White temple in Chiang Rai is pretty unique & beautiful, if you're here during Loi Kratong then Chiang Mai used to have an amazing festival. The coach between the 2 towns is about 4 hours of amazing scenery on a twisting mountain road so an experience in itself.

For sure eat steet food which can be amazing but stick to bottled water!

If you are experienced then hire mopeds & get lost down smaller sois & up mountain tracks just be very careful! Take ferries to the islands, they're all beautiful but different. Long tail boat on khoa lak & overnight on floating rafts is pretty spectacular

Thai people on the whole are very helpful & honest. You need to be patient & smiley. The disasters you might have along the way are the stories you'll still be telling in 10 years🤣

If you ride a scooter in the uk you have to do compulsory bike training course even to ride a 50cc. If you haven't then Thailand is not the place to learn! Please check your travel insurance too, so many people see the kids here in mopeds & think its a great idea. You need to be legal & insured, a traffuc stop is a small fine but any accident, your fault or not, will be a major problem

If using this route try to get your marriage certificate legalused for use in Thailand before you come as it will save you time & hassle. Google has several articles on this

@Melody *************

google dlt e learning. It gives you a certificate to downliad to your phone when completed

Once you have o visas you can still piggyback but you will need your marriage licence translated & legalised for use in Thailand which means only 1 lot of money in the bank. Ask Thai consulate nearest you how to get it legalised as it seems every country differs

@Pom *******

I would contact your lical Thai embassy to ask as they all seem to be different.

I had to have the certificate certified by issueing country then translated & certified again by Thai ministry.

@David *********

if you are stopped for a licence check with only a foriegn licence you will probably be fined if you have no IDL. It was quite common in my area so I always recommend friends get one if they might drive. They're fairly cheap so better safe than sorry

I would get an IDL at least for yourself as you will be starting again where as your wife will probably be able to renew hers as the offices have just reopened after covid closure.

I made a new licence a couple of weeks ago & instead of watching the Thai video was required to do training & questions on DLT E LEARNING web site & show the pass certificate along with the med cert etc so I would suggest you do this before you go.

@Tod ********

If using the trailing spouse method you will need to have your marriage certificate legalised for use un Thailand & official Thai translation.

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