My wife's cousin is visiting family in CR. Flying Phuket->CM by AA arriving 12:40, then needs to travel onward from airport to CR. What is the best bet for that leg; is there minibus at the airport or does she need to go into town? She is sturdy 25 yr old Thai, probably have one large zipper bag.

From the bus station every 2 hours during the day.

Nothing to anywhere at the airport apart from taxi, 120bht to bus station.

Edited July 26, 201312 yr by AnotherOneAmerican

there is pickup arrangement that can be made from airport to CR costing about 899-1000 baht.

Drop me a line if u are keen

miss post, sorry.

Edited July 27, 201312 yr by JeremyBowskill

there is pickup arrangement that can be made from airport to CR costing about 899-1000 baht.

Drop me a line if u are keen

Taxi to bus station 120bht

Bus ticket to CR 250bht

She will take taxi to bus station then bus to CR. Thanks to all.

I would recommend the Green Bus company. They are reliable and tend to drive at reasonable speeds and with some sanity. I used them for one trip Chiang Mai to Mae Sai and back, and also one trip Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai and back. They depart from the Chiang Mai Bus Station #2, known as "Arcade Station", in the north-east part of Chiang Mai. In Chiang Rai it stops first at the Chiang Rai Bus Terminal #2 which is south of the city (5 minutes) and stopped again at the Chiang Rai station in the middle of the city.

Green Bus definitely, one of the best bus companies in Thailand (though yes the standard is low) with generally newer, clean buses, woth wifi etc. Try to get a VIP or X class service .

She should be able to taxi to the bus station by 1:30pm in plenty of time, http://bus.greencorporatethai.com/en/

The schedule is in Thai so she will be able to easily understand it, http://bus.greencorporatethai.com/customer-service/bus-schedules/

+1 re the Green Bus company, I was on a few VIP buses last week in Isaan and none of them are comparable to the excellent Green Bus service here.