Chapter 58 Siamese Style, Overseas Labor Service Office [Please Read Further]

The more than four-hour flight ended quickly.

The plane landed smoothly at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

After the cabin door opened, Chen Xuan followed the crowd of passengers across the connecting bridge with a backpack on his shoulder.

Traveling lightly, he is in sharp contrast to the busy and noisy passengers around him.

Climbing the escalator, he had already taken out copies of his passport, entry-exit card and electronic visa on arrival.

Pass through customs and go to the visa-on-arrival counter at the beginning of VISA to submit the information prepared in advance.

Electronic visa on arrival, also known as E-VISA, is very convenient. There is no need to wait in long lines to fill in the information and apply on site.

The whole customs clearance process is very smooth, and spending the extra 500 plants is a great value.

Suvarnabhumi Airport's annual passenger throughput can reach tens of millions.

As a modern international airport, its design is still very good.

The signs are marked in Siamese, English and Chinese.

The electronic navigation screen is also available in three languages.

After successfully entering the country, Chen Xuan was located on the second floor of the airport.

Not far away are the money exchange offices set up by major local banks in Siam.

The exchange rate here is usually slightly lower than the daily international exchange rate, but slightly higher than the exit currency exchange point at Xiaguo Airport, so you can earn a certain difference.

Chen Xuan used part of the cash prepared in advance to exchange 5,000 baht.

There is no point in exchanging too much. Most ATMs in Siam accept UnionPay cards. In big cities and scenic spots, you can also use Alipay and WeChat to scan QR codes, so you don’t have to worry about consumption issues.

Follow the signs and the next floor is where you can take taxis and buses.

If you want to take a taxi, you have to use the electronic ticket machine.

The machines all have Chinese options, so you can just get your tickets directly.

The parking space and license plate number of the taxi will be shown on the ticket.

Once you find the corresponding parking space, you can get on the bus with your luggage.

Taxi fares in Siam start at only 35 baht, but it’s not too close to the city.

As soon as Chen Xuan got into the back seat, the driver with dark skin and blue uniform said hello in broken Chinese from the driver's seat.

"The Monk's mud howl!"

Chen Xuan lit up his phone and showed a picture to the driver.

There is an archway with red pillars, yellow tiles and cornices, and a row of festive red lanterns.

"China Town?"

"ok.ok!"

"Look at this Li, can you mark it?"

It was obviously not the first time for the driver to receive tourists from Xia Kingdom, and he was quite skilled in the business process.

Chen Xuan smiled and nodded, and the taxi left the parking area of ​​Suvarnabhumi Airport and drove towards Bangkok along the ring road.

The distance is less than thirty kilometers and takes about half an hour if there is no traffic jam.

It is currently 12:43 noon, Xia time, which is exactly one hour behind Siam time.

The weather in Bangkok is sunny, with sparse white clouds floating under the blue sky.

The temperature is 5~7℃ higher than that in China, which is just right for wearing summer clothes.

There are many green mango trees on the roadside, and occasionally you can see banana trees, bodhi trees and tamarind trees.

On the Ring Expressway, you can see the side view of Bangkok through the car window.

The golden dome of the pagoda looms in the gaps between the towering buildings.

This is also a city with great heritage.

The Chao Phraya River flows leisurely through Bangkok.

There are not only modern high-rise buildings in the city, but also various majestic pagodas and temples.

After entering the city, the traffic became denser.

Fashionably dressed young people can be seen on the street, as well as vendors carrying bamboo baskets and wearing floral cotton shirts.

When passing through a square on the way, there was a huge statue.

Holding a sword and spear, he stands solemnly wearing a "trip tail curtain".

This is King Ramkhamhaeng of Siam.

It was this emperor who established Siam's current territory.

In the hearts of the Siamese people, he is like the first emperor of the Xia people.

In addition to pagodas and temples, you can often see statues of Ramkhamhaeng, Naresuan, Chulalongkorn and other great emperors here, which are like some kind of mascots with the meaning of worship.

Chen Xuan was in a very relaxed mood, casually enjoying the unique scenery of a foreign country.

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More than ten minutes later, the taxi arrived at its destination.

After paying the fare, Chen Xuan got out of the car.

The 16.45-meter-high archway at the street entrance has the four characters "Holy Life Without Borders" written on it, which was inscribed by Princess Sirindhorn of Siam herself.

Yes, his first stop was Bangkok’s Chinatown.

Located in the West District of the city, it is one of the most prosperous business districts in Bangkok.

It is about two kilometers long and connected by three streets and multiple streets.

At the same time, this is also a must-visit attraction for tourists from Xia Kingdom when they come to Bangkok, such as the famous Chinatown Night Market.

Chen Xuan walked among them, looking around like any ordinary tourist.

The streets are lined with signboards, and both the architecture and the signboards retain the style of the last century.

Food stores, department stores, hotels, grocery stores, shoe stores, handicraft stores, gold stores, and pharmacies abound.

Looking around, you can see signs such as [Chinese Bird's Nest Shark's Fin Restaurant], [Guizhou Moutai], [Shangjing Wang Zhihe Stinky Tofu], [Tongrentang Pills], [Zhanggang Pien Tze Huang] and other signs.

Moving on, there are [Teochew Theater] and [Mandarin Cinema] as well as various kiosks selling Chinese magazines, books and newspapers.

The street is very lively, with tourists from all over the world.

My ears were filled with Siamese, English and heavily accented Chinese.

Chen Xuan passed most of the shops, crossed Yaowarat Night Market, and walked into Shilongjun Road.

The two ends of this road are connected to different neighborhoods.

Half of them belong to the Chinese community, and the other half belongs to the Tianzhu community.

It is a mixed place in the western part of Bangkok.

There are obviously fewer tourists here. There are several old Toyota Vios and Vios cars that are at least 20 years old parked on both sides of the street.

He checked the information on his mobile phone from time to time to confirm the location.

It took more than ten minutes to find the target in a community alley on Shilongjun Road.

It was a small shop with a simple sign of "Dahui Siamese Overseas Labor Service Office".

The yellowed and oxidized plastic door curtain was covered with various recruitment notices.

This is a snakehead shop, both open and hidden.

It is said that they can easily solve the procedures that cannot be handled in terms of leaving the country.

And they are also familiar with the smuggling routes and contacts of neighboring countries around Siam.

You must know that Southeast Asian countries have always been the hardest hit areas for smuggling out of the country.

As early as the 1970s and 1980s, many Southeast Asians chose to smuggle into Hong Kong.

The perfect smuggling network has never disappeared, but it has changed with the development of the times.

The core in recent years is not Siam.

But this place is the "crossroads" of Southeast Asia after all, and its significance is self-evident.

This is the first time Chen Xuan has come into contact with this matter, so he doesn't know exactly what it is. He can only take one step at a time. If he is willing to inquire, there will always be clues.

Thinking of this, he pushed open the plastic door curtain.

The store was filled with smoke, and behind the old table was a sturdy short-haired man wearing a vest and tattooed arms.

The walls of the store were also covered with recruitment notices.

There was a small altar nailed to the front slightly, and a Kumantong sat in it.

There was a strange smell in the air, similar to a mixture of curry and sour lemon.

He frowned slightly, walked to the table, and reached out and tapped it lightly a few times.