Super easy, no traffic jams❣️ Pink Ganesha by Thai 🇹🇭 State Railway Train (12 baht)
We took a traditional diesel-pulled passenger car 🚃 from Phaya Thai Station, located 30 seconds next to the Eastin Grand Hotel Phaya Thai where we stayed 🏨, to Wat Saman Rattanaram, a temple 🛕 home to the Pink Ganesha, with six middle-aged and elderly women who were new to travel 🔰.
The ride to Chachoengsao Station was only 12 baht.
We arrived in an hour and a half.
The train 🚃 was empty, but with the windows open, the breeze felt great ☺️ We were engrossed in the unusual rural Thai scenery of the countryside, the rural train station, houses with ducks 🪿 and goats 🐐 in the garden, and the rainforest 🌴, and before we knew it, we had arrived.
The conductor passed around tickets 🎫 (12 baht), so we bought them on board.
From Chachoengsao Station, I transferred to the Blue Line