

Cash entry into Thailand need to carry 20,000 baht or equivalent foreign currency, rarely spot-checked, in case of the lottery it, anyway, I brought;

Internet banking in Phuket Jiangxi Jiangxi Leng to see Alipay has a large number of payment incentives, WeChat in this is also rampant Oh;

Credit card VISA, MasterCard, UnionPay channels can be, but many small stores do not have UnionPay so do not just bring a single UnionPay credit card;

Savings card network recommended by Huaxia Bank, the first foreign cash withdrawal free of charge every month, I have never used the most earthy way to bring all the cash needed for the trip (in Chinese yuan) to the local exchange;

Domestic banks to exchange foreign exchange rates low and The first thing you need to do is to make a reservation in advance, so you can exchange less dollars, and then you can exchange your dollars all over the place in Thailand. The local currency, the rule of thumb is that the exchange rate here is not good, change enough to get out of the airport I can reach the first destination on it, the airport 1 yuan = 4.47 baht;

Street exchange points to say that the streets are regular exchange points, exchange rates in different areas and cities are slightly different, if at the same time there are a number of exchange points in the same, be sure to compare the two points of exchange in Phuket close together, then did not have to pay a lot of money, but also to pay a lot of money.

3. Overseas travel insurance

Try to choose a larger insurance company outside the country, before my friend broke his tailbone in Thailand, Hong Kong special flights to take back to the country for treatment, I fell and broke the faucet when I took a bath in the United States of America Gong, the face of the stitches, before and after the **** cost less than 600 yuan, spend a small amount of money to ensure that you can go out and see the world, you will be able to see the world. Small money big protection, out of the house a lot of things unexpected;

4. Network phone cards, portable WIFI

Phone card a treasure can be purchased in advance Happy card or purchased at the airport, run out of random in the whole family or 7-11 can be topped up, pay attention to the flow of the use of the end in time to top up, I do not think it's very convenient, every day, the flow of the flow also have to be saved to use, driving out of the net to use the time too much;

With WIFI world with WIFI there are many kinds, this time I chose to roam treasure, the magical product of the times, a few years ago in Thailand or with a phone card, now completely inseparable from this little guy, do not dare to look like how to live without him, billed by the day every day without having to worry about the flow of traffic runs out of things, the video said to look at it to see the airport to take is also very convenient, the signal is stable, the price is expensive, and also hang two of them. The price is not expensive, at the same time hanging two laptops and three cell phones with no problem at all, and now almost not much connected to the hotel WIFI;

5. travel APP with which?

Google Maps in the main use of foreign maps, navigation do not understand, walking is outrageous, ahem, or to use it;

Baidu Maps national habits have to be Baidu, walking navigation is extremely accurate;

Baidu translation translation is accurate, the entire sentence translation is also not too much discrepancy, and the British American pronunciation of two;

Weather every day to see the weather forecast in a timely manner;

The weather forecast every day to take a look at the weather forecast in time to grasp the travel weather;

The air travel cross anytime and anywhere to know the flight status, gate change information;

Rent a car this time I use it to rent a car, introduced a reliable company;

The Anthem Agoda through the Anthem Agoda booking now have 20% discount oh;

The itinerary, strategy from the The first time a person to travel alone is to use the Antbee nest, do not remember how to know at the beginning, but these years the habit has not changed, and can not be changed;

6. Other

clothes big long skirt, fairy big long skirt, big silk scarf, long big silk scarf, the best to take two or three sets of the sea, of which two sets of preferably gauze, so that it dries faster, jacket pants at least a set of, this side! The air conditioning is not generally big, especially in the airport, almost did not freeze me;

Umbrella rain, sunscreen essential tool, from time to time can also be a small props used to take pictures;

Sunscreen each with sunscreen skincare products, after the sun to repair the product with it, in fact, I found that these seem to be of little use, the tanning method is only one, that is, don't sun;

Sunglasses preferably polarized sunglasses, which is not to sunshine;

Sunglasses are the best way to get a good look at the sun. Sunglasses are best polarized, driving, photo essential, who let this side of the sun every day is shining;

