The Bangkok Post reported today that the Airport Rail Link will not be opened for trial runs until December 5th this year, ie. the King’s birthday.
It was originally scheduled to commence trial runs on August 12th, the Queen’s birthday, but the contractors are unable to complete the project on time.
Official opening is now pushed back [...]
Well, the skytrain extension from Saphan Taksin to Wong Wian Yai did commence operations yesterday, launched by the PM who also made it to his morning flight to Hong Kong. He might consider changing his nickname from Mark to Speedy.
I had completely forgotten about the 3 baht ferry across the river, which I have taken a [...]
I have been following the saga of the skytrain extension from Saphan Taksin across the river to Wong Wian Yai since it started showing signs of life. Prior to that it seemed destined to be another Hopewell project. If you are new to Bangkok, Hopewell is the massive pillars that run along the railway tracks [...]
With other areas getting rain since last weekend, I was beginning to wonder if we are situated in a rain-shadow area here. Not for the first time in a rainy spell, heavy rain seemed to be falling everywhere but here.
I don’t bother complaining about rain or the lack of it. After years in Agriculture, I [...]
You know life in Bangkok is back to normal when the Bangkok Post starts publishing letters from the expat crowd about noise levels, stray dogs and television.
Lately, the decision by True Visions to drop BBC Entertainment from the Platinum package has been greeted with howls of outrage from subscribers threatening to downgrade to the Gold package [...]
About three days ago my wife returned from work and told me that many of her colleagues are boycotting taxis for two reasons - to economise, and to punish taxi drivers for their involvement in the recent troubles.
The sharp decline in visitors to Thailand after the recent troubles has caused a marked decline in service charges and gratuities [...]
On the 1st of April, 2009 the front page of the Bangkok Post carried a report that the skytrain extension from Saphan Taksin across the river to Wong Wian Yai would begin unofficial service from 15th April, 2009.
Well, that must have been someones idea of an April Fools Day joke, because on April 19th the paper carried [...]
It was delightful to see on the TV channels that people were quickly out splashing water for what was left of Songkran last week. Life is indeed back to normal, the only blip being Sondhi Limtongkul getting shot.
Locally, that had about as much impact as someone getting shot in New York or Buenos Aires would have on [...]
When I wrote on Saturday that the temperature here was 35°C (95°F) in the shade, it most definitely applied only to the leafy suburbs of Bangkok - like the one we live in.
I went downtown later that day and when I stepped out of the cab at around 5 p.m., it was like opening the door [...]
In the run up to Songkran, we had many reasonably mild days with rain cooling things down. The sometimes cloudy conditions made it untypical of April and the Songkran period in Bangkok.
Well, that’s gone now and the last couple of days have been scorchers, with high humidity to boot. Today a little after mid-day it [...]
