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The big “GEE” from W.A. (West Australia)student project tour Bangkok <> 1 week in June 2013
Participants1. Cameron, student from Wesley College, Perth W.A.
2. B.PAC (Bangkok Personal Assist Concierge) members
3. YOU : Please join our program, photos, friendship and more, see how
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Links About
ProgramSummary <> detail
Host Team
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Conclusion, bestplaces and overview
Credits
Favourites
Bangkoks besttourism Icons
Bangkok votedworlds best city2012, see why...
ABOUT: AusWaThai is a non profit volunteer group promoting bilateral links for Community, Travel and Business
This Mission: “Work experience” for Wesley college student, Perth West Australia.
The project has been approved by the college; design and “Road test” a tour conceptto suit a tour for a typical family group from Perth, refer tour Program details
Supervisor: Exec Tours Bangkok, inbound host team: B.PAC
This Publication: Today: draft program invitation to f.book friends Bangkok to join Tomorrow: Update with actual event photos and comments
photo album in progression Slideshow by map Location
Social media: Bangkok facebook groups: Hospitality > Tourism > Nightlife > Models > Adventure +15000 members
Forum ask me
Contact us: 1. This Project <> 2. facebook BPAC <> Aus: Phill > Thai: Arwee
Sponsors: Aussie Reward tours Bangkok
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Program:
Join in for social and photos, summary schedule below, followed by detailed
02/06 Sunday night arrival
Monday: Induction / Orientation base of Sukhumvit BTS Asoke Evening 3 rooftop venues
Tuesday: Community / Charity event visit the kids in Khlong Toei
join in for morning tea / lunchplay with the kids in the (supervised) ages: 2 to 6Donate: bring your old clothes to donate or your time and smiles or money up to you
Evening: Explore old city Rattanakosin Palace, Wat Arun and more
Wednesday: Bike ride and canal tour in around Chinatown no hills lots of thrills Evening: 6pm Sundowner AustCham later: “Fright Night” at Mansion7 haunted hotel
Thursday Ancient City Muang Boran 30km from Bangkok, see all of Thailand in 6hrs 100 + Icons Evening: Asiatique on the River shopping dinner
Friday: Shopping / close down and say good bye
Join in: Please do …. “Longdo” is a Thai word for “please try”Apart from the nominated venues we will visit Restaurants and footmassage, let us know if you can make it to events / places
NB: some events require bookings so please let Arwee know prior to 03/06: email: [email protected] after 03/06: call us in Bangkok
Arwee: +66 85990071 <> Phill: +66 816322042Contact us: facebook BPAC <> Aus: Phill > Thai: Arweepost tour ask us questions in forum
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Tour Schedule
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Sunday ArrivalFlight Aus (WA) to Thailand (Bangkok) 6hr.45mins
Get into the culture of Thai Smiles with Thai Airwayslink: Thai airways flight schedule Australia
VIP inbound / outboundtransport option.. so cheap
Transfer from Airport: Taxi or Skytrain
Our base locationSuk Soi 19 Bangkoks best BeatSee why...
"Soi 19 Bis Directory"in the newsstand section
home for our familyBest Comfort accommodationResidental hotel 1 to 2 bedroom apartmentsWe used a 2 brm about aud$75 per nightVenue: 4star, Intensity: L, Price: L, Value for money: 9.5
approx 100Hotels within 500mtrs of BTS Asokefrom 2 to 5 star
Roaming report Cam...... says... Long flight but excited to be in Bangkok, easy transfer and checkin wandered out for a midnight snack and drink in open air food market nearby the hotel beforecrashing
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Monday: Induction / Orientation
Orientation Asoke areabrief introduction to why this is the Bangkoks best beatpurchase local Thai phone numbers
Terminal21 shopping Plazait’s a premiere tourist attraction because of their design andtheme.Venue: 5star, Intensity: L, Price: M, Value for money: 9.5
Benjakiti Park and Ratchada LakeThe park is lovely, large lake in the centre and walk path around.best to be there at 6pm to see everyone stand still for thenational anthem. You can hire bikes or water bikes and at oneend is a fantastic caf’e and convention centre.Venue: 5star, Intensity: L, Price: NA, Value for money: 9.5
Lunch at Retro caf’e at Queens Sirikit Convention CentreInternational buffet lunch for 500bt .. crazy
After lunchJim Thompson Houserated in most popular tour, location Siamaccess via BTS (skytrain) or canal. Excellent cafe and the20min tour is very interesting and informativeVenue: 4star, Intensity: L, Price: L, Value for money: 10
MBK shopping centre the poplular peoples choice
Tonight we’ll need a foot massage, Suk Soi 19 Massage shopsare open until 1am... ahhhhhh!
