scottydel

9 hours ago, kelso4 said:

The nearest place to catch the bus to krabi is at the airport junction underpass on the 402 which is about 6 kms from the airport.

 

A taxi, tuk-tuk, motorbike or walk from the airport to the 402 main road.

kelso4 near here?

https://www.google.com/maps/@8.1094789,98.3354942,316a,35y,354.4h,44.95t/data=!3m1!1e3

14 hours ago, Old Croc said:

Can you change your flight to go directly to Krabi International Airport?

We priced it awhile ago and flying direct to Krabi was significantly more expensive, especially for 4 tickets.

On 5/15/2022 at 3:55 AM, pagallim said:

One option would be to go north from the airport, cross the Sarasin Bridge, and get to Khok Kloi bus terminal (about 5km the other side of the bridge).   It seems to be a fairly large terminal.   Sorry, no idea of timetable or costs.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Khok+Kloi+Bus+Station,+67WX%2BM86,+Khok+Kloi,+Takua+Thung+District,+Phang-nga+82140/Krabi/@8.2819055,98.3220847,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x30505a9825dcef6f:0x40cf70bca0712a90!2m2!1d98.2982729!2d8.2466653!1m5!1m1!1s0x30518d792d7f9309:0x10223bc2c364c90!2m2!1d98.9062835!2d8.0862997!3e0

 

 

 

 

pagallim thx - if she nixes any type of van/taxi for her own reasons, I will look into this.  I'd at least rather take a taxi in the right direction to catch a bus at the terminal ????

Richard gotcha, thanks for clarification.  A private car/van would be an nice option, if I could convince her.   We've taken 'public' mini-bus rides before, and they usually pack in 10-12 people, but if it's just us that would make a difference.  I will check Bolt or another means once we are in our Phuket hotel.  We arrive at night so are staying one night at a Phuket hotel near the airport, heading to Krabi the next day.

On 5/15/2022 at 5:12 AM, pagallim said:

Seems pretty miserly/penny pinching

I can't argue there, I do tend to be that way when visiting Thailand.  I think it's a natural defense mechanism from paying the "skin tax" so many times.

UPDATE - my wife doesn't like the mini van rides.  Too fast, too cramped.  I think we are stuck with the bus.  Maybe price Bolt once we are there and show her that.  She has also sworn off the ferry, she thinks it is too windy/dangerous in June.  I think she is naturally gravitated towards whatever is the most complex and costs the most.  It's a gift ????

FriendlyFarang that's a solid idea I will look into that, thank you.

Hi,

Is there a way to catch the big bus to Krabi right from the Phuket Airport district?  The main bus terminals all seem to be far away south from the Airport, opposite direction as Krabi (airport hotel quoted 650b to taxi to bus terminal).  I'm wondering if we have to taxi down to the bus terminals, to then just bus back up where we just were, or is there a "bus stop" near the Airport district that will pick up passengers on their way to Krabi?  We will have luggage, we are a family of four.

We live in America.  I have a Thai wife from Krabi, and two kids.  We used to live in Krabi, but never been to Phuket.  You would think she might know this, but nah, not a chance! I have to figure it all out as if she's from Iceland or Kenya ????
 

Thanks,

Scotty

I used to transfer via ACH from my US based bank to Bangkok Bank's NY branch.  Last year, Bangkok Bank started required IAT (International ACH Transactions) and my transfers stopped working.

I'm looking for a US based bank that uses the IAT format for transferring money.

Not interested in SWIFT, Wire Transfers, Western Union and the likes.

Thanks in advance.

They still each made 1,000 baht for two hours of work, not bad.

What a hot mess.  He clearly doesn't seem like the mastermind behind this.  Not entirely sure he's only a victim though.  It's hard to say without all of the facts.  At some point, it's plausible that he should have suspected something was up.  Even if all of these "events" he was photographed in seem real, for all we know there were cameras nearby and he thought all of this was part of the "acting" work.  Possible, but very hard to say.  When you add language and culture barriers, it's even harder.  Maybe he really didn't know he was involved in foul play?  Who knows.  How much time did his "work" span?  The shorter time he was involved, the more likely he really didn't know.

I believe he went into this with good intentions.  At some point did he suspect or realize what was going on?  He will probably have a lot of time to think about that.
 

Thank you much Langsuan Man, that is great info.  We are already in the USA so not sure if I can enable roaming anymore, but I will try.  At least will definitely keep that in mind for next time. 

Lived in Thailand for 6 years in early 2000s.  We still bank with Bangkok Bank though we live in the USA with our two kids.  It's convenient to keep the accounts open so when we visit every couple years, we have accounts, ATM cards and don't have to carry a lot of cash.  I can still feel like I'm a local a little too, ha ha.  Banking with Bangkok Bank requires a Thai mobile number registered with my account.  My wife's brother has been letting us use his mobile for years.  So while in the USA, whenever we use Bangkok Bank's website to transfer money, or tonight we tried to add a new 3rd party transfer account, it requires him receiving an OTP password on his Thai mobile.  We have to contact him on his mobile, he tells us the password, we key it in to the website here in the USA and we are on our way.  Was wondering, is there any way to keep a Thai mobile number active for years on a phone that we bring back to the USA, don't really use, but just keep it with us, so we can stop bothering the brother at random?

It's obviously way out of network and the phone doesn't have to work, but I know technology just keeps getting easier and easier, and just curious if anyone has any ideas on how this might be accomplished.  Like maybe if I topped up a Thai mobile number just enough to keep it active, even though it was physically in the USA, could the SMS somehow be forwarded to an app, or another USA number, the same way you can forward emails?  We actually still have two AIS 1-2-CALL SIMS from June 2018, when we returned from our last trip.  I bet those SIMs are still active, just don't know how to get them working here in the USA.

Bangkok Bank will not let us use a USA mobile number, which makes sense.

 

On 6/5/2018 at 8:37 PM, wump said:

There used to be a songthaew to/from the airport. And the funny sidecar motos. None of these things there anymore?

There sure is, songthaews still run until around 4 or 5pm.  You have to know enough to walk out of the airport, through the taxis and what not, and stand on the street.  But it's worth it, price is  30 baht from airport to krabi town.

Sad. He's the heir. He didn't even invent anything useful. He was just born into the right family, and thus he can kill someone and face no consequences. Makes me believe in Karma even more, can't wait until it stops at his door.

The sad part is this mongoloid is probably proud and now thinks that he "won" the bar fight. I bet his circle of friends back in the UK and Thai pat him on the back on a job well done. He should do hard, hard time for life at the Bangkok Hilton. That marine, may he RIP, was probably owed an apology but isntead got a knife in the chest. I agree the Thai Boxer mentality probably seeped into his tiny, underdeveloped brain and he thought he had to save his reputation amongst the idiots he hung around in touristic boxing bars. What a shame. I hope the judge shows no mercy.

It would be nice to see some justice here. It would also be nice to win the lotto. Better chances winning the lotto.

Solar/wind/biofuels are the answer. If you could remove the political obstacles, and ignore the naysayers, the world could enjoy nearly free energy.

Any idea how much a taxi runs from Suvarnabhumi to Don Muang?

I used to fly Air Asia from Bangkok (BKK) to Krabi. Great prices, maybe 1000 - 2000 baht each way. Now their website says they only fly to the old Bangkok airport, Don Muang? When did this happen? Bummer!

So now what's the cheapest domestic flight from Krabi that flies to BKK (new airport, Suvarnabhumi)...? Cheapest I've found so far is Bangkok Airways, and their price is 3000 - 4500 baht each leg. Basically it doubled...or worse.

This hits close to home. I'm from Cleveland, though I'm from the East Side. This is unusual, reminds me of the girl abducted and kept in a basement in Austria for years. Hope they can root out the kidnappers and bring them to justice.

While it's tempting to say "yeah, another bad guy gets what he deserves!", I tend to think that if you don't see the big picture of a situation, you're better off not looking at all. His sentencing will probably accomplish nothing other than killing him. His job will be given to another willing participant. Drugs will continue to flow in and out of SE Asia. The people behind the manufacturing of the drug will remain anonymous. Supply and demand. If the source of a problem isn't addressed, it's at best a waste of time, and at worst makes the problem even harder to solve.

Agree with the hypocracy that while some substances are illegal and come with death penalties, others have well-paid corporations backing them (alcohol, cigarettes, pharmacies) and come with annual bonuses and promotions.

The solution? Legalize it! At least soft drugs like marijuna, alcohol and cigs. For hard drugs like meth and heroin, manufacturing should be legal, distribution illegal. If you get caught distributing, you go to prison where you work, work, work producing something society can use, like clothing or tupperware. Prisons should make money, not cost money.

If countries were children in a playground, NK is an arrogant, spoiled, bully-ish sort, and simply needs to be punched in the nose by a classmate whom he pushes too far, be given a suitable punishment in school and have his teacher talk to his parents. Then he needs to be watched and make sure his behavior turns around over time. Unfortunately the geo-political playground doesn't quite work as simply as that.

I'm not for warfare, but if this stand-off goes down that path, I at least hope the good guys end it (as Americans did in WWII with the use of nukes) and NK is taught a lesson or two or six or twenty-seven.

Do agree with that.

But you must replace NK by NK leaders.

NK people are already suffering a nightmare for decades.

Definitely. Typed NK but referring to Kim Jong-un and I'm sure more than a few of the top military gang, but still a very small number of people. I think the vast majority of people in NK are completely oppressed and would probably like mothing more than the regime to go down and to join SK....or another free country.