Travel Reference
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available for 20B above the metered fare.
Boat
Best for…
Slowly but surely jumping between the tourist sights in Banglamphu,
Ko Ratanakosin and parts of Silom.
to 8pm on weekdays and from 6am to 7pm on weekends. You can buy tickets (10B to
32B) at the pier or on board; hold on to your ticket as proof of purchase. Boats with yel-
low or red-and-orange flags are express boats. These run only during peak times and don't
make every stop. A yellow-flagged tourist boat runs from Tha Sathon (Central Pier) to
Tha Phra Athit (Banglamphu) with stops at 10 major sightseeing piers and barely compre-
hensible English-language commentary.
There are also dozens of cross-river ferries, which charge 3B and run every few
minutes until late at night.
Klorng
(canal, also spelled
khlong
) taxi boats run along Khlong Saen Saeb
(Banglamphu to Ramkhamhaeng) and are an easy way to get between Banglamphu and
Jim Thompson's House, the Siam Sq shopping centres and other points further east along
Th Sukhumvit - after a mandatory change of boat at Tha Pratunam. These boats are
mostly used by daily commuters and pull into the piers for just a few seconds - jump
straight on or you'll be left behind. Fares range from 9B to 21B and boats run from
6.15am to 7.30pm.
Motorcycle Taxi
Best for...
Getting to the end of a long street or getting somewhere in a hurry dur-
ing peak hours.
Motorcycle taxis (known as
motorsai
) serve two purposes in Bangkok. Most commonly
and popularly they form an integral part of the public-transport network, running from the
corner of a main thoroughfare, such as Th Sukhumvit, to the far ends of soi that run off
that thoroughfare. Riders wear coloured, numbered vests and gather at either end of their
