Transportation to Pattaya or elsewhere.

[leyenburg]

Was picked up by nam taxi,s today to come to pattaya great service,great prices

And a responsable driver not a max verstappen wannebe

[Burner69420]

Does anyone know if nam taxi or another service is ok with drinking (beer) and/or smoking weed (with windows open) on the journey to pattaya? 

[DanFrank]

On 10/10/2022 at 15:43, Goolabert said:

https://pattayabus.com/

From their web site:

Pattaya – Ekkamai

DEPARTURE TIMES

04.30-21.00

We have bus depart every 1 hour

Bus fare 131 baht per seat

is it worth booking a day or two in advance to avoid turning up at the bus station and the bus is full? 

[Thomaz73]

On 22/10/2023 at 01:28, Burner69420 said:

Does anyone know if nam taxi or another service is ok with drinking (beer) and/or smoking weed (with windows open) on the journey to pattaya? 

Beer generally seems ok. But forget about smoking. 

[kd_traveller]

22 minutes ago, Thomaz73 said:

Beer generally seems ok.

Apparently under one of those unique Thai laws it was and maybe still is illegal to drink alcohol in a car!  While it may not be one of the laws that is enforced (there are many), I think the risk to the driver is probably not worth it and so it maybe unlikely that many taxi drivers will allow a passenger to drink alcohol in a car.

Below is from an old Bangkok Post article, but if you do a Google search on "is it legal to drink alcohol on Thailand public transport" you get this.

[Thomaz73]

2 hours ago, kd_traveller said:

Apparently under one of those unique Thai laws it was and maybe still is illegal to drink alcohol in a car!

I'm well aware. But have done it with several Nam taxi drivers. 

[Encora]

1 hour ago, Thomaz73 said:

I'm well aware. But have done it with several Nam taxi drivers. 

It will totally depend on the individual driver, her decision. Smoking will be out for most if not all drivers, a beer maybe the luck of the draw. 
Although I am sure if you ever had Nam as your driver, neither of them would have been possible....   🙂

 

[nowhere500]

Last time I was there I got a ride from Nam's Lady Drivers for 1000 baht. As they say, Nam's only hires lady drivers. I used them getting too, and from Pattaya. Email: [email protected]

Edited February 9 by nowhere500
forgot to include contact info

[mavera]

Guys i think i made a mistake and bought a ticket from Phuket to Utapao.

Is there a public transportation there? Need to hear your advices.

[pengmakmak]

On 21/02/2024 at 14:29, mavera said:

Guys i think i made a mistake and bought a ticket from Phuket to Utapao.

Is there a public transportation there? Need to hear your advices.

I guess booking a Taxi will be the option. Should cost you about 800THB.

 

[mmaaarrrkkk]

On 25/02/2024 at 04:20, pengmakmak said:

I guess booking a Taxi will be the option. Should cost you about 800THB.

 

Phuket to Utapao would be a lot more than 800b on a taxi