X-Nico

84 unusual facts about Bangkok


2008 Paris Motor Show

In this edition, the subject was "Taxis du Monde" (Taxis from around the world), and it featured a variety of taxi vehicles from different cities and eras, such as a New York Checker cab, a Chicago Yellow Cab, London Black cabs, a Manila Jeepney, a Bangkok Tuk Tuk, etc., as well as several Parisian taxis, starting with the classic Renault Taxi de la Marne and ending with the proposed future taxi Peugeot Expert Tepee.

2011 ACC Under-19 Elite Cup

The ACC Under-19 Elite Cup 2011 was a cricket tournament organised by the ACC for Under-19 teams from its member nations held in Bangkok, Thailand on 1-10 Feb 2011.

511th Tactical Fighter Squadron

As the Vietnam War intensified, deployed flights to both Thailand and South Vietnam throughout the 1960s, providing air defense of Bangkok and Saigon as well as other areas from enemy aircraft.

676th Bombardment Squadron

The squadron flew its first combat mission on 5 June 1944 against the Makasan railroad yards at Bangkok, Thailand.

A Kind of Alaska

Speaking of Pauline, Deborah states, bluntly: "She is a widow. She doesn't go to her ballet classes any more. Daddy and Estelle and Mummy who is actually dead are on a world cruise. They've stopped off in Bangkok. It'll be my birthday soon. I think I have the matter in proportion" (40).

Alessandro Magnoli Bocchi

1) Senior Economist at The World Bank, working in East Asia (based in Bangkok from 2004 to 2006), Africa, Middle East, and Eastern Europe in the fields of macroeconomics, growth, public finance, infrastructure and energy;

Andrew Bolt

His time as a reporter included a stint as the newspaper's Asia correspondent, based first in Hong Kong and later in Bangkok.

Arthur Vincent

Later Vincent was a judge with the Foreign Office, in Zanzibar, Bangkok and Shanghai.

Arulmigu Sri Rajakaliamman Glass Temple

The Guru had the inspiration to rebuild the temple in glass during one of his trips to Bangkok.

Ash Power

He has been an instructor at the School of Artillery, the Royal Military College, Duntroon and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Camberley, United Kingdom, and has also attended Command and Staff College, Bangkok, Thailand.

Asian Australian Football Championships

The Asian Australian Football Championships were first held in 2000, although a precursor tournament named the Four Nations Cup was held in Bangkok, Thailand in 1999.

Bangkok 12th district

Bangkok 12th district is an electoral district in Bangkok.

Beatrice Heuser

Beatrice Heuser (Bangkok, 1961) is an historian and political scientist.

Benito Guerra, Jr.

As of the 2012, PWRC champion Benito Guerra, Jr. is invited to participate in the 25th edition of the Race of Champions, from 14 to 16 December in Bangkok along with racing legends like Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel.

Bhopal School of Social Sciences

The college offers an International MBA through collaboration with Assumption University, Bangkok in keeping with our sensitivity to global needs.

Burma National Army

On 28 December, at a ceremony in Bangkok, the Minami Kikan was declared dissolved and the Burma Independence Army was formed in its place.

CentralPlaza Grand Rama IX

Central Plaza Grand Rama 9 is a shopping mall on Rama 9 Road in Huai Khwang, Bangkok.

Christopher Curwen

He returned to the service's London headquarters in 1958, had another spell in Bangkok from 1961 and then two years in Kuala Lumpur.

Colin Ng

Ng Wee Tai Colin is a Singaporean yachtsman best known for winning a gold medal in the 13th Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Daihatsu Midget

-- TukTuk Forwerder Co., Ltd. & TukTuk (Thailand) Co., Ltd. --> in Bangkok.

Death Track: Resurrection

The game involves racing and trying to finish first across several tracks located around the world, including Bangkok, Vatican City, London, Moscow, New York, Paris, Prague, San Diego, Istanbul and Tokyo.

Demobilisation of the Australian military after World War II

By the end of September most of the prisoners recovered from Singapore, Java and Sumatra had been returned to Australia along with about half of those recovered from the Bangkok area.

Drew Caldwell

In 2001, Caldwell announced that Manitoba would open high schools in Beijing, Shanghai and Bangkok in an effort to attract overseas students to Manitoba's post-secondary education system.

Edmund A. Gann

In 1997, Edmund Gann partnered with Tri-Marine International, Inc. of Singapore and Thai Union International of Bangkok to create Tri-Union Seafoods LLC which acquired the San Diego, California based canned tuna processing and packing company, Chicken of the Sea.

