Thread: Pong Nam Ron ticket out of Thailand 30 day entry

Lets see if I can write this so it makes sense, So your coming from either Bangkok or Pattaya, get on the 317 and take the turn off to Pong Nam Ron, ok right we are all on the same road now, so you want to do a quick in and out of Cambodia and get a visa exempt stamp, ie the visa they give us nice English people that is valid for 30 days on entry into Thailand, they also give this "visa" to other lesser Nationalities aswell.

Now the first place you can goto is the Pong Nam Ron - Prum border crossing, this is okay if you have a multi entry visa and just want to activate a new entry, it is 1,000baht for the Cambodian visa which you can get at the border, about a 300baht fine if you are not staying for the night, you also need a picture of yourself for the Cambodian visa, if you don't have one then that is also a 100baht fine, They did used to have a bus service here on the Cambidian side of the border where you could purchase a ticket to travel onto Angkor Wat and Phnom Penh, but this has been stopped due to lack of foreigners using this border crossing point.

So if your in need of an outward bound travel ticket and a 30 day stamp in your passport you need to travel about another 15 kms to Ban Leam - Daung border crossing point.

At the Thai immigration office where you leave Thailand the Thai immigration officer will tell you everything has changed and will try to assign you with a guide which will cost you a couple of hundred baht, you really don't need this as immigration officials are there to help tourists but obviously they get a cut out of this.

Anyway once out of Thailand it's off over the little bridge and on the right you will see the Cambodian visa issueing office, 1,000baht and a nice picture of yourself and you will be the proud owner of a Cambodian tourist visa which is valid for one month, if you got dollars then its 20 bucks and your in, no picture of yourself and it is a 100baht fine yet again, plus if you sre not staying the night it is another 100baht fine, now a 10 meter walk to the next office to get stamped in and out of the country, this is where you pay the 100baht fine for not staying the night.

Next is the fun bit, to get back into Thailand you need a ticket to show outward travel booked and paid for within the 30 days, so turn right out of the office, take the right into the duty free area, has a sort of car park there, as your walking towards the duty free you will see some rooms along the right hand side of the duty free, about the 4th room down is the travel ticket office, 200baht for your minibus ticket, you need one photo, this will be attached to a photocopy they will make of your passport with your brand new bus ticket, this you need to hand in when you come back into Thailand and immigration will keep it as proof that you have wasted 200baht on a bus ticket that you will probably not bother using.

Where you buy your bus ticket from if you walk further down you will come to Jack Golf VIP room, they also let others use it for a small fee, has foot massage, soft drinks and internet, walk on a bit further and you will come to the casino if you want a little flutter.



This is the Thai side of the border, Ban Leam is a pretty boring run down town.



Cambodian beggars of course but no where near as bad as Aranyaprathet.