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MODERN HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. TOLL
CHARGES ON SOME HIGHWAYS. TOLLS RANGE FROM 10 BAHT.
CAR HIRE:
CAR HIRE IS POSSIBLE FROM BANGKOK, PHUKET, CHIANG MAI
AND PATTAYA. OFFICES OF INTERNATIONAL HIRE COMPANIES ARE
FOUND AT AIRPORTS AND IN MAJOR CITIES.
SELF DRIVE IN THAILAND IS NOT ADVISABLE EXCEPT IN PHUKET
AND THE QUIET ROADS AROUND CHAING MAI.
TAXIS:
EXIST IN ABUNDANCE IN MAJOR CITIES AND MOST TOWNS.
AIR CONDITIONED.
SHARED PAY DRIVER AT END OF JOURNEY.
THREE WHEELED MOTORBIKE TAXI OR TUK TUK. FAST AGREE PRICE
BEFORE DEPARTURE.
RIVER TAXI-BOAT. GOOD IN BANGKOK WHERE TRAFFIC CONGESTION
IS A PROBLEM. FARES RANGE BETWEEN 5-15 BAHT.
FARES FOR TUK TUK RANGE BETWEEN 30-150 BAHT.
AGREE FARE BEFORE DEPARTURE FOR ALL TAXIS.
BUS:
AIR CONDITIONED AND ORDINARY BUSES OPERATE ALL OVER
THAILAND.
MAJOR BUS BANGKOK TERMINALS ARE AT:-
TALADMOCHIT ON PAHOLYOTHIN ROAD FOR NORTH AND NORTHEASTERN
ROUTES.
EKAMAI ON SUKHUMVIT ROAD FOR PATTAYA AND THE EAST.
SAM YAEK FAI CHAI ON CHARAN SANITWONGSWE ROAD IN THONBURI
FOR SOUTHERN ROUTES.
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KANCHANABURI
129KMS WEST OF BANGKOK
AIR CONDITIONED BUS DEPARTS EVERY HOUR
JOURNEY TIME 2 AND A HALF HOURS
AYUTTHAYA
75KMS FROM BANGKOK.
DEARTURES EVERY HALF AN HOUR. NORTHERN BUS TERMINAL.
FROM 0530-1920.
JOURNEY TIME 1HR.
LOP BURI
153KMS NORTH OF BANGKOK.
DEPARTURES EVERY 20MINS. NORTHERN BUS TERMINAL. FROM
05.00HRS-20.20HRS.
JOURNEY TIME 3HRS.
CHANG MAI
700 KMS NORTH OF BANGKOK.
AIR CONDITIONED BUSES DEPARTURES 5 TIMES DAILY. NORTHERN
BUS TERMINAL.
KOH SAMUI ARCHIPELAGO-SOUTHERN THAILAND.
AIR CONDITIONED BUS DEPARTS 4 TIMES DAILY.
JOURNEY TIME 11HRS
PLUS FERRY CROSSING. 1 AND A HALF HOURS.
PHUKET
COACHES ARE OPERATED BY TOUR COMPANIES AND SEATS CAN BE
RESERVED FROM HOTELS AND TRAVEL AGENTS.
RAIL;
EFFICIENT RAIL SYSTEM LINKS NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN TOWNS
WITH CAPITAL AND A SOUTHERN ROUTE EXTENDS TO THE MALAYSIAN
BORDER. THAI TRAINS ARE CLEAN, COMFORTABLE AND PUNCTUAL.
FOR FIRST CLASS TRAVEL RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE IN
ADVANCE. AIR CONDITIONED SLEEPERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR LONG
JOURNEYS.
KANCHANABURI
TRAINS DEPART 08.00HRS AND 13.55HRS FROM THONBURI STATION.
JOURNEY TIME 2 AND A HALF HOURS.
AYUTTHAYA.
DEPARTURES ARE NUMEROUS DAILY FROM 04.30HRS.
JOURNEY TIME 1 AND A QUARTER HOURS.
LOP BURI.
DEPARTURES FROM 04.30HRS
JOURNEY TIME 2 AND A HALF HOURS.
CHIANG MAI AND NORTHERN THAILAND.
DEPART BANGKOK 15.45HRS. EXPRESS.
JOURNEY TIME 18 HOURS.
KOH SAMUI ARCHIPELAGO AND SOUTHERN THAILAND.
FOR THE ISLAND OF KOH SAMUI TRANSIT THROUGH SURAT THANI.
OVERNIGHT TRAIN FROM BANGKOK-SURAT THANI. EXPRESS.
JOURNEY TIME 12 HOURS.
BUS FROM SURAT THANI-KOH SAMUI.
70KMS TO DON SAK PIER.
FERRY EVERY TWO HOURS FROM 08.00HRS-17.00HRS.
JOURNEY TIME FERRY 1 AND A HALF HOURS.
CHECK ALL DEPARTURE TIMES IN ADVANCE OF DAY OF DEPARTURE.
AIR:
THAI AIRWAYS SERVES ALL MAJOR TOWNS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
INTERNAL FLIGHTS FROM BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 30KMS
NORTH OF BANGKOK.
BANGKOK-CHIANG MAI.
THREE FLIGHTS DAILY. FLIGHT TIME 55MINS.
BANGKOK-SURET THANI-KOH SAMUI
TWO FLIGHTS DAILY. FLIGHT TIME 1HR.
PHUKET
TWO FLIGHTS DAILY. RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL.
SEA:
LONG DISTANCES CAN BE TRAVELLED BY RIVER. BUT THIS TAKES
TIME. NUMEROUS CHANGES OF BOAT ARE USUAL AND A WORKING
KNOWLEDGE IS ESSENTIAL.
SHORT TRIPS BY RIVER AND USE OF THE RIVER TAXIS IS MUCH
EASIER.
BANGKOK.
A BOAT DEPARTS FROM SOI 63 OF 71 IN A SOUTHERN DIRECTION
TOWARDS PRAKANONG TRAVELS OUT OF BANGKOK.
OTHER TRIPS CAN BE MADE BY RIVER TO THE PORT OF KLONG TUEY
AND NORTH TO NONTHABURI. BEST TIMES ARE 07.00HRS - 09.00HRS
AND AT DUSK.
BANGKOK-NONTHABURI
EXPRESS BOAT DEPARTS FROM WAT RAJSINGKON WHARF 06.00HRS-
18.00HRS.
KLONG MON DEPARTS EVERY 30MINS FROM THA THIEN PIER BEHIND
WAT PO, 06.00HRS-18.00HRS
KLONG BANG WEEK DEPARTS FROM THE PIER BY THE MEMORIAL
BRIDGE EVERY 15MINS, 06.00HRS-17.00HRS.
KLONG OM DEPARTS EVERY 15MINS FROM PHIBUL SONGKRAM PIER IN
NONTHABURI. 04.00HRS-21.00HRS
BANGKOK-AYUTTHAYA
NO PUBLIC BOAT SERVICE. ONE DAY EXCURSION ON THE ORIENTAL
QUEEN RIVER BOAT RETURN BY COACH.
PATTAYA-OFFSHORE ISLANDS.
TRAVEL AGENTS ORGANISE DAY TRIPS TO THE MOST POPULAR. IT IS
POSSIBLE TO BARTER WITH LOCAL FISHING/ CHARTER BOATS.
DAILY SEA CHARTER RATES FROM 1,500 BAHT.
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