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Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, is the capital and primate city of Thailand. It is located on the banks of the Chao Phraya River, near the Gulf of Thailand.
Bangkok is the 22nd most populous city in the world . Bangkok has a registered population nearing 7 million people, however, due to discrepancies in the number of people residing without a residence certificate, the actual number could be as high as 15 million. Even then, the number of people who flux in the capital from neighbouring provinces during the day for jobs has given way to estimates as high as 20 million. There are no complete approximations of the metropolitan population, the city is a conglomerate spanning 5 provinces. The areas bounded by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) only cover about half of the city's true size. There has been much controversy over the population and size of Bangkok.
Bangkok is a magnet for foreigners escaping turmoil in their homeland or simply for business. Bangkok has long been the gateway to Asia for foreign interests seeking new markets. The city is a major economic and financial center of Southeast Asia. Bangkok has one of the fastest rates in the world for construction of high rise buildings. The city's wealth of cultural sites makes it one of the world's most popular tourist destinations.
The Bangkok Province borders six other provinces: Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Chachoengsao, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon and Nakhon Pathom. (...) more....

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The months from November to February corresponds to a central dream summer with temperatures of about 20 degrees (at night) to slightly above 30 degrees. By May it will be very hot during the day around 35 degrees, even at night it cools off at almost 25 degrees. In the rainy season from May to October the temperatures go down slightly.

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Buses

[Extract from Bangkok Inside Out by Daniel Ziv & Guy Sharett, Equinox Publishing]

Buses in Bangkok epitomize the city’s diversity. As is the case with accommodation, food and sex, the options are mind-boggling. Little green buses costing B3.5 (around 10 cents) per ride; big blue air-con ones charging B8-16 (20-40 cents); and even swankier ‘microbuses’ where a B20 (50 cents) ride usually includes a soft “sawatdii kha” greeting from the conductor.

The Bangkok Bus Experience begins at the bus stop. For starters, passengers usually opt not to wait there at all (boring!) and instead stand 30 meters before it. They fear the driver might somehow fail to notice their frantic jumping and waving and shoot right on by. Then comes boarding. Buses don’t actually come to a full stop, but glide towards passenger-hopefuls so that some may have a slim chance of actually hopping on. Once they do, the conductor - normally a woman with a voice shrill enough to rival Frau Farbissina of Austin Powers fame - shouts “Pai!” (“Go!”) at the driver, who dutifully stomps on the accelerator with all his fatalistic might.

‘Frau’ then approaches newly boarded passengers with her krabok - a heavy cylinder-shaped metal case full of coins and paper ticket rolls. Bank notes are folded in meticulously fan-like structure between her thick, sturdy fingers, allowing her to dish out change even during harrowing jolts and turns. Frau shakes her krabok loudly when pacing down the aisle, so nobody can ignore her and avoid paying the fare.

Upon receiving fares, Frau tears a ticket along the edge of the krabok in a quick, one-handed, pirouetted movement. This is Bangkok performance art par excellence. Frau completes the act by handing passengers their ticket and change with a push of her finger into their palm to ensure the ticket won’t fall out. Then she’ll go sit on the hot engine cover next to the driver and chat him up until approaching the next stop. Like male drivers pretty much everywhere, Bangkok bus drivers are obsessed with one thing: passing through traffic junctions before the light turns red. This is what allows them to ignore frantically jumping and waving commuters at bus stops (see paragraph 2, above).

For all the chaos transpiring inside this speeding, vibrating wreck, passengers manage to remain composed and ‘supaap’ (polite). People gladly offer their seat to mothers and toddlers, and seated passengers will hold the books and bags of people standing beside them. On the other hand - according to a 2003 survey – nearly 25% of female passengers experienced sexual harassment on buses, including men standing uncomfortably close to them, touching their breasts or hips and “looking at them strangely”.

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The Thai Baht is divided into 100 satang. Change your money only into Thailand, at the airport due to less favorable rates, only small amounts. A rice dish with meat and vegetables you get in single bars already for about 50 baht. A free dessert with Zweigängemenü rarely more than 250 baht. Value added tax: The larger shops, restaurants and hotels charge a value added tax (VAT = Value Added Tax) of 7 percent, while smaller shops often evade the tax authorities. Who articles (no gems buys!) Worth at least 5,000 baht in shops with the signs VAT Refund for Tourists, dabeihat the passport itself can provide the appropriate forms and spends at least 2,000 baht per store, can get back the VAT on departure. Goods and invoices must be presented to the VAT Refund Office at the airport. www.rd.go.th / vrt

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DIY Dining

[Extract from Bangkok Inside Out by Daniel Ziv & Guy Sharett, Equinox Publishing]

Conceptually, do-it-yourself dining joints seem like a dumb idea: One normally goes to restaurants to get out of the kitchen and relax, not pay good money to sit around a table, cook one’s own food and still get screamed at by Auntie Jaeng for letting her tiger prawn go Cajun by forgetting to flip it in time.

Yet such is the popularity of DIY dining in Bangkok, especially among raucous groups of students, that any self-respecting shopping mall will have at least one of the four big chains - MK, Coca Suki, Daidomon or BBQ Plaza - and many malls host all four. The Suki restaurants offer Japanese-inspired Sukiyaki: raw ingredients ordered off a menu and dumped into a big pot of boiling water in the center of the table, to be stirred by, added to and served from by the customers themselves. Raw ingredients include seafood, meat, vegetables, wontons, eggs, and other fresh delights. The Daidomon version places a sunken grill in the table center, with diners huddling through the smoke to flip meat, bask in the aroma, and maybe even manage a conversation.

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The medical treatment in Bangkok is excellent. Into Bumrungrad Hospital (33 Sukhumvit Rd, Soi 3, Tel 026 67 10 00, www.bumrungrad.com, Sky Train: Station Nana), many patients come from Europe and the U.S., because there operations and treatments are much cheaper. The bill must be paid by the patient and will be reimbursed at home only if you complete a holiday insurance or have private insurance, with worldwide recognition. Almost all medications are in the pharmacies have a prescription and much cheaper than in Europe. Specific vaccinations are not mandatory. Bangkok is considered free of malaria. The Thai think much of Clean and prepare their meals are normally included under hygienic conditions. With food stalls, you can safely access. Tap water should only be used to brush your teeth.

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