Bangkok has many different forms of transportation to get you to different areas. public buses, BTS, MRT, railway, river cruises, tuks tuks, taxis, etc..
With a map in our hands, we tried the BTS from Siam Station to Asok Station, and from there, we interchange from the BTS to their MRT, heading towards Bang Sue Station. Where were we going? We were heading towards Thailand Cultural Centre where we would be watching the Siam Niramit Show.
From Siam Station, the fare is 25baht per person to Asok Station. We alighted & went down on their escalator. Following the directions to Sukhumvit, we bought ticktets for Thailand Cultural Centre @ 20baht per adut & 10baht per child. You have to buy the ticket for the child at the Passenger Service Counter. The ticket machine do not dispense child tickets.
Tuks tuks are a common sight in Bangkok but you have to bargain ( agreed) on a price before boarding. They do not run on meter, unlike the taxis. We took a tuk tuk from Platinum Shopping Mall to Somboondee Seafood Market on the 2nd night. As it was drizzling & the mall was closing, Daddy decided to have seafood dinner. Just so happened, a tuk tuk driver approached us & asked where we liked to go. We hopped onto his vehicle & paid 30baht for the trip. Cheap? We realised this fellow may have earned commission from the seafood restaurant as no tuk tuk or taxi would take us back to Pratunam for the same price we paid. Since it was starting to rain heavily again, we had no choice but to take a taxi back @ 100baht. ( the driver refused to switch on his meter)
Other mode of transportation we tried was their Airport Link. But that is for another post.
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