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Working/Living in Bangkok Advice?
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I used to work for First Choice....they will employ you as health and safety coordinator......abroad. Your based in a resort and travel round the hotels and look after them with everything safety wise for guests. They will train you up on a 10 day training course. I was in Madeira for 5 months then venezuala and then cyprus.
Do you want some more info?
Stumpy Tim
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I do a lot of work in Thailand, and have sold software to the government. My last Purchase Order from the government came from "Bangkok"... the ignorant fuckers.
Bangkok is one of those places you either love or hate. I'm not a big fan to be honest as the traffic is awful and it's very very crowded. Having said that, the nightlife is cracking & the people are very friendly
Bangkok is one of those places you either love or hate. I'm not a big fan to be honest as the traffic is awful and it's very very crowded. Having said that, the nightlife is cracking & the people are very friendly
Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
The secret is to look out for the Adam's apple. If your "friend" has one, run a mile, otherwise you may get more than you bargained for...
Blackadder
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Am I right in thinking that foreigners aren't allowed to buy property in Thailand?
A little piece of it will live forever - in my signature.Nice binfest, I enjoyed it.
Ernest
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True but ways round it
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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The most curious thing..
Google Maps
If you type Bangkok into google maps it also comes up as Krung Thep
Krung Thep - Google Image Search
bangkok - Google Image Search
Krung Thep, the full name In this section: 1) First Impressions 2) The positive side 3) Krung Thep, the full name 4) Where's where --Subcategories-- >> Highlights >> Dangers and Irritations
Krung Thep, the full name
"Unless talking to foreigners who don't know any different, Thais will never call their capital city Bangkok - indeed, some Thais in the more remote provinces may never have even heard of it being called that. Instead in Thai it is known as Krung Thep (กรุงเทพ), which roughly translates to 'City of Angels'.
Bangkok (translating as 'village of wild plums') was the original site for the capital city and was located west of the Chao Phraya river (in modern day Thonburi). In 1782, King Rama I decided to move to a more defensible site and moved across the river to found his new capital, Krung Thep. For whatever reason, foreigners have never since caught up with the name change and the old name of Bangkok has stuck. In recent years, Krung Thep/Bangkok has expanded at such a fast rate that it now sprawls over a huge mass of land on both the sides of the Chao Phraya and has engulfed the once independent Thonburi.
Krung Thep is actually an abbreviated version of the ceremonial full name, which is shown below.
กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยามหาดิลก ภพนพรัตน์ ราชธานีบุรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์ มหาสถาน อมรพิมาน อวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยะ วิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์
In the official English romanisation, this is certified as the longest place name in the world in the Guinness book of records. It's pronounced something like:
Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit
So given the length of it, it's not hard to see why it's shortened in every day use. The full name itself is never actually used, though it can be seen on a few signs around Bangkok as part of a tourist campaign. Another version, Krung Thep Mahanakhon, is quite common in official documents, car number plates and the like. Despite the length of it, an impressive number of Thai people are still able to recite the entire name off by heart. They wouldn't necessarily understand what it means though, as many of the words are archaic and no longer used in modern Thai. The full name actually translates to a string of superlatives, which give some idea of how fond King Rama I must have been of his new city:
The city of angels, the great city, the residence of the Emerald Buddha, the impregnable city (of Ayutthaya) of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn."
...apparently.
Oh yes, I have never been there so can't offer any advice about it.
If you type Bangkok into google maps it also comes up as Krung Thep
Krung Thep - Google Image Search
bangkok - Google Image Search
Krung Thep, the full name In this section: 1) First Impressions 2) The positive side 3) Krung Thep, the full name 4) Where's where --Subcategories-- >> Highlights >> Dangers and Irritations
Krung Thep, the full name
"Unless talking to foreigners who don't know any different, Thais will never call their capital city Bangkok - indeed, some Thais in the more remote provinces may never have even heard of it being called that. Instead in Thai it is known as Krung Thep (กรุงเทพ), which roughly translates to 'City of Angels'.
Bangkok (translating as 'village of wild plums') was the original site for the capital city and was located west of the Chao Phraya river (in modern day Thonburi). In 1782, King Rama I decided to move to a more defensible site and moved across the river to found his new capital, Krung Thep. For whatever reason, foreigners have never since caught up with the name change and the old name of Bangkok has stuck. In recent years, Krung Thep/Bangkok has expanded at such a fast rate that it now sprawls over a huge mass of land on both the sides of the Chao Phraya and has engulfed the once independent Thonburi.
Krung Thep is actually an abbreviated version of the ceremonial full name, which is shown below.
กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยามหาดิลก ภพนพรัตน์ ราชธานีบุรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์ มหาสถาน อมรพิมาน อวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยะ วิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์
In the official English romanisation, this is certified as the longest place name in the world in the Guinness book of records. It's pronounced something like:
Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit
So given the length of it, it's not hard to see why it's shortened in every day use. The full name itself is never actually used, though it can be seen on a few signs around Bangkok as part of a tourist campaign. Another version, Krung Thep Mahanakhon, is quite common in official documents, car number plates and the like. Despite the length of it, an impressive number of Thai people are still able to recite the entire name off by heart. They wouldn't necessarily understand what it means though, as many of the words are archaic and no longer used in modern Thai. The full name actually translates to a string of superlatives, which give some idea of how fond King Rama I must have been of his new city:
The city of angels, the great city, the residence of the Emerald Buddha, the impregnable city (of Ayutthaya) of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn."
...apparently.
Oh yes, I have never been there so can't offer any advice about it.
I think so. I have some friends who have married and are building, but only cos of them being married.