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Time differences
+ 6 hours in winter, + 5 hours in summer (with France).

Telecommunications
Telephone

To phone Thailand : dial 00 66 + the town code + the number of your correspondent

Some town codes : Bangkok = 2, Hua Hin = 32, Kanchaburi = 34, Chiang Mai = 53, Koh Samui = 77
Pattaya = 38, Phuket = 76

The Press in Thailand

Bangkok Metro : English
Bangkok Post : English
Business Day : English
Daily News : Thai
Krungthep Turakij: Thai
Kwanruen Magazine : Thai
Nation (The) : English
Nation Weekender Magazine : Thai
Pattaya Mail : English
Phuket Gazette: English
Siam Business Newspaper : Thai
Thairath Daily : Thai
Thansettakij Newspaper : Thai

French residents have created a paper called "Le Gavroche" which relates what is going on in the francophone community in Bangkok.
JOURNAL LE GAVROCHE.
20/27 Soi Nailert, Wireless Road.Bangkok 10330
Tel : 253.39.23 or 01-494.34.38 - Fax : 254.61.05

Airports
Bangkok
: The Don Muang International airport is 25 kms from the town centre.

Chiang Mai : Chiang Mai International airport is 6 kms from the town centre. Thai Airways has several daily flights going there from Bangkok (1h10 flight time) and a weekly flight from Phuket. There are also 3 flights a week by Singapore Airline (a 3 hour flight).

Changria : flights from Bangkok or from Chiangmai

Kho Samui : daily flights from Bangkok (1h20 flight time) and Phuket (50 mins flight time) with Bangkok Airways

Phuket : Phuket International airport is 32 kms from the town. Thai Airways has about fifteen flights a day from Bangkok (1h20).

Car rental
There are several Avis agencies all over Thailand.
Reservations: tel 662 255 5300 fax 662 254 6719
Bangkok airport bds. 1 and 2 : tel 662 535 4052 - in town : 2/12 Wireless Road, Downtown tel 662 2555300-4 333 Chert Wudthakas Rd (opp Bangkok intl. airport) tel 662 566 1020 - 494 Rajdamri Rd tel 662 254 1234 - 971 Ploenchit Rd, Downtown tel 662 2530444
Cha-Am : 1349 Petchkasem Rd, tel 032 520008
Chiangmai : airport 053 201798-9 - in town : 122 Changkian Rd tel 053 281033-6
Chiangria : 1129 Kraison Rd tel 053 715777 - Chiangai airp. tel 053 793827 - Golden Triangle 053 716678
Haad Yai : airport tel 074 234300-28 - Sanehanusorn Rd tel 074 352239
Hua Hin : 1 Damnemkasem Rd tel 032 512021- airport tel 032 520008-9
Khon Kaen : airport tel 043 344313
Krabi : Tambon Krabinoi, Amphur Mueng, 81130 tel 76 324050-2
Mae Hong Son : Nivestphisal Rd, Chongham, Meng tel 6653 620457
Pattaya : 218/2-4 Moo, 10, Seaside Rd, tel 038 361628 - 240 Pattaya Beach Rd, tel 038 361627-8
Phuket : 29 Moo 4 Srisoontorn Rd, tel 076 340480-5 - 322 Srisoontrorn Rd, Tambon Choeng Talay tel 076 324352 - 33 Moo 4, Srisoontorn Rd, tel 076324374 - 390 Srisoontorn Rd, Tambon Choeng Talay tel 076 324320-32 - 8/5 Moo 1 , Tambon Karon, tel 076 340480-5 - Bangtao Bay tel 076 324101-7 - Kalim Beach Rd, Paton, tel 076342777 - Pansea Beach, Talang, tel 076 324300 - Phuket airport, tel 076 327358
Pitsanoluk : 38 Airport Rd, Arnyik, tel 055 258062
Samui Island : 12/12 Moo 1 Tambon, Maenam, Koh Samul, tel 077 425031-38 - Samui airport : 077 425012 Udon Thani : Liangmuang Rd, Mahkkeng, tel 042 244770

All Avis cars are completely equipped, have done less than 15,000 kms and have an average age of 3 months. The vehicles are carefully prepared and checked between each rental using a procedure containing 7 obligatory control points. The cars are rented with a full tank.
Renting from Avis automatically means that the car passengers, renter and/or driver are covered by a third party insurance as well as an insurance covering repatriation and the immobilization of the vehicule in case of an accident.

You can reserve a car :
- from your travel agent
- from the international reservation centre at 0 820 05 05 05
- or from any Avis agency
Avis has an interactive network worldwide, a client can reserve a car instantly from anywhere in the world.

We recommend that you pay your rental using your accredited Avis card or with another credit card accepted by Avis : American Express, Visa, Mastercard, Diners.
Through a simple free membership system, Avis gives identity and/or payment cards, which are a real help for a rapid and efficient service.

It is however better and easier to take a chauffeur-guide as the trafic is very difficult and it is not easy to find your way around in Bangkok.

Your suitcase
Take comfortable light cotton clothing.
Thais like dressing up and will appreciate the fact that you make an effort to dress for dinner.
You can buy cheaply very nice cotton and silk clothes in Thailand and even get them made to measure. I would advise taking a nearly empty suitcase and filling it up as you go along!

Take a light sweater for the north, and for evenings in airconditionned hotels and sandals which are easy to slip on and off when you are visiting temples.

Information
Electricity : 220 V., Television : PAL
Time differences (with France) : + 5 hours in summer, + 6 hours in winter
Hot season : from March to May/June
Rainy season : from the beginning of July to mid-October
Cool season : from November to February
Units of measure : decimal system
Driving : on the left
Flight time Paris-Bangkok : 11 hours
Airport tax : international 500 baht (125 FF)
Transport airport -town : bus B25 or B70, taxis B200-500
Tipping : 10% in restaurants and a bit more in night clubs
Tax : 7% on hotel bills, 7% VAT on most purchases

Public holidays :
27th July : Asarnha Bucha Day
28th July : Buddhist Lent
12th August : the Queen's birthday
23rd October : Chulalongkorn Day
5th December : the King's birthday, National Day
10th December : Constitution Day
25th December : Christmas
31st December -1st January : New Year

+ Buddhist holidays which don't always fall on the same date.

Shopping : you can have a suit or a silk dress made up within 24 hours.
Jewels (gold and precious or semi-precious stones), antiques, really cheap imitations of watches and big brand name clothing which you can get from street stands (watch out for the customs when you get back home), handicrafts : lacquerware, silverware, objects in teak, orchids ...

Specialities : Thai boxing is a national sport, it is an ancestral fighting technique where no holds are barred.
The best places to see it : Lumphini, Rama V Avenue or Ratchadamnoen , Ratchadamnoen Nok.
The fights begin at about 3pm and end when there are no competitors left. Sensations guaranteed. Its worth it just to look at what's going on in the house.

Banks
There are several French banks in Thailand :
Lyonnaise de Banque, Crédit Lyonnais, Société Générale, BNP, BFCE, PARIBAS, CCF, Crédit Agricole Indosuez.

Crédit Agricole Indosuez.
Indosuez House, 153 Wireless Rd
Bangkok 10330
Tel 66 2 651 45 90 Fax 66 2 651 45 86
Guides
'Understanding Thailand' - CFCE (1994) - 132 pages.Price 120 FF

'Thailand' Published by Gallimard

Observations
Customs
You need a permit to export antiques and art objects.
Attention : French customs can be very strict if you bring counterfeit goods into the country, the tax and/or fine can be way over what you paid for the article.

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