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 Traveller's Tales: Doing business in Bangkok, Thailand
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| S Weiner |
12 April 2004 |
Stayed at Royal Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Make sure you have visited Wat Arun, Jim Thompson's House, The Golden Mountain, The Royal Grand Palace, and a tour through Chinatown. The only place we didnt have the chance to see is the floating market about 90 miles north of Bangkok. We mostly got around by riding on a tuk tuk, and not all drivers can understand English so be prepared to have a name in Thai of where you wish to go. Don't forget to save 500 bhat for airport tax before your departure from Bangkok (we nearly ran out of money!).
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| N Tarasawat (2nd call) |
10 April 2004 |
Stayed at Prince Palace Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Locationally good, not far from the main temples of Bangkok, also doesn't take long to reach the restaurants and night market of Silom area. Very close to the modern Siam centre of Sukumvit. Around 10 mins in Taxi. You can also get the Taxi to China town for cheap "street venture" type foods. Takes longer in Taxi than going to Silom but worth it depending on traffic.
Beside hotel is the "river taxis" which are useful to beat the traffic. Stops off not far from the hotel, and shows up virtually every 10 mins. The hotel is situated in amongst a major clothes trading market in Bangkok, they mainly trade in bulk buying, but you can ask them if they sell singular items.
Night time the fruit markets appear outside the hotels, rather than the clothing, but great location for shopping and entering the cities main highights are not far away via Taxi, or navigable by River taxi (look at map of hotel).
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| P Cheng |
25 March 2004 |
Stayed at Tai-Pan Hotel Bangkok - Bangkok, Thailand.
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If you go to an internet cafe, don't pay more than 1 baht per minute for usage. You should almost always get a deal for staying longer than 1 hour too. And make sure it is high speed adsl or cable connection or else you'll be paying money to just be sitting there waiting for the pages to load.
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| E Lebovitz |
02 June 2003 |
Stayed at Tai-Pan Hotel Bangkok - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Overpaid on taxi arriving ($20) I used a taxi service. Returning to airport I used a metered taxi ($4).
Currency booths open 24-7. Better exchange than O'hara in chicago (41 to 37 baht to our $1).
Used a bst pass ($7) for monorail. If you wear sandals, take a few band-aids. sidewalks are in disrepair. Feet will take a beating. Opt for foot massages ($7 an hour).
Food courts and street vendors offer best value for your baht/buck-emporium shopping center & mbk near natl stadium station. Try the fried grasshoppers from street vendors. I ended up removing the legs since they were a little sharp.
Remember, you are a guest in their country so be courteous.
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| N Okuyama |
16 April 2003 |
Stayed at Asia Airport Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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I love Bangkok - good value for money, and a great place to transit to get deals for plane tickets.
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| G Chambers |
01 February 2003 |
Stayed at Montien Riverside Hotel, The - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Bangkok is very Americanized and full of scams. The temples are beautiful and best of all, it is a great place to buy cheap tickets to South Asia destinations.
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| T Nakaya |
14 July 2002 |
Stayed at President Hotel, Bangkok (UNDER RENOVATION) - Bangkok, Thailand.
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World Trade Centre is lacated within a few minutes walk from the hotel.
Some other shopping places are also within the area.
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| T Wong |
07 July 2002 |
Stayed at Tai-Pan Hotel Bangkok - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Bangkok in July is very hot and humid, so that is why it is the cheapest time to go. If you want to be able to afford it, you give up something in comfort. But we were able to go many places and see many things, but just on a little slower basis, due to getting overheated and needing recuperation time.
One thing we had worried about in advance was arriving at the airport so late at night. We thought we would not be able to change money or find a reliable cab in to our hotel But we need not have worried - Bangkok is a late-night city, and everything is open till late. In addition, as long as you get a metered cab, you pay a reasonable rate and don't have to bargain. You can easily change money at several places at the airport, and easily get a cab.
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| S Borron |
29 June 2002 |
Stayed at Ambassador Hotel Bangkok - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Taxi drivers in Bangkok speak excellent English when negotiating a price, not a word of it when you have a problem with their services.
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| D Ho |
03 June 2002 |
Stayed at Bangkok Palace Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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This time was my free-n-easy trip. I like to go to the World Trade Centre, if want to avoid the jam and also long-waiting traffic light, ask the taxi driver whether he knows how to detour and use the lane and stop opposite, and walk over to WTC using the overhead bridge. There is a huge crowd watching World Cup from a big screen - very good atmosphere.
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