Free Train rides over New Years!

There will be free train rides provided by the State Railway of Thailand during the new years holiday! The governor of the Railway said there will be up to 20 free non air conditioned trains as well as 6 air conditioned trains serving Bangkok to Chiang Mai, Ubon and Surat Thani. I personally would not mind a nice train ride with the weather being so cool it might be a good time to get away. The governor said usually there are up to 100,000 passangers a day but with the long weekend holiday they are expecting more then 120,000. One thing he did add was the security will be more lax to avoid delays...... is this something you really want to decrease during a holiday season?

Travel Bargains and such after the floods....

This week I was wondering what kind of travel deals are going around in Bangkok. Since this is high season and there has not been much tourists due to the flooding one would think that there should be some really good deals to be had. With a quick search for the flights to the surrounding region and there are deals. Flights to Cambodia and Myanmar are very low as well as longer haul flights to China, Macao and Singapore. I do think it is funny however the one airline that has seemed not to lower there prices is Thai Airways. Thai Airways is one of the best airlines out of Thailand but they have seemed to drop the ball on this front.  

Bangkok second airport no more water....

So the last of the water has drained from Don Muang Airport the former international airport in Bangkok. The airport has been flooded for over 4 weeks now. The officials at the airport say it will take at least two months to get the airport functioning again. Most carriers have moved out there working planes long ago. However, out of commission planes laid on the tarmac with water completely over the landing gear. I really like travelling through Don Muang because it is really quite and there are very few lines compared to Suvarnabhumi Airport.

747 past it's prime.....

Watching American Sports in Bangkok

Some people living abroad find it very difficult to watch American sports. There are a few obstacles that will obstruct you. The first and most severe is the time difference, most major cities in the states are ten to thirteen hours behind. This alone is enough for most to people to follow up when they get up in the morning. The other major obstacle is there are not many channels that actually show American sports. The major channel that does show NFL and NHL games is ASN. Recently True Move has dropped ASN so it is leaving sports fans in a real wedge. The best solution I have found is Sportscorner located on Sukhumvit Soi 20. The bar has a slingbox linked up to a westcoast cable out let and can show just about any sporting even you would like to see. Even better if you don't want to stay up till the we hours of the night you can stop by after 3pm and the games can be replayed for you!

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