Arriving in Bangkok / Phanfa Leelard Pier, Thailand

Simple and short video. This is a trip with the so-called "Khlong Saen Saep Boat Service" that will save you a lot of money especially if you are staying around the Banglamphu/Khaosan Road area. To get there and to get out fast. It takes you from the "National Stadium" BTS Station / Saphan Hua Chang is the name of the boat station, directly to Phanpha Leelard Pier, which is the last station so you can't miss it, and it does leave you merely *footsteps* away from the Golden Mount and Democracy Monument. This particular route costs just 9 Baht, nice.

Also you can take it on you way back and it will leave you, once again, footsteps away from the BTS Skytrain, but also the Shopping Mall called "Siam Discovery", that is very very upscale and fancy, it has a Jamie Oliver Restaurant. When I needed something from the city, what I would do once I realized this "trick" is to take the boat from "Phanfa Leelard Pier" until "Saphan Hua Chang" (next to National Stadium) and then just walk to the Shopping area: places like Big C Supercenter, Central World and Gaysorn Village/Gaysorn Tower, it takes just 10 minutes or so, and in those places you can find everything you need in terms of shopping, from food, to cosmetics or clothes and electronics, also it's a really nice area since a lot of locals mingle there, not just tourists like around the Khaosan Road area so you can see what locals do for fun. Last, but not least: In those shopping centers I just mentioned, the convenience that the A/C and the D-E-L-U-X-E toilets provide cannot be understated, LOL!