Originally Posted by
pmart2
Why not take the van. There is a van service that I have taken several times and you end up at the airport or near the monument area. It only cost around $15.00 US each way. The service is in a nice van with A/C.
Its simple economics and safety why you shouldn't take van for 500B THB, however you got taken hard if you paid 500 THB. Going rate is about 140 THB for minivan from Victory Monument. You can take a nice A/C bus and the bus drivers are way safer drivers than the van drivers.