Mini-Bus: Jomtien Soi-5 to Bangkok

[dddave]

I wrote a positive review of this service last year which I now will revise to "Thumbs Down"!

One can no longer count on a 20 passenger mini-bus.  My last two previous trips from Jomtien, while I paid the full B180 bus fare, a packed van showed-up: "No have bus today!"

Not a pleasant ride.  Also, I had specified getting off at On Nut which is listed as a stop.  The driver refused to stop there, going ahead to Ekkamai.

 

I tried again yesterday.  This time a mini-bus did show-up.  Packed with people and baggage.  There is no baggage storage bin below the mini-bus so the bus aisle is packed with bags, in this case, many very large bags making it very difficult to get to the only empty seat, the rear-most bench seat. One also realizes one is trapped there should anything go wrong. Not a comfortable feeling

The bus took the surface, truck route all the way into Bangkok, making it a terribly bouncy, nearly 3 hour trip.  I think I had more air time than seat time.  The driver did stop at On Nut as I had requested but getting out was like climbing a rock-fall.  Never again!   I'll go back to taking the airport bus from FoodMart then get into Bangkok using the rail link.