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Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport

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Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport is one of the biggest airports in the world. It a HUB for South East Asia and handles international and some domestic flights. When getting out of the plane just follow the signs 'immigration' and make sure you have filled out the arrival card which has been handed out in the plane. At immigration they make a photo of you and keep part of the arrival card. Make sure to store the other part of the arrival card (departure card) as you need it when leaving the country. Just behind immigration you find the luggage belts. From here there are 2 options to get into town. Take a taxi or public transport. With the airport rail link (ARL) leaving the airport at the basement it's a quick and cheap option to get to downtown Bangkok. The ARL has connections to the skytrain and metro. Taking a taxi is a good option outside of the rush hour. Leaving the airport a 50 baht surcharge is applied on the meter rate. Including express way fees you can reach most tou...

Koh Samui airport

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The most beautiful airport of the world according to many people. Koh Samui airport is one of a kind. The structure is completely open and in tune with it's natural surroundings.  The airport has 2 terminals and handles well over 1 million passengers a year and has direct flights to Bangkok, Phuket, Singapore and some other large cities. From the airport it takes just 15 minutes to get to the biggest village and largest beach of the island, Chaweng beach. About 10 minutes driving to the other side of the airport is Bophut with the pier to Koh Phangan and in 30 minutes you are at Lamai beach.