Resources

A short list of the sites we use ourselves when planning a trip to Ban Krut and the rest of the Gulf coast, plus the travel directories where this guide is listed. All links open external websites. Some of the writers below link back to this guide, which is how small independent sites find each other.

Getting there and around

• State Railway of Thailand – official train timetables and tickets. Ban Krut has its own station on the southern line.
• 12Go Asia – trains, buses, minivans and ferries across Thailand in one search.
• Lomprayah – catamaran ferries between Chumphon and Koh Tao, Koh Phangan and Koh Samui.
• Songserm – ferry services on the same Gulf routes.
• Airports of Thailand – arrival information for Bangkok Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang.

Before you travel

• Thai e-Visa – official visa portal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• Thai Immigration Bureau – entry rules and extensions of stay.
• Thai Meteorological Department – official forecasts and monsoon warnings.
• Tourism Authority of Thailand – the national tourism board.
• Prachuap Khiri Khan Province – the provincial administration Ban Krut belongs to.

Other writers on Ban Krut

Very few people write about this stretch of coast. These are the ones who do it well, all in German.

• Thailand-Spezialisten – a Ban Krut guide written from Koh Samui, with temples, beaches and how to get there.
• Wo der Pfeffer wächst – the most thorough write-up we know of Chumphon, the province just south of here, by Heiko Meyer.
• Reisekröten – Theresa and Christopher spent time here and wrote the kind of honest, first-hand account of the village that is hard to find.
• Rejse til Thailand – Kim Ludvigsen has been writing about Thailand in Danish since 2011, and his Ban Krut page is one of very few in that language.
• Thaïlande et Asie – Romain Beuvart writes in French about the parts of Thailand that guidebooks skip, Ban Krut among them.
• Voyage de Miel – Clémentine and Nicolas travelled the whole Gulf coast, from Chumphon up through Hua Hin to Khao Sam Roi Yot, and wrote it up properly.
• Passion Thaïlande – a French account of Ban Krut and Bang Saphan from someone who has followed this coast for years.
• Love Chumphon – a French site given over entirely to Chumphon, the province immediately south of here.
• Tinas Pink Friday – a travel diary from someone who keeps coming back to Ban Krut, year after year.

Travel directories

Directories that list this guide, and that we are happy to point travellers towards.

• itravelnet.com – Travel directory
• TravelAxis – Travel directory

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