(Bangkok) transport
- from/to the airport : taxi 500 THB
- grab is cheap and the most useful
- BTS : 30~ THB
- boat : 16~30 THB
The trip to Spain and Portugal in September was the first travel since Covid-19 and it's been exactly 3 years. Longer than expected but ended anyway. It was such a pleasure but felt pretty tired at the same time. I still had many day-offs and I decided to use them all for chilling on the beach in the one of the Asian countries. However, it was a little long to stay only in the area, so a combination of Bangkok and a nearest beach from there seemed proper in that sense. Youngji suggested Hua Hin where she spent her time during pregnancy, so I planned a itinerary as Bangkok, Hua Hin, and Bang kok again.
I booked Air Asia a few months earlier so could get cheap tickets before the prices increase. But extra bag is not included ticket, and she decided to carry one big bag only. You know, we always get lessons from mistakes, so never believe in yourself too much.
Hello, Bangkok! It's a bit weird that I've been to almost 70 cities in the world but this is my first time in Bangkok.
Taxi is the most common way of transport because it's cheap and bus lines are hard to follow as foreigners. It's also the most preferable way to go to the city from the airport. Once you get out of the airport, there are three lines for taxis, and the one in the center is for regular taxis. You don't need to take the large taxi unless you belong to a group of people, but you may choose this option just to be in the shorter queue with higher price.
There are simple kiosks that give you a ticket with a number. If you find a parking spot with the number on the sign, there's your taxi.
The Google gave me 35 minutes as expected time, but it took longer probably because the driver took a wrong route intentionally. I think I'd better tell them gently to stick to the original route or that I'll just get off here to take another, as many blogs suggest that you never argue with Thai because it can never be a solution.
The passenger is supposed to pay the toll.
2022-11-19 SAT
Today, our first destination was the Grand Palace. Grab is the most convenient way to travel but I wanted to try BTS line and the ferries.
We bought ticket at the Sala Daeng BTS station. We took BTS SkyTrain Silom Line and it costed 30 THB for each for 4 stations to Saphan Taksin station, which seems to be the one of the main hubs of ferry lines.
- https://www.bts.co.th/eng/routemap.html
The train was modern and clean.
The old and new buildings.
Right after getting out of the BTS statins, you may see this pier that seems like a ferry terminal. But be careful that it is a commercial boat office and they require much more expensive fare. They asked us 300 THB for a long boat, and even lied to us that there are no other boats.
The public ferry costs only 16 THB for each. The tickets shows which color of the flag we have to look for to find our ferry line. Ours was Orange Flag to the Tha Chang.
You can see the orange flag at the rear of the boat.
The boat is old but still fun to ride.
It also stopped by the Wat Arun that we visited yesterday.
The boat runs about every 40 minutes, so it'd be better to check the schedule in advance.
Probably because the orange line finished for the day, or I just wanted to try another boat, or both, we took Chao Phraya Tourist Boat when we're back from the Grand Palace area. It costed 30 THB for each.
Oh, this one is big and has two decks.
The Wat Arun seen from the upper deck.
There were long queues waiting for boats.
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