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please get hold of the bangkok maps yang ada kat airport.
very useful to find the places yang you nak visit.
they ada  location of mosque too.

CivicSI

Originally posted by matz_rockz at 3-10-2006 09:43 AM
please get hold of the bangkok maps yang ada kat airport.
very useful to find the places yang you nak visit.
they ada  location of mosque too.

map dah ada.. tapi nak ke masjid tu jalan paling mudah naik teksi ke naik LRT ?
Dengar.. belakang sheraton bankok ada disediakan mcam  surau ?

Originally posted by CivicSI at 4-10-2006 08:31 AM


map dah ada.. tapi nak ke masjid tu jalan paling mudah naik teksi ke naik LRT ?
Dengar.. belakang sheraton bankok ada disediakan mcam  surau ?

i prefer to naik the BTS ......... very easy to find your way.

chumpon

kalau pergi Bangkok, rasanya perlu juga ke Ayutthaya ataupun Kanchanaburi utk melihat kesan sejarah yg mengagumkan.

Cuma perjalanannya memakan masa lebih kurang 2 jam & bagi mereka yg tiada masa, memang terasa agak lama.

The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre, Jaokannun Road (near the railway station).

Newly opened (2003, as far as I can tell), this is an excellent museum up to the highest international standards. Very impressive displays, well researched, thought-out and designed. (And squeaky clean, besides that.) Without exaggeration, very probably the best museum in Thailand.

As you might guess, privately owned and farang initiated and managed.

Definitely beats the JEATH war museum (not to mention the one that used to be located next to the bridge and seems to have disappeared in the meantime - well that wasn't even a museum, but rather a dusty junk yard).

The exhibition of the TBRC follows a very thorough and systematic approach and is divided into 9 galleries:

1. Introduction
2. Design and Construction
3. The Geography of the Railway
4. Life in the Camps
5. Medical Aspects
6. The Human Cost
7. The Railway in Operation
8. The Bombing and Destruction of the Railway
9. After the War

Highlights include a nine-metre long 1:50,000 scale three-dimensional model of the entire length of the railway, a model of the nighttime rock-cutting works, maps and graphics on the background of WW II in the Pacific and the transport routes of the prisoners, and relics and artifacts of the construction works and from the possession of POWs.

Among other things, they also do research on the track alignment and on the locations of the prisoner camps and sell their own maps of the route, as well as postcards with previously unpublished historical photos.

Admission is 60 Baht.

http://www.tbrconline.com

http://www.tbrconline.com/default.asp?PageID=8

The official Thai name of Bangkok is in the Guiness Book of Records as the longest place name in the world. If you want to impress your friends, try memorizing this:
Krungthep Mahanakorn Boworn Rattanakosin Mahintharayuttha Mahadilokpop Noparatratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniveymahasathan Amornpiman Avatransathit Sakkathattiay-avisnukarmprasit.

What it means: "Great city of angels; the repository of divine gems; the great land unconquerable; the grand and prominent realm; the royal and delightful capital full of nine noble gems; the highest royal dwelling and grand palace; the divine shelter and living place of reincarnated spirits."

Wat Arun

Buddha statue in one of the pavilions.

Buddhist Monk

Wat Mahathat

Classy Cars In Thailand





This car was parked up in the Kanchanaburi Jeath War Museum, pretty nice

Dunhill.

mahathirGX

Originally posted by Dunhill. at 15-10-2006 05:53 PM

Dunhill    tengok   rampasan  kuasa  kat  Thailand   ker :

Dunhill.

Originally posted by mahathirGX at 15-10-2006 10:06 PM

Dunhill    tengok   rampasan  kuasa  kat  Thailand   ker :

tak tengok lah, takut nak pergi masa curfew ni, silap silap tiket yg kita dah tempah burn sbb kena perintah berkurung :bgrin:


gambar ni member aku forward lah !  :bgrin:

holmes

Thailand's latest Airport...Suvarnabhumi international airport





Suvarnabhumi international airport
Officialy opened on the 28th September 2006 to replace the ageing Don Muang airport, Bangkok's new Suvarnabhumi international airport is actually in the nearby Samut Prakan province about 25km to the east of Bangkok. Suvarnabhumi was named by King Bhumibol Adulyadej and means "the golden land" in Thai, although it's English spelling is certain to lead to mispronunciations by visitors as it's actually pronounced like 'su-wan-na-poom'. Though Don Muang airport had three terminals, Suvarnabhumi has only one (very large) one that handles all international and domestic flights. At a size of 563,000sqm, Suvarnabhumi's terminal building is the second largest in the world.

Eventually opened shortly Thailand's 2006 coup that removed Thaksin Shinawatra from power, Suvarnabhumi has had a controversial history of repeated delays, corruption allegations, political meddling, media reports of flawed construction and budget overruns. The final bill for Suvarnabhumi stands at over US$3 billion, and yet initial reports from Suvarnabhumi's first passengers have been somewhat mixed. While it's undoubtedly a very impressive and modern structure, many have reported stories of poor signage, long walks, inadequate restrooms and general confusion. These problems have been compounded by up to 100,000 Thais coming to visit and picnic in the airport each day and putting strain on the airports facilities. Thai officials expect things to greatly improve in a short while when public intrest in the new airport begins to wane.

When departing the airport on an international flight there is a 500 baht per person airport departure tax (known as the 'Passenger Service Charge') that must be paid (in Thai baht only) before leaving. This is never included in the price of a ticket out of Bangkok and is paid at ticket machines before Thai immigration stamps you out - if you can't pay, then they don't permit you to fly out. This is scheduled to be increased to 700B with effect from February 2007. The departure tax for domestic flights is 60B, collected at check in.

Suvarnabhumi is organised into 4 separate levels:

Level one is the bus and taxi lobby where you can go to get downtown.
Level two is the arrivals area.
Level three is the "Meeting Center" level, where the majority of Suvarnabhumi's facilities are.
Level four is departures.

In addition, there's the separate Public Transportation Center (PTC) building which is about 10 minutes from Suvarnabhumi terminal. Free shuttle buses regularly ply the route back and forth between them leading from level one. If you want to get a public bus downtown or to a destination other than Bangkok, you need to head to the PTC first while if you're getting a taxi you can get one either from the terminal building itself or the PTC. More details are on the taxi and other ways downtown pages.

ATMs (with Cirrus/Maestro, Visa, Mastercard, Plus and others) and currency exchange are available at the airport 24 hours a day. The exchange rates available at the airport are generally not that much worse than in the city itself, and so you you won't lose out too much by changing money here. Internet access is available, but at a cost of 500B an hour it's up to 20 times (!) the price of internet cafes in Bangkok itself.

Other facilities at the airport include bars, restaurants (mostly fast food with Pizza Hut, KFC, Burger King etc... but there's a good and cheap Thai foodcourt on the walkway between the International and domestic terminals), a couple of decent 24 hour bars, duty free and normal shops, a small branch of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Thai Hotels Association, and car hire. Trolleys are available but can't be taken past immigration. The THA can get you better rates at mid-range and expensive hotels than you would get as a walk-in, but you still pay more than the going rate. Make sure you have some idea about where you want to stay and what kind of prices you should be paying for it. Different hotels pay them different rates of commission so don't be surprised if they suggest other hotels to one you decided on - they aren't impartial by any means.

The airport has one attached hotel, the 4 star Novotel Suvarnabhumi Airport Hotel which is only 5 minutes away via an underground walkway. It has all the facilities you'd expect and rates start at around $90 a night.

Getting downtown is cheap and not too much of a problem, and there's no lack of options either: Taxis, airport buses, normal buses, limousines, boats, the train and even a helicopter are all available. When you book hotels in Thailand, your travel agent will likely offer airport transfers as an extra which may well be very overpriced - don't bother if it costs any more than US$15 or so (in total, not per person).

When leaving it is also possible to claim back VAT on certain goods you have bought in Thailand - the forms for this can be got at shops displaying "Vat Refund for Tourists" signs in the city. Take the forms, the goods themselves and your passport to the tax refund counter (which is in the departure hall), pay the 100B bori-gahn (service) fee, and you will be given the refund. Note they require to see the goods bought, which can be very inconvenient if they are packed away in your baggage. You must have spent a minimum of 5000B, and 2000B in each transaction, to qualify for this. It's a bit of a cumbersome procedure overall, which discourages many from taking advantage of it.

CivicSI

Originally posted by holmes at 16-10-2006 12:55 PM
Thailand's latest Airport...Suvarnabhumi international airport



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Ada muslim room untuk sembanhyang tak ?

rasanya mesti ada punya. Takkan diaorg tak pikir nak buat tmpt smayang kot.

CivicSI

Originally posted by hazimorama at 17-10-2006 10:31 AM
rasanya mesti ada punya. Takkan diaorg tak pikir nak buat tmpt smayang kot.

Kat airport lama tak dak. So kena cari tempat tempat tersorok sikit boleh solat.
Anyway.. this friday ke BKK.. day trip plak tu.