BANGKOK 2024 canal / water taxi tour. How to use. ASOKE Terminal 21 - Pratunam pier / R WALK
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Bangkok water / canal taxi is probably the most authentic way to see Bangkok. For this adventure we will begin the day at Asoke BTS / Skytrain station next to Terminal 21 shopping mall. We will walk past the famous Soi Cowboy and Sukhumvit MRT station to arrive at Asok pier to board our Canal taxi. We will make stops at Nana, Chitlom, and end our day at Pratunam pier. From here you can directly access the R walk / skywalk taking you to Platinum fashion mall, Central world, Gaysorn, Big C, Erawan Shrine, Pratunam market, Chitlom BTS Skytrain station, and many hotels. The Bangkok canal / water taxi system is faster than sitting in a traditional taxi and definitely more fun! This video will inspire your adventure!
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Thanks for your sharing. I will definitely plan a water taxi tour on my next visit to Bangkok.
Thanks for your kind comment! You will enjoy the water taxi!! 👍. - Joe
Thanks,it help
Your welcome 🙏
These videos are super helpful. Much appreciated. Taking my 17-year-old son and November and really want him to get a feel for the local lifestyle is a great way to do that. Thank you.
Huge thank you for your kind comments! Take your 17 year old son to this night market if he enjoy live hip music! Mine loved it! ua-cam.com/video/gUQN0k4iORk/v-deo.htmlsi=MUp7y43wHv4By67s
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@@wanderlustingwithjoe I just watched the video with your son and this is pretty much the exact itinerary we are doing, but we will be adding Chiang Mai as well. I love that you’re so descriptive as far as what stops to get off what kind of transportation to take for someone that’s never been these things are really. Try to navigate a new country by myself is always a little scary
Chiang Mai is nice. Much more chill! Amazing temples! My advice is to try to absorb a few places, rather than stress and do it all- hopefully you have time to enjoy! My other videos will definitely help you? Ayutthaya? Kanchanaburi? Check them out? Koh Samet?
Just came across your video. Thank you very much. A quick question: to head back to Asoke, does one catch the boat on the same side of the canal or the other side of the canal? Liked and Subscribed!
At Pratunam there are different sides for different directions- but some piers all board and disembark same side. If you are unsure; ask anyone and they will get you in right direction. Thanks for subscribing 👌🙏 - Joe
This is really useful and well explained. Well done. I'll have to take the water taxi soon.
Thanks Jack! Appreciate your comments! I have 2nd leg of water taxi coming out next week! Glad to see you enjoyed Luang Prabang! I was there 4 years ago and lived it!
This video helps a lot. I’m going to stay near ten star hotel. This is a easy way to go different locations in Bangkok
Thanks for your kind comments! Enjoy Bangkok!
Loved this, thks for sharing 🙏
Our first visit to Bangkok this winter. Will stop at ruam sab market to fuel up then take my 3 kids on water taxi at asoke to see a diff view of Bangkok 👌
Thanks again for your kind comments🙏🙏🙏. If you enjoyed the water taxi video- then you will definitely like part 2 of water taxi: Check it out: ua-cam.com/video/Sihlbgul-Vo/v-deo.htmlsi=_n1fJ6zlLcj-DqCz
From Asoke pier, how do you know which boat takes you to which direction? Since they go both directions.. I am nervous about this as I don't want to take the wrong boat
If you are walking across the canal bridge from terminal 21 direction- you want get on the “far” side to go to Pratunam pier direction- don’t worry? Just ask the boat workers? They are nice 👍
I tried ir today thanks to your video. Ir was a great experience. Cheers
Thank you 🙏- glad you enjoyed 👍. Now try this boat and check this out, -Joe ua-cam.com/video/nlFrGMIFJnk/v-deo.htmlsi=fpOZKVjoTLB0mbxD
Seems very similar to the bus system LOL, looks easy. I've taken the SkyTrain / buses / motorbikes, have yet to take the water bus or the MRT LOL
It is definitely different experience than MRT or BTS - enjoy! Check out my other water taxi video or Bangkok videos
@@wanderlustingwithjoe definitely, I've been in Bangkok now for several months and I'm planning on returning more and more
Many thanks for this, have walked along the canal many times but have never been brave enough to jump on a boat. Will do it next visit.
