Bangkok Informer

12 June 2013 I revisited the First Presbyterian Church after a long absence. Here are the photos of the church after the land and the building have been raised. The project was completed in mid-2011. Note the elevated level of the church From another angle The interior is beautiful with wooden floor boards replacing the [...]

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UPDATE: Bloomberg: “I would like to praise the officials for their good intelligence that helped fend off this attack,” Defense Minister Sukumpol Suwannatat told a press briefing in Bangkok today. “We are still on high alert.” The government and army will meet on Feb. 15 to discuss whether to impose curfews in the nation’s three [...]

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Tscherina Janisch confessed to overstaying her tourist visa by three days, but denied she stole the immigration officer’s camera.   PHUKET – A 22-year-old Swiss student tourist reported missing while on holiday in Thailand has been found alive and well. She’s being detained in Ranong Prison for allegedly stealing a camera belonging to an immigration [...]

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27 December 2012 – Please note that the Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link has started another express rail link between Phaya Thai and Suvarnabhumi Airport. Fare is currently at 90 baht for a single trip and 150 baht for a return trip. This express service is in addition to the express rail link between Makkasan and [...]

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27 December 2012 – Please note that the Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link has started another express rail link between Phaya Thai and Suvarnabhumi Airport. Fare is currently at 90 baht for a single trip and 150 baht for a return trip. This express service is in addition to the express rail link between Makkasan and [...]

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UPDATE: So the new post with additional information Reuters: Some blame the rise in gun crime on political instability that has gripped Thailand since a 2006 coup that removed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Unrest culminated in a two-month stand-off in 2010 between government troops and “red shirt” protesters backing Thaksin and clashes that killed 91 [...]

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29 April 12 – If you are visiting the Santa Cruz Church, please note that the ferry doesn’t stop at the church anymore. The Santa Cruz pier has been dismantled. The ferry from Pak Klong Talat goes directly to the Wat Kalayanamit pier. From there take a walk to the Santa Cruz Church. It’s about [...]

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7 March 12 – We are in the process of updating the Bangkok budget hotels starting with the two areas that have the bulk of these cheap hotels, Chatuchak and Khaosan. Here are the new hotels added to the list of budget hotels in these two areas. Chatuchak Chew House Kaset Guesthouse Pannapat Place Poonchok [...]

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18 March 12 – Eight more new hotels have been added to the list of hotels in Pratunam. These hotels are grouped around the Pratunam junction and near the Ratchaprarop Airport Rail Link station. Pratunam junction Blutique Hotel Ideal Hotel Pratunam Novotel Bangkok Platinum Hotel Prince House Ratchaprarop Airport Rail Link station Boutique Hotel Cozy [...]

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20 March 12 – We continue with our hotel updates with the hotels in Siam. The nine new additions are grouped according to the nearest skytrain station and/or major junction. National Stadium Holiday Inn Express Siam Hotel The Lit Bangkok Hotel The Station Guesthouse Siam Interchange Kempinski Residences Siam Ratchaprasong/Chitlom Golden House Royal Maneeya Residence [...]

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4 April 12 – I missed out these hotels at the last two stations of the Sukhumvit line as I was under the impression there weren’t any. This is because these hotels are classified under Bangkok Airport hotels. Not only are they near Suvanabhumi Airport but they are also near skytrain stations which give quick [...]

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5 April 12 – We have just completed the update of the Bangkok Airport hotels. After the hotels in Sukhumvit, the airport area has the highest number of hotels. Here they are divided into nine areas including Don Mueang. Just click on the link to view the hotels. Suvarnabhumi Airport Bang Na King Kaeo Lat [...]

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14 August 2012 – Here is a possible explanation on the origins of the word “farang”. The word is derived from the Arabic word, “al firinjah” for the Franks from ancient Gaul (present day France). The Muslim world’s first contact with the Franks was not a pleasant one; it was in July 1099 during the [...]

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16 April 12 – We continue with our hotel updates in the Ratchadaphisek area. There are 15 new hotels added to the list of hotels in Ratchadaphisek. Here they are grouped around the nearest subway station. Petchaburi Unico Premier Metrolink Phra Ram 9 Praso Ratchada Private Residence Royal Pacific Tanatawey Places Thailand Cultural Centre Prom [...]

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UPDATE: The Nation has an article with the headline “Reports of shots fired at Thai aircraft near Cambodia downplayed”: A Thai commercial aircraft came under warning shots while flying over Sa Kaew near the Thai-Cambodian border, according to an unconfirmed report yesterday evening, with the Foreign Ministry saying it was checking the unaccredited claim. Foreign [...]

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