Bangkok Airport – Suvarnabhumi international airport The 563,000 sq meter single terminal international airport is a massive facility that handles domestic and international flights departing from and destined to Bangkok. The Suvarnabhumi international airport built at a cost of over $3 billion is truly a modern and impressive facility though the airport had to pass through a long history of troubled times both technically and politically. Significant cost overruns and flawed construction were among the major issues and this was further compounded by political vagaries.

Thankfully, all those none too enjoyable events have been buried into the past and the Suvarnabhumi international airport at Bangkok today offers world class air travel facilities to passengers. To add to your convenience a rail link has also been opened in early 2011 which is best suited for passengers traveling with light luggage and wanting to move into downtown Bangkok ( though there is not much that goes as ‘downtown’ for Bangkok). First timers in Bangkok would be at a great advantage doing a bit of home work on hiring a taxi at the Bangkok airport. This URL has exhaustive details on going through the learning curve – Bangkok Airport Taxi’s

Getting your cash converted into local currency is another important aspect when you set out to explore Bangkok/Thailand. At the first instance, you may be handed out 1,000 Thai Baht bills. This is too big for most reasons in Bangkok and other regions of Thailand. You should equip yourself with small change. You can find a number of money changers at the airport itself and conversion is uniform with almost every one of them. Officially no commission is charged on conversions.

Thai Airways and the Bangkok Airways are the major domestic carriers that operate a series of flights to neighboring tourist destinations such as Phuket and Pattaya. Direct flights are available to a number of Asian capitals and American/ European destinations. For passengers arriving from the United States of America, Frankfurt offers a number of onward direct flights into Bangkok. Most visitors arriving Bangkok also include neighboring destinations such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Mumbai or other Indian cities, Sydney, Tokyo etc.

English is not a widely used language in Bangkok/Thailand. Exercise adequate caution when you are out in the open, shopping or mingling with the locals. Beware of touts and thugs and the best means of keeping them at bay is never to engage in any form of conversation with them. Play it safe and always insist on receipts when you buy something and ensure to keep the receipts and your goodies safe.

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