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Bangkok Travel Basics
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The weekly link by Jens Hoffmann
Bangkok basics by Germanystartup.com, Asia Pacific.
Arriving in Bangkok is always fun and if you’re on an international flight you’re likely to arrive at the new airport, Suvarnabhumi (which is east of the city). The old airport Don Muang is nowadays used for domestic flights. Study your tickets carefully, especially if you’re changing planes (it takes at least an hour to travel between airports). Here’s the most important thing to know about Suvarnabhumi: it’s pronounced Sawana-phoom. If you pronounce it the way it’s spelled, no one will understand you. Peak time for international flights at Suvarnabhumi is the evening. Check-in lines, especially for Thai Airways, which now uses the single check-in line system, can be very long. This system apparently saves Thai Airways money, but at peak times you can wait an hour or longer.
Say hello to the city! There are lots of annoyances at Suvarnabhumi airport – overcrowding, lack of bathrooms, long walks to gates — but transportation isn’t one of them. You have two main choices as you exit the arrivals hall: the limousine services or metered taxis. The fleet of Nissans is brand new, the cars are plush and the limousines have seat belts — taxis almost never do unless you sit in the front. If you want to save money, head to the metered taxis. There are several lines, each with an attendant who writes down your destination in Thai. You have to pay for expressway tolls yourself, which depending on the route the driver takes will be up to 100 baht. A ride to central Bangkok should come to less than 400 baht. A train linking Bangkok to Suvarnabhumi is one-year behind schedule and is supposed to be running by the end of 2008. The ride will take 15 minutes.
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