Enconcept E-Academy

Its main office is located at LearnBalance Building, 2991/52-53, Soi Ladprao 101/3, Ladprao Road, Klongchan Sub-district, Bangkapi District, Bangkok.

Gloria Chan sex scandal

Prior to the scandal, Gloria Chan is mostly known in Hong Kong as a boat rower who participated at the Bangkok 1998 Asian Games at the age of 15.

Harold James Nicholson

From 1982 till 1985, he worked for the CIA in Manila, where he had direct contacts with targeted Soviet officials; from 1985 till 1987 he worked for the CIA in Bangkok, from 1987 till 1989 in Tokyo.

Harry Rolnick

His other restaurant guides, to Hong Kong, Bangkok and Macau, prompted Alan Levy to write in The Foodie’s Guide to the World, "Nobody eats in Asia without consulting Harry Rolnick first”.

Japanese cruiser Yodo

In November 1911, Yodowas dispatched to Bangkok, Siam as part of the Japanese naval delegation attending the coronation ceremonies for King Rama VI of Thailand.

John H. Holdridge

John Holdridge's first State Department posting was as US Vice Consul in Bangkok, Thailand, from 1950 to 1953.

John Riseley-Prichard

After a lengthy illness he died in Baan Kai Thuan, a remote village approximately 200 km inland of Bangkok.

Jonathan Head

He became BBC South East Asia Correspondent, based in Bangkok, in 2000, and BBC Tokyo Correspondent in 2003.

Joris Putman

From the age of three months until he was nine he and his parents lived out of Europe, firstly in Burkina Faso, West Africa, later in Bangkok, and from 1990 in Semarang in Indonesia, before returning to the Netherlands in 1993.

Justin Holborow

Holborow moved to Bangkok at the age of 12, where he was educated at Harrow International School for over a year, where he played Bugsy in a production of Bugsy Malone, after which he moved back to Sydney with his mother and sister, where he was educated at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts.

Khmer National Liberation Committee

In early 1950 Poc Khun was removed as the KNLC leader, after being accused of having embezzled 600,000 piastres intended for arms purchases in Bangkok.

Khushi Ram

The very next year in 1965 he was named as the captain of Indian team for Asian Basketball Championship which was held in Kuala Lumpur, though India's position was 7th in the tournament, Khushi Ram stood as the highest scorer of the tournament and continued to maintain the same position as the 2nd highest scorer in 1967 ABC Championship in Seoul and highest scorer in 1969 ABC Championship in Bangkok.

Korean Air Flight 803

Flight 803 was a scheduled International passenger service from Seoul, South Korea to Tripoli, Libya with intermediate stops in Bangkok, Thailand and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Kriengsak Kovitvanit

From 2003 until his appointment as bishop, he was parish priest of the Assumption Cathedral and secretary of the council of priests of the Archdiocese of Bangkok.

Liang Tsai-Ping

Invited by the overseas Chinese Teachers Federation, Liang performed in Singapore and in four cities of Malaysia, Bangkok, and Hong Kong in 1973.

Lisa F. Jackson

When she was young, both her father and step-father, Donald Carmichael, were in the CIA and as a result she moved often, living in Bangkok, Thailand and in Bogota, Colombia before settling in Washington DC in 1963.

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

He died in Bangkok, Thailand, while returning to his home country from a speaking tour of Australia.

Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted

His were the first such ships to satisfy the Suez Canal company of their safety, allowing him to ship his product to Bangkok and Singapore.

Maria Newell

On 16 February 1831 Maria gave birth to twin daughters at Bangkok, Siam.

Marius Grinius

He has served abroad in Bangkok (twice), Brussels (NATO), Hanoi and again in Hanoi from 1997 to 1999 as Ambassador to Vietnam.

Moesgård Museum

The house is around 100 years old and originally from Ayutthaya – the old capital of Siam, 200 km north of Bangkok.

Momokomotion

Momokomotion (Momoko Ueda) is a Japanese multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter/artist based in Bangkok and a well-known performer on the city’s indie scene.

Mongolia men's national under-18 ice hockey team

The Mongolia men's national under-18 ice hockey team played its first game in 2000 against New Zealand during the 2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship Division II tournament being held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Nakano Corporation

Major recent works include Changi Business Park, The Metropolitan Condominium, St Thomas Suites, and Villa Rachatewi in Bangkok.

Nicole Theriault

She began her schooling in Bangkok at Twinkle Star Kindergarten and attended grades one through three at Ruamrudee International School.