Thanks for your kind comment John🙏. Next week I will upload 2nd canal taxi video from Pratunam to Golden Mount- Wat Saket - hope you enjoy 👍👌🙏
Great video! Great sound quaintly!
I felt like I was riding in the boat with you lol
Loving to Samui in 20 days 8hrs and 32mins.
CANNOT wait to be there…def gonna hit that water taxi!
Thanks so much for your kind comment! You made my day! Hope you check out my other water taxi video? ua-cam.com/video/Sihlbgul-Vo/v-deo.htmlsi=3kNlgwB5hV3a02XG
@@wanderlustingwithjoe I definitely will!
(I think I was drunk when I wrote my original comment lol)
*Quailty * Moving
😂😂😂👌👍. Enjoy! Let me know how your experience goes on water taxi! -Joe
Thank you. Finally someone actually explained how to get to the place. #smh only took 8 videos
Thanks 🙏 for your kind comment 🙏- be sure to also check out this video too ua-cam.com/video/Sihlbgul-Vo/v-deo.htmlsi=Z6-R74MOK5hleu5n
I didn't see boat routes on Google maps should I use another map app?
I use Google maps for everything. The boat routes might not be there in way you search. But if you search the station name like: Pratunam pier. It will come up. Here is a location link maps.app.goo.gl/kK9pAz6b6ne7jEBL9?g_st=ic
@wanderlustingwithjoe I am still in Chicago I just did some " test" I put in as a example Fathulbaree Mosque to chinatown and it only gave train and or bus routes. I will try again.
@wanderlustingwithjoe I will be staying at the living nest condo in Ramkhamhaeng area and I was told the ferry is the best way based on where I will be. I think you said let the boat conductor know where you want to get off but if you show him your Google maps location it will be in english?
Another great video. Caught the canal taxi on my last night here. Thanks for providing the information. I’ve subbed to your channel and will go through it upon my return to Australia.
Hope you have a safe journey back to Australia! So happy you enjoyed the water taxi! Hope to see you back in Thailand again soon. If you are in Australia perhaps you might also enjoy my Baki videos? Many Aussies love Bali - me too! Thanks again for your kind comments 🙏🙏🙏
Great video Joe, thanks for this. What are the hours these river taxis operate?
I found this link and it says 5:00am until 9:00pm- but in Thailand things can change 😂. Thanks for your kind comments 🙏🙏🙏touristbangkok.com/city-transport/canal-boat-bangkok/
@@wanderlustingwithjoe thank you, this is useful.
Enjoy and keep us posted with your experience 👍
Hi Joe - Nice informative video. Just a quick question ; Do these water taxis accept the Day Pass issued by BTS ( Rabbit ). Thanks in advance
Thanks for the kind comment! I just asked my Thai friend to confirm and the answer is no. I have only used cash on the water taxis - and never more than 25thb - less than a dollar
@@wanderlustingwithjoe - Hi Joe - I just found this article and thought of sharing it : 👇
* Blue Flag (Tourist Boat)
* Stops at various points as you please
* Runs daily from 9am to 7pm
* Costs around 40 baht/trip or 100 baht for an all-day pass
* This service operates between Nonthaburi in the far north of Bangkok to Sathorn Central Pier from 7am to 6.25pm. The all-day pass offers unlimited trips. English speaking staff will call out every stop clearly over a microphone and ask if anyone wants to alight at that stop. If there are no passengers to get on or off the boat, it won't stop. In between stops, staff explain the sights lining the river on either side.
The Tourist Blue Flag Boats do have a 100 Baht All Day pass
Thanks for the attempt 😂. But these instructions you provided are for Chao Phraya River tourist boat- not water taxis- totally different- see my new video ua-cam.com/video/nlFrGMIFJnk/v-deo.htmlsi=eiG5sCIKKw7qino3
@@wanderlustingwithjoe Noted - thanks
Hi Joe, i found it😊 I am at the Jim Thompson house now. Beautiful here. Thank you again. Now to get back sooner or later. 😂 quite the adventure.
