Survival
Guide
DIRECTORY A-Z.... 756
Accommodation........ 756
Business Hours......... 757
Customs Regulations.... 757
Electricity............. 758
Embassies &
Consulates............ 758
Gay & Lesbian Travellers... 759
Holidays............... .759
Insurance.............. .759
Internet Access......... 760
Legal Matters.......... 760
Maps.................. 760
Money................. 760
Photography............ 761
Post.................... 761
Safe Travel.............. 761
Shopping.............. 762
Telephone............. 764
Time.................. 765
Toilets................. 765
Tourist Information..... 765
Travellers with
Disabilities............. 765
Visas.................. 766
Volunteering........... 766
Women Travellers....... 766
TRANSPORT....... 768
GETTING THERE
& AWAY................. 768
Entering the Country.... 768
Air.................... 768
Land.................. 769
GETTING AROUND....... 772
Air.................... .772
Boat.................. .772
Bus & Minivan.......... .772
Car & Motorcycle....... .773
Hitching............... .774
Local Transport......... .774
Tours.................. .775
Train.................. .776HEALTH........... 777
BEFORE YOU GO......... 777
Insurance.............. .777
Vaccinations........... .777
Medical Checklist....... .777
IN TRANSIT............. 778
Deep Vein Thrombosis.. .778
Jet Lag & Motion
Sickness............... .778
IN THAILAND............ 778
Availability & Cost of
Health Care............ .778
Infectious Diseases..... .779
Traveller’s Diarrhoea.... 780
Environmental Hazards... 781
Travelling with
Children................ .782
Women’s Health........ 782LANGUAGE....... .784