How should I spend a 27-hour layover in Bangkok?

We now have a 27-hour layover in Bangkok in August, can we go away the airport and keep at a resort close by? A. Loe, Gladesville NSW

The closest resort to the airport is the Novotel Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport resort. You may simply stroll there from the airport terminal and the resort has a 24-hour Flexi check-in coverage. Pay for in the future’s keep and also you get a room for twenty-four hours, no matter check-in time.

All guests should have a Thailand Move [tp.consular.go.th] to enter the nation. Offered you’re absolutely vaccinated there is no such thing as a quarantine requirement. Nonetheless one of many circumstances of entry is proof of COVID 19 insurance coverage. No visa is required for Australian passport holders coming into Thailand for tourism functions.

One other different can be to make use of the Louis Tavern Dayrooms Transit Lodge, positioned contained in the terminal. For the time you have got obtainable, the Novotel is a better option because it has extra eating and leisure choices, however the Thailand Move just isn’t handy for such a brief go to. There’s a probability that the go will now not be required by the point you journey in August and subsequently you would possibly wait to make a reserving till nearer to that date.

We’re a household of 4 planning to spend 4 weeks in Norway subsequent April. How lengthy ought to we spend within the Lofoten Islands? Additionally plan to fly to Svalbard to expertise freezing chilly. Ok. Meeve, Ringwood VIC

There’s sufficient to maintain you occupied for every week. The Lofoten Archipelago in northern Norway comes straight from the world e-book of icy wonders. A paradise for lovers of the nice open air, its gorgeous surroundings consists of fiords, snow-capped mountains that rise sheer from the ocean and fairly little fishing villages. There is a coastal explorer boat tour that takes you out alongside the fiords to go to the ocean eagles of Trollfjord. One other crusing journey is the gradual 20km journey alongside the coast from Svolaer to Henningsvaer. Sea kayaking and guided fishing journeys are standard and the archipelago’s connections with the Vikings are celebrated within the Lofotr Viking Museum in Borg. You could be fortunate sufficient to catch the Northern Lights, though April is the tail finish of the prime viewing season. Wrap up – Lofoten is chilly in April, with common most temperature round 5°C, and loads of rain. Svalbard averages between -9°C and -16°C.

I’ve found eSIM and this appears to be the most effective and most cost-effective solution to entry knowledge while travelling and maintain your major SIM just for emergency voice and SMS calls. You solely want one cell phone! Your opinion please? D. Shepherd, Woodend VIC

I’m travelling in Italy with two tech-savvy daughters, each are utilizing eSIMs and so they guarantee me they can maintain their regular telephone quantity lively in addition to accessing knowledge regionally by way of their eSIMs. The most effective of each worlds. To make this occur you want a suitable telephone and each theirs are whereas my older telephone just isn’t, a proven fact that brings them appreciable pleasure.

The requirement to finish a Digital Passenger Declaration (DPD) earlier than returning to Australia is absolutely worrying me. I do not personal a smartphone and will not have entry to a pc. P. Mish, Hawthorn VIC

Whereas the Division of Residence Affairs web site says “All passengers arriving by air into Australia ought to (my italics) full the DPD”, which theoretically lets you return to Australia with out finishing a DPD, most airways are insisting on a accomplished DPD earlier than you are allowed to board a flight to Australia. The web model [dpd.homeaffairs.gov.au] is less complicated to handle than the app. If you do not have a laptop computer or a smartphone your resort might need a desktop pc you should use. In some nations corresponding to New Zealand, public libraries have computer systems to be used freed from cost. Alternatively, you should purchase a second-hand smartphone for round $100, and benefit from the innumerable pleasures of posting your travels to social media in addition to complying with the duty to finish your DPD.

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