ish... planning on renting a car to drive the mae hong son loop in a few week, feels like BS if i have n international drivers licence n still get fined.

crob wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 1:26 pm ish... planning on renting a car to drive the mae hong son loop in a few week, feels like BS if i have n international drivers licence n still get fined.

I've most likely driven over 1/2 million kms all over thailand and the ONLY times i have been stopped were once in Bangkok
and a few times in Phuket
i'd not worry about it...
FYI: if u have an idp you wont be fined if stopped , even in Phuket

If im were you i'd rent a car in Bangkok and drive up thru Nakorn Sawan-Trat-Mae sot- along the Burmese border to Mae Sarang- MHS-Pai- CM Give it 5 -7 days...
and if you have the time theres some great routes further north

I love driving in northern thailand

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 3:43 pm

crob wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 1:26 pm ish... planning on renting a car to drive the mae hong son loop in a few week, feels like BS if i have n international drivers licence n still get fined.

I've most likely driven over 1/2 million kms all over thailand and the ONLY times i have been stopped were once in Bangkok
and a few times in Phuket
i'd not worry about it...
FYI: if u have an idp you wont be fined if stopped , even in Phuket

If im were you i'd rent a car in Bangkok and drive up thru Nakorn Sawan-Trat-Mae sot- along the Burmese border to Mae Sarang- MHS-Pai- CM Give it 5 -7 days...
and if you have the time theres some great routes further north

I love driving in northern thailand

Apparently that checkpoint has been there, on and off, for a few days.

Tomorrow we head south and we'll drive around that street, (by the police station that we have recently discovered) and avoid that checkpoint.

Doc67 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 3:57 pm

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 3:43 pm

crob wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 1:26 pm ish... planning on renting a car to drive the mae hong son loop in a few week, feels like BS if i have n international drivers licence n still get fined.

I've most likely driven over 1/2 million kms all over thailand and the ONLY times i have been stopped were once in Bangkok
and a few times in Phuket
i'd not worry about it...
FYI: if u have an idp you wont be fined if stopped , even in Phuket

If im were you i'd rent a car in Bangkok and drive up thru Nakorn Sawan-Trat-Mae sot- along the Burmese border to Mae Sarang- MHS-Pai- CM Give it 5 -7 days...
and if you have the time theres some great routes further north

I love driving in northern thailand

Apparently that checkpoint has been there, on and off, for a few days.

Tomorrow we head south and we'll drive around that street, (by the police station that we have recently discovered) and avoid that checkpoint.

that checkpoint has been there for a few years, usually 1-2 in the afternoon:
the back /3rd road is nice, when i lived in Patong last, it was partial dirt!! for fun we would sit outside our homes watching cars get stuck during the rainy season
there is usually a few around late at night as well
road north to the airport is a nicer drive
BUT if ur heading south take in the karon/kata overlook point an big buddha, Promthep Cape and than lunch or dinner at Kan Eang, ( best seafood on the island) on the water in chalong