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Trains in Thailand are very very cheap, so many hitchhikers opt for heading down to the main train station and catching a train to some place outside of the big city.
Another option that can seem a bit more stressful, but is perfectly possible is to start hitching right from the center. If you're standing in a decent enough spot someone should stop within 10 minutes.
=== To the North ===
'''Option One''':Highway 1 heading north starts at the Victory Monument. Two bus lines will take you a good way up the road: 39 and 510. Get off at the last stop [http://www.transitbangkok.com/stations/Bangkok%20Bus/Thamassat%20University%2C%20Rangsit%20Campus Thamassat University, Rangsit Campus] ( มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ รังสิต). Bus 39 doesn't depart from === To the bus stop listing its numberNorth direction to Chiang Rai, instead it stops at a different part of the roundabout. [https://www.google.la/maps/dir/13.7653562Myanmar,100.5378708//@13.7654682,100.5403975,18z?hlLaos ===en/html/ here] if user [[User:Jans|Jans]] recalls correctly[[Link title]]
'''Option Two''':From central rail road station (13.739418, 100.516694) bus lines will take you can take a train (every one or two hours, ฿15) to this station (14good spot 39 and 510.385274, 100.598595) or sometimes Get off at the train will last stop at the next station ''Map Pgra Chan'' (14 [http://www.transitbangkok.402356com/stations/Bangkok%20Bus/Thamassat%20University%2C%20Rangsit%20Campus Thamassat University, 100.632265Rangsit Campus] ( มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ รังสิต ), but you can easily hitch-hike from the village to the main road.Road 32 starts there
'''Option Three''':
First, for most convenience, take a taxi to ''Kasemrad Hospital'' (Thai: โรงพยาบาล เกษมราษฎร์ ประชาชื่น) in ''Bang Sue'' district. Alternatively, the closest metro station is ''Wong Sawang'' on the MRT's Purple Line, from where you'll have to get out of the station walking in a southeast direction, to the big intersection of ''Wong Sawang Rd''/''Ratchadaphisek Rd''. Turn left and follow ''Ratchadaphisek Rd'' until the intersection right at the canal/river, where you have to turn left again. After a few metres, you'll already see the hospital.
Facing === To the hospital's main car park/entrance areaEast direction to Pattaya, turn right and pass it on Cambodia === Hitchike from the right, entering ''Sai Sin Alley'' front of Lat Krabang Bus Terminal (you can see a 7-11 convenience storebus 517AC goes there); it's the only road branching off before the expressway bridge. Follow the road until the crossroad and turn right on the second road, as the first one leads back direction to an intersection near the canal/riverhighway 7 with sign Chon Buri. From there, If you walk forward 2 km you'll already see a road running along the side of the expresswaywill get at same highway upramp. Enter and follow this road; Also there's no pedestrian walkway so is a motorway rest stop after Miltitary base seems like you'll first can walk on the grass on the left hand there JUST BY GRASS NEXT TO THE BASE (looking from VVP4x4center shop side, then along the edge of the road.) and cars will drive towards you
Eventually, as the road rises, you'll see that it becomes the leftmost lane of the tollgate, where you can simply pass on the left hand side on the pedestrian walkway that starts shortly before the gate. Right behind the gate is a [https://goo.gl/maps/9PKjPbNi8sBJ5aMy9 covered walkway (link to Google Maps)], where a lot of people going North stop. When [[User:Raureif|Raureif]] arrived here with his girlfriend in January 2019, tollgate staff approached them five minutes after arrival; after learning they wanted to hitchhike to [[Phitsanulok]], the staff actually stopped cars just coming out of the tollgate and helped them with communication. Result: A ride after less than 10 minutes.
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'''Bangkok''' (กรุงเทพมหานคร, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon) is the capital of [[Thailand]]. It's a pretty big sprawling city yet it's quite easily managed once you get your head around it.
== Hitching out ==
=== To the South direction to Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phuket, Krabi, Malaysia ===
Near by skytrain's station "Wongwian yai" there is a rail road station (13.724441, 100.491312). Frim this station yuo can take a train to the last stop "Maha Chai" (13.545823, 100.275569).There are a lot of trains from 5 a.m., price is 15 bat =0.5$.Look for Rama 2 Road
== Eating and Sleeping ==
There's a [https://www.google.com/maps/place/13%C2%B044'14.4%22N+100%C2%B033'40.0%22E/@13.7373313,100.5605528,177m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d13.73733!4d100.5611 Namdhari Sangat of Thailand Sikh temple] near Sukhumvit MRT station [13.73733N, 100.5611E] where you can get free food between 9am and 11.30am and 6/6.30pm to 9/9.30pm. To find it, locate the exit of the station that is in the North along Thanon Montri Rd., turn right and walk some hundred meters. The temple is on your right, you can recognise it by the Indians dressed in white that are hanging out on the square before it. Keep in mind that you should cover your head (also as a male) and also show your reverence by going into the room on your right and bowing to all the spiritual men and all the pictures of spiritual men in this room. When you leave it, you'll be rewarded with a sweet :-) afterwards just hang out in the main hall until somebody notices you; they'll know you're there for the food. After the meal you're expected to wash your dishes. In this temple, there's always people sleeping as well, so if you charm them they might let you crash with them for a couple of nights as well.
== Public Transportation ==
There are SOME red buses throughout the city which are free. Before boarding a red bus, make sure you see the word 'free' (ฟรี) written somewhere on the front of the bus (sometimes there is a blue circle with the word in white; other times it is at the end of a sentence). Just hop on and hop off wherever you please. Bus 15 is good to see Khao San Rd, Siam Shopping district, Ratchadamri Road, Asiatique Market and everything in between.
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