Baht Bus Confidential -- when clueless tourists want to get off at Walking Street from Jomtien

[champers]

58 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

It's a few miles east of Thinking Street but nobody ever asks for directions to that.

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Not to be confused with Drinking Street, opposite Tiffanys.

[White Christmas13]

7 hours ago, chicowoodduck said:

From my experience, I usually just casually turn to the handsome man, quality tourist sweating next to me and tell them to get off at the Dolphin round-a-bout and leave it at that.....geez....???

Not another selfie

[Basil B]

I have thought for many years there should be free map, that shows all the bus routs, shows the official fares and talks about Bhat Bus Efficacy, and even a tear off slip to note bus number and report rude drivers and rip offs...

 

I am sure there would be many businesses around Pattaya  to sponsor such a publication 

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, Basil B said:

I have thought for many years there should be free map, that shows all the bus routs, shows the official fares and talks about Bhat Bus Efficacy, and even a tear off slip to note bus number and report rude drivers and rip offs...

 

I am sure there would be many businesses around Pattaya  to sponsor such a publication 

Report rude drivers? You want a horse head in your bed? 

[Basil B]

2 hours ago, White Christmas13 said:

Not another selfie

No I think it is a beached Yankee Whale

[jacko45k]

I give them directions to stay on until Pattaya Klang. then they get to see some real Walking.

Keeps the place clearer for me to get about.

[whitemouse]

14 hours ago, Chivas said:

Lot of guys here will have been many years here prior to the internet etc. We learnt from personal experience. They have smartphones now just tell them to turn the locater on. Its not rocket science

 

Of  course Russians have smartphones, but it doesn't seem they are buying local Sim cards, surely they know how to use Google Maps, but if their phones have sim card from Russia, it's understandable why they have Data Roaming turned off,  unable to use online maps. 

 

I always see them struggling with paper maps in baht buses once reaching Pattaya, and coming from Jomtien they are hopelessly lost trying to figure out where to get off baht bus in order to get to Walking St, I always tell them to buzz for a stop at VC Hotel, and point them to correct direction. But only if they haven't been rude to fellow baht bus riders :) if they are loud and obnoxious I say nothing, but lately they are nice people, mostly.

 

Jingthing sending them to walk towards beach at Pattaya Tai intersection is good too.

[whitemouse]

17 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

I give them directions to stay on until Pattaya Klang. then they get to see some real Walking.

Keeps the place clearer for me to get about.

 

You really  do that to people?

[jacko45k]

2 minutes ago, whitemouse said:

 

You really  do that to people?

I also tie a stick with a teddy bear on it to the corner of the baht bus and then there will be 200 Chinese tourists chasing it down second Rd.

[thairookie]

This thread still fails to explain why a baht bus with the signboard Jomtien stops at Walking Street and will not ferry you to Jomtien.  As a result, I have to spend another 10 baht and join the queue at Wat Chai Mongkol.

[Jingthing]

This thread still fails to explain why a baht bus with the signboard Jomtien stops at Walking Street and will not ferry you to Jomtien.  As a result, I have to spend another 10 baht and join the queue at Wat Chai Mongkol.

I never look at the signs. About as useless as talking to the drivers. What you describe is just the way it is going in that direction.

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[balo]

I have only been asked by Russians , in Russian and my only reply to them is Vodka. Try to explain something to a Russian who dont know the English word for Yes or No, that's a tough one.

[Jingthing]

3 minutes ago, balo said:

I have only been asked by Russians , in Russian and my only reply to them is Vodka. Try to explain something to a Russian who dont know the English word for Yes or No, that's a tough one.

I love talking to Russians these days. I make sure to tell them I'm American. They tend to guess I'm Swiss or German for some reason I can't fathom. The reactions are priceless.