Bangkok river canals - or klongs with a breeze!
If you have been to Bangkok many times and know it well, then in this article you are unlikely to find something interesting for yourself. Rather, it is of interest only to those who generally know very little about the capital of Thailand, or who have never traveled along the river channels of Bangkok. Actually, I want to offer you two short but convenient routes for moving from Khaosan Road to some sights. Of course, there are tuk-tuk and colorful city buses, but they can get stuck in traffic jams, which is not the case with river trams..
Some channels in Bangkok are not used in any way, well, only if you wash
Houses stand right on the river channel
How to get from Khaosan Road to Bangkok Business Center
In the business center of Bangkok, you may need to get to if you want to climb Bayok Sky observation deck, or go to Lumpini Park, or you will need different shopping malls, from Pantip Plaza to Big C.
You can go there by bus, but the journey threatens to take a decent amount of time. So I now prefer to go to Wat Saket (Temple of the Golden Mountain) and from it go along the klong to the Pratunam area, this is just the very center, where all the above listed attractions are located. If you walk from Khaosan, then the temple is no more than 10 minutes on foot, and you do not need to reach it, just before reaching 500 meters and there will be a river channel.
I like this move option the most. Not only do you sail with a breeze through places that you cannot see from the bus window, but also the boat itself is so colorful! Its roof is adjustable in height with rope mechanisms, it is necessary in order to swim under low bridges. When I was driving for the first time, the roof suddenly fell on my head and I could not understand how it happened! And the spray from oncoming boats, from which oilcloth boards rise with ropes in the same way, where else can you see this? so I recommend this attraction, if not for constant movement, then at least once.
The fare is 12 baht. Opening hours somewhere from 6 am to 7 pm, see the details in the photo below. There are different boats, express and with all the stops (but not all the berths stop anyway). It is also worth considering that during any regatta, ferries operate only in the morning and in the evening..
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I have stayed in Bangkok many times and in different hotels. I will not provide links to all my reviews, I will give only a few. Nasa vegas - convenient for stopping near the airport and metro, Rajata - good place to spend the night near Khaosan, S3 Residense located in the center next to the park.
River channel near Wat Saket
Engine in the middle of the boat
All the conductors in helmets so as not to kill themselves on the bridges
We sail along the river channels of Bangkok
Oncoming boats sprayed
All sorts of different houses along the way
You need to leave and enter quickly before the boat sailed away
Stop Pratunam
How to get from Khaosan Road to Wat Arun, Wat Pho, Royal Palace
Before Bangkok Royal Palace usually everyone gets there by tuk-tuk, but I preferred to walk until I took a river tram ride on the Chao Phraya River. We get from Khaosan Road to the Chao Phraya embankment and Phra Arthit pier in 5-10 minutes, then we take a river tram and go with stops to the place we need. If you need the Royal Palace, then we leave at the Tha Chang Cross pier, if necessary Wat Pho, then Tha Tien. And if we want to get to Wat Arun, then we leave at the Tha Tien pier and immediately change to the ferry that runs from one side of the river to the other.
The fare is 15 baht. Ferry cost between Tha Tien and Wat Arun Temple - 3 baht.
Sometimes it gets dirty on the Chao Phraya waterfront
If you want to live, you will not get it up like that
Sandbags left after the flood
Chao Phraya has a lot of fish and can be fed
River tram on the Chao Phraya river
Everything is fine, only it smokes heavily
Much more spacious inside than boats that float on klongs
River slums - the cheapest housing
High-speed boats on Chao Phraya with motors from cars
Inside Tha Thien Pier
Apparently even Thais can be got
Fish market near Tha Tien pier
Royal Regatta at Chao Phraya
Royal Regatta at Chao Phraya
Berths map, river tram schedule in Bangkok
P.S. Naturally, there are many more channels in Bangkok than are given in the article, and there are still a bunch of other routes, I just didn't need them.