Roaming report Cam...... says... Humid made it hard to sleep, sorted local sim cards in morning for cheap calls and internet Hot and sweaty wandering around the old village (may take some time to acclimatize) Contrasting view from modern hustle around soi 19 thru old age village and open park/lake Filling buffet lunch $15 all you can eat and no crowds Jump onto a dodgy looking canal boat ride lots of fun, cheap and fast bypassing all that road
traffic Jim Thompsons house an amazing experience full of artwork and an interesting story Skybar gave an awesome view of Bangkok the city stretches to the horizon Checkinn99 had a great range of tasty enjoyable food even knew most of the music Fortune told by the side of the road believe what you want – all I heard was lots of money for me Big exhausting day trying to adapt to Bangkok time – nothing opens till 10am and stays open very late, the
place is for night owls
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Tuesday: Community / Charity
10.30am location: Khlong ToeiFoundation slum care child centre
visit the kids inspect our charity project sponsor morning tea / lunch
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rest period
Afternoon AdventureTour zone: Rattanakosin old city
Local canal ride Saensaep Canal ride to Bang LamphuThis is local culture. The canal is not styled for tourism so it’sgrass roots and good fun as long as you have a guide.
Venue: 2star, Intensity: M, Price: L, Value for money: 9
Grand palace Wat Pho Wat Arun
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Night markets Khaosaan Road crazy mix of local and expat for night makets, bars
and restaurants
Roaming report Cam...... says... Foundation slum child care centre kids excited to play with forang, kids taught good hygieneand eating habits we donated some clothing and paid for kids lunch Catching the local shuttle bus was a great little tour in itself Almost got scammed but laughed it off as we toured the grand palace which is truly grand withgiant temples covered in gold leaf sight worth visiting
in need of a bit of maintenance as I kept finding bits of temple loose check you sunset times and cloud cover as we missed the sunset from the Arun residence looking over the
jaophroya river and wat akun. Waiting for the sunset we then missed seeing the giant sleeping budda whichclosed early (apparently needed a sleep) but the surrounding temples look impressive in the twilightconditions.
Khaosan road night markets picked up some ID and discovered we had an undercover internationalbodyguard amongst us. Copy whatever you want. All ages and nationalities give the place a buzz.
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Wednesday: Culture and Fright Night
Co van Kessel Bush Bike Touroption for Push bike and/or CanalStreet level, close to the action: 3 to 5hrsVenue: 3star, Intensity: M, Price: L, Value for money: 8.5
AustCham Sundowner 6pm (Sathon)All Commonwealth chambers meet for a sundownermaybe 250 guests
Checkinn99 Cabaretnear the corner of Suk Soi 5If time permits we will visit our great friendsthe M.O.T.H. (Music from the Heart) BAND
then a brief walk to one of favourite fortune tellers, Khun Veeshe is scary good
Roaming report Cam...... says... Scouted terminal 21 really cool clothing wanted to buy all but cash was lacking. Easy 5 hour pushbike tour fascinating back door insight into Chinatown and canal living, don’tforget to look into open doors and take lots of photos on the go. Chinatown markets very busy andlively easy to get lost in the crowd, canal boat ride down the klongs was a highlight away from usualtourist places, deserves the title ‘Venice of the East’.
Mansion 7 walk thru in groups of 4 in single file, but not for long as no one wants to be in front or behind wasa laugh for some but a scream for others good time
The inbound host offer “Arrival packs” such as local currency, Phones, sim cards for calls or the NetThe local phone sim and web access saves a lot of money and lets you keep in touch
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Thursday: Culture and comforts
Ancient City Muang Boran 30kms from Siam centre 300 acres / flat surface, more
than 100 Icon monuments ofThailand
Tour on Pushbike / golf kart /open tram
A visit to the Ancient City iscomparable to a Thailand roundjourney within a day.
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Includes miniature floating markets and restaurant overlake. Photos galore !!!
