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River and Canal Boats, Bangkok
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River and Canal Boats: The river runs through ...
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  • The Chao Praya River offers transportation relief from the slow and chaotic road traffic in Bangkok. . There are many kinds of boat services, from the express boats, to the boats belonging to the various luxury hotels along the river to the little river-taxis that you can hire yourself.

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    River and Canal Boats: CHAO PHRAYA EXPRESS: good to avoid jams
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  • We took Chao Phraya Express to visit Wat Phra Keow, because it helps you to avoid traffic jams (although they are even worst at afternoon hours). We arrived at Saphan Taksin by Skytrain and from Sathorn Pier, we took, almost by chance, Chao Phraya Express. We were hurried to take it, so I was afraid that we had got into some of those very expensive touristic boats that go up and down the river. The men at the desk tried that we paid a ticket for the whole day (it cost 100 bahts), but we were planning to do a single trip, so we declined this fare. Single ticket cost 18 baths and you buy it at the boat. There is a person who gives indications through a loudspeaker about the sites at each stop (in English). Be aware of what you see around, and set your camera ready. Cogimos el Chao Phraya Express para visitar Wat Phra Keow, porque ayuda a evitar los atascos (aunque son peores por la tarde). Llegamos a Saphan Taksin en Skytrain y desde el Muelle Sathorn cogimos, casi por casualidad, el CPE. Nos metieron prisa para que subieramos, asi que me temi que nos habiamos metido en alguno de esos barcos turisticos carisimos que van rio arriba y abajo. Los hombres del mostrador intentaban que comprasemos un ticket de todo el dia por 100 bahts, pero teniamos pensado hacer solo un viaje, asi que no aceptamos esta tarifa. El billete simple cuesto 18 bahts y lo compras dentro del barco. Hay una persona que va dando indicaciones por un altavoz (en ingles) sobre los sitios a los que se accede desde cada parada. Ve mirando el paisaje desde el barco y ten la camara preparada.

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  • Website: www.chaophrayaboat.co.th/

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    River and Canal Boats: Water Taxi - Beat the Traffic Jam
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  • We had seen the water taxis on the Chayo Praya and the canal near our hotel and decided we must try this form of transport. We were informed to avoid peak hour when all the business people are going to/ returning from work as it gets very hectic at the wharf as there is very little time to get on and off the boat. Our trip proved that advice. We had been at River City and decided to walk through the streets to a nearby canal and catch the water taxi back to our hotel on Phayathai Road. After a 15 minute walk we reached the wharf and managed to get on board, a little difficult as I am very tall and my wife also experienced trouble, the seating was very tight but once aboard it was good. The conductor walks along the outside rail and collect the fare, in our case 8 baht, but really 10 baht as you do not get change. It was 5:00pm peak hour and the boat quickly filled, most likely 100 people crammed in, they worked the side pulley and "side curtains" came up on the outside and stayed up for the duration of the trip. This is to keep the water from splashing you as there is much activity on the water and at times rough. The trip was at high speed and we made 4 stops, at our stop it was difficult to get out as we had to step over the "side curtains". The trip along the canals gave us an insight as to how local people lived, I think the location would be upper class suburb. A most enjoyable mode of travel.

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    River and Canal Boats: RIVER BOAT
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  • River Taxi, Bangkok (THAILAND) - Bangkok
    River Taxi, Bangkok (THAILAND)
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    To get rid of the horrible traffic jam, river boat is a good sight seeing tools for travelling along the river. Equavalent to buses, these boats have routes to various ports along the Chao Phray River and to as far as Nonthaburi from Wat Rat Singkhon. Fare is 5 Bhat to 15 Bhat.

