Mini Bus Kanchanabury-BKK

[swissie]

In short: How much time with mini-bus from Kanchanabury to BKK (what terminal they end up?).

Thanks & cheers.

[Boycie]

In short: 'time' all depends on traffic, 'end terminal' that depends on which mini-bus you decide to take.

[impulse]

Boycie has a point. I took a mini-bus advertised to terminate at Victory Monument and it dumped us somewhere out northwest of town and I ended up on a scooter taxi to Bang Sue to get the MRT home. White knuckle God-fearing drive with plenty of dicey U-turns and more stops than seats on the van. Never again.

Nowadays, I drive myself and it takes 2-1/2 hours from Asoke with no traffic and up to 5 hours on a Friday of a long weekend after work. But that was a BAD day to drive.

I prefer the big bus that drops somewhere on the side of some road on the north side (yes, I know- crap directions) but it's only a 100 baht taxi ride from home close to Asoke. Those drivers seem sane and the buses are pretty nice.

[swissie]

Bad news. Considering the fact that mini-buses originating from victory-monument service a wide variety of destinations and even seem to be able to adhere to their time-table most or the time. The less than perfect mini-bus service Kanchanabury-BKK surprises me.

Business opportunity for Falang with Thai-Wife? Start with 2 runs a day to victory-monument? 12 seater vans can be leased.

Not for me, but thinking of farang with Thai-wife living in Kancha. If done right, this could produce more income than selling noodles on a street corner. Just food for taught.

Cheers..

[NewlyMintedThai]

How would it be better than the current vans, which are just fine? And how will you make any money considering a full van will only take in 1,500 baht per trip -- and they are often less than half full?

[mrtoad]

I always found the bus from Mo Chit to Kanchanburi the best option, generally around 2 and a bit hours, goes up through Beng Len and Kheampeng Phet but a nice enough trip.

[NewlyMintedThai]

I always found the bus from Mo Chit to Kanchanburi the best option, generally around 2 and a bit hours, goes up through Beng Len and Kheampeng Phet but a nice enough trip.

Kamphaengsaen (I hope), not Khampaengohet.

[Tony Rabbott]

take the train

[impulse]

take the train

Before I bought a car, that was my preferred method.

Weekend tourist train for 120 baht round trip. IMO, the best deal I had ever found in tourism. If they ran a more frequent schedule, I'd leave the car at home and still be taking the train.

Unfortunately, the train runs a very limited schedule and doesn't fit everyone's needs, especially for weekend jaunts. Also, the last trip I took by train, the train was running especially late on the return and I'm pretty sure we exceeded the safe speed on the first half of the ride. It was only 100 km/hr (GPS) but everyone on board was getting bounced around. On the second half of the ride, the tracks were much smoother and the speed was much faster, but did not feel unsafe.

Still, if the train fits your schedule, It's a great way to go round trip for $4.