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Greetings all!
New to the site and wanted to introduce myself. I'm a brand new United Nations employee and will be starting my first position with the organization in Bangkok in two weeks. Thankfully the UN is very helpful in doing a lot of the legwork to expedite my transition there, however they can't help with all the details.
This is the first time I will be in Thailand and I'll be in country for two years. A few things that are up in the air for me still so here come some questions.
1) Are there any other UN employees lurking on these forums? Specifically ones who work in Bangkok?
2) To my understanding Sukhumvit is one of the big expat centers in the city. What are the other ones (Western ones in particular)?
3) I keep waffling on if I should lease a car while I'm there. I understand that Bangkok can have awful traffic. Where is a good place (with reasonable prices, of course) to get a long term lease that also provides insurance?
4) Is the Bank of Siam a good bank for expats? The site "looks" nice, but you never know from looks alone.
There are probably a million other smaller questions I can't think of or not have thought of yet. I'll also gladly take some unsolicited advice!
Anxious and excited to get over there!
New to the site and wanted to introduce myself. I'm a brand new United Nations employee and will be starting my first position with the organization in Bangkok in two weeks. Thankfully the UN is very helpful in doing a lot of the legwork to expedite my transition there, however they can't help with all the details.
This is the first time I will be in Thailand and I'll be in country for two years. A few things that are up in the air for me still so here come some questions.
1) Are there any other UN employees lurking on these forums? Specifically ones who work in Bangkok?
2) To my understanding Sukhumvit is one of the big expat centers in the city. What are the other ones (Western ones in particular)?
3) I keep waffling on if I should lease a car while I'm there. I understand that Bangkok can have awful traffic. Where is a good place (with reasonable prices, of course) to get a long term lease that also provides insurance?
4) Is the Bank of Siam a good bank for expats? The site "looks" nice, but you never know from looks alone.
There are probably a million other smaller questions I can't think of or not have thought of yet. I'll also gladly take some unsolicited advice!
Anxious and excited to get over there!