Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Lego Airport

I must have missed this one, but better late than never: Suvarnabhumi Airport



And of course the YouTube vid:

Ultimate map resource guide of Bangkok

There are a lot of great map resources for Bangkok these days. Let's have a look at some of the best map resources for checking out Bangkok.

Satellite imagery maps

Google Maps - The clear winner, although sometimes annoying because place names only in Thai.


Windows Live - Less resolution than Google on satellite imagery. Less place names.


Yahoo Maps - Same satellite data as Windows Live. Terrible road view coverage.


Some great Google Maps overlays:

• Wikimapia.org - A wiki for places on a map. Many places (many in Thai) are described in Bangkok, and you can add your own.
• Panoramio - Users upload photo's and place them around Bangkok. Great to if you want to see what stuff really looks like.
• PanoramicEarth.com - Find full panoramic photos of Bangkok.
• Bangkok Recorder - An overlay of around 100 popular tourist spots, restaurants and hotels.

Other resources

Thaiways - Thaiways publishes some good paper based maps. Some of their specialist maps include Metro & Skytrain, Sukumvit, and Rattanakosin Island.

For nightlife, check out these maps with many bars, pubs and massage:

• New Petchburi Road Massage Parlors Map
• Ratchapisek Road Massage Parlors Map
• Sukhumvit Area Map
• Soi Cowboy Area Map

If you really want to get into it, the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority Department of City Planning has some map data, but mostly in Thai.

If you are using Google Earth, you're going to need these helpful overlays. If you are curious NASA WorldWind is a similar product (.Net required).

If you have Google Earth, check out these KMZ files:

1. Thailand Placemarks 7.2
   
2. 40 Bangkok Spots
   
3. Subway and Sky Train
   

Diving in Thailand (don't feed the eels)

Thailand as we all know, is a great diving destination. Look for your self at this set of top 10 lists of the top diving destinations in the world.

If you're not stupid, you won't have the same problem as this guy getting his thumb bit off by an eel, then the graft of one of his toes as a working thumb. (Graphic!) If you can avoid the eels, there here are plenty of good diving videos and photos of diving in Thailand.

Top dive sites in in Thailand:

• Koh Chang
• Pattaya
• Chumphon
• Koh Tao
• Koh Samui
• Similans
• Phuket
• Krabi
• Koh Phi Phi
• Koh Lanta
• Koh Lipe

New Budget air routes coming.

Look for Bangkok to Shenzhen by AirAsia. Bangkok-Kathmandu, Bangkok to Guangzhou by One to Go.

At the moment Air Asia flys to: Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Hat Yai, Krabi, Narathiwat, Phuket, Surat Thani, Ubon Ratchathani and Udon Thani.Its international destinations include Phnom Penh, Hanoi, Yangon, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Langkawi, Singapore, Xiamen, and Macau.

One 2 Go flys to :Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phuket, Hat Yai, Surat Thani, Krabi and Nakhon Si Thammarat. It also flies between Hat Yai and Phuket.

Don Muang Re - Opens

Don Muang is open and will now serve around 140 flights a day.

These flights will fly from the old airport.

• Nok Air (Chiang Mai, Hat Yai, Krabi, Loei, Mae Hong Son, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phuket, Trang, Udon Thani)
• One-Two-Go (Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Hat Yai, Krabi, Phuket, Surat Thani)
• Thai Airways International (Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, HatYai, Khon Kaen, Krabi, Mae Hong Son, Phitsanulok, Phuket, Surat Thani, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani)

Don Muang to open with Nok Air, One-to-Go and Thai Domestic

The Nation: Flights out of Don Muang Airport will have four digits starting with 1 - TG 1xxx, such as TG 1203 - and those operating out of Suvarnabhumi Airport will have three digits.

THAI will also subsidise parking fees for passengers using the check-in terminal at Lat Phrao subway station. Passengers will pay Bt60 a day for parking instead of the nor?mal daily rate of Bt380.However, all passengers need to take time for luggage inspection at the Lat Phrao check-in terminal for security reasons.

Guy sums up a backpacker tour of Thailand in 2:44. (video)