Saen-Saep long-tail boat in Bangkok

Hello, everybody! Such a long time I have never been updated anything here.

During these few months I take the long-tail boat or in Thai "Rua-Hang-Yao" which we call "Saen Saep boat" because it is along the Saen Saep canal. I take it 4-5 days a week. Then I notice that many foreigners take this kind of boat too much, like a very famous thing to do in Bangkok now. So I wanna share my opinion and experience about this.

First of all, below is the route of Saen Saep boat. I also added some interesting point and connecting with electric train (MRT and ARL)

Click on the picture to enlarge

I think it is very convenient and faster than take the public bus which you always in traffic jam. This route is along the New Petchburi road to Watergate (or Pratu Nam) and ended at Panfa Leelard which located at Rachdamnoen road.

If you stay in Ramkhamhaeng area and want to go somewhere which near the Saen Saep boat's pier, I strongly recommend to you take this boat. But there is few thing you must keep in mind.

1. The boat will stop in each pier for very short time, so you must take the boat very quickly and steady, beware to fall into the canal. You may ask for help with the boat's staff (wear blue shirt and cross-body bag) in case you need help.
2. The boat fare is vary upon how far you want to go. You can check the fare at the board on the pier before you take the boat but I'm not sure there is English version or not.
3. The water in the canal is very bad smell. Don't mind it.
4. The sound in the boat is also very noisy, don't mind it too.
5. The trick to get on and off the boat safely is, you have to grab the rope first, then walk quickly on the gunwale and walk down into the boat. Sounds very easy, right?
6. In the rainy season, I really not recommend you to take Saen Saep boat because you'll get soak even you are in the boat!
7. From 6, if you need to take the boat in rainy season, put on the raincoat even you are in the boat.

If you have any question, please insert in comment box below I'll response you back as soon as I saw your any comment. Thank you for stop at my blog here ^^

Saen-Saep long-tail boat in Bangkok

Hello, everybody! Such a long time I have never been updated anything here.

During these few months I take the long-tail boat or in Thai "Rua-Hang-Yao" which we call "Saen Saep boat" because it is along the Saen Saep canal. I take it 4-5 days a week. Then I notice that many foreigners take this kind of boat too much, like a very famous thing to do in Bangkok now. So I wanna share my opinion and experience about this.

First of all, below is the route of Saen Saep boat. I also added some interesting point and connecting with electric train (MRT and ARL)

Click on the picture to enlarge

I think it is very convenient and faster than take the public bus which you always in traffic jam. This route is along the New Petchburi road to Watergate (or Pratu Nam) and ended at Panfa Leelard which located at Rachdamnoen road.

If you stay in Ramkhamhaeng area and want to go somewhere which near the Saen Saep boat's pier, I strongly recommend to you take this boat. But there is few thing you must keep in mind.

1. The boat will stop in each pier for very short time, so you must take the boat very quickly and steady, beware to fall into the canal. You may ask for help with the boat's staff (wear blue shirt and cross-body bag) in case you need help.
2. The boat fare is vary upon how far you want to go. You can check the fare at the board on the pier before you take the boat but I'm not sure there is English version or not.
3. The water in the canal is very bad smell. Don't mind it.
4. The sound in the boat is also very noisy, don't mind it too.
5. The trick to get on and off the boat safely is, you have to grab the rope first, then walk quickly on the gunwale and walk down into the boat. Sounds very easy, right?
6. In the rainy season, I really not recommend you to take Saen Saep boat because you'll get soak even you are in the boat!
7. From 6, if you need to take the boat in rainy season, put on the raincoat even you are in the boat.

If you have any question, please insert in comment box below I'll response you back as soon as I saw your any comment. Thank you for stop at my blog here ^^

Saen-Saep long-tail boat in Bangkok

Hello, everybody! Such a long time I have never been updated anything here.

During these few months I take the long-tail boat or in Thai "Rua-Hang-Yao" which we call "Saen Saep boat" because it is along the Saen Saep canal. I take it 4-5 days a week. Then I notice that many foreigners take this kind of boat too much, like a very famous thing to do in Bangkok now. So I wanna share my opinion and experience about this.

First of all, below is the route of Saen Saep boat. I also added some interesting point and connecting with electric train (MRT and ARL)

Click on the picture to enlarge

I think it is very convenient and faster than take the public bus which you always in traffic jam. This route is along the New Petchburi road to Watergate (or Pratu Nam) and ended at Panfa Leelard which located at Rachdamnoen road.

If you stay in Ramkhamhaeng area and want to go somewhere which near the Saen Saep boat's pier, I strongly recommend to you take this boat. But there is few thing you must keep in mind.

1. The boat will stop in each pier for very short time, so you must take the boat very quickly and steady, beware to fall into the canal. You may ask for help with the boat's staff (wear blue shirt and cross-body bag) in case you need help.
2. The boat fare is vary upon how far you want to go. You can check the fare at the board on the pier before you take the boat but I'm not sure there is English version or not.
3. The water in the canal is very bad smell. Don't mind it.
4. The sound in the boat is also very noisy, don't mind it too.
5. The trick to get on and off the boat safely is, you have to grab the rope first, then walk quickly on the gunwale and walk down into the boat. Sounds very easy, right?
6. In the rainy season, I really not recommend you to take Saen Saep boat because you'll get soak even you are in the boat!
7. From 6, if you need to take the boat in rainy season, put on the raincoat even you are in the boat.

If you have any question, please insert in comment box below I'll response you back as soon as I saw your any comment. Thank you for stop at my blog here ^^

[announce] ARL terminated the express line

Hello everyone. I haven't been here such a long time ago!! I'm so sorry to whom is following me.

Today, I'd like to announce something about the ARL (Airport Rail Link). As everyone who want to visit Bangkok, Thailand should know, the cheapest and most convenient transfer from Suvarnabhumi Airport to town is ARL.

ARL originally has 2 kinds:- City Line and Exprss Line. The Express Line has 2 lines, Suvarnabhumi direct to Makkasan which link to the MRT and the another one, Suvarnabhumi to Phaya Thai which link to BTS.

But right now due to technical problem the Express Line was eliminated. Only City Line still run on.

And, may I repeat once again.

• Due to very crowd passengers, please avoid the rush hours (7~9 AM and 5~8PM). -- That's what I'm wondering what they are doing in the east side of Bangkok for? (haha, just kidding)

• Due to less number of trains, as I know there is only 6 trains left in service, the waiting time between each train is quite spend much time should to be. Take around 10~15 minutes. But during rush hours, there is additional train to service.
  
• If you have to take ARL during rush hours to Suvarnabhumi Airport, please try to get on at Phaya Thai station instead of Makkasan Station. 

I hope above information is useful for you all :D

If you have any question, please feel free to leave your question here. I'll find out the answer to response your question. Thank you for visiting me!

Most frequently asked #2 : Hua Lampong to Wat Tri Mitr

I just figure out another frequently asked question. This question I was asked for several times, so I wanna share in here.

Destination : Wat Tri Mitr (Tri Mitr temple)
Start point : MRT Hua Lampong (Terminal station of MRT)

There is 2 choices to Wat Tri Mitr, one is by bus another one is by foot.

By bus :-
Take bus no.4, 25, 40, 53 at bus top near Hua Lampong MRT. (You may ask bus staff who is on the bus as double-check as well)

By foot :- 
You walk along the road in red line, both 2 red lines. Wat Tri Mitr is in the red rectangle (as below map).

I will update for more destination on later days =)

Travel by the river

Hello everyone!

I away from this several days, but I'm back now XD

Today, I would like to talk about how to travel along the river in Bangkok. The most popular transportation by the river is "Chao Phraya Express Boat".

Website: http://www.chaophrayaexpressboat.com/th/home/index.asp

There are several line of Chao Phraya Express Boat, seperate by flag's color and non-flag.

In above website which I provided to you, there is the boat's route provided. But, I'll point out for you.

First, I'll show you the boat's route, as following.

What piers have anything interesting? I will show some example as following :-

• BTS (Saphan Taksin staion); connect via central pier, or Sathorn pier, walk in few minute you'll reach the Saphan Taksin BTS staion. More over, you can also connect with other shuttle boat transfer from here and the latest shopping park as AsiaTique The Riverfront.
• China Town; connect via N5 Rajchawongse pier.
• Pak Klong Talad or Flowers market; connect via N6 Memorial Bridge pier. From the in front of pier, turn left and walk along the road around 3 minutes.
• Wat Pho; connect via N8 Tha Tien pier. Walk until reach the main road, across the road and Wat Pho is in front of you. From here, you also can walk down the street and visit Siam Museum, take around 10 minutes walk. Anyway Tha Tien is a market, you can walk around there to see and shopping.
• Grand Palace, Wat Pra Kaew; connect via N9 Tha Chang pier. Walk until reach the main road and see the white wall, that's Grand Palace area, also with Wat Pra Kaew. Besides these, you also can walk along the street to Sanam Luang or the Pramane Ground.
  Around there, also have very historical place to see and touch. ^^"
• Banglamphoo/Khao San Road; connect via N13 Phra Arthit pier. I think it's quite too far if you walk from this pier to Khao San Road. The easiest way is take a public bus any number to take you more closer than this. Get off at Banglamphoo bus stop, turn right and walk along the road. Khao San Road is over there.

Here are some examples that I can think for now in few minutes. If you have any question about this, drop me a message, I'll response you soon. ^^

See you in next entry!!

Most frequently asked #1 : Phaya Thai to Khaosan Road

Hello everybody!

Today I want to share about how to go to Khaosan Road, the popular for a lot of travelers :D

This is very popular question which I met several times.

Many travelers travel by ARL or BTS to Phayathai station and they want to go to Khaosan Road but they have some information not enough and lost their way finally. Here is solution which I share to you.

Beginning: Phayathai station (ARL or BTS)
Destination: Khaosan Road
Direction: I recommend you to go back for 1 bus stop and take a bus no 59 only to Khaosan Road. But the bus no 59 doesn't stop and drop you at real Khaosan Road, you have to walk for a bit by yourself to there.

For easier understand I'll show you as following.

After take bus no 59, then I think that it may be take a long time to the Khaosan Road, so take it easy ^^"

When you see the "Democracy Monument", keep in mind that you are going to get off in few minutes.

From above picture, you can get off the bus with 2 bus stops, number 1 or number 2 (as you see in the above picture).

Both number, you have to across the road and go along the road, you will find Khaosan Road in front of you.

Very easy, right?

If you have more question, drop me a message, I'll response you ASAP. ^^

See you next time!