Open beaches, low price rooms...but can I get there?

[moontang]

Glad to see the beaches reopening.  Some great hotel deals.  Howabout transport between there and BKK?  Is airport bus service running?, or busses from Ekami?  

 

https://airportpattayabus.com/from-suvarnabhumi-airport/

Says it stopped on 4 April...any word on it reopening?

[dabhand]

Just a few topics down.  Ekkamai option looks good.

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165469-bangkok-to-pattaya-buses/

[champers]

If you are keen enough to come here, you can always find a way. 

[moontang]

15 minutes ago, champers said:

If you are keen enough to come here, you can always find a way. 

I would rather wait an extra week than taxicab to Patts or HH,but if I was a two week millionaire, I would just get a taxi from the departure area at BKK.  

[bkk6060]

Buses, taxis, private cars, no checkpoints at Chonburi from BKK.

[jacko45k]

10 hours ago, moontang said:

Is airport bus service running?, or busses from Ekami?  

Not much need for the airport service I guess, but Rung Ruen buses are apparently running. 

[moontang]

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Not much need for the airport service I guess, but Rung Ruen buses are apparently running. 

Not according to their website..see link in OP.

[EVENKEEL]

8 hours ago, moontang said:

I would rather wait an extra week than taxicab to Patts or HH,but if I was a two week millionaire, I would just get a taxi from the departure area at BKK.  

I can appreciate being thrifty, but are you saying that a 1000 bht taxi is keeping you from Pattaya? Wow....

[petermik]

A five hour brisk walk should do it....leave BKK @ 3am and be here for brekkie....pristine beach open tomorrow so what other excuse do you need...

[steve187]

train

[moontang]

34 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

I can appreciate being thrifty, but are you saying that a 1000 bht taxi is keeping you from Pattaya? Wow....

No, it would be more like the large number of pretentious, loser expats, who actually believe it is they, who set the price standards for transport and entertainment.

[Olmate]

6 minutes ago, moontang said:

No, it would be more like the large number of pretentious, loser expats, who actually believe it is they, who set the price standards for transport and entertainment.

Buses from Ekami are in your price range then,or are you just stiring?

[moontang]

23 minutes ago, Olmate said:

Buses from Ekami are in your price range then,or are you just stiring?

 They are on a revised schedule, but that may be the best alternative.  Are they currently running from Mo Chit?

[KhunBENQ]

1 hour ago, steve187 said:

train

Is it one or two per day, 4 or 5 hours ride?

[moontang]

3 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Is it one or two per day, 4 or 5 hours ride?

2 hours and 28 minutes from Bangkok...not running today.  Neither is the three hour train to HH.  

[TacoKhun]

plenty minibuses from victory monument

[EVENKEEL]

2 hours ago, moontang said:

No, it would be more like the large number of pretentious, loser expats, who actually believe it is they, who set the price standards for transport and entertainment.

So, paying 1000 bht is pretentious, ahahahaaa oh man, you're the basic Cheap Charlie.....enjoy

[moontang]

52 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

So, paying 1000 bht is pretentious, ahahahaaa oh man, you're the basic Cheap Charlie.....enjoy

No, paying it isn't, commenting on someone else's choice to take the safer and roomier bus and saving 900 THB is.  

[moontang]

1 hour ago, TacoKhun said:

plenty minibuses from victory monument

The HuaHin vans were cleared out several years ago, with most of the others at VM.  You seen Pattaya vans there recently?  There or Mo Chit would be convenient for me.

[allanos]

1 hour ago, TacoKhun said:

plenty minibuses from victory monument

You take your life in your hands if you do this.  I did it once, never again. But the route is probably a lot quieter now than when I did it but doesn't mean it is safer. 

[moontang]

25 minutes ago, allanos said:

You take your life in your hands if you do this.  I did it once, never again. But the route is probably a lot quieter now than when I did it but doesn't mean it is safer. 

Quit using them about a 18 months ago, but would make an exception if bus service is sporadic.  

[natway09]

Grab a cab if you really wanna go.

Too expensive ? (Is this not the kind of tourist we don't really want)

[moontang]

1 hour ago, natway09 said:

Grab a cab if you really wanna go.

Too expensive ? (Is this not the kind of tourist we don't really want)

Wants and reality are different things, just ask the thousands lining up for food giveaways.  Some of you seem to have forgotten that enforcement of decades old savings deposit rules caused the biggest disruption to expat life since the end of the Vietnam War, and the epicenter of the commotion was the Jomtien Immigration Office. You and your partners enjoy your fake Western food and drinks made with a thimble..I like spicy Thai food, cold beer, and hot girls...

[kingdong]

1 hour ago, natway09 said:

Grab a cab if you really wanna go.

Too expensive ? (Is this not the kind of tourist we don't really want)

What a honour to have the financial director of tat on the forumn.

[rott]

12 minutes ago, moontang said:

Wants and reality are different things, just ask the thousands lining up for food giveaways.  Some of you seem to have forgotten that enforcement of decades old savings deposit rules caused the biggest disruption to expat life since the end of the Vietnam War, and the epicenter of the commotion was the Jomtien Immigration Office. You and your partners enjoy your fake Western food and drinks made with a thimble..I like spicy Thai food, cold beer, and hot girls...

disruption

epicentre

fake food

drinks made with thimbles 

 

Your experience of Pattaya is very different from mine and makes me wonder why you want to go if this is your opinion of it. 

 

For what it's worth the train leaves Hualamphong Mon to Fri at 6.55 am on the dot and arrives between 10.30 and 12.00. Very cheap and very pleasant if you have the time. 

 

I did not realise the vans (mini-buses) still left from Victory Monument I thought they had been chased to Morchit years ago. I think some still leave from Ekamai. 

[Max69xl]

16 hours ago, moontang said:

I would rather wait an extra week than taxicab to Patts or HH,but if I was a two week millionaire, I would just get a taxi from the departure area at BKK.  

You don't have to be a millionaire to afford a 1000 baht taxi from Suvarnabhumi to Pattaya. 

[Burma Bill]

For reference, please note weather forecast for Pattaya this coming week:-

 

Pattaya City, Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri, Thailand

Sunday

Scattered thunderstorms

31

°C | °F

Precipitation: 50%

Humidity: 73%

Wind: 23 km/h

 

 

 

Sun

32°

27°

Mon

31°

27°

Tue

31°

27°

Wed

31°

27°

Thu

31°

27°

Fri

31°

27°

Sat

31°

27°

Sun

31°

27°

[Captain Monday]

Iff your name is not Chang, Park or Takanawa you will not be let in to 

Thailand for several years.  

[moontang]

3 hours ago, rott said:

disruption

epicentre

fake food

drinks made with thimbles 

 

Your experience of Pattaya is very different from mine and makes me wonder why you want to go if this is your opinion of it. 

 

For what it's worth the train leaves Hualamphong Mon to Fri at 6.55 am on the dot and arrives between 10.30 and 12.00. Very cheap and very pleasant if you have the time. 

 

I did not realise the vans (mini-buses) still left from Victory Monument I thought they had been chased to Morchit years ago. I think some still leave from Ekamai. 

SRT website says different.

[jacko45k]

21 hours ago, moontang said:

Not according to their website..see link in OP.

I did say not the airport. There are no passenger flights.

I looked at the website for Ekamai,  a couple of times, not good at supplying up to date information.