[sam3384]

I just wanted to get your opinions and past experiences with respects to touring the Chao Phraya River.

I am staying in a hotel near Asoke Station.

From my own research I figured out to take the BTS Skytrain to Phloen Chit and then change to the Silom Line. From there you go all the way to Saphan Taksin.

Upon departure at Saphan Taksin you have to make your way to the Central Pier.

My only questions are:

1) Where do I buy tickets to board the Chao Phraya Express Boat?

[plahgat]

sam3384, on 10 October 2011 - 09:15 PM, said:

I just wanted to get your opinions and past experiences with respects to touring the Chao Phraya River.

I am staying in a hotel near Asoke Station.

From my own research I figured out to take the BTS Skytrain to Phloen Chit and then change to the Silom Line. From there you go all the way to Saphan Taksin.

Upon departure at Saphan Taksin you have to make your way to the Central Pier.

My only questions are:

1) Where do I buy tickets to board the Chao Phraya Express Boat?

You just hop onboard when they do a breaf stop.
You buy from the ticketseller on the boat
Just tell her where you wanna go and pay the fare she asks.
Works the same way as the city buses.

Plahgat

Have a look at my video:

My Bangkok 2011

[sam3384]

plahgat, on 10 October 2011 - 09:46 PM, said:

You just hop onboard when they do a breaf stop.
You buy from the ticketseller on the boat
Just tell her where you wanna go and pay the fare she asks.
Works the same way as the city buses.

Plahgat

Have a look at my video:

My Bangkok 2011

Okay I will. Thank you.

If I want to go to the Grand Palace should I take the boats with the Orange Flag?

[plahgat]

sam3384, on 11 October 2011 - 12:05 AM, said:

Okay I will. Thank you.

If I want to go to the Grand Palace should I take the boats with the Orange Flag?

Yes!

Route & Time Table

Plahgat

[Dieter]

I bought a one day ticket for around 150thb if I remember correctly.
I was then able to hop on and off all day.
Great value for money.
Dieter :rolleyes:

[buckethead]

I paid 28 baht and had the option of traveling a long way. This is not the tourist boat and the boat makes frequent stops.

[wackyjacky]

If you are going next week, just get on an inner-tube outside your hotel on Asoke and the flow should take down the Saen Saeb Canal all the way to the Wats and the River. wj

[Frosty]

lol, I'll be impressed is Asoke floods to Sukhumvit.

[sam3384]

Does anyone have any info whether the Central Pier near Saphan Taksin is flooded?

Ideally I would like to catch the boat from there to the Chang Pier, which I also heard is somewhat flooded.

My plan is to get from the Central Pier to the Grand Palace via the Chao Phraya River.

Should I depart at the Chang Pier? Or another location?

[rowyco]

sam3384, on 10 October 2011 - 09:15 PM, said:

From my own research I figured out to take the BTS Skytrain to Phloen Chit and then change to the Silom Line. From there you go all the way to Saphan Taksin.

You switch to the Silom line at Siam station not Phloen Chit.

[sam3384]

rowyco, on 16 November 2011 - 06:34 AM, said:

You switch to the Silom line at Siam station not Phloen Chit.

+10

Good looking out mate. I would have been totally lost without your help.

I just checked out the BTS Map and noticed my mistake.

I recently found out the Chao Phraya Express reopens on November 20.

Would the fastest way to get to the Grand Palace be to depart at the Chang Pier?

Is the Change Pier area flooded?

Thanks again for helping a clueless tourist.

[Frosty]

Just got back from the Chaya Prat. There are boats still going across the river. Tour boats and excursions are still going up and down the river. The express boat service is stopped (for some reason). While many piers are flooded, they have put up planks to get to the boat launches.