mommyoffive Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I am thinking about planning a trip to Thailand in June. Has anyone been? Thoughts and advice? Does the Zika virus concern you about traveling there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Niece went for two weeks in the fall and had a great time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 If you are not against vaccinations, Hepatitis A and Typhoid is recommended. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/thailand I haven’t been to Thailand recently. My parents picked a mixed of places to go. Bangkok - temples and floating market Chiang Mai/Chiang Rai - for slower paced tranquility Pattaya, Phuket - for the beaches while still being quite urban. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I visited 8 years ago. We did not get any extra vaccines. We all got a wicked case of food poisoning that we still talk about it was so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I haven't been since before the kids were born, but it was certainly a beautiful trip, really nice people, great food, easy travel, relatively inexpensive (though I understand it's more expensive on the ground now than it used to be). I didn't do the beaches. I had just been at the beach in Malaysia, so it wasn't on my agenda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) 56 minutes ago, gingersmom said: I visited 8 years ago. We did not get any extra vaccines. We all got a wicked case of food poisoning that we still talk about it was so bad. Can I ask why you didn't do the vaccines? Does it matter more that you are going in summer? Did you base it on where you traveling in the country? Anyone have advice on where they are cheaper to get? Oh no good on the food poisoning. We all got crazy sick in Morocco last year we think from drinking the water. Edited March 14, 2019 by mommyoffive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Arcadia said: If you are not against vaccinations, Hepatitis A and Typhoid is recommended. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/thailand I haven’t been to Thailand recently. My parents picked a mixed of places to go. Bangkok - temples and floating market Chiang Mai/Chiang Rai - for slower paced tranquility Pattaya, Phuket - for the beaches while still being quite urban. Thanks, I saw right before I was going to buy the tickets. It seems like it would be expensive to get us all vaccinated. ARgh I was so excited and now I am talking myself out of this because of the cost of vaccines. Going to Europe would be cheaper based on that. Edited March 14, 2019 by mommyoffive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXBeth Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 We lived in Chiang Mai for 3 years. I loved it! We had already gotten all the vaccines for our time in Papua New Guinea, but most people we knew who lived there had Hep A vaccines done. They did them in-country though because it is so much cheaper there and the medical care is good. I don't think I would get them just for a visit, and none of our visitors (parents, friends, sister) got them. I think it would be more of an issue if you were planning on doing village living like in the hilltribes regions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) Me, exactly this time a year ago. Hated it. I spent I think about 3 months in sE Asia with the kids and I don’t recall doing extra vaccines. I specifically researchedit to death and just decided against it. We had no problems though older kid and I took antimalarials when in some islands in Indonesia. Pm me if you want details as I’m not interested in publicly bashing a whole country—it was my least favorite place to visit in 6 months of travel, tied with another one. It’s one of those things that looks amazing on photos and oh so instagrammable but the reality in the ground was a totally different thing. I felt pretty insane there and even now typing this because it’s obviously a very popular place. Edited March 15, 2019 by madteaparty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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