Toiletries recommended to bring a full set of toiletries, larger hotels are anything, but the middle of the stay in a few youth apartments is not very complete, some of them are no conditioner, some simply not even a toothbrush, and in the 14 days have not seen a comb, any one of the hotel is not. hotel are not, hahahaha, do not understand why;

Pharmaceuticals gastrointestinal drugs, anti-inflammatory drugs, mosquito bites, band-aids and commonly used medicines are equipped with some of the no harm, even if the smooth purchase of medicines abroad, I ate uneasily, or will be photographed to a friend again and again to confirm that it is not I want;

diving gear a certain treasure is available for sale at a variety of prices, if you are just snorkeling not much on the boat, buy a bite is good, 150 yuan. buy a bite on the mouth is good, 150 baht a, otherwise you have to use others have bitten, and now there is a cell phone waterproof bag, snorkeling with no problem at all, there is a need to buy a in advance in a treasure;

Copies of hotels, airports and the like can be copied if you can conveniently make a copy of it, I'm not old, or I still feel that put it on the paper to see to be more understandable;

Plug boards, adapters, and in Thailand, we are all in the same boat, so I'd like to see you in the same boat. Everyone really seems to be on vacation, no one will be like me with a bunch of electronic devices, the hotel will not be equipped with too many jacks, electronic products, it is best to bring a plug board, Thai outlets are generally American Standard two-pronged plugs, round and flat head can be, China's diagonal three-pronged plug can not be used;

7. Rent a car to drive a rental car, the need for documents and pick up the car notes, vehicle insurance, car type + price + renewal, road conditions + driving + navigation (because it is a self-drive tour, this part will say more)

Self-drive car rental domestic booked in advance in the rental car, Bangkok Langman Airport pick up the car, Phuket Airport return the car (that is, often referred to as off-site return the car), online payment of the full cost of discounts, the vehicle billed by the day, there is no half a day or a few hours of the price, count the time to arrive and return to the open-ended Mileage, full fuel when you pick up the car also need full fuel when you return the car, there are a lot of gas stations near the airport, according to the situation in the choice of the map on the gas point;

Needed documents and pick up the car notes order the location of the car rental company at the airport, Thailand car rental feel easier and faster than the domestic feel, you need to brush the 5,000 baht of pre-authorization, Chinese driver's license, driver's license translation, passport, entry card (entry card is very important, must be) (Entry card is very important and must be kept well, hotels, hospitals, medical treatment, exit are required). Check four tires, spare tire, triangle warning signs, tools, the scene directly recorded the appearance of the vehicle, bruises where the video walk a close-up, take pictures to save the fuel gauge and mileage, in fact, they genuinely get it right before handing over the car;

Vehicle insurance in addition to the basic insurance has also bought the equivalent of the domestic exclusion, that is, touched by the collision does not have to pay for money that kind of (the general small scrape and dabbing do not need to worry about), and vehicle personnel insurance (), and the vehicle is the only one that has the same insurance coverage. Including off-site return fee, otherwise it will be cheaper, so that Thailand is a very suitable country for self-driving), when you pick up the car you need to swipe 5000 baht pre-authorization, they will give you a two slips, one is the car condition inspection slip, one is the rental slip, which has the address, phone number and email address of the car return. There is no violation deposit when you return the car, renew the rental directly send an email stating the renewal time, the rental car company will reply to the amount of rent after confirmation, return the car to the airport to swipe the credit card on it, looking for rental car customer service is also sent by email, not as fast as yourself;

Road + driving + navigation

Thailand's road conditions are very good, not much highway, in Bangkok to Ayutthaya section encountered a tollbooth, the road is not very good. Google map is not too accustomed to, do not know how to avoid highway tolls, and walking navigation that is called a pit, Baidu map can be used in Thailand.

In Bangkok is not recommended to drive, the road is extremely complex and congested, from the airport to Ayutthaya we drove two hours, one and a half of them are in Bangkok around the circle, Bangkok, most of the turnaround line is in the middle of the road up on the viaduct turnaround, that is, the domestic said Horseshoe Bridge, but we are generally in the side of the road, they are in the middle of the road, we miss the N place to slowly summarized, out of Bangkok on the I haven't encountered such a thing, they all turn around in the middle of the road. We drove to Khao San Road one day, looking for parking spaces are looking for an hour, suggest that Bangkok is better to take public **** transportation.

Thailand is the right rudder car driving on the left, left turn if there is no traffic light is not to pay attention to the red light, and the domestic just the opposite, there is also the wipers and steering is also reversed, at first must be slow, more to adapt to a little bit, often a turn on the wipers.

Thailand almost no one honked and flashing headlights, as long as the turn signal car hate to stop to let you, and is the front and back of the left and right are stopped in an exaggerated situation, even if the side of the road is parked in a car that does not take up the road, they go over the turn signals will be played;

Overtaking them will be tightly attached to the rear of your car, so tightly that it seems to be attached to you, and have been following until you get out of the way. Although the speed limit is written 80 on the road, it seems like there is no such thing as a speed limit at all, no matter if you are going 80, 90, 100 or faster, there are cars sticking to the back of you trying to overtake you, so to this day I don't know if there is such a thing as speeding in Thailand or not, but on the way to Hua Hin I clearly saw a police officer with a video camera filming on a turn;

Many places have security guards assisting you in Reversing, even if you are not going to them, as long as you are parked there, will come forward to help you stop the vehicle to help you direct. In general, Thailand driving on the road this point beyond my imagination good, back to the domestic hear impatient horn sound really can not stand;

Gas station is very much, divided into 91, 95 gasoline, corresponding to the domestic 95, 97, the general tank cover will be affixed to the oil number, you can look at the rental car;

Additional to say that one of the later on in Thailand is familiar with the driving also do not listen to the navigation of the, will look at the map on the route, want I will look at the map of the route, want to go which go which, often go some closer to the Yanhai Highway, although you can not see the sea, but the feeling is particularly good.

8. Entry and exit card filling

About Thailand

1. The country of tourism, see the Muay Thai from the host, boxer to the lifting of the card girl, everyone will be from the height of a different fence in and out of the two people will be responsible for this, which can be seen that the Thais do things in every detail is very perfect;

2. The country is only sour and spicy, although all the big stalls, but also the most important thing is that they can not be seen, but they can not be seen.

3. Thai people speak English may be with a local accent, there are a lot of understand;

4. air conditioning is very cold, afraid of cold friends with a small jacket, not afraid of cold friends have one, you'll be afraid of cold;

5. Thailand smoking areas have a famous logo, even outdoors, some places still have the same name. Even outdoors, some places are still not allowed to smoke, such as riding downstairs, or else a fine of 2,000 baht, some restaurants in the outdoor seating is also not allowed to smoke, they will be farther away from the door to set up a smoking area, the easiest way to see an ashtray can be smoked, airports are also equipped with a smoking area, and their lighters can be taken on the plane Oh;

6. Phuket airport pickup and Tax refund after security can be found, it is best to handle in advance to avoid queuing;

7. Whether you spend the night in any of Thailand's airports must be sure to wear more, really cold cold cold cold cold;

8. The airport is very large, in addition to the dining area, the second floor, there are a lot of people will be above the sleep, the middle of the night flights a lot of;

9. In Thailand, in addition to driving, listen to at least one navigational But also know the English of the destination you go, so that when you look at the road signs in the general direction at least will not be wrong, Ayuthaya Ayutthaya, Bangkok Bangkok, Chon Buri Chon Buri, Hua Hin Hua Hin, Mae Klong Mae Klong, Pattaya Pattaya, Phuket Phuket;

10. There are several kinds of travel in Thailand, one is in order to dive. Second, in order to card around the beauty, three leisure vacation brush beach brush hotel;

11. Thailand and the domestic time difference of one hour, such as our eight o'clock in the morning, that is, their seven o'clock;

12. Now to Thailand everywhere in the worship of the deceased king, do not comment on the royal family in Thailand at will;