Nikola Eftimov

In 2005 he won “The Coca Cola light fashion design award” that enabled him presentation of the winning design in Florence and the position of professor at Accademia Italiana Bangkok (2005–2006).

Noemi Batki

In August 2007 Batki won the gold medal at 24th Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, in the 1 metre competition, sharing the same score as the Ukrainian diver Maria Voloschenko.

Pa Sak Jolasid Dam

The dam also decreases problems of water management in Bangkok by allowing more flood control, as the Pa Sak river was one of the main sources of flooding in the Bangkok metropolitan area.

Pepe Escobar

Escobar has worked as a foreign correspondent since 1985, living in Los Angeles, Paris, Milan, Singapore, Bangkok, and Hong Kong.

Phra Phrom

A celebrated example of this representation of Brahma is the statue at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok.

Roughback whipray

They named the ray after Bangkok aquarium fish dealer and prominent fish expert Khun Jarutanin Kittipong, who the year before had provided the original five specimens that formed the basis for the description.

Sadao Hasegawa

He ended his life by committing suicide on November 20, 1999 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Sepala Ekanayake

He wanted to have his wife and son brought to the Bangkok airport and 300,000 US dollars.

SET50 Index and SET100 Index

The constituents of both lists are companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) in Bangkok.

Si Votha

Sisowath would likely have adopted the same attitude as Si Votha if the Siamese king had allowed him to leave Bangkok.

Sid the Sexist

Sid and his friends travel to Bangkok after hearing that prostitutes there will sell themselves for as little as a pound.

SK-42 reference system

Borodko, Alexander, Topographic and geodetic provisions of the Russian Federation frontier delimitation and demarcation, Federal Agency of Geodesy and Cartography, International Symposium on Land and River Boundaries Demarcation and Maintenance in Support of Borderland Development, Bangkok, Thailand, 6–11 November 2006

Surin Pitsuwan

In addition to his political career, he taught at Thammasart University and wrote for two English daily newspapers in Bangkok between 1980 and 1992.

Suzanne Brøgger

Brøgger grew up in Denmark until she was fourteen, after that she moved abroad with her mother and her stepfather Svend Brøgger, who worked for UNICEF and was stationed in Colombo, Sri Lanka and later in Bangkok, Thailand.

Taegoon

In March 2009, shortly before releasing his second mini album Rising Star, Taegoon held a showcase and fan meeting in Bangkok, Thailand.

Takudzwa Ngwenya

DARC Rugby sent him to play for the Texas Select Side and the USA Under 19 national team, then the national Sevens team that came first in Bangkok and the 2007 North America 4.

Thai Airways Flight 231

The Hawker Siddeley HS 748, registration HS-THB, stalled and crashed after entering a thunderstorm on approach to Bangkok.

Thai Airways International Flight 261

Thai Airways International Flight 261 was a scheduled passenger flight from Bangkok, Thailand to Surat Thani, Thailand.

Thai vote of confidence referendum, 2008

The Cabinet of Thailand held a meeting at the Royal Thai Army Headquarters in Bangkok in which plans for a referendum on the government after PM Samak refused to call for a dissolution of parliament and hold snap elections or he and his government will resign.

The Last Millionaire

Week 5 - Bangkok - Carl Pihl, founder of TicketingHub, Drinkyz and Lost in London and James Taylor, founder of Sport Stars

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Week 5 - Bangkok - Sport and Leisure, create a business related to the theme due to the popular sport and leisure scene which is popular with tourists

The Seven Storey Mountain

Thomas Merton died in 1968 of accidental electrocution while attending an international monasticism conference in Bangkok, Thailand.

Titus Leber

In the late 1990s Leber moved to Bangkok, where he worked with the Mae Fah Luang Foundation on multimedia, notably What Did the Buddha Teach?, an interactive installation about the life and teaching of Lord Buddha.

Transport in Macau

It was inaugurated on December 1995 and has since established a number of regulars flights between Macau and major cities in Northeast and Southeast Asia, for example Bangkok, Beijing, Kaohsiung, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, etc.

TrueVisions

IBC launched South East Asia’s first subscriber-based television network in Bangkok in October 1989 using an MMDS transmission platform.

Tutelary deity

Almost every house in Bangkok has a miniature shrine housing this tutelary deity, known as a spirit house.

Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors

Considered by some a terrorist organization, in October 1999 they gained notoriety by raiding and holding hostages at the consulate of Burma in Bangkok, Thailand.

Ward Stare

Stare also made appearances with the Memphis Symphony, the Florida Orchestra, and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra - both in Russia and on the orchestra's North American tour - as well as a special performance with the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra as part of the Orchestra's "Great Artists of the World" series celebrating the 80th birthday of the King of Thailand.

