Easy Ways to Get Around Pattaya
Easy Ways to Get Around Pattaya
Arriving at your hotel, Pattaya’s charms will start to get into your senses and gives you the notion to explore it as soon as possible. Pattaya is best enjoyed when you explore it with some laces of adventurism. Getting around it is somewhat like of getting its full view and true picture.
Around Pattaya’s road, the motorbike is the dominant figure. It can get you around Pattaya for as low as 30THB and as high as 40THB.Since motorbike taxis choc-a- block Pattaya‘s road; one can easily spot them for a ride. The drivers wear colorful vest and helmet and can be plugged down while cruising the road or from street corners as they wait for passengers. The ride is a sure addition to your Pattaya’s adventure but always observe safety pre cautions as these drivers do not have accident insurance. There’s nothing to protect you beside the helmet you are wearing.
Safer than the motorbike taxi is the songthaew, Pattaya’s most common and practical transport system. These songthaews are pick-up trucks transform into a kind of transport by building up two benches on top where passengers can seat comfortably while cruising Pattaya’s road. There’s a kind of color coding for these songthaew to identify which is going to the beach road and to Sukhumvit Road going to and from U-Taphao airport. Dark blue songthaews cruise the beach road taking up the Dolphin route while white songthaews are for the main road of Sukhumvit road going and along beach front and North Pattaya Road. These songthaew are also called the “baht buses” with official fare of 5 baht and 10baht for foreigner.But this official fare goes up depending on the routes taken by these baht buses. Only those plying set routes have fixed fare and most trips out of route demand higher fare.
On the other hand, taxis provide easy ways to get around Pattaya. Taxis provide safe and comfortable ride especially when traveling longer route in Pattaya. Fare is often negotiated between you and the driver and sometimes drivers want assurance that they will go back to Bangkok with a passenger or else, they’ll refuse to take you in. Metered taxis are mostly reliable than those with negotiated fares and you pay for what’s in the meter.
If you have an international or Thai driving licensed, renting a motorbike or car is one of the easy ways to get around Pattaya. There are available international car rental companies around Bangkok like Avis, Hertz and local car rentals like National and Budget. A rented 100/125 cc motor bike can cost you around 150 baht or 200 baht on a daily basis while a 750 or 1000 cc motor bike is about 2500 baht per day. The rental fees are dependent on the car’s model but Suzuki jeeps are the most popular for only 1000 baht from local car rentals and more from the international companies.
When in Pattaya, you’ll not only have adventure from its famous night places and districts. Getting in and going around here is an adventure itself. From the people you meet along the way down to the experience itself will satisfy your Pattaya’s escapade.