Thailand - "Overday" layover (10 hours) with wife and babby - what to do?

Hi everyone,

We're flying through BKK in March on CDG-BKK-HKG, and we have about 10 hours (0630 to 1600) of ground time. I do want to use the Royal Orchid lounge, having heard much goodness about it, but I figure 3 hours max is enough for it, so I am thinking of making a sneak-out to the city between 0630 and about 1300.

Would anyone make any suggestions on what to do - especially considering babby is present (well... 20 months old by then, so I guess not quite anymore, but anyway).

One wild idea I had was to take the Airport Express to Makkasan, then Blue to Hua Lamphong, then grab a taxi to try to see the Emerald Buddha and come back to see Wat Traimit. This is purely just browsing ideas on the iPad - so I'm totally open to other ideas.

Any help welcome!

Thanks,

-pN

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l'etoile
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Sorry - thanks for moving!

Airport train to Phaya Thai. To reach the palace, you can take the Skytrain to reach the Saphan Taksin Station which is on the National Stadium/Silom line. From the Saphan Taksin station, one can take the river ferry to the Tha tien pier. From here it's about a 5 minute walk.

Mong-Fleuri's recommendation works as well as just taking a taxi from Phaya Thai station.

Airport train to Phaya Thai. To reach the palace, you can take the Skytrain to reach the Saphan Taksin Station which is on the National Stadium/Silom line. From the Saphan Taksin station, one can take the river ferry to the Tha tien pier. From here it's about a 5 minute walk.

Understood. River ferry sounds like an interesting option, will keep it in mind!

Mong-Fleuri's recommendation works as well as just taking a taxi from Phaya Thai station.

That might work too, as I have a babby to deal with - any idea how much the taxi would run for that distance?

Understood. River ferry sounds like an interesting option, will keep it in mind!



That might work too, as I have a babby to deal with - any idea how much the taxi would run for that distance?

Taxi would be 100B +/- 10B.


The river ferry is also a great idea and will make traffic irrelevant. The problem is that it's one more transpo service to navigate.

If you do take the BTS to the ferry: Get off at Tha Chang, not Tha Tien, for the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew). There is a decent lunch resto overlooking the river (over the river) in the building just to the south of Tha Chang in the Thai Royal Navy building. Menu is in Thai/English and food is decent. A good choice in that area. Walk out from the pier and turn right in the market. The building you see in front of you is your target.

Taxi would be 100B +/- 10B.


The river ferry is also a great idea and will make traffic irrelevant. The problem is that it's one more transpo service to navigate.

If you do take the BTS to the ferry: Get off at Tha Chang, not Tha Tien, for the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew). There is a decent lunch resto overlooking the river (over the river) in the building just to the south of Tha Chang in the Thai Royal Navy building. Menu is in Thai/English and food is decent. A good choice in that area. Walk out from the pier and turn right in the market. The building you see in front of you is your target.

Cool - I like this idea. I could prob taxi there, sprint to the Buddha, and take the ferry back/lunch there before going back to the airport, seems like that'd work. Any chance you coud googlemap the lunch place?

Anything else I should do/see there?

[edit] is it Ratchanawi Samosorn mentioned kinda further down in the text on http://www.reserve-hotel.com/Destination/Thailand/Bangkok/Food-Restaurants.html ?

Cool - I like this idea. I could prob taxi there, sprint to the Buddha, and take the ferry back/lunch there before going back to the airport, seems like that'd work. Any chance you coud googlemap the lunch place?

Anything else I should do/see there?

[edit] is it Ratchanawi Samosorn mentioned kinda further down in the text on http://www.reserve-hotel.com/Destination/Thailand/Bangkok/Food-Restaurants.html ?

Yes, that apparently is the place, though I've never heard any karaoke there.