Bangkok - Thailand - page 111

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Need to Know
ADVANCE PLANNING
• » One month before Book accommodation.
• » One week before Book your Thai cooking course.
• » One day before Pack your hippest outfits.
RESOURCES
• » Bangkok Recorder ( www.bangkokrecorder.com ) Find out who's playing where.
• » Bangkok Information Center ( www.bangkoktourist.com ) City tourism office.
• » Tourism Authority of Thailand ( www.tourismthailand.org ) Tourist information.
GETTING AROUND
• » Bus From Siam Square to Chinatown (bus 73); Siam Square to Banglamphu
(bus 15); frequent service.
• » MRT Underground train (metro) from Sukhumvit and Silom to the train station;
frequent service.
• » River ferry Hop between riverside temples and neighbourhoods via frequent
river ferry services.
• » BTS Elevated skytrain from Sukhumvit, Siam Square, Silom and Chatuchak;
frequent service.
• » Taxi Plentiful and comfortable; insist on the meter.
• » Túk-túk Cute but a rip-off.