Just curious as to how people like to get around in Pattaya.

I usually take baht buses, I'm really too scared to use motorbikes in Thailand.

Now that I have a bf who drives I have a car to get around and find it very convenient. If I had to drive myself I would still be using baht buses and motorbike taxis.

I love my motorbikes and have two: a 115cc Honda Airblade for around town and a 400cc Suzuki Skywave for the highways and cruises into the country side.

 

I feel secure riding in a swarm of bikes feeling the rhythm of the road as we move as one, or when riding as one with myself on a country road.

 

Accidents can happen, but to live one's life at 1/2 speed out of fear is just not for me.

Accidents can happen, but to live one's life at 1/2 speed out of fear is just not for me.

 

I could not agree more! Although I have not ventured on the higher 400 cc that you ride, I do love the 125 and 200 cc bikes in Thailand and feel "fairly" safe on them.

I'm the one 'other' vote............

to and from work I'll drive the car, but at home and wanting to go out into to town........the motorbike. Saves a lot of time and head aches.

Baht bus for the longer treks, like down to Jomtien.

Otherwise walking.

 

Have never risked the Pattaya motorcycle taxis, despite the attractive possibility of holding onto the driver around the waist.

I was in Pattaya 3 weeks ago. Rented a new Honda PCX (I think?) bike. Great runabout.

Problem was you can start the engine with a twist on the handle as you dont need a key!

I ended up riding into the side of a pick up in front the Police Box in Jomtien

Not a good experience and my wallet is quite a bit lighter!

Won't stop trying again though....

 

Accidents can happen, but to live one's life at 1/2 speed out of fear is just not for me.

 

Sounds like a death wish! I do ride motorbike taxis and have a motorcycle license in my home State but would not chance riding in Thailand esp in Pattaya. Yes, I live my life in the slow lane.

I stated the bht bus, but i have used a motorbike taxi late at night to get back from centre pattaya to jomtiem

As a talking head once said "Of course I am an optimist, I drive a motorcycle in Thailand", in the same sentence he was predicting the imminent financial disaster in the USA, only days before the meltdown.

 

You can get hit in the head with a falling coconut, or walking and struck by a motorcycle or car, or have a heart attack.

 

When it is your time to go, you go. As for me, I have decided not to live a life in fear of what may happen. At the same time, I try to educate myself about what can be done to improve my odds of survival.(i.e. improve your driving skills, or learn to watch where you are walking)

I, too, prefer driving my own motorcycle - but at a snail's pace compared to those whizzing around ME. I figure it's just as likely to have an accident perched on a motorcycle taxi or crowded into the back of an insane baht bus driver.

crowded into the back of an insane baht bus driver.

 

Laughing at myself. Please refrain from the all too obvious pun at the expense of my atrocious English.

Please refrain from the all too obvious pun at the expense of my atrocious English.

I can't refrain because I can't help but wonder if you have given a whole new meaning to "mind in the gutter . . ."

How many get get into the back of an insane baht bus driver? I know 2 is possible, but more than that?

Baht bus for the longer treks, like down to Jomtien.

Otherwise walking.

 

Have never risked the Pattaya motorcycle taxis, despite the attractive possibility of holding onto the driver around the waist.

 

For me the same : bahtbus "Songtaew" and walking . Even distances from Soi KhaoNoi Sukhumvit , to South Pattaya near Tukcom is no problem for walking , even when its hot out there , its my way of excercising .......