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    River and Canal Boats: Cross River Ferry
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  • Cross the River? Use the Dumpy Ones - Bangkok
    Cross the River? Use the Dumpy
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    You are highly unlikely to do this (crossing the river that is) but if you do, here’s a bit of help. If you want to go across the river you need to get a small flat looking boat thing. No pointy ends, it’s a plough methodically across the river current sort of vessel. Two Thai Baht (i.e. 6 cents) and you’re there (pay before you get on). Now then. Here’s the catch. Very few of the local helpful Thais will believe you do want to cross the river (if you are a caucasian or African person). They think you should be going up and down the river between the hotels and the tourist things. So they will argue that you are in the wrong place until you smile and whip out some local lingo about visiting a very good Chinese herbal therapist that Saniporn told you about last full moon. Cross the river piers are in different spots to up and down the river piers. Presumably the locals have seen many an upset distraught tourist end up on the Din Daeng Pier looking back on the side they started from when they planned to be photographing the Grand Palace or Wat Arun. So remember. Fat, pudgy, grunty boat. 2 THB fare? Pay before you get on. You ain’t going up and down the old Chao Phraya. You is going across. (The rare time you is going across the Chao Phraya is around Wat Arun and there it’s a different story. There are loads of monks on the boat, along with over a dozen sweaty-red-faced tourists that can’t get used to the humidity. The other instance is if you are going to your hotel (e.g. Peninsular or Marriott). These have their own hotel boats, done up in poncey olde-worlde “let’s make the boat look like an old rice barge” sort of thing. Your local Thai wouldn’t be seen dead on one of these. Let alone pay 2 baht for the privilege.)

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    River and Canal Boats: River Taxi's
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  • Long tail river taxi! - Bangkok
    Long tail river taxi!
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    Bangkok was a city of barely 1 million when the last major canals was filled in. It was 1955, but even today it's easy to see why the city's few remaining waterways and the Chao Phraya River are always busy: less than 10% of the capital has been set aside for roads.

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    River and Canal Boats: Chao Phraya Express
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  • For only 75 Bht (approx. $2.00), purchase a ticket to board the Chao Phraya Tourist Boat, which will provide you with a one-day opp to visit all the sites located on or near the Chao Phraya River, including the Temple of the Dawn, Wat Pho, the Grand Palace, etc. Just note, however, that the tourist boat stops running at 3pm, so you'll have to take a Chao Phraya Express Boat back as it stops running later (7:30pm).

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    River and Canal Boats: Take the River for a Change
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  • My favourite means of transport in Bangkok was the boat over the Chao Phraya River. It is much more fun and a lot cleaner than the bus, tuk-tuk or taxi. It is not always the best idea ofcourse, since the stops are only along the river, but if you have to go from one place close to the river to the other, try it sometime! You can also hop on many buses and even the skytrain at many of the stops to continue your journey. The boats are long, fast, and normally colored white with a red stripe. Fares vary slightly according to the destination, they're between 5B and 10B, and if I remember well, in busy hours they have one price. Boats seem to come around every 20 minutes, start at 5.30am and the last boat leaves each end at 6pm.

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    River and Canal Boats: Temples Going by River
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  • If you're the people who take the BTS, go to the last station, Saphan Taksin and from there you have many choices. Some people like the tourist boat but it's not my favourite because stops at the same piers that the express boat and also it's so difficult to understand what the guide is saying, so you have to pay 100 bath when easily you can pay only 18 bath going by express boat (with yellow flag) and is very easy to know in which pier you have to disembark by looking a map if you want to go to the temples; you'll see, when you back, you can take even the blue boat and pay only 9 bath, just that it stops every pier. I forgot to say that the ticket bought to go by tourist boat is a one-day pass ticket, for one day unlimited trips, not only in the tourist boat but in the express boat (same company).

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    River and Canal Boats: River Taxis
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  • Do take the river taxi's. They are super cheap (about 10-20 baht for wherever you may want to go downtown) It's also a great way to see the city the way many locals do. It's also a great break away from the bustle of automobile traffic (although there is plenty of river traffic to contend with) but you are much safer in a boat than in the street!

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