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BANGKOK, THAILAND

Dave
2004-02-22 13:28:30

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Group LTD. I have also heard recommendations about Rama's from professional jewelers who live in the United States. Rama's has been in business since 1960 and they have 2 stores in Bangkok. I have been to both of these stores.

Their Silom Showroom is located at 987 Silom Road opposite the Holiday Inn Crown Plaza Hotel. Phone: 0-2266-8655. Their other store is the Sukhumvit Showroom located at 599/2 Sukhumvit Road opposite the Emporium Shopping Complex (near MBK shopping center).

For more information please visit their website: www.ramajewelry.com

I have also shopped at Thai Gems but have never received any recommendations from professional jewelers about this store. They seem to specialize in large quantities of gemstones at low prices. Their Bangkok store is located at 314 - 314 1/3 - 3 Silom Road. You can contact them by PHONE: 66 (0) 2236-3840-1 or visit their extensive web site at: www.thaigem.com

One note: about jewelry shopping and transportation. Sometimes a tuk-tuk or taxi driver will offer to take you to a "fancy jewelry store" on the way to your desired destination. Often they will tell you they can give you a better price if they first take you to a jewelry store. In my experience I have found the "jewelry stores" that they take me to of fairly low quality, it is often a great waste of time, and lastly the price offered for the transportation is not that much less than it would have been.

Jim Thompson's House - For a place of quiet, calm and relatively clean air (due to the jungle like setting) be sure to visit Jim Thompson's House located at 6 Soi Kasemsan 2, Rama 1 Road. His home isn't impressive like some of the Wats downtown - however it is quite appealing because of its simplicity and the location is clean and quiet. Jim Thompson was an American OSS officer (precursor to today's CIA) and a businessman who moved to ...