Duration: 6hrs from 9am BTS Asoke
Program for dinner and shopping
EveningAsiatique The Riverfront
newest riverside markets. modern, diverse, trendy, culture new home of famous “Calypso”
ladyboy show
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Roaming report Cam...... says... another day biking around ancient city great opportunity to photograph icons, set out in shape of Thailandand icons in geological locations floating market setting for lunch relaxing, try out the boot camp training facilities and don’t forget sunscreenfor the day asiatique markets another great eating place with lots of tourist type markets easy place to spend thenight, ensure you que correctly
Local hosts means is good company, a friend with local knowledge and saving on time and money
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Friday:
Shopping zones Bangkok
MBKTerminal21Pratunam
Free time
The Aussie Pub n BBQThe Aussie Icon of Bangkok, located in Sukhumvit Soi 11which has become the premiere nightlife Soi of BangkokThis week was their 3rd birthday party we we celebrated withthem.Venue: 4.5star, Intensity: L, Price: M, Value for money: 9
Roaming report Cam...... says... 6 hours shopping a drain in one day, best to have a list and keep a focus on things you want otherwise youget easily distracted spending time looking at everything else Rejuvenating massage but be warned that killer little black stick probes some very sensitive places on yourfoot, can always say no stick or enjoy the experience
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Flight to Perth WA
Thai airways (TG)
link: TG flights Aus to ThailandThai airways plane/flight
Bangkok PACPersonal Assist Concierge“Get the most use a Host”
local people enthusiastic to serve you
The host team
branded under several names
Bangkok APAC (A Personal Assist Concierge)
BPAC Bangkok Personal Assist Concierge
Lets go Siam
view member profiles @ Team APAC
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Conclusion / Related links
Credits <> Photos <> Favourites <> The people <> The Places <> The Food <> Knowledge base <> why Bangkok <> Costs
Roaming report Cam...... says...General observations
Hotel – perfectly adequate considering little time you spend in your room (although aircond was pretty noisy) breakfastand bottled water a bonus for the price, cooked breaky a bit monotonous missing a cereal option
Flights – night flying does not suit you have plans for the next day as it’s hard to get enough sleep on the plane Favourites – shopping (getting into spirit of haggling) and ancient city, really everything was worthwhile thai people – always seem happy, kind and respectful experiences – with limited time preplanning and having a local on hand is essential in the success of tour maintaining
a schedule and focus on task vital or look back with regret on wasted time exhausting but rewarding at the same timebe flexible and react to any changing conditions
Best Tips take a motorbike to beat sitting in daytime traffic, hang on and keep knees in tight and feet off the ground, theseguys do it all day everyday
ensure taxi use meters (or take the next one)free or cheap taxi/tuktuk tours will lead you to fraudulent shop scamslanguage biggest barrier never sure what you are going to get even when using assistantstake advantage of any shopping as time is limited, best if you have a list to focus on
CreditsWe use and recommend B.PAC / APAC (Bangkok Personal Assistant Concierge), their motto is“Get the most use a Host”,. it’s a low cost option to use local hosts which saves time, money and adds value to the adventure.
Photos: to be added during / after the program Public album in progression Slideshow by LocationThey will be used to update our knowledge base to share in facebook groups and public databaseDisclaimer: tour guest photos are uploaded into “Private” web albums. some are shared into BPAC’s public albums.
Favourities too many to mention but here’s a few
The people It’s the people you meet that makes the memories
The places Bangkok is a big city (voted best city in the world 2012) very diverse, see the best on 1 page.
The food Thailand leads the world in hospitality culture and food Tastes Bangkok is a world wonder
Knowledge base Bangkok’s best Icons see all on 1 page
Key websites www.thaibis.com/bangkok use the search box to select by any title.
Why Bangkok ? voted Worlds best city for 2012 photo and link to stats
What does Bangkok offer? easy see our ideas at “what would I do”,if that doesn’t do it for you then please help us... email us @ [email protected] your ideas, we really appreciate new ideas.
What’s it cost sample tour prices <> Budget debate: how to save BIG $$$
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Favouritesto be detailed after the tour … here’s a few from 2012 tour (2 girls from Perth W.A.)
Sunday stroll in a big City
In the Western zone of “Sukhumvit” you can enjoy somuch in a big city, it’s just like home
transfer on the world’s efficient skytrain toworld premiere shopping complex at Terminal21
a short walk to see a local village. It’s a small stretchabout 500mtrs of old Thai houses, it’s a time capsule.We’re sworn to secrecy to protect the location andprivacy of the residence..
Continue around the corner to a beautiful park and lakenested by the convention centre where you’ll can enjoythe biggest and best buffet lunch at the smallest ofprice.
Then settled back and watch the transformation of theevening city skyline across the lake
Mansion 7 Haunted Hotel
So much fun it shouldn’t be allowed
a short ride on the subway, an underground rail systemthat has no graffiti, no violence.. what the ..
in the location of Huai Khwang (suburbia) you’ll find aplace called “Mansion 7”
it’s not as well known to the tourists as it should, it is nowhere near as busy as it deserves, but don’t telleveryone.
It’s not altogether spooky on entry as it need be so dowonder in
and do try to be bold and buy and ticket and go in
and then.... haa haa enjoy
and when you come out
wowza, the cocktail bar next door is just the place toarrest the pace of your heart
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The people
to be detailed after the tour
Some of the beauty smiling people we meet in Bangkokwill have a special mention
we hope it will be you .. Please join
The FoodAs the most famous tourist and business centre, Bangkok isfull of restaurants of every style of food: Thai, Chinese,Japanese, European, Indian, Arabian, etc.
link to Thailand food
ever heard the saying ….The food always tastesnicer with a smile?
try it with anything
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Bangkok’s Best tour Icons and Zones
The most popularFamily <> Shopping <> Icons <> Nightlife
all on 1 page see more
Warning...If the links go to our “tour leader database” (designed for therocket scientist) so it might be a too “full on”
try Bangkok Tourism made easy Novice to Advanced,which offers multiple choice to suit your styleIf your style is notdisplayed .. then yourand
“Individual” and kindaspecial
Please tell us what you’dlike to see, because wecare, and we try
Bangkok awarded Worlds Best city 2012
Travel + Leisure Magazine has released its 2012“World’s Best” list, with Bangkok voted as the top city in theworld, followed by Chiang Mai, in the annual poll voted on by theAmerican luxury travel magazine’s readers.
Voters don't lie!
Bangkok named 'World's Best Cityby Travel + Leisure magazine
see the results
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