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| − | '''Bangkok''' (กรุงเทพมหานคร, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon) is the capital of [[Thailand]]. It's a pretty big sprawling city yet it's quite easily managed once you get your head around it. | + | '''Phuket''' is an island of [[Thailand]]. It's nice tropical place. When hitchhiking in Phuket you have to ''have'' to specify at least 3 times that you are not going to pay. "No money", "no taxi", "free ride", rinse and repeat. |
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| − | == Hitching out == | + | == See also == |
| | + | * [http://www.articlesbase.com/travel-tips-articles/boat-hitch-hiking-in-phuket-thailand-7196345.html Boat hitching in Phuket] |
| | + | * http://phukettuktuks.com/ |
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| − | === To the South === | + | == Other == |
| − | | + | The taxi mafia also causes heavily inflated prices so if you probably don't want to take a cab, ever. If you want to avoid the hassle it's probably best to rent a motorcycle for 200 baht a day. |
| − | Near by skytrain's station "Wongwian yai" there is a rail road station (13.724441, 100.491312). Frim this station yuo can take a train to the last stop "Maha Chai" (13.545823, 100.275569).
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| − | There are a lot of trains from 5 a.m., price is 15 bat =0.5$.
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| − | === To the North ===
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| − | '''Option One''':
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| − | Highway 1 heading north starts at the Victory Monument. Two bus lines will take you a good way up the road: 39 and 510. Get off at the last stop
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| − | [http://www.transitbangkok.com/stations/Bangkok%20Bus/Thamassat%20University%2C%20Rangsit%20Campus Thamassat University, Rangsit Campus] ( มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ รังสิต). Bus 39 doesn't depart from the bus stop listing its number
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| − | '''Option Two''':
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| − | From central rail road station (13.739418, 100.516694) you can take a train (every one or two hours, ฿15) to this station (14.385274, 100.598595) or sometimes the train will stop at the next station ''Map Pgra Chan'' (14.402356, 100.632265), but you can easily hitch-hike from the village to the main road.
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| − | '''Option Three''':
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| − | Get to metro station is ''Wong Sawang'' on the MRT's Purple Line, from where you'll have to get out of the station walking in a southeast direction, to the big intersection of ''Wong Sawang Rd''/''Ratchadaphisek Rd''. Turn left and follow ''Ratchadaphisek Rd'' until the intersection right at the canal/river, where you have to turn left again. After a few metres, you'll already see the hospital.
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| − | Facing the hospital's main car park/entrance area, turn right and pass it on the right, entering ''Sai Sin Alley'' (you can see a 7-11 convenience store); it's the only road branching off before the expressway bridge. Follow the road until the crossroad and turn right on the second road, as the first one leads back to an intersection near the canal/river. From there, you'll already see a road running along the side of the expressway. Enter and follow this road; there's no pedestrian walkway so you'll first walk on the grass on the left hand side, then along the edge of the road.
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| − | Eventually, as the road rises, you'll see that it becomes the leftmost lane of the tollgate, where you can simply pass on the left hand side on the pedestrian walkway that starts shortly before the gate. Right behind the gate is a [https://goo.gl/maps/9PKjPbNi8sBJ5aMy9 covered walkway (link to Google Maps)], where a lot of people going North stop.
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| − | == Eating and Sleeping == | |
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| − | There's a [https://www.google.com/maps/place/13%C2%B044'14.4%22N+100%C2%B033'40.0%22E/@13.7373313,100.5605528,177m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d13.73733!4d100.5611 Sikh temple] near Sukhumvit MRT station [13.73733N, 100.5611E] where you can get free food between 9am and 11.30am and 6/6.30pm to 9/9.30pm. To find it, locate the exit of the station that is in the North along Thanon Montri Rd., turn right and walk some hundred meters. The temple is on your right, you can recognise it by the Indians dressed in white that are hanging out on the square before it. Keep in mind that you should cover your head (also as a male) and also show your reverence by going into the room on your right and bowing to all the spiritual men and all the pictures of spiritual men in this room. When you leave it, you'll be rewarded with a sweet :-) afterwards just hang out in the main hall until somebody notices you; they'll know you're there for the food. After the meal you're expected to wash your dishes. In this temple, there's always people sleeping as well, so if you charm them they might let you crash with them for a couple of nights as well.
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| − | == Public Transportation ==
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| − | Bangkok has an extensive system of buses and metro lines (not to mention the countless taxis, mototaxis and tuk-tuks that plow the streets). The metro lines are pretty cheap if you're used to European standards, and at least the MRT can be blackridden. For every journey you buy a black plastic electronic coin that you hold against the entrance gate to open it for you and that you drop into the exit gate when you leave the system again. Note that the coin will notice if you travel for more stops than you paid for. Now for travelling free (a bit harder to do with a big backpack) you just slide yourself through the entrance/exit gates with another person. Ideally this will be somebody you know because you have to follow a person quite closely and unless it's rush hour the random Thai person unwittingly helping you might be freaked out by your sudden presence so closely behind them. The entrance gate will also notice when two people pass through it at once and will beep loudly, but if you just pretend nothing happened, you'll most likely be fine as according to actual experience :-) After all, you're a tourist and if anybody should stop you just talk to them confusedly in English. The exit gate doesn't make any special sounds when two people leave it at once.
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| − | There are SOME red buses throughout the city which are free. Before boarding a red bus, make sure you see the word 'free' (ฟรี) written somewhere on the front of the bus (sometimes there is a blue circle with the word in white; other times it is at the end of a sentence). Just hop on and hop off wherever you please. Bus 15 is good to see Khao San Rd, Siam Shopping district, Ratchadamri Road, Asiatique Market and everything in between.
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| − | [[nomad:Bangkok]] [[trash:Bangkok]]
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| | + | == Personal experiences == |
| | + | [[User:Guaka|guaka]] ([[User talk:Guaka|talk]]) had a nasty experience with a guy who suddenly wanted 500 baht for a short ride. He then actually called the police. The corrupt police was actually ready to go to the police station so [[User:Guaka|guaka]] ([[User talk:Guaka|talk]]) settled with paying 400 baht (100 baht was not enough). (This was after 4 very nice rides across the island, including a free veggy dinner in a restaurant.) |
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| | + | I have spent the good part of 3 months in Phuket, getting only around via hitch hiking and have not had a single problem in this entire time. I have even been picked up by off duty taxis and tour bus, just always repeat no money a few times up front and there should be no misunderstanding. Most people speak some sort of English and waiting time is normally not to long, I just simple walk in the direction I'm headed with my thumb out as I go and within a short time I will have a lift. |
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| + | Hitchhiker François Gobert; I was leaving Phuket for a hitchhiking trip untill Malaisia! I saw on the map that the main road near the airport would be a good spot and I was right! Just the way to get out of the city is a bit painful but once you're on those large roads, it is all good! I took a blue city shuttle (which is a wooden style bus) to the Terminal 1 where I jumped on the Shuttle for the airport. It costs me 100Bhat for the airport Shuttle. From there, I walked 45 minutes along the road parallel to the runway to the main road. I started from there and got picked up till the Bridge where I had a very good spot at the police checkpoint to ask for a ride... All cars slow down and I got picked up in 2 minutes. |
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| + | Some tips; always make sure with people that you don't have to pay anything. Be smiley and you'll never wait more than 10 minutes... Thai people are soooo nice with foreigners and they know about hitchhiking! Hitchhiking in Thailand was my best HH experience! |
Phuket is an island of Thailand. It's nice tropical place. When hitchhiking in Phuket you have to have to specify at least 3 times that you are not going to pay. "No money", "no taxi", "free ride", rinse and repeat.
See also
Other
The taxi mafia also causes heavily inflated prices so if you probably don't want to take a cab, ever. If you want to avoid the hassle it's probably best to rent a motorcycle for 200 baht a day.
Personal experiences
guaka (talk) had a nasty experience with a guy who suddenly wanted 500 baht for a short ride. He then actually called the police. The corrupt police was actually ready to go to the police station so guaka (talk) settled with paying 400 baht (100 baht was not enough). (This was after 4 very nice rides across the island, including a free veggy dinner in a restaurant.)
I have spent the good part of 3 months in Phuket, getting only around via hitch hiking and have not had a single problem in this entire time. I have even been picked up by off duty taxis and tour bus, just always repeat no money a few times up front and there should be no misunderstanding. Most people speak some sort of English and waiting time is normally not to long, I just simple walk in the direction I'm headed with my thumb out as I go and within a short time I will have a lift.
Hitchhiker François Gobert; I was leaving Phuket for a hitchhiking trip untill Malaisia! I saw on the map that the main road near the airport would be a good spot and I was right! Just the way to get out of the city is a bit painful but once you're on those large roads, it is all good! I took a blue city shuttle (which is a wooden style bus) to the Terminal 1 where I jumped on the Shuttle for the airport. It costs me 100Bhat for the airport Shuttle. From there, I walked 45 minutes along the road parallel to the runway to the main road. I started from there and got picked up till the Bridge where I had a very good spot at the police checkpoint to ask for a ride... All cars slow down and I got picked up in 2 minutes.
Some tips; always make sure with people that you don't have to pay anything. Be smiley and you'll never wait more than 10 minutes... Thai people are soooo nice with foreigners and they know about hitchhiking! Hitchhiking in Thailand was my best HH experience!
