Non Arctic Travel

[coconutty]

Hello all, i am not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but i couldn't find anywhere more suitable so i'll ask here. you see, i'd like to go to koh chang and surrounding islands (Trat province) for some time, but just the thought of spending six hours in a closed bus with arctic-like air-con (with no possibility of "turning it off") and being bombarded by non-stop horrible music and/or stupid hollywood movies at the very top end of the volume range (yes, i've been through this trip before) is not exactly my idea of a fun way of getting there, so does anyone here has any idea if there is a way to get to Trat (from bkk, i forgot to mention) with non a/c buses?

i don't mind changing buses somewhere along the way (chonburi, rayong, chantanburi...) if there is no direct one.

i also know that there is a train running from bkk to sattahip/pattaya, so if there is an option of continuing with a non a/c bus after that train ride, that would be great.

thanks for your time, any advice will be really greatly appreciated as i couldn't find this info anywhere.

ps. flight is not an option

cross-posted in the travel forum

[fishsauce]

Hello all, i am not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but i couldn't find anywhere more suitable so i'll ask here. you see, i'd like to go to koh chang and surrounding islands (Trat province) for some time, but just the thought of spending six hours in a closed bus with arctic-like air-con (with no possibility of "turning it off") and being bombarded by non-stop horrible music and/or stupid hollywood movies at the very top end of the volume range (yes, i've been through this trip before) is not exactly my idea of a fun way of getting there, so does anyone here has any idea if there is a way to get to Trat (from bkk, i forgot to mention) with non a/c buses?

i don't mind changing buses somewhere along the way (chonburi, rayong, chantanburi...) if there is no direct one.

i also know that there is a train running from bkk to sattahip/pattaya, so if there is an option of continuing with a non a/c bus after that train ride, that would be great.

thanks for your time, any advice will be really greatly appreciated as i couldn't find this info anywhere.

ps. flight is not an option

cross-posted in the travel forum

sure

the open air local crawls down sukhumvit from bangkok to trat every hour or two from 6am. just stand by the roadside and wait.

frequent stops en route so you can enjoy the roadside scenery at your leisure.

be sure to set aside a little time, and maybe one of those little white cotton masks....

[coconutty]

thank you fishsauce. local sounds great and i already have a mask. does it leave from ekkamai? if not, how will i recognise it, any number or destination in english (i don't read thai)? thanks a lot

Hello all, i am not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but i couldn't find anywhere more suitable so i'll ask here. you see, i'd like to go to koh chang and surrounding islands (Trat province) for some time, but just the thought of spending six hours in a closed bus with arctic-like air-con (with no possibility of "turning it off") and being bombarded by non-stop horrible music and/or stupid hollywood movies at the very top end of the volume range (yes, i've been through this trip before) is not exactly my idea of a fun way of getting there, so does anyone here has any idea if there is a way to get to Trat (from bkk, i forgot to mention) with non a/c buses?

i don't mind changing buses somewhere along the way (chonburi, rayong, chantanburi...) if there is no direct one.

i also know that there is a train running from bkk to sattahip/pattaya, so if there is an option of continuing with a non a/c bus after that train ride, that would be great.

thanks for your time, any advice will be really greatly appreciated as i couldn't find this info anywhere.

ps. flight is not an option

cross-posted in the travel forum

sure

the open air local crawls down sukhumvit from bangkok to trat every hour or two from 6am. just stand by the roadside and wait.

frequent stops en route so you can enjoy the roadside scenery at your leisure.

be sure to set aside a little time, and maybe one of those little white cotton masks....

[Gary A]

As far as loud music and cold air con, It's just the luck of the draw. My last two bus rides were uncomfortably hot, the air con sucked and there was NO music at all.