MadStockBroker Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Anyone else notice that the British Embassy was destroyed in the last few days?? It look like Baghdad over there...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun_Kong Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Yeah, I see that from the BTS everyday, I think. That the embassy next to the Khlong, near Ratchathewi station? . Not the typical Thai, stepwise destruction- looks like it was blown up/knocked down by a wrecking ball and they are just taking everything away in truckloads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom Michael Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 I thought that they sold the land - ??? Was suppose to have been the most expensive plot of land sold in BKK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Hi, "That the embassy next to the Khlong, near Ratchathewi station?" Huh? Isn't (wasn't?) the UK embassy on the corner of Witthaya? Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun_Kong Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Might be the rear section of the property. Or maybe I'm seeing the rear section of the US Embassy. I don't know. This town still confuses the shit out of me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosyourdaddy Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 "That the embassy next to the Khlong, near Ratchathewi station?" Ahhhh that would be the royal residence of Princess sirindhorn. ............... Yes noticed yesterday that they were missing a few walls in teh building near the BTS station. Wonder if that is Why Taksin is in the UK now. HEHEHE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 2Bangkok has the story and pix about this: Firms vie for embassy land - Bangkok Post, March 31, 2006 ...The nine-rai site in front of the British Embassy on Ploenchit Road could fetch as much as one million baht per square wah, say industry executives. That would far outstrip prices paid for prime land on Silom and Sathorn roads, which have been known to fetch between 200,000 and 400,000 baht per square wah. Two years ago a plot of land on Sathorn Road belonging to the United States Information Services (USIS) fetched 260,000 baht per square wah at an auction. It was purchased by Singapore's Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) and is being developed into a high-end condominium, The Met... If it succeeds, LH has said that it plans to invest around 13.5 billion baht in the plot over four years to develop three kinds of property: a serviced apartment building, an office building and a hotel, on 150,000 square metres... Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 If they sold the land in front of the Embassy, how ya s'pposed to get in? Climb over the rear wall? Bungee jump from the new rocket launching pad aimed at the Embassy??? p.s. The historic teak wood UK consulate in Chiang Mai was sold to a developer who put up a hotel on the site. And guess what ... it flooded! The Curse of Victoria upon them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Dontcha currently enter thru the side door on Wireless? Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Been a long time since I've been there, but I used to go in the front gate. That's where I pulled my bright stunt of speaking Thai to the Asian guard, who just stared back at me. Then it dawned on me that he was a Gurkha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.