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Murray Head captured Bangkok perfectly in his short song. He sings about the sights, sounds and smells of the largest city in Thailand. He also warns guys to be conscious of the ladies of the third gender.

If you have in no way been to Bangkok, you will certainly be humbled. As soon as you walk out of the baggage claim region at Suvarnabhumi you will be overwhelmed by the maddening crowd waiting outside the door.

A sea of yellow shirts (in honor of the King) will be blocking your way. Some will have signs with names on them trying to locate a wayward traveler. Others will be armed with clipboards touting taxis at ridiculously high rates.

Fighting via this narrow gauntlet is even far more hard with two suitcases and a backpack. The taxi mafia will not take "No" for an answer even if you say it ten occasions in 5 diverse languages.

They will persist and stick to you, block your way, and annoy you so much that you will want to punch them. But, you relax and comprehend exactly where you are and why you are there.

You are in Bangkok. It is the City of Angels in the Land of Smiles. You know from your investigation that a smile and a cool heart will go far in this beautiful country. So, you smile and make your way to the escalator and find oneself on the first floor.

You head outdoors and locate the legal taxi line-up and make your way to the makeshift tables and inform the cute girl where your hotel is. The fee for getting a legal taxi is all of 50 Baht which is about $1.50 USD.

Your taxi driver will help you with your bags and usually ask you if you want to take the tollway. If you want to get to your hotel in much less than one hour, agree. It will only price you a little additional. Your cabbie could also want to negotiate a fee with no making use of his meter. This is technically illegal, but it is up to you to function out a fair value, or use the meter. If he refuses to use the meter, ask for yet another driver. You definitely want to establish this just before you get in the cab.

If you are arriving from America, you will notice that the steering wheel is on the "other" side of the automobile and that you are driving on the "incorrect" side of the road. Relax, and get used to it. Just be careful when you are a pedestrian and crossing the street. Look each techniques about ten times prior to crossing even if you are crossing a one-way street.

You are almost certainly experiencing sensory overload. Seeing all of the billboards along the tollway, the autos speeding in and out in some sort of controlled chaos, and the smells of the city, you could wonder what planet you are on. Each corner of Bangkok has a distinct aroma some pleasing and some putrid.

Arriving at your hotel you check in and then have to decide regardless of whether to go out or catch up on the several time zones you have just crossed.

If you do determine to go out and encounter the Bangkok nightlife, just keep in mind what Murray Head sang "A single evening in Bangkok, and the hard guys tumble! Cant be as well careful with your organization. I can feel the devil walkin subsequent to me." Be careful out there. address