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For phone services.
Communications Authority of Thailand
(CAT; Th Tha Meuang;
Getting There & Away
AIR
Ranong Air
( 0 7783 2222;
www.ranongair.com
)
runs five flights per week between Ranong and
www.nokair.com
)
, the only one to operate out of Don Muang Airport, also make the run.
Book flights at Pon's Place. The airport is 22km south of town.
BUS
The bus terminal is on Th Petchkasem 1km from town, though some Bangkok-bound
buses stop at the main market.
Sŏrng·tăa·ou
2 (blue) passes the terminal.
DESTINATION
FARE (B)
DURATION (HR)
Bangkok
360-725
10
Chumphon
130
3
Hat Yai
420
5
Khao Lak
180
3½
Krabi
210
6
Phang-Nga
190
5
Phuket
260
5-6
Surat Thani
190
4-5
Minivans head to Surat Thani (190B, 3½ hours, four times daily) and Chumphon
(120B, three hours, hourly from 6am to 5pm).
Getting Around
Motorcycle taxis will take you almost anywhere in town for 50B, and to the pier for boats
to Ko Chang, Ko Phayam and Myanmar for 70B. Pon's Place can assist with motorcycle
and car rentals and offers shuttle vans from its office to the ferry docks for 70B. Minivan
shuttles (per person 350B) meet flights and run from the airport to the Ko Phayam pier.
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