Arrived in Bangkok around 11:15 on Thursday, September 11th. Immigration was fast and the customs inspection was waived today.
I hired a taxi to the hotel using the AOT (Airports of Thailand) "limo" service. "Limo" in quotes because my "limo" was a Toyota Corolla ... but for 1100 baht (about $30) it got me to the hotel with no issues (and some fancy driving on the shoulder of the highway). I could have used the regular taxis and negotiated the fare down to around 300 baht (plus tolls), but I'm not so sure about my Thai haggling skills, so the limo it was. Here are some photos from the ride into town:
My snapshots came to a halt as we encountered some traffic and the driver decided I was in a hurry. He proceded to drive at about 120km/h on the shoulder of the road. As you can see from the picture above, the shoulder isn't all that wide ... I was pretty sure we were going to loose a side mirror or two.
We made it through unscathed and the driver exited and made his way to the Conrad Bangkok Hotel. I checked in and was shown to my room:
The photos don't really do the room justice. It's probably the nicest room I've ever stayed in, especially for the $140 it cost for the night. The window into the bathroom was an interesting feature! But the best feature was in the bathroom:
My very own rubber bath Elephant!
Here's my view of Downtown Bangkok from the room:
I believe the short white building in the middle of the photo is the US Embassy.
It's only about 1:00pm, so I have a few hours before the rest of my team arrives on thier All Nippon Airways flight from Tokyo.
I hired a taxi to the hotel using the AOT (Airports of Thailand) "limo" service. "Limo" in quotes because my "limo" was a Toyota Corolla ... but for 1100 baht (about $30) it got me to the hotel with no issues (and some fancy driving on the shoulder of the highway). I could have used the regular taxis and negotiated the fare down to around 300 baht (plus tolls), but I'm not so sure about my Thai haggling skills, so the limo it was. Here are some photos from the ride into town:
My snapshots came to a halt as we encountered some traffic and the driver decided I was in a hurry. He proceded to drive at about 120km/h on the shoulder of the road. As you can see from the picture above, the shoulder isn't all that wide ... I was pretty sure we were going to loose a side mirror or two.
We made it through unscathed and the driver exited and made his way to the Conrad Bangkok Hotel. I checked in and was shown to my room:
The photos don't really do the room justice. It's probably the nicest room I've ever stayed in, especially for the $140 it cost for the night. The window into the bathroom was an interesting feature! But the best feature was in the bathroom:
My very own rubber bath Elephant!
Here's my view of Downtown Bangkok from the room:
I believe the short white building in the middle of the photo is the US Embassy.
It's only about 1:00pm, so I have a few hours before the rest of my team arrives on thier All Nippon Airways flight from Tokyo.
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