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Getting Here

Thai Plum Village, Làng Mai Thái Lan, Meditation, Thich Nhat Hanh
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Location

​ที่อยู่: สถานปฏิบัติธรรมนานาชาติหมู่บ้านพลัม ประเทศไทย
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ADRESS: Thai Plum Village International Practice Center - 174,176 Ban Sra Nam Sai , Moo 7, Tambon Pongtalong, Pak Chong District in NakornRatchasima
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The Center is about 240 km North-East of Bangkok. It approximately takes 3.5-4 hours from downtown Bangkok. Thai Plum Village is about 40 km from downtown Pakchong district, Nakornrachsrima province.

How to registration

Enjoy completing the registration form here at least 2 weeks before your intended arrival date.
A confirmation email will be sent to you as soon as possible.
To visit us please register by sending an email to visitus@thaiplumvillage.org



Additional Information:

  • All visitors are required to register online and have already received a confirmation email before coming.

  • Pets are not welcome.

  • Minors under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent(s) or an adult.

  • As a Buddhist monastery, the internet is not available so please kindly arrange everything before coming to practice at the monastery.

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Thai Plum Village, Làng Mai Thái Lan, Meditation, Thich Nhat Hanh

How to get here

1. Pick up at the airport
ARRIVAL DATE

  • For participants who registered “to be picked up at the airport”: The Monastery’s car will pick you up from Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) or Don Mueang Airport (DMK) from 01:00 P.M. to 04:00 P.M. You are suggested to select a flight that arrives in Thailand before 03:00 P.M. If possible, please select one that arrives at about 12:00 P.M, so that after being picked up, you will have more time to take a rest and be ready for the activities. If you are now living in Thailand and could not arrange your own means of transportation to come to the monastery, you could register “to be picked up at the airport” also.

  • Upon welcoming you at the appointed assembly point, our pick-up car will go directly to the Monastery. Please wear a face mask for the whole trip; the car will stop once for toilets at a pre-planned public place.

  • For participants who registered “will arrive in my own means of transportation” (not having registered “to be picked up at the airport”): Please arrive at the Monastery on Friday from 03:30 P.M. to 07:00 P.M. We may refuse to enroll any case that comes too late or any other days earlier or later than this day.

PRICE

  • The pick-up fee is around 600 Thai Baht per person (or 1,200 Thai Baht per person for two rounds).

  • If the Monastery needs to arrange a taxi pick-up, the fee is 2,300-2,400 Thai Baht/taxi. If you travel with other friends, the taxi fee will be shared.

NOTE

  • The car arranged by the monastery will only stop at designated points for both directions from the airport to the monastery and vice versa from the monastery to the airport. Therefore, the monastery cannot stop at any shopping center or any other location on the itinerary. To help our pick-up team: Please buy a Thai sim card upon arrival at Thailand’s airport (or use Wifi at the airport to use the Viber app) to stay connected with the Monastery and our pick-up team via email, Viber, or direct telephone.

2. Getting here by public van

  • Please go to The Mochit Minibus Station (Chatuchak).

    • Here is the Google Maps

    • As you arrive, please enter ticket station A, ticket counter A1.

    • The company name: Jamnong Tour จำนงค์ทัวร์: Pak Chong - Bangkok

    • Contact the staff that to Thai Plum Village (หมู่บ้านพลัม), you can obtain the ticket.

  • The ticket price is approximately 800 Baht/1 person for a minibus or a van that arrives right at the Practice Center. Normally they open for us only on Friday.

  • To assist with the Practice Center’s schedule, please try not to arrive at the Practice Center after 16:00 by taking the bus before 12:00 (noon) in order to arrive at the Practice Center between 14:00 and 16:00.

  • As you arrive at Pakchong district, the driver will drop off each guest one by one, so usually the Practice Center’s guest(s) will be the last one(s) to to be dropped off, as the Practice Center is usually the furthest drop-off location. So please don’t worry if you are the last passenger on the minibus.

  • Every 60 minutes, there will be a van leaving the bus station.

3. Getting here by public train

  • Be prepared though- these local trains are sometimes delayed a bit- so keep breathing and smiling on the journey. Enjoy the countryside view off the highways and the traffic.

    Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal Station (สถานีกลางกรุงเทพอภิวัฒน์) is located in Central Bangkok and is accessible by MRT Line. (Map)​

  • The train also stops at the Don Mueang Airport so it is very convenient for those flying into Don Mueang, to simply board the train from there and avoid having to travel into the city. The train platform is accessible by a walkway from the terminal. (Map)

  • You can book a ticket online with The State Railway of Thailand.

  • From Pak Chong Train Station, there are usually public songtaew taxis that can be hired to bring you to Thai Plum Village. The cost of one-way drop off is 500 Baht which can be shared by other travelers. The drive is approx. 45 minutes.

4. Getting here by taxi/ private van

  • Please contact us when you register, if you need a driver who supports bringing you here from BANGKOK.

  • The price will be about 2,300 - 2,700 baths (up) per round for taxis for 1- 4 people. And about 3,000-3,500 Baths per round for a Private van for 1 - 8 people.

  • Please kindly go together to save energy for our planet.

5. Driving by your own vehicles

        "Before starting the car

        I know where I am going.

        The car and I are one.

        If the car goes fast, I go fast.

        If the car goes slowly, I go slowly".

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