Thailand - Part 1

TRICKS and ADVICES while in Bangkok :

1- Take an airport bus from Suvarnabhumi International Airport to the city center. It had 4 normal route, which each route assigned to different buses. Just shows your hotel address to the counter and they will guide you by selecting the buses. It is a cheap option (circa 150THB) compare to taxi (600 THB on way), limo and etc. The service was good (they will briefly explain the route, remind the passenger of the destination). The driver will kept the passenger list and towards arriving the destination, he loudly informed the station name e.g. Chitlom, Nana.It takes about 1 hour to arrive city center but sometime longer due to traffic congested.

2- The convenient area to stay especially for budget travellers mostly in areas such as Sukhumvit, Silom, Nana and others to be named. It because this area being flooded by hotels, restaurants and easy to get in public transport e.g. BTS Skytrain. Bangkok have 2 type of LRT which consists BTS line and MRT line. The famous Hua Lampong Railway Station is connected through underground MRT Station via Hua Lampong. For full details of BTS route, please click here http://www.bts.co.th/en/index.asp


3- From Hua Lampong, we can access others part of Thailand via reliable Thai's train. One-way ticket from Bangkok to Chiang Mai cost me about THB 770 for 2nd class sleeper. The train depart at 830pm and arrived in Chiang Mai at 8-9am in the next day. You may save your penny since it is an overnight train. To avoid any hassle, you may bought the ticket via online website but the price is a bit expensive. Its worthwhile to buy ticket through ticket counter 1-2 day before your departure date.


Where to find HALAL food in Bangkok :


1- Bangkok is not far away from Muslim resident but most of them live in suburban of the city. If you fully enjoying scenery from Suvarnabhumi to city center, you might found mosque along the road. But for travellers, it hard to get there since it is far from the city and costly to take a taxi away from the city. Below are few suggested location to find HALAL food in Bangkok :

- Arab street (near to Nana BTS station). The exact location of this street is a bit hard to find since Bangkok do have a lot of street (soi) intersecting to main road. When you arrived at Nana station, walk down the staircase and walk toward Phloen Chit BTS station. The street located on your right from the main road. The price of the meals is moderate and you can order a plain rice with mutton curry and a bottle mineral water for about THB 250 for 1 person .

- There is one "Thai-Muslim" restaurant at the Central World Plaza. It is located on the top most floor, where all the restaurant located there. It a bit pricey but cleanliness and the atmosphere was great.