Thailand Travel

The Chine House
next to the Oriental Hotel, 48 Oriental Ave-nue, tel. 02-236 04 00th Open daily for lunch and dinner. The best and most authentic Chinese restaurant in Bangkok is located in a beautiful house in colonial style. It serves dishes that are hard to find, for example hajfensoppa, marinated squid with preserved duck eggs and braised sea cucumber [...]

www.tourismthailand.org - Tourism Authority of Thailand's official website with tourist information.
www.thaiair.com - timetables, prices and all available information for flights to Thailand, as well as domestic flights.
www.bangkokair.com - schedules and price information for all Bangkok Airways flights to Ko Samui and other des-tinations.
www.asiatravel.com - information on travel to Thailand and in Thailand, hotels and museums.
www.hoteIthailand.com - detailed [...]

Thailand's baht currency units and abbreviated B or Bt. There are 100 Satang at one baht. The notes are in denominations of 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 baht. The coins are available in 25 and 50 Satang and 1.5 and 10 baht.
The exchange rate is usually best at the banks, if the bank is closed, do not hesitate to switch to [...]

Organisation for tourists called the Tourism Authority of Thailand and shortened the TAT. They have information desks in the arrivals hall at Bangkok's Don Muang International Airport and Chiang Mai and Phuket airports. You can also visit the organization's headquarters if you want advice, maps and brochures. The address is:
Tourism Authority of Thailand, Head Office
1600 New Phetburi Road, Makkasan, [...]

Swedish citizens do not need a visa to visit Thailand. The only thing you need is a passport valid for at least 6 months and a ticket for open or closed return trip. How much alcohol and tobacco have the right to bring into the country:
1 liter of spirits or 2 liters of fortified wine
2 liters of wine
Beer for a maximum of [...]

There are plenty of taxis in Bangkok. It is relatively cheap and the cars often contain both air conditioning and a taximeter. One tip is to ask someone to write down your destination in Thai, such as porter, so that one can then show off patch for the taxi driver. In this way, one simple front where you want. Take the opportunity [...]

In tight markets houses many pickpockets. Here you have to watch out. Something you especially have to beware of is BAG-SNATCHER coming on mopeds and flee quickly after the bag is snatched. One should use the safes that are free in many hotel rooms and avoid wearing wearing expensive jewelry and clothing. Trust is not [...]

Don Muang International Airport is an important airport for onward journey to the Far East and the main gateway to Thailand. This landing and taking off the flight nonstop to anywhere in the world and almost every hour you can go on board a plane to Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. The second largest airport in Thailand is Phuket's [...]

If you compare with other major cities as Bangkok is relatively inexpensive. There is usually enough to put a hundred a day on food to eat well. Dinner at the luxury hotels are considerably more expensive than others. It is customary to pay on average $ 50 for breakfast and lunch at simple restaurants and 100 [...]

There is a special strength in the Thai police called the tourist police. These police officers working in the central parts of Bangkok and is there to help and protect tourists. These police officers speak English well and can be identified by a label on the shoulder straps that says "Tourist Police". Otherwise, the usual beige uniforms [...]