Songthaews, Buses, Skytrains, and Tuk tuks

For days 2 and 3, a lot of the adventure centered around our using public transportation. Day 2, we stayed another night with Pao in Lat Krabang (far east side of Bangkok), and day 3 we moved over to Old town Bangkok. In Lat Krabang, Jeanette and I were just about the only white people that we saw, and Pao was the only person that spoke English.

That did not keep us from having a conversation with our masseuses (see above photo) and her friend. They taught us a hand full of thai words.

Here is a list of the different forms of public transportation that we used. All are significantly cheaper than a taxi, and a lot more fun. I was a little apprehensive at the start of each one, but none of them screwed me over on price (even the tuk tuk – I just eagerly accepted the first price offered, but still the ride was worth it).

Songthaew rides – 8 baht (23 cents)

Bus rides – 16 baht (sometimes 12 baht)

Skytrain – 40 baht ($1.15) (the full length of the airport line towards the city)

Tuk tuk to old town from skytrain exit – 300 baht ($8.50)(for both of us). As you can tell transportation gets a lot more expensive when you enter the city. I should have kept my mouth shut and Jeanette would have got them to go cheaper. I forgot that everything can be haggled. (I think this was outside of this driver’s route-normally a tuk tuk ride is much cheaper)

We also discovered Pao had a small AC unit in the room on Day 2. That would have made our falling asleep at 3 in the afternoon the day before much more comfortable.

My phone was low on battery during Day 2 so most of the pictures are on the Polaroid Cube. Hopefully, I can add those to this post later on.