Yes, but do they sell foreign currency for Thai baht though?
The old girl's rates used to be appalling, up to 40B to the USD so I assumed it was a sellers market in MaeSai.
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Mae Sai/Tachilek Border Info
Started by tayto, 2007-08-28 21:07
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SamMunich
Newbie Posted 2012-01-26 15:47:14
Just FYI. We were there early morning on Sunday, Jan-22-2012. I had a crisp new $20 USD bill for two of us and we were told that they don't accept USD only Thai Baht. I tried to look for the sign that used to say how much, but it wasn't there. I also tried to ask when did that start, but didn't get an answer. Anyway, just fyi. i think your problem is they don't accept 20 bills...ONLY ten dollar bills...that is what i heard them tell people one time...i have never yet had them refuse a ten bill..but maybe it has changed in the past ten days.... I was also at the Mae Sai crossing on Jan-23-2012. I offered the Burmese guy a crisp, new (not ironed, though) tenner, but he refused and insisted on a 500 Baht note. There were others in the small office but I don't think anybody was looking at what I was handing the guy, Dollars or Baht. However, what was new to me is the fact, that you can now stay 14 days in Burma with that little cardboard thing you get in exchange for your passport. You have to stay in the vicinity of the place you entered Burma (I guess, that would be the province of Tachilek). If you want to venture further out, an official has to accompany you, I was told at the small office on the right side, just before you get to Burma immigration. But Tachilek hasn't too much to offer I think. The "hotel" up the hill from the border crossing has no rooms to sleep (guess what you can do there instead..., no, the other choice!), but there are at least 2 hotels in town for about 600 Baht/night, one named Nine Star Hotel, the other name I forgot. And there is an 18 hole golf course with a hotel (about 1,000 Baht/night) in or around Tachilek. There might be people getting a kick out of saying, that they played golf in Burma, who knows... About a click to the right on the main road is the "Cafe @Eagle", with biker paraphernalia and I guess also used as a biker meeting point, so for those, that want to get in contact with other bikers, that's the place to go. Dunno, how good their English is, as I chatted in Thai with them. #528
CP3
Advanced Member Posted 2012-01-26 16:09:18
Yes.They do. When I went to exchanged SGD to THB, they did displayed Buy and Sell rate on their board. It is an air-conditioned office, you just go in and you can view the same board like banks display.
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just_Elaine
Senior Member Posted 2012-01-27 18:03:46
Just FYI. We were there early morning on Sunday, Jan-22-2012. I had a crisp new $20 USD bill for two of us and we were told that they don't accept USD only Thai Baht. I tried to look for the sign that used to say how much, but it wasn't there. I also tried to ask when did that start, but didn't get an answer. Anyway, just fyi. i think your problem is they don't accept 20 bills...ONLY ten dollar bills...that is what i heard them tell people one time...i have never yet had them refuse a ten bill..but maybe it has changed in the past ten days.... The guy said Thai baht. I actually had some $10 bills with me, but they weren't in as good a shape as the $20. The last time we were here (3 years ago), we had no problem with the $20. SamMunich -- Thanks for the info. I didn't know that you could stay longer... Edited by just_Elaine, 2012-01-27 18:06:36. #530
el jefe
The Boss Posted 2012-02-01 15:35:19
Just FYI. We were there early morning on Sunday, Jan-22-2012. I had a crisp new $20 USD bill for two of us and we were told that they don't accept USD only Thai Baht. I tried to look for the sign that used to say how much, but it wasn't there. I also tried to ask when did that start, but didn't get an answer. Anyway, just fyi. i think your problem is they don't accept 20 bills...ONLY ten dollar bills...that is what i heard them tell people one time...i have never yet had them refuse a ten bill..but maybe it has changed in the past ten days.... The guy said Thai baht. I actually had some $10 bills with me, but they weren't in as good a shape as the $20. The last time we were here (3 years ago), we had no problem with the $20. SamMunich -- Thanks for the info. I didn't know that you could stay longer... #531
skybluestu
Super Member Posted 2012-02-04 07:26:54
The once-a-month service by the immigration folk will be offered today at Central Plaza Chiang Rai from 10am.
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sceadugenga
Temperamental Member Posted 2012-02-04 09:16:18
Had a run to Tachilek on Thursday, border was very quiet early and we crossed using VIP passes without problems.
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ichingguy
Newbie Posted 2012-02-09 07:48:14
first of all thanks to this thread for info on vip passes and the immigration service coming to CR; will the service continue next month? 2 questions: one has anyone found a way to rent a motorcycle across the border; and two has anyone shopped there for tile, marble, limestone, ie building materials for the new house I am building here on the river
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el jefe
The Boss Posted 2012-02-13 09:50:03
Just a quick update on the $10/500B question since there is a current thread running in the CM forum.
http://www.thaivisa....20#entry5043520 Had another great meal at Don's on Saturday. It's almost worth the trip up from Chiang Mai for the food alone. Went across yesterday (Sunday) at 11:45am. Four farangs walked into the immigration office just ahead of me with a Thai guide. I wasn't really paying attention but I think she told her clients the fee was 500 baht. I handed my passport over and the Myanmar Immigration officer said "TenDolarsFiveHundredBaht" like it was all one word. I handed over one of the many $10 bills I had with me, and certainly not the best one. This one had a crease down the middle. He barely looked at it and asked "500 baht?" I replied "No, $10, OK?", more of a statement than a question. He said "OK" and we were done. Went shopping and came back with a bunch of 30 baht DVD's and enough liquor to keep me happy for a while. #535
maidu
Super Member Posted 2012-03-02 08:49:48
I gave then a us$50 and they took it, no problem. part of the change was $10 in ones. I didn't like that, but he showed me a stack of ones and said he had no $10 bills. I went back to him later and changed my 10 ones for a $10 bill.
2 questions: one has anyone found a way to rent a motorcycle across the border; and two has anyone shopped there for tile, marble, limestone, ie building materials for the new house I am building here on the river #536
villagefarang
Misunderstood Blogger Posted 2012-04-07 19:48:10
Things seem to be getting busier at the boarder these days. Songkran perhaps.
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