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• bun

  Discussion 27 : 09/12/2009 at 12:59 AM27

  me and my wife travel in bangkok last year. and we love bangkok very much. people nice & taxi is very cheap.compare to where i from. food is 100% one of the best in the world. plus we love bangkok so much we bought are condo in thailand. P.S if you don't like thailand. stay where you from.

• russell

  Discussion 26 : 15/02/2009 at 06:34 AM26

  It's been 5 years since I was in Bangkok.....cant wait for next trip...what a great city / country with such nice friendly people. Hope you dont continue to damage your country with political problems.
  A new airport, a new fast rail link...wow! I wish Melbourne had a train link.

• KV

  Discussion 25 : 14/02/2009 at 09:08 PM25

  3 years eh since the airport opened and they are opening the service, maybe, in August, while still planned to be not fully operational and functional. Greeeeat. Nothing to be proud in this "feat", is there. The construction has been delayed and ridden with problems from bad concrete to everything else. And while they are only now opening the train link, maybe (I wont believe it untill I see it as everyone knows the fate of the two additional stations at the end of Saphan Taksin), the airport has long since started to show the effects of wear and tear everywhere. From falling tiles in toilets to broken tiles on floors, clearly sign of inferior materials. The signs have been everywhere blacked out as they were printed with incorrect text etc. This airport definetly in no universe be competing with other Asian hubs. Shame on Thailand and being so lousy in constructing public facilities while strutting your stuff and beating your drum how you are the Next Big Hub along Hong Kong and Singapore etc....

• John in BKK

  Discussion 24 : 14/02/2009 at 03:40 PM24

  96% complete . . . and still requires 5 more months?
  
  It's still a bit expensive compared to a taxi that will drop you off at the door. How much time does it take to go from the airport to PhayaThai?

• Fanang in town

  Discussion 23 : 14/02/2009 at 02:40 PM23

  Gosh, so many problems people have, why don't you just stay at home and avoid them all? The fact that things are different from what they are at home, does not mean they are bad. I use taxis every day in Bangkok, I go to airport every week, I find them generally fine! Maybe your attitude is the root of problem, not the taxi service?

• steveyinasia

  Discussion 22 : 14/02/2009 at 01:54 PM22

  Thanks for your insight Roy, unlike you I refrain from making any personal attacks. My opionion, and it is my opinion which you really have a choice to agree or disagree as part of your opinion. It was my findings when travelling to Manila and Jakarta for the past 7 years that the service there is certainly much worse than Bangkok.
  As for generalising, I have found that the bad service is the rule and not the exception.

• mcgee

  Discussion 21 : 14/02/2009 at 01:41 PM21

  if u learn to speak thai you will reduce problems with taxis to a minimum.
  its their country, learn their language, and it all gets easier.
  
  the worst taxi drivers are in malaysia.

• Janus

  Discussion 20 : 14/02/2009 at 11:53 AM20

  The sad part about this story is the second and third paragraphs:
  
  ''He conceded some facilities, including the baggage carousel system, would not be ready on the opening day, but he said he needed to speed up its launch.
  
  The luggage-loading service at Makkasan station would not be operational, so there might be some inconvenience for passengers with heavy bags.''
  
  So the saga of a rushed opening and an unready airport continues.
  Ever been through Hong Kong's new airport? It's superb and everything was in place and fully working on opening day -- including the train.

• Roy Tiagco

  Discussion 19 : 14/02/2009 at 11:27 AM19

  you are right Steveyinasia, i agree with you that its more stressful in manila with most of the Taxi drivers,than here in Bangkok.I'm also one of the victim. most of them take advantage with the touristas. the airport accommodation in Bangkok is so convenient than in Manila. But always remember that not all Taxi drivers in manila are what you think... never generalize you fuckin idiot.there are still out there with the typical filipino hospitality that you can't find here in Bangkok.
  
  Roy

• charlie

  Discussion 18 : 14/02/2009 at 11:15 AM18

  Congrats to the the airport this link will be invaluable to airport commuters as well as people along Pattakarn and Rama 9 Hopefully the taxi mafia will disappear from lack of business and wont reappear at the end of the line in Pratunam .These guys give taxi drivers a bad name .

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