Saturday, June 2, 2007

Penang – Phuket flights

Just did a visa run to Penang on Fireflyz airline. While they have a pretty stupid name and are very hard to find online (they come up 20th when you Google) they are cheap and painless. 80 minute flight plus getting there and away.
50 seat Turbo-props with nice views of Langkawi (talk about pollution) and Koh Lipe (no pollution). Pop in a taxi and you are in your guest house in no time. Vice versa for Khao Lak. Seriously easy and saves so much time and hassle. It was formerly a minibus ride to the border, switching buses at Hat Yai (not safe) and then onwards. 14 hours or more. Never again…

That means Downtown Georgetown to Khao Lak in a total of 3 hours. 80 minutes flying and the rest driving! If you book far enough ahead then the flights are only 390 Baht (plus taxes – makes about 1500 baht). Good deal.
Life is getting better…

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