Just got back from Bangkok yesterday.

Bangkok is awesome! Definitely a shopping paradise for the ladies and guys, too!

Mind to share your itinerary?

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Added on January 14, 2011, 9:38 amits around 45baht to 70baht depending on wat kind of food. Normal street hawker food will be priced like what i say.

I did a research on currency, its better to change your Bahts in Msia. Its around RM1 to 9.78baht. You can bring your extra foreign currency to bangkok. No problem. Authorised Bank Money changers are available. Ringgit are acceptable in thailand

This post has been edited by mugenz: Jan 14 2011, 09:38 AM

The price of food & etc is slightly cheaper or similar to KL. So just prepare soemthing similar to your daily food as you are in KL.

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Added on January 14, 2011, 9:38 am

its around 45baht to 70baht depending on wat kind of food. Normal street hawker food will be priced like what i say.

I did a research on currency, its better to change your Bahts in Msia. Its around RM1 to 9.78baht. You can bring your extra foreign currency to bangkok. No problem. Authorised Bank Money changers are available. Ringgit are acceptable in thailand

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It was RM1 to 10.30 baht already at mid valley's money changer when i checked yesterday thanks for the info, will make rough calculations from there

Are you sure? or i made a mistake? i saw from wawasan as well..

its 100baht = RM10.30

no?

It's either:

RM1 = 9.7baht or 100bath to RM10.30 haha..BTW, Thai Baht traded in KL is still not to the market rate..Actual market rate should be 10.049bath to RM1 Today..

which means? leesa's right or me? hahaha

What u meant is go over to bangkok only change is better?

Meaning Changing in Malaysia is not good-lor..You can see the diff between the bank Negara qouted rate this Morning? RM10.049 and Wawasan although dropped liao to 10.28 still far from the real bank Negara RM10.049. Changing RM in Bangkok might not get good rate as well bcos both countries might not trade RM & TB to the market rate..So the best is to find the best marked to market rate currencies which is..US$

Anyway doing this also very troblesome-lah & the diff also not much.. ~ RM3 to RM10 for every 1000...So agree also if u said change in Malaysia haha

Although having to pay double commission but the result might be good provided you can find good money changer in BKK.

ya... i was expecting a huge diff from using USD to Baht, because the country is filled with Americans.

Since USD dropped to 3.05, i really thought it will be good, but turned out not much biggie..

hmm

at KLIA right now in waiting area, flight in 20 mins to bangkok, ROWS 14 -27 being called hehe

anyway any currency u want to exchange for is always better rates at its origin country

you are wrong. Cannot generalise. Try changing RM in Taipei, Seoul or even in Vietnam or vice-versa.see how low you will be getting..not only that...sometime they don't accept RM in their countries too.

This post has been edited by stimix: Jan 14 2011, 12:30 PM

Let me share my itinerary, ya

My trip is mainly is for shopping..

Sunday
- Reach BKK
- Took Airport Rail Link to Ratchapraprop Station (40 bath)
- Check in PR Place
- Settled and freshen up
- Took BTS from Phaya Thai to Mo Chit for Chatuchak!
(Although they say the closing time for CTC is 6pm, the place is still very crowded from 6pm onwards.)
- Took tuk-tuk back to PR Place (abt 180 baht)
- Rest, shower
- Walk to Pratunam Night Market (have streetfood here also)
- Back to hotel

Monday shopping day!
- Platinum Mall
- Central World
- Siam Paragon
- Hard Rock Cafe

Tuesday sight seeing day!
- Took BTS to Sapthan Taksin
- Buy one day riverboat ticket (150 baht)
- Went to Wat Pho, Wat Arun, Grand Palace
- Then to Phra Arthit Pier to Khao San Road
- Back to Phra Arthit Pier, take boat to Ratchawongse Pier to Chinatown
- Take tuk-tuk back to PR Place
- Rest, shower
- Massage! at Perfect Massage opposite the street of PR Place
(only thb165 for one hour of thai massage)
- Walk-walk and dinner in Pratunam Night Market

Wednesday
- Pratunam Morning Market (clothes are cheap here)
(opens from 5am-9am)
- MBK (like our Sg Wang)
- Siam Discovery (Got Madamme Tussaud Wax Museum)
- Back to Platinum Mall for 2nd round of shopping
- Back to hotel rest
- At night, went out to Siam area again. (we wanted to go to Boots)
- Back to Pratunam area for dinner/supper
- Back to hotel

Thursday
- Check out from PR Place
- Took Airport Rail Link to Airport
- Bye Bye Bangkok

Advisable to reach the airport early as the immigration counter there takes a lot of time! so many tourists and we queued for abt 1 hour. When we are done, it's time to boarding already. We thought of taking our lunch at the airport but no time for that.

Bangkok is defintely worth visiting. especially for shopping

Ummm airport rail link price increase to40THB d instead of 15THB

WOW u tuk tuk most of the time.Quite expensive. I would rather take taxi. Enclosed n with aircond.

Seems like u like going to Pratunam for food. Actually,if u walk towards Platinum as U exit from Hotel turn right head straight to a cross junction , turn left, that whole street got lot's of food too. And famous for Chicken rice. Or can go Platinum 6th Floor food court...

Well if u take local ferry taxi, it will cost less than what u are paying.

Your massage definately cheap. It is usually 200THB per hour

Glad u have a good time there

15B was during the intro period. That ended 4 Jan 2011. Now it is tiered pricing depending on stops up to 45B e.g. just like the BTS, MRT, BRT etc.

Still cheaper than taxi to go to Pratunam from airport

I still can't decide on my accommodation, Its a shopping trip,70% of it I think.. Which district will be better? So far I aimed sukhumvit...

I was in Bangkok a month ago, spent 3 days working and the remaining 3 days sight seeing. Didnt know much about transport from Suvarnabhum to BKK since company already arranged those big Toyota Commuter Van for us

Day 1 and 3 was spent at Wellgrow Industrial Park about an hour drive from BKK using their new and long flyover. Wellgrow is also the place where durex is made if Im not mistaken

Day 2 was spent at someplace I cant pronounce but it was near Rayong (Detroit of the East) and Pattaya. They brought us to this place to eat crab curry which I dunno what's the restaurant's name.... supposedly famous cos got photo of Thai king and PM and Jap PM ate there...

oh and u'll be surprised with the numbers of CIMB banks u'll find there... can change money there the rate not bad

This post has been edited by unig: Jan 16 2011, 01:26 PM

Anyone got taxi contact ? Want book him for 3 days

we took tuk tuk mostly at night. and avoid taxis coz of the jam.
we tried the chicken rice and the platinum food court, too.
we din opt for the local ferry, coz we r stopping from pier to pier..

yeah, BKK is awesome! will go back there to shop again!

if it's for shopping, i would recommend Pratunam area~ but better to be near to BTS station

I will be going on 5/3-8/3. Anybody going during that period?