Thailand - Understand & Survival (Chapter)

DIRECTORY A-Z

ELECTRICITY

photocopy of your passport,

along with the purchase

receipt and the object(s) in

question, to the Department

of Fine Arts (%0 2628 5032).

Allow four days for the appli-

cation and inspection process

to be completed.

Electricity

Thailand uses 220V AC elec-

tricity; power outlets most

commonly feature two-prong

round or fl at sockets.

Embassies &

Consulates

Foreign embassies are locat-

ed in Bangkok; some nations

also have consulates in Chi-

ang Mai, Phuket or Pattaya.

Australia (Map p 90 ; % 0

2344 6300; http://www.thailand.

embassy.gov.au; 37 Th Sathon

Tai, Bangkok)

Cambodia (%0 2957 5851-2;

518/4 Pracha Uthit/Soi Ram-

kamhaeng 39, Bangkok)

Canada Bangkok (Map p 90 ;

%0 2636 0540; http://www.thailand.

gc.ca; 15th fl, Abdulrahim

Bldg, 990 Th Phra Ram IV);

Chiang Mai Consulate (% 0

5385-0147; 151 Superhighway,

Tambon Tahsala)

China Bangkok (%0 2245

7044; http://www.chinaembassy.or.th;

57 Th Ratchadaphisek); Chiang

Mai Consulate (Map p 240 ;

%0 5327 6125; 111 Th Chang

Lor, Tambon Haiya)

Denmark (Map p 90 ; % 0

2343 1100; http://www.ambbangkok.

um.dk; 10 Soi 1, Th Sathon

Tai; Bangkok) Consulates in

Phuket and Pattaya.

France (Map p 82 ; %0 2657

5100; http://www.ambafrance-th.org;

35 Soi 36, Th Charoen Krung);

Bangkok Visa & Culture

Services (Map p 90 ; % 0

2627 2150; 29 Th Sathon Tai);

Chiang Mai Consulate (Map

p 240 ; %0 5328 1466; 138 Th

Charoen Prathet) Consulates

also in Phuket & Surat Thani.

Germany (Map p 90 ; % 0

2287 9000; http://www.bangkok.diplo.

de; 9 Th Sathon Tai, Bangkok)

India (Map p 92 ; %0 2258

0300-6; indianembassy.in.th;

46 Soi Prasanmit/Soi 23, Th

Sukhumvit); Bangkok Visa

Application Centre (Map p 92 ;

%02 6652 9681; http://www.ivac-th.

220V/50Hz

220V/50Hz

Climate

J FDM A M J J A S O N

Bangkok

°C/°F Temp

0/32

10/50

20/68

30/86

40/104

Rainfall inches/mm

0

4/100

8/200

12/300

16/400

20/500

J FDM A M J J A S O N

Chiang Mai

°C/°F Temp

0/32

10/50

20/68

30/86

40/104

Rainfall inches/mm

0

4/100

8/200

12/300

16/400

20/500

J FDM A M J J A S O N

Phuket

°C/°F Temp

0/32

10/50

20/68

30/86

40/104

Rainfall inches/mm

0

4/100

8/200

12/300

16/400

20/500