Glad you made it finally! Which pier? Pratunam or Asok? I hope you watched this video before you planned your Bangkok adventures? 😂. ua-cam.com/video/rLQkGQeNDfw/v-deo.htmlsi=F-4XnfGe7zqvPsV4
Nice video, but you should not call the Khlong Saen Saep boats for water "taxis" but better "water buses".
Good point!
Here in Bangkok they are referred to as water taxis. But, clearly transport as many as a bus! 😁
@@wanderlustingwithjoe But also Wikipedia refers to them as water buses, not taxis.
And in Thai it is "เรือโดยสารคลองแสนแสบ"
which translates to "Saen Saep Canal passenger boat"
Hope I could help!
@@wanderlustingwithjoe I have used those ferries for 14 years & never heard anyone call them "taxis" because they are not taxis. Only a few UA-camrs call them that probably from copying each other. Obviously that can cause problems.
Best video. I'm looking forward to wandering in Bangkok in October.
So glad it helped you! Did you watch this one too? ua-cam.com/video/Sihlbgul-Vo/v-deo.htmlsi=rqihSKNYtvlLYtWh
i went the other way round, to asoke then to chatuchak...
Awesome 👏- was is good?
What time does it end
I am not sure of when the boats stop. But I know they operate during daylight hours
Thank you for your video. I attempted this today. Unfortunately, I still got lost. so I am rewatching the video again now. You were right not too many people know about it even the Thai people. No one had a clue what I was talking about. I said the canal water taxi. The real water transportation. Anyway, it was getting late and I was talking with a Thai man and he said it would be too late to go as it would stop running and not come back.
Do you happen to know when the water taxi stops running?
I thought I would attempt it again tomorrow. I think my problem was instead of continuing walking straight because I passed the famous Soi cowboy etc,,, after a while I asked a girl and she told me to take a left. After watching the video I saw it was too soon as I never did cross a bridge or see the canal. Also around 3:58 in the video, you say this is the view of the Asok pier but didn't really make it clear if you walked right into it or if you took another left for a right, or if there is a sign to follow.? You just ended up there after the walk. I'm not sure if you will get this on time or not but either way I am going to try again. Wish me luck. Leaving Bangkok in a couple days. thanks, I really enjoyed the video. Hope I make it to the Artist's house as well.
He Debby, if you passed the Soi Cowboy you just keep walking until you pass over the canal bridge. It is not a tourist attraction and therefore little signage. Here is a Google maps link: maps.app.goo.gl/boRWcd3EJh123GodA?g_st=ic
Maybe an easier more fun one to do is go to Pratunam pier: here is Google maps link: maps.app.goo.gl/dUvFaUyFf22iQekU9?g_st=ic
Debby, did you watch this one? Begin at Pratunam pier? ua-cam.com/video/Sihlbgul-Vo/v-deo.htmlsi=XjXRG6d_gNCPtXUn
@@wanderlustingwithjoe yes i did. Awesome videos.
@@wanderlustingwithjoe yes i should have never taken the left. Its ok i ended up back at the mall. Really have to watch the scooter riders here lol!
Thank you for the value information dude 🙏
Thanks 🙏 for your kind comments!!! - Joe
Well comto Thailand sawaddekhab 🙏
Yes, thank you 🙏
Great video. Good information 👍
Your kind comments are greatly appreciated! 🙏🙏🙏
Your video is very useful. Thank you. 🙏
Glad it was helpful! 🙏🙏🙏
your video always good
Many many thanks
Fun, fast, and cheap, but you can get a painful strep throat from the sewer water spray. Consider sitting in a dry spot on the boat, wearing a face mask and sunglasses, keep your mouth closed, and use a large amount of mouthwash right after.
Last week I saw kids fishing. Last month I passed 4 boys swimming in the canal… I am not sure I would do that, but the canals are definitely becoming cleaner and Bangkok is working to improve them. The plastic splash guards prevent water from coming inside and I have not experienced any concerns recently…
In fact I just finished part two of the water taxi series today… I don’t feel any more danger in a water taxi than on a Bangkok street! 😂😂😂. Enjoy!👍
Good video 😊
So glad you enjoy! 🙏🙏🙏Next week another video from Pratunam pier to Golden Mount
Would it be possible to get a link to copy the water taxi map? I am unable to find one online.
I don’t know of one either. The one in my video is picture in the dock