| Food and Beverages |
Plate of Thai food on rice by the roadside
|
30B - 40B
|
Plate of Thai food, some rice and a soft drink at an average small
restaurant
|
40B to 70B
|
Plate of Thai food and a soft drink on Bangkok's
Khao San road.
|
100B
|
Plate of western style food and a soft drink in tourist-orientated
restaurant.
|
150B - 300B
|
| Meal for 2 at a high quality Thai restaurant |
300B to 500B
|
| Macdonald's BigMac Meal - Small/Large |
85B/92B
|
| Grilled chicken and sticky rice from a
street vendor |
20B
|
| Large (630ml) 'Singha' beer from a 7-11 store |
50B
|
| Small (330ml) 'Singha' beer in an average
bar |
60B to 150B
|
| Small (330ml) 'Heineken' beer in 7-11 store |
38B - 40B
|
| Small (330ml) 'Heineken' beer in a bar |
75B - 110B
|
| 1 litre of bottled water from a store |
6B to 12B
|
| Low-end bottle of wine from
a supermarket |
450B
|
| Packet of Thai kanom (snacks/sweets) |
10B
|
| 20 cigarettes (Western brand) |
60B
|
| 20 cigarettes (Thai brand) |
20B
|
|
Accommodation
|
| Typical guesthouse room on Khao San Road
(small, fan-cooled, shared cold-water bathroom) |
150B
|
| Typical 3* hotel room |
800B to 1,200B
|
| Typical 5* hotel room |
4,000B +
|
| Discounted room at the Oriental Hotel (arguably the world's best
hotel) |
US$250 / 10,000B
|
| Luxury apartment (per month) |
30,000B +
|
| Central Bangkok apartment with good facilities (per month) |
8,000B to 20,000B
|
| Non-central cheap apartment with few/no
facilities (per month) |
2,000B to 4,000B
|
|
Travel in town
|
| Average taxi or tuk-tuk fare around central
Bangkok |
50-70B
|
| Ordinary / Aircon bus fare |
3.5B / 8B - 16B
|
| Average fare on the express boats and canal
boats |
5 to 10B
|
| Chartering a longtail boat for one hour |
400B
|
| Average Skytrain fare |
25B
|
|
Shopping
|
| Original Western music CD from a department
store |
450B to 500B
|
| Original Thai music CD from a department store |
120B
|
| Pirate software from Panthip Plaza |
150B - 200B
|
| Low quality fake Rolex watch |
500B
|
| Very high quality fake Rolex watch |
6,000B
|
| Cheap T-Shirt |
100B
|
| Fake pair of Levi's |
400B
|
| General |
| Cinema ticket |
80B to 120B
|
| Entrance fee to some of the most popular
discos/nightclubs (This usually entitles you to 1 or 2 'free' drinks) |
300B to 800B
|
| Copy of 'The
Nation' or 'Bangkok
Post' newspaper |
20 - 25B
|
| Asian Wall Street Journal |
50B
|
| Cheap haircut |
60B
|
|
Internet access on a 56K modem, per hour. (from 16 local ISPs)
|
5B - 20B
|
| Internet access at Internet Cafés or outlets, per hour. |
20B - 180B
|
