River boat in Bangkok is casual public transport popular among local people.
(Roots, rates and schedule can find here: http://www.chaophrayaexpressboat.com/en/home/ )
Also there are boats for tourists which offer tickets for 1 day for about 100 baht. That is convenient for sightseeing. They even have English audio-guide.
For the first time we used river boat in Bangkok to cross Chao Phraya from Wat Pho the Wat Arun (3 baht one way).
This time our goal was the Chinatown. We took a river boat from the pier next to Saphan Taksin BTS station and went to the Ratchawong Pier. Yes, the very same pier where first Chinese immigrants entered Bangkok since the reign of King Rama I. So it was a kind of special – from historical point of view 🙂
Also we enjoyed views of Bangkok all the way. Luxury and poverty intermixed…
