I did a visa run from Pattaya to Prum in Cambodia and had a stopover at the beaches in Chanthaburi on the way home. The trip to Cambodia took about 6 hours with plenty of stops and with a speed about 70 Km/hour.
The Roads
The roads in Thailand are in mix condition and even if motorbikes should stick to the left lane on some parts, I found it impossible most of the time. People parked, set up shops to sell Thai ice cream (my Thai girl had to stop every time) or the locals used it to drive the wrong way and sometimes it was full with rubbish. I would never drive a motorbike in the night in Thailand because the holes that I could vanish in are so big and random you would never see them in the night. The worst road on this trip was the 3 from Rayong to Pattaya it is in really bad shape and the trucks drive to close for comfort. The road close to the border was 30 min of only us on the bike, it made for some fun driving up and down the hills almost alone on the road.
The Bike
Now do not laugh ok but I used a very simple Novou MX Yamaha and it was fine for me since I do not want to drive that fast. I was scared I would get a puncture along the way but we managed it back and forward without any problems. The hills were a bit slow with two people on the bike and it maxed out at 60 Km/Hour but we still overtook the trucks.
The Cambodian Border Prum
Prum is nothing to write home about it is a place for Thai people to come and lose their money in the Casino. I was the only foreigner there and even the military boss came out to talk to us because he could not figure out why I came there from Pattaya on a bike. The immigration was very talkative and had loads of fun of me going from Pattaya to Cambodia on a bike. When you come to the border get an entry form from the counter 6 and then pass the immigration as normal. When you pass, the border there is motorbikes wanting to take you to the immigration on the Cambodian side I paid them on the way back 20 THB. You can walk if you want it is about 500 meters in heat and dust but no beggars. There is a house and you fill in the form pay your 20 USD or 1000 THB and pay 100 – 300 THB in the next counter for exit Cambodia in one day. I could probably walked pass the immigration and walked in to Thailand with no problems because they are all set up in air-cooled houses not wanting to go out.
Chanthaburi
On the way, back we stayed at the Sawadee hotel in Chanthaburi for one day to rest on the beach and then we went back to Pattaya. Most of the hotels are around 1000 THB but there is no real beach road so you have to go down and check each of them to what you prefer. We had one other couple in the same hotel that night and normally Thai people not go there on weekdays. On the weekends, the hotels are full with Thai people. The beaches are nothing special they are very long and shallow, it is not easy to swim but a great playground for the children, and it makes for excellent fresh seafood.
Here is a map from the Cambodian Border to the beach in Chanthaburi province in Thailand.
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