On Fri, 2 Feb 2018, Peter Yee wrote: > Central Bangkok to Suvarnabhumi Airport (the international airport) > is more like 35 minutes when traffic isn't bad. Three hours would > be a horrific traffic jam. IEEE 802 held a successful meeting in > Bangkok in 2015 and taxis were plentiful and easy. > > It's really not that adventurous of a destination unless you want to > make it one. The IEEE 802 meeting was held at the Centara Grand > Hotel attached to the CentralWorld mall. If you never left the > hotel and mall, you could almost imagine yourself in the US - lots > of familiar chain stores and brands in sparkling clean environment. > I ventured out and never once regretted it. Bangkok is a wonderous > city to explore and is a fine destination for a meeting. > > -Peter > Just to add to Peter's points: * The IEEE 802.11 Group is meeting at the same venue the week following IETF 103, see: http://www.ieee802.org/11/Meetings/Meeting_Plan.html * With respect to terror attacks, I'd consider London more dangerous these days, not that your gov.uk site would tell you so. * With respect to political speech, criticism of the King and other related matters, I think that probably falls into the category of "outside the scope of normal IETF discourse," but it might be worth checking this out before departing for London: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-strangest-weird-laws-enforced-christopher-sargeant-sturgeon-armour-a7232586.htm .... I particularly love: "No person shall, in the course of a business, import into England, potatoes which he knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, are from Poland." You have been warned. Ole