location: Du Moh Bangkapi ?

[poanoi]

i am informed that minivans pattaya-bkk stop at Du Moh Bangkapi in bkk,

so the question is: does it have an english name that shows up on google ?

and is there any skytrain next to the minivan stop ?

an image that explain the location would also be nice

thanks

[KhunBENQ]

34 minutes ago, poanoi said:

Du Moh

?

Is that your phonemic script from what a Thai person told you?

It can be very tricky for Thais to pronounce words like "The Mall" Bangkapi.

It is my desperate attempt to decipher this "Du Moh" which I can not find/remember otherwise.

 

"The Mall Bangkapi" is a major stop for all kind of local buses and minivans.

But can tell for sure whether this is what you heard.

 

https://goo.gl/maps/AUs6fkdZH4k

[poanoi]

35 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

?

Is that your phonemic script from what a Thai person told you?

It can be very tricky for Thais to pronounce words like "The Mall" Bangkapi.

It is my desperate attempt to decipher this "Du Moh" which I can not find/remember otherwise.

 

"The Mall Bangkapi" is a major stop for all kind of local buses and minivans.

But can tell for sure whether this is what you heard.

 

https://goo.gl/maps/AUs6fkdZH4k

thanks man, that was the only info that could be extracted outa him,

so i think you are spot on.

 

and oh, is that the skytrain i see there ?

its important for me to minimize walking,

what i really want is to get from bangkapi mall to

silom rd near MRT with as little walk as possible

Edited May 29, 2018 by poanoi

[KhunBENQ]

3 hours ago, poanoi said:

and oh, is that the skytrain i see there ?

No it's not. It's quite far from BTS or MRT.

What you see is all motorways/tollways.

 

And as I am far from being a Bangkok expert, I hope that some local can jump in to answer this:

3 hours ago, poanoi said:

what i really want is to get from bangkapi mall to

silom rd near MRT with as little walk as possible

 

Edited May 29, 2018 by KhunBENQ

[blackcab]

4 hours ago, poanoi said:

what i really want is to get from bangkapi mall to

silom rd near MRT with as little walk as possible

 

You need to catch public transport from The Mall Bang Kapi to your destination. There is no way you will walk it.

 

One way would be to catch a taxi direct to Silom.

 

Another way would be to catch a taxi or a bus to MRT Lat Phrao then catch the MRT to Silom.

[jackdd]

Is there a reason that you want to go to The Mall Bangkapi? To go to Pattaya from the bus station at Ekkamai would be way easier

[poanoi]

2 hours ago, jackdd said:

Is there a reason that you want to go to The Mall Bangkapi? To go to Pattaya from the bus station at Ekkamai would be way easier

i am too tall and have too much pain to fit in the seat of a bus

for 3 hours, i end up ruined for a month

[jackdd]

8 hours ago, poanoi said:

i am too tall and have too much pain to fit in the seat of a bus

for 3 hours, i end up ruined for a month

Unless they changed something there are also minivans going from Ekkamai

[poanoi]

2 hours ago, jackdd said:

Unless they changed something there are also minivans going from Ekkamai

are you 100% dead certain on this ?

my life gets a whole lot easier if true,

but if they arent there then i will be in a world of pain for the next following month

[jackdd]

The last time i took a minivan there was maybe 2 years ago, but back then it was dead true ?

I don't know what the current situation is, so you can wait for somebody else who has some more recent experience or you have to check it out by yourself

[tingtongtourist]

if i am i Silom area id probably go from Sai mai Thai bus station which is the southern bus terminal.

anyways this link shows all you need to know going to/from the few stations

 

 https://pattayabus.com/V2/bangkok-to-pattaya-timetable/

[KhunBENQ]

1 hour ago, jackdd said:

The last time i took a minivan there was maybe 2 years ago, but back then it was dead true ?

I don't know what the current situation is, so you can wait for somebody else who has some more recent experience or you have to check it out by yourself

Personally I avoid minivans as the plague and have only used the big bus to Ekkamai.

 

Just watched a video in Thailand about Ekkamai uploaded January 2018.

It shows tons and tons(!) of minivans (rót dtôo) going to Pattaya ("non stop") and all kind of directions further south probably passing through Pattaya.

 

In a way the thread is now in the wrong forum (and with this title) to attract the Pattaya residents who might know much more.

New thread in the Pattaya forum?:

"Minibus/van from Pattaya to Bangkok (Ekkamai/Silom)".

 

Just absolutely insist that you DON'T want hints on full size coaches

Edited May 30, 2018 by KhunBENQ

[KhunBENQ]

From the Ekkamai video.

Minibus/vans.

Edited May 30, 2018 by KhunBENQ

[dddave]

Ekkamai bus station is now a designated terminal station for vans to the Chonbury-Pattaya- Rayong areas.