Taxis Metered taxis were introduced in Bangkok in 1993, and they now outnumber the old non-meter taxis. The ones with meters have signs on top reading 'Taxi Meter', the others 'Taxi Thai' or just 'Taxi'. Fares for metered taxis are always lower than for non-metered ones. A taxi ride from the Airport into town costs approx. The skytrain operates every day from 06.00 - 24.00 hours, and is a cheap and easy way of traveling.
Tickets are available in all skytrain stations.
River transport is one of the nicest ways of getting around Bangkok as well as, quite often, being much faster than any road-based alternatives. Food V arieties of food are available including spicy Thai Cuisine, Indian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, vegetarian and Western Cuisines. The Baht is divided into 100 Satang. Copper coins are valued at 40 and 50 Satang. Silver coins are in denominations of 1 and 5 Baht.