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Oct 19, 2018 | 6:04 pm

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Originally Posted by Diplomatico

Last time I took a meter taxi from BKK that late at night (April), it was 220 THB on the meter to Suk soi 22.

Nearly 400 on the meter at a time when traffic should be relatively light sounds high but it really depends upon the route that the driver took or if some odd traffic delay occurred. (I also freely admit to not knowing whether it's difficult - from a route perspective - to get to the Chit Lom area from the major freeways.)

Yes it's possible to access from the highway by taking the off ramp past Ploenchit, doubling back to Sukhumvit and turning left. However short of going to Bang Rak and back there's no feasible way for a meter to be reading close to 400. And at that time of night why would anyone bother taking the highway to begin with?

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