Journey Time Pattaya - Hua Hin

THAI ROB · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 1:31 am Post subject: Journey Time Pattaya - Hua Hin

How long does a taxi journey between Pattaya and Hua Hin take. Hopefully it is not via Bangkok making it a 5 hour trip.

lomuamart · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 3:14 am Post subject:

Think again. Whats wrong with 5 hour trip?
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THAI ROB · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 3:40 am Post subject: Taxi Time

5 hours in a car is too long for me. I am planning my next trip which will be for a month. Will visit Hua Hin for the first time, make my annual trip to Pattaya, and also go up north this time to Udon Thani. Looks like i will also stop off in Bangkok to break up the Pattaya- Hua Hin road trip.

Harry · Specialist Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Posts: 133

Is it not possible to travel by boat?

Big Boy · Legend Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 3241 Location: UK

Yes, of course its possible by boat, its possible by rickshaw as well, but do you really want to go through the pain, grief and cost of chartering a boat?

Taxi or a bus/taxi/bus or train combination are the only real cost effective alternatives.
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Guess · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:50 pm Post subject:

5 Hours is about right by Taxi and you only have to look at a very crude map to discover that it is ludicrous to sugest avoiding Bangkok. This subject has been covered in detail many times.

There is one pleasant and cheaper alternative though.

Get Taxi to U-Tapao. Fly to Koh Samui. Get the Lomprayah cat to Chumphon via Ko Tao. Then get train or bus to Hua Hin.

I can give exact details if required. The cost will be about 5000 Baht at most. The taxi will cost about 3500 baht and is definitely the second quickest method possible.
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Heebio · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:01 pm Post subject:

There's no way of avoiding Bangkok, but you hit the expressway as soon as you enter the city, so the across town travel time isn't too bad, depending on what time of day you hit town.

Did a taxi to Pattaya in less than 4.5 hours before - cost 3000bt. On the way back took a taxi to Victory Monument (800bt) and got a mini bus straight down the road (160bt). Total travel time 4hr 30mins.

If you're travelling light, the alternative is to do the mini bus thing the whole way - everything connects at Victory Monument. Total cost less than 500bt and travel time approx 5 hours.

Depends on your budget and number of bags, but they're all about the same timewise. Taxi will offer more comfort but the mini bus ain't bad for legroom, and it's airconditioned.
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STEVE G · Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 4:34 am Post subject:

I drove from Hua Hin to Pattaya two weeks ago on a Friday and I would have been happy if it had taken five hours! It took me nearly seven hours, there were huge tail backs on all routes east through Bangkok and I tried several.

Jaime · Ace Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 1898 Location: Sh*t Creek

Driving any sort of serious distance in Thailand takes forever. You have to write the day off in most cases in my experience and just accept it, like so many other activities in LoS. thumbs up

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