Airlines Aeroflot, Regent House, 183 Th Rajdamri (tel 02/251 0617-18); Air France, Unit 2002, 34 Vorwat Building, 849 Th Silom (tel 02/635 1186-7); Air India, 12th Floor, One Pacific Place, 140 Th Sukhumvit (tel 02/235 0557); Bangkok Airways, Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, Thanon Ratchadaphisek (tel 02/229 3456); Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Chongkolnee Building, 56 Th Su
American Express c/o Sea Tours, 128/88-92, 8th Floor, Phrayathai Plaza, 128 Th Phyathai, Bangkok 10400 (tel 02/216 5759). Amex credit card- and travellers' cheque-holders can use the office (Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.30pm, Sat 8.30am-noon) as a poste restante; mail and faxes are only held for sixty days. They will also receive faxes for Amex customers on 02/216 5757.
Embassies and consulates Australia, 37 Th Sathorn Thai (tel 02/287 2680); Brunei, 154 Soi Ekamai, Th Sukhumvit (tel 02/515766); Burma, 132 Th Sathorn Nua (tel 02/233 2237); Cambodia, 185 Th Ratchadamri, Lumphini (tel 02/254 6630 & 253 9851); Canada, 15th Floor, Abdulrahim Building, 990 Th Rama 4 (tel 02/636 0560); China, 57/2 Th Rajdapisek (tel 02/245 7033); UK, 1031 Th Witthayu (
Emergencies For all emergencies, call the tourist police on 1699.
Hospitals and clinics Travellers' Medical and Vaccination Centre, 8th Floor, Alma Link Building, 25 Soi Chitlom, Th Ploenchit (tel 02/655 1024-5); Bangkok Adventist Hospital, 430 Th Phitsanulok (tel 02/281 1422); Bangkok Christian Hospital, 124 Th Silom (tel 02/233 6981); Bangkok Nursing Home, 9 Th Convent (tel 02/233 2610-9); Clinic Banglamphu, 187 Th Chakrabongse (tel 02/282 747
Immigration Office About 1km down Soi Suan Plu, off Th Sathorn Thai (Mon-Fri 8am-noon & 1-4pm; tel 02/287 3101-10). Visa extension takes about an hour.
Internet access The most efficient cybercafés in Bangkok include: Bangkok Internet Café at the western end of Th Khao San, Banglamphu (24 hr); Hello Internet Café at 63 Th Khao San, Banglamphu (daily 10am-2am); Cybercafé on the 2nd floor of the Ploenchit Center, Soi 2, Th Sukhumvit (daily 10am-9.30pm); Cyberia, cnr of Soi 24, Th Sukhumvit (Sun-Wed 10.30am-11pm, Thurs-Sat 10.30
Pharmacies English-speaking staff at Boots the Chemist, on the corner of Soi 33, Th Sukhumvit (tel 02/252 8056), and at most other pharmacies in the capital.
Police There's a Tourist Assistance Centre (TAC) in the TAT headquarters (tel 02/281 5051). In an emergency contact the English-speaking tourist police (tel 1699).
Post office The GPO is at 1160 Th Charoen Krung (aka New Road), a few hundred metres left of the exit for Wat Muang Kae express-boat stop. Poste restante can be collected Mon-Fri 8am-8pm, Sat, Sun & hols 8am-1pm; letters are kept for three months. The parcel packing service at the GPO operates Mon-Fri 8am-4.30pm, Sat 9am-noon.