Wat Bueng Thong Lang

Watbungthonglang Temple is a Buddhist temple in Bangkapi, Bangkok, Thailand.

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Phichet Tungtoo, Dhamma of Luang Poo Too, (Bangkok : Sinthana Publishing,2549 : Anniversary 80 ํYear old of Phrakrupisalviriyakhun, in Thai) pp.

Wat Pho

It is located in the Rattanakosin district directly adjacent to the Grand Palace.

Wat Ratchabophit

Wat Ratchabophit or formally Wat Ratchabophit Sathit Maha Simaram Ratcha Wara Maha Wihan is a Buddhist temple located in on Atsadang Road, Bangkok, along Khlong Lot, not far from Wat Pho and the Grand Palace.

XX Bomber Command

Wolfe launched the first B–29 Superfortress combat mission on June 5, 1944, against Japanese railroad facilities at Bangkok, Thailand, about 1,000 miles away.

Yellow Card Man

The story follows Tranh, the once wealthy head of the multi-national "Three Prosperities" trading company, now a refugee suffering from PTSD, who is forced to eke out a living in the slums of a future Bangkok.

Yoneo Ishii

In 1958, due to his knowledge in history and religion of the region, he spent three months as a Buddhist priest at the Wat Bowonniwet temple in Bangkok.


2008 World University Cycling Championship

Prague, Czech Republic and Bangkok, Thailand were also candidate cities to organize the championship.

352d Special Operations Group

The unit then served in the China-Burma-India Theatre of operations, with the fighter units flying missions over Bangkok, Thailand.

Arulmigu Sri Rajakaliamman Glass Temple

He was in a tuk-tuk (auto-rickshaw) in Bangkok when he saw a light shining like a diamond, some 2 km away.

Boaz Zippor

He has supported several projects in Thailand, including Camillian Hospital, Rotary Club Bangkok South, Baan Unrak, Baan Prakart, Newsmakers Clutter Sale, and Bangkok Opera Education Fund, most of which are projects in the field of education for underprivileged children.

Bombay to Bangkok

In Bangkok, his world turns upside down at a massage parlour where he bumps into Jasmine (Lena Christensen).

Bora Yoon

As a performer, Yoon has toured her experimental soundwork internationally, presenting her works at Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, the KBS/Nam June Paik Museum in Seoul, Patravadi Theatre in Bangkok, the Melbourne International Arts Festival, the Guggenheim Museum, Tonic, Roselee Goldberg’s PERFORMA Arts Biennial, John Zorn’s Stone, the annual Pop!

Eri Yamanoi

In 1998, she finished third in the 800m freestyle at the Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

Faculty of Medicine, Princess of Naradhiwas University

Moreover, majority of doctors concentrates in big city and Bangkok therefore provincial part and the three southern border provinces of Thailand including Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat has the lowest density of doctor.

Fokker F.VII

On December 6, 1931, a KLM F.VIIb/3m, registration PH-AFO, crashed at Bangkok after failing to take off, killing five of seven on board.

Hua Hin District

From 2004 until 2006 it had been the full-time residence of Bhumibol Adulyadej (after which chronic poor health forced him to return to Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, where the medical facilities and doctors he needs are closer at hand).

International Association of Wagner Societies

Wagner societies can be found in all parts of the world, including Venice, Great Britain, Shanghai, Tokyo, Lisbon, Melbourne, Adelaide, Ankara, New York, Toronto, Cape Town, Bangkok, New Zealand and Puerto Rico.

Irwin B. Laughlin

In 1906, he was secretary to the American legation in Bangkok and Consul General of Siam.

Joan Backes

Permanent installations of her work include Internationales Waldkunst Odenwald Forest, Darmstadt, Germany; Berlin / Grunewald, Berlin, Germany; Linnaean Garden, Uppsala, Sweden; Silpakorn University Art Atrium, Bangkok, Thailand; and Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canada.

John C. Goss

John C. Goss (born October 21, 1958, in Landstuhl, Germany) is an American artist and author and has lived most of his life in the Asia/Pacific region (Hawaii, Los Angeles, Bangkok).

John Gunther Dean

The evacuation of Phnom Penh scene was filmed near Bangkok in 1983 and Wheeler met Dean, who was then the U.S. Ambassador to Thailand.

Jon Foo

Foo's films were his second lead role in Bangkok Revenge, he appear with Dominic Purcell in Vikingdom and Danny Glover in Extraction.

Koji Ito

In winning the Asian Games 100 m crown on December 13, 1998 (Bangkok) he ran a time of 10.00 seconds, during a semi-final heat.

Lany Kaligis

At the 1966 Asian Games at Bangkok, she won the gold medal in the women's singles, the gold medal in the women's doubles with Lita Liem, the bronze medal in the mixed doubles with Soen Houw Goto.

Letter from Peking

Mei-lan sends letters to Ellizabeth through friends in Manila and Bangkok.

Lindsay Sandiford case

Sandiford was arrested on 19 May 2012 after arriving at the island's Ngurah Rai International Airport on a flight from Bangkok, and when a routine luggage search uncovered the drugs stash.

Lita Liem Sugiarto

At the 1966 Asian Games at Bangkok, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles, the gold medal in the women's doubles with Lany Kaligis, and the bronze medal in the mixed doubles with Sutarjo Sugiarto.

Luang Wichitwathakan

He received his primary education in a Buddhist temple school in Uthaithani and continued the Buddhist education at Wat Mahathat in Bangkok where he excelled in Buddhist studies, reaching a high stage of Prien and graduating first in the kingdom.

Luca Bellisomo

Bellisomo captained Canada to a fourth-place finish at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, eventually finishing in fourth place when Canada lost on penalties to hosts Thailand in the bronze medal playoff game.

Manicasothy Saravanamuttu

Manicasothy served as Ceylon's Commissioner in Singapore and Malaya (1950–1957), Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to Indonesia (1954–1957) during which time he was involved in organising the Asian-African Conference, better known as the Bandung Conference, in 1955 and Honorary Consul-General in Bangkok (1958–61).

Nina Solheim

In addition to a bronze medal from the 2001 World Taekwondo Championships in Jeju, South Korea, Solheim won the gold medal in middleweight (72 kg) at the 2006 World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand.

NSIS

New Sathorn International School, an international school located in Bangkok- the heart of the central business district, Thailand.

People's Television

Junta chief Sonthi Boonyaratkalin requested Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont to declare emergency in Bangkok on 28 March 2007 in response to the protests.

PERI

Bhumibol Bridge, Bangkok, Thailand – 4 bridge pylons with heights of 170 m

Philip Banchong Chaiyara

1976-78 he worked as parish priest at the Nongkhai Mission, Diocese of Udon Thani; 1979-81 he was rector of the Redemptorist Seminary Minor at Si Racha; 1981-87 parish priest at the Holy Redeemer Church in Bangkok; 1987-92 parish priest at Bannoi, Khonkaen, Udon Thani diocese; 1993-2002 director of Social Work at Pattaya, Diocese of Chanthaburi.

Price discrimination

The Grand Palace in Bangkok, for example, charges admission to foreign tourists, but Thai citizens are allowed free entry.

Pridiyathorn Devakula

He was succeeded as governor of the Bangkok of Thailand by Tarisa Watanagase, the first woman to head the BoT.

Prince Christoph of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

He died on 6 August 2006 of massive organ failure a few days after being imprisoned in Klong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok on charges of suspicion of illegally altering a visa.

Prostitution in Thailand

The organisation seeks to empower sex workers and has been operating since 1985, with offices in Patpong (Bangkok), Chiang Mai, Mae Sai and Patong Beach (Phuket).

Sandra Harding

She has held Visiting Professor appointments at the University of Amsterdam (1987), University of Costa Rica (1990), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) (1987), and the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok (1994).

Santi Asoke

He then formed Asoke and established four monasteries: (1) Santi Asoke Monastery at Khet Bang Kapi, Bangkok; (2) Si Asok Monastery at Amphoe Kantharalak, Changwat Si Saket; (3) Sali Asok Monastery at Amphoe Phaisali, Changwat Nakhon Sawan; and (4) Phathomma Asok Monastery at Amphoe Mueang Nakhon Pathom, Changwat Nakhon Pathom.

Transportation in the Philippines

After offering low fares to domestic destinations, Cebu Pacific launched its international operations on November 2001 and now flies to Bangkok, Busan, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Taipei.

Victory Monument BTS Station

There are many food stalls, clothing shops and malls around the station, as the monument is a major BMTA bus stop of Bangkok and also van terminals from suburbs and provinces around the capital.

Warren Fellows

The three men were sent to Bambat remand centre at Klong Prem Central Prison, but after plotting an escape attempt were moved to "Maha Chai" the Special Bangkok Metropolitan Prison on Maha Chai Road (now the Bangkok Corrections Museum).

Yoneo Ishii

He completed his studies there as well, and got hired at the Japanese embassy in Bangkok where he worked for seven years.