@Lilly *********

Malaysia is e-Visa only now.

US passport holders do indeed get a 60 day visa exempt entry stamp. They can extend that once for a further 30 days at a local immigration office.

Your airline however may ask to see an onward flight within the 60 days, regardless that you could get an extension. Some insist, some don’t seem to care.

An IDP is something you obtain from your home country.

The ETA has been postponed until further notice. Probably middle of next year but we don’t know yet when or if it will happen.

@Greta ****

You have to be in Indonesia to apply via the Jakarta embassy. They will ask for proof to see that you are.

@Terry *****

Depends where you are in the country. Cheapest seems to be Pattaya. Probably circa 5k. Bangkok and Phuket probably more like 8-10k.

Put a post up in a forum related to where you will actually be and see what the going rate is for there.

You can open a bank account on a DTV. The hard part is finding a branch manager that will let you.

The specific documents needed will vary from branch to branch and also depend on your nationality.

Many people just find it easier to use an agent to open an account.

You cannot get an extension just as you arrive. The earliest you can get an extension will be dependant on the office you are going to use.

Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket and Buri Ram (possibly others) allow 45 days prior. Most others will allow 30 days prior.

Jomtien, Samui and Koh Phangan will only let you apply when you have 7 days or less left on your entry stamp.

Same by air land or sea.