just arrived in the airport, looks good........ far too much walking, if your feeling mean and can manage to avoid the taxi touts..............go by bus ???? unfortunately the bus station is a universe away from the main terminal. go outside and look out for the big signs for the shuttle bus(foc) try and get the express shuttle bus, I got the 556(to southern bus station pass banglapoo) 30 baht and pdq as well. there appears to be buses for pattaya at the bus station

oh yes forgot to mention etihad are getting better ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,nice head phones for the entertaiment system, managed to get empty rows on both legs ..........loads of sleep .......got here bright as a button yum it appears that beeer lao is being sold here now ??????????

Gardener,

Enjoy!
colin 244

gardener

did u say that bus number 556 bus goes from suvarnabhumi to the southern bus terminal? i'm planning to go from the airport to either hua hin or cha-am and this sounds like a very convenient connection. how long does the journey take?

ian.

Enjoy yerself!
Only 2 weeks and we will be there too!
As for cheap..... can't get much better than the family picking us up, so no probs there!

o/t but where is the nearest cashpoint in the airport?

I found the taxi's cheaper this time as they use the meter now with only an additional 50baht for picking up from the airport. What used to cost us 600baht plus into Bangkok now costs half that much.

casey

the don muang taxis always did use meters and charge 50 baht extra (plus expressway tolls if u chose that option), so no change there. the overall total to khao san road would never be more than 300 to 350 baht.

for 600 baht, are u actually talking about the limousine service that u book at the counter?

ian.

The difference in car types and the not wondering where you are security between limo and meter are well worth the extra baht IMHO (remember this is approx GBP8.50!)which considering what UK taxi's charge is a bargain!

Limo's are also a good start to your hols! (my Thai lady disagree's of course)
colin 244

PS been ripped by meters too often!

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for 600 baht, are u actually talking about the limousine service that u book at the counter

News to me...but guess I must have been. I put it down to tiredness!

ian canton............the bus journey was a sunday evening so not much aggro with the traffic, i think the ride took about 30 mins, i am mean with the dosh, a lady once told me i have a hard heart. worth noting the new rail link appears to be in full swing(construction I mean)

oh oh dear i forgot to mentionthe TOUTS are as bad as ever

ta!

ian.

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Originally posted by the gardener:
I got the 556(to southern bus station pass banglapoo) 30 baht and pdq as well.

What's pdq?

Marcus it means Pretty Dam quick

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Originally posted by the gardener:
ian canton............the bus journey was a sunday evening so not much aggro with the traffic, i think the ride took about 30 mins, i am mean with the dosh, a lady once told me i have a hard heart. worth noting the new rail link appears to be in full swing(construction I mean)

i tried the ae3 express bus for 150 baht from outside the terminal (no need for shuttle bus) to on nut bts station during the friday evening rush-hour after my tg917 flight. the traffic was an absolute nightmare and i shan’t be doing that again!

for anyone going to the ramkhamhaeng area, the taxi ride takes twenty minutes and costs about 135 baht if u take the travelators to the departure level where the taxis are dropping off passengers.

taking a taxi to the airport via my hotel, i was unlucky. i asked the driver to wait for me while i checked out at the hotel. once we had started moving, guessing that i was in a hurry, he suddenly announced that he wasn’t going to use the meter! i eventually bargained him down from 500 baht (including the 91 baht already on the meter) to meter plus 100 baht. i'm sure he still managed to diddle me by taking a round-about route...

ian.

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Originally posted by db1:
Marcus it means Pretty Dam quick

Thank you db1!

As a guideline from our experience:-

We travelled by taxi from the new airport to Soi 5 Sukhumvit Road on Saturday afternoon, using the tolls, cost was 170 baht on meter, 60 baht toll and 50 baht for "Airport pickup fee", total 280 baht, the journey took 30 minutes. The "limos" at the Airport were 800 to 900 baht for the same journey.

On Sunday morning 10am, we did the same back, hotel wanted 500 baht (no way), driver asked for 300 baht (little better, but still no way), meter wanted 190 baht, driver didn't use the tolls and the journey was still 30 minutes, we gave 250baht when arrived at the airport.