Directions To Bkk

[kalbo123]

Planning on going with my car to bbk next week.

I'll need directions how to get to sukhumvit..

The first bit will be no problem but when I come close to bkk what signs do I follow....?

Thanks...

[thaimiller]

Go past don muang airport on the toll road and follow it until you drop down to get to a toll both(think this is the second both you get to), keep in the middle lane and go straight on after the both. you will bare to the right then follow the signs for the port, within 5km you will see the sign for the sukhumvit turn off.

[Gonzo the Face]

I believe that many of the maps have Sukumvit shown on the reverse side in the blown up sections.

I would stop by DK books and pick up a map.... probably most of the service stations or mini marts have maps also.

[gotlost]

When you get to Ayutthaya pull of and find a taxi tell him where you want to go and that you will fallow him in you car agree on a price including toll road. Cost about 2500 bt it beets the heart burn and aggravation of not knowing.

[kalbo123]

When you get to Ayutthaya pull of and find a taxi tell him where you want to go and that you will fallow him in you car agree on a price including toll road. Cost about 2500 bt it beets the heart burn and aggravation of not knowing.

good to get a handy tip by gotlost....about directions... bit expensive....

[MJo]

Go past don muang airport on the toll road and follow it until you drop down to get to a toll both(think this is the second both you get to), keep in the middle lane and go straight on after the both. you will bare to the right then follow the signs for the port, within 5km you will see the sign for the sukhumvit turn off.

This is only advice you need. Just stay upstairs in the tollroad. The road drops down once you get close to Victory Monument but goes right back up. Just stay in the middle and pay the toll and continue straight. As miller says there is signs to Sukhumvit / Ploenchit (take left lane) or option to go straight to Port.

Dead easy so forget taxis. In the case you miss the Sukhumvit exit the road will drop again to long straight and you need to exit left in the next one to Rama IV and take the next big road left and you arrive in the corner of Sukhumvit and Asoke. Dead center in lower Sukhumvit...

If you again miss the Asoke turn from Rama IV and see tesco right and carrefour left just take next soi left and you are in Sukhumvit again or continue straight until Rama IV ends and turn left to lower Sukhumvit or right to Sukhumvit.

If you are still lost, then take taxi. Will cost you propably a 100 baht...

And you can check the route from maps.google.com ....

[ericthai]

Go past don muang airport on the toll road and follow it until you drop down to get to a toll both(think this is the second both you get to), keep in the middle lane and go straight on after the both. you will bare to the right then follow the signs for the port, within 5km you will see the sign for the sukhumvit turn off.

This is only advice you need. Just stay upstairs in the tollroad. The road drops down once you get close to Victory Monument but goes right back up. Just stay in the middle and pay the toll and continue straight. As miller says there is signs to Sukhumvit / Ploenchit (take left lane) or option to go straight to Port.

Dead easy so forget taxis. In the case you miss the Sukhumvit exit the road will drop again to long straight and you need to exit left in the next one to Rama IV and take the next big road left and you arrive in the corner of Sukhumvit and Asoke. Dead center in lower Sukhumvit...

If you again miss the Asoke turn from Rama IV and see tesco right and carrefour left just take next soi left and you are in Sukhumvit again or continue straight until Rama IV ends and turn left to lower Sukhumvit or right to Sukhumvit.

If you are still lost, then take taxi. Will cost you propably a 100 baht...

And you can check the route from maps.google.com ....

kalbo123 do this , this is correct (as thaimiller also stated) this is your best option, taxi for 2500B know wonder why thai's are always trying to get money from us. Have fun in BKK traffic.

[IanForbes]

As an added bit of advice when traveling by personal vehicle I suggest buying a GPS. They take a lot of the worry out of travel when you can't read the road signs. GPS units are relatively inexpensive and some Garmin units will even tell you what turns to make if you make a route plan and enter it into the GPS.

My Magellan unit doesn't have a good map of Thailand, so I make my own maps from Google Earth and enter the co-ordinates where I want to turn. And, I mark the approximate distances between recognizable turns on the hand drawn maps. The Google Earth Map is pretty good for the Bangkok area and you can see the main highways even if you can't read the signs.

[SM7WGP]

Buy a GPS its gold worth when driving in BKK.

I did buy me one and all the time Im driving in BKK I get to all the places I need to go.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Ehm, WHERE on Sukhumvit? It makes a difference. Especially as it's one of the longest roads in Thailand, going all the way to Cambodia. But even within Bangkok, it makes a big difference if you go to lower Sukhumvit or somehwere BangNa-ish. Heck, even the even or odd side makes a difference which exit you should take.

Best advice: Plug it into maps.google.com , it'll tell you how to drive.