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\"\"<\/a>First, let me start with the bad things. The name. Compare the way a Westerner would read it, to the way it’s said. “Su varn a buh umi” vs “Su wan a poom” . From now on, this blog’s offical spelling of the new Bangkok International Airport is – Suwanapoom<\/b>. Suwanapoom International Airport, Bangkok<\/b><\/a>. Has a nice ring to it.<\/p>\n

As for the airport experience, I arrived and heard about some long walking to be done, however, I was 60 feet from the immigration counter when I exited the plane. Not bad at all. I had no wait at all in the immigration line either.. nice touch. Did not try the luggage system.<\/p>\n

Leaving was pretty easy, but the “Hey, want a taxi” guys were a bit annoying. Pulled the same trick as in the old airport… go down to departures, and grab a taxi there. They are pretty efficient at making you pay a 50baht sir charge, so haven’t yet figured out how to avoid that.<\/p>\n

All in all, well done Bangkok.
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Also, if you have a car and time, you can watch the planes coming in just off the runway by parking on an overpass. They come right overhead and make for some neat photos.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> They are working on the airport link skytrain, which looks like it should be done pretty quickly.<\/p>\n

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