text: [{"text_idx": "#000000", "text": "Bus, Train, Ferry and Flight Times"}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "Aranyaprathet to BangkokAranyaprathet to Nakhon Sawan"}, {"text_idx": "#000036", "text": "Nakhon Pathom to Hua Hin"}, {"text_idx": "#000041", "text": "Nan to BangkokNan to Chiang Mai"}, {"text_idx": "#000042", "text": "Nong Bua Lamphu to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000046", "text": "Phrae to BangkokPhrae to Chiang Mai"}, {"text_idx": "#000048", "text": "Ranong to BangkokRanong to Phuket"}, {"text_idx": "#000053", "text": "Songkhla to Nakhon Si Thammarat"}, {"text_idx": "#000054", "text": "Sukhothai to KalasinSukhothai to Khon Kaen"}, {"text_idx": "#000057", "text": "Trang to BangkokTrang to Phuket"}, {"text_idx": "#000077", "text": "Koh Yao Yai to Langkawi"}, {"text_idx": "#000079", "text": "Pak Bara Pier to Koh Lipe"}, {"text_idx": "#000080", "text": "Pattaya to Hua Hin Ferry"}, {"text_idx": "#000084", "text": "Trat Airport to Koh Kood"}, {"text_idx": "#000089", "text": "Nakhon Si Thammarat to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000091", "text": "Phitsanulok to BangkokPhitsanulok to Chiang Mai"}, {"text_idx": "#000092", "text": "Prachuap Khiri Khan to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000094", "text": "Trang to BangkokTrang to Hua Hin"}, {"text_idx": "#000102", "text": "Hua Hin to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)"}, {"text_idx": "#000112", "text": "By ferry and public bus or minivan it takes between 12 hours 00 minutes and 15 hours 30 minutes to travel from Koh Samui to Bangkok. You can also fly from Koh Samui to Bangkok, which takes slightly over an hour but costs 4 to 5 times as much as travelling by ferry and bus."}, {"text_idx": "#000114", "text": "Click on the \u2018Koh Samui \u2013 Bangkok\u2019 link in the timetable below for more information and to buy tickets."}, {"text_idx": "#000115", "text": "Ferry Pier in Koh Samui"}, {"text_idx": "#000118", "text": "There are lots of different ways to get around in Bangkok. Meter taxis are cheap in Bangkok if you can get the taxi driver to actually use their meter and if you can get the driver to agree to take you to your destination. By law Bangkok taxi drivers must use their meters and they are not allowed to refuse to take a passenger. In practice this law is largely ignored. Tuk-tuks in Bangkok are a relatively expensive option as they tend to overcharge foreign visitors and there are no rules governing what they are allowed to charge, and tuk-tuks do not have meters. Bus services in Central Bangkok are very cheap but, with the exception of the bus services from Bangkok\u2019s two airports into the city, they are very slow and difficult to work out even for Thai people who are not resident in Bangkok."}, {"text_idx": "#000120", "text": "A much better option for travelling around Bangkok is to use the BTS (overhead suburban railway), the MRT (underground train service), or Chao Phraya Express Boat service. The BTS and MRT services are fast, clean and relatively cheap. The BTS and MRT networks connect with each other as well the Airport Link, which is train line to Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Neither the BTS or MRT system, however, currently covers the area near the Royal Palace or Khao San Road in Bangkok. To travel to and from these areas try the Chao Phraya Express Boat which operates very cheap commuter boat services up and down the Chao Phraya river, which runs through the centre of Bangkok."}]