Travel: Thailand - Bangkok

[rykiel]

just cancelled my trip from 23-27th to bkk. afraid of the airborne blahblah thats on going. gg to hk instead. those with kids there, any issues with food? super kiasu + kiasi :thankyou:

[hsm]

anyone been to BKK recently? everything back to normal?

sorry, didnt really catch up with news.. no flood ya? :oops:

hope to go for a short trip over weekends..

[tankee]

no more flood


but likely to still have some flood damages being cleared.

[junemum72]

Any good hotel reservation website to recommend?

[peapot]

I m thinking of going too but I hear that the people do not have access to clean water yet. So the food operators are using unknown source of water for cooking. This is quite worrying.

[xiaostar]

SG-BKK at $88 return flight on scoot:


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[xiaostar]

New York Times- A Bit of Rural Thailand Amid Bustling Bangkok

http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/06/20/travel/an-island-refuge-amid-the-sprawl-in-bangkok.html

More on Ko Kret
http://blog.carstensworld.com/travel/thailand/bangkok/ko-kret
http://wikitravel.org/en/Ko_Kret

[joyceharper]

for van rentals - you can just get the hotel concierge to call for you.

if you rent an SUV it will cost you around 2,500 Baht / day. If you need a SUV with driver it will cost you about 3,200 Baht / day. So, if you’re looking for a cheaper van then it should be relatively cheaper. They give discount rates when you book for more than a week.

[joyceharper]

oh - the reason why i say book through the concierge is because they can help you negotiate with the Thais. or at least enquire.


my husband had this crazy idea of driving around thailand while we were there, but it wasn’t the car cost that intimidated me… it was the traffic. i told him it was better to just take a taxi and not be too adventurous.

[Ichigokun]

I heard the Bangkok Asian Hotel (there are like more than 20 cases online reported) is haunted and so is the Baiyoke Sky Hotel (few cases)… Anybody knows if Pathumwan Princess Hotel is haunted? Very scary to go there… Especially since its the 7th lunar month