wow,,,thanks for the info kazebert

Im staying at Silom.....departure on 14th of May...close monitoring now....pray hard!

Would anyone u know is coming back from Thailand by this week or next week? I'd like to order some boxes of Thai-Danish milk from there. I can pay for the extra weight and provide some tip too so u can earn some money while go on holiday. My family loves that milk. PM me if you could help. Cheers.

going in to war zone soon.... hahhahaha.... but i am kinda used to it.... even got stuck before 2 years ago when the airport was closed.... just be away from the protest spot u will be fine.... but this trip kinda sad as i cant visit my weekend hangout spot anymore..... REDS, please go away, i want my siam paragon and central world back....

where can i check the latest status in BKK?

This ?
What so good about it ? How much ?

those goin in in mid may shud now start considering if it worth moving in to BKK... or change to other destinations

aint wanna end up sleeping in the hotel the whole trip to bangkok

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/asiapacific/index.htm

http://www.bangkokpost.com/

it's not that bad..
media are showing <b> the worst </b> part...

i don't see any red shirt people walking here and there...
You can hardly access into that part since the train station for that section are close.

It's best you change your place to another place. Staying in Silom is quite a bad choice right now.

Try Sukhumvit or Bangrak. Mahnora Hotel is next budget hotel , just a tip.

Besides that , busines as usuall.
Lumphini night market is open.

platinum mall and phantip is open on Sunday.

how about pratunam area? does the area affected there?

The station closed meaning BTS will bypass that station only or BTS not operating at all entirely ?

Yes it's that brand but not the blue type, we like the green one: Sweet flavour.

We always buy in cartons. One carton costs around THB90 (a dozen boxes).

just came back from bangkok on Monday. Stayed at Citin Pratunam... no danger of protests anywhere nearby there. However, the hotel really not visible from the main roads and need to walk about 1km to Ratchathewi skytrain. They provide free tuk tuk out from hotel but not back to hotel from skytrain.

MBK and Platinum mall are open. Suan Lum night bazaar open also (although when i was there it looked like a ghost town...nobody in that area). Silom is not a good place to be right now.

That being said... from personal experience.. if u want to just do shopping at MBK and Platinum mall, then it's fine. If not then i think this is not a good time to go Bangkok coz basically all other malls are closed and you never know when the skytrain will be suspended again (it was suspended for a day when i was there last week).

Do take note that most taxis will take advantage of this unstable situation in Bangkok now. A lot of taxis do not want to use meter especially at night.

Finally, if u fancy seeing soldiers and police everywhere then Bangkok is your ideal place right now!

This post has been edited by shadowcaster: Apr 28 2010, 01:50 PM

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Skytrain to operate from 6am to 8pm

28/04/2010 : Skytrain services will operate at all stations from 6am to 8pm starting on Wednesday, the Bangkok Mass Transit System announced on its website.

It's a HUGE city; get out of the tourist belt and explore! There's plenty of shopping and everything else even in Thonburi (the other side of the river), or near the old airport.

The situation in BKK isn't as bad as people think (especially for tourists). Always remember the media always hype things up and only a small section is closed off for your shopping/touristy needs.

Theres more to BKK then just a street.

Just avoid big groups and wearing red or yellow shirts and you are fine.

nop..
Thats Normal...

opens on Sunday too

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Added on April 29, 2010, 12:37 am3 station close.
National Stadium
Siam
Saladaeng
Rachadamri

So if you came from Chao Phraya River station , You can only go as far as Chong Nonsi station only.


For Subway , they close Silom Station. But they drive thru the station.

This post has been edited by kazebert: Apr 29 2010, 12:37 AM

Hehehehe....this is a very interesting quote

What is so good about this milk?

i will going bkk on mid of june

btw, the war zone is which area?

or shalll i proceed my accomodation booking at pattaya..

there?...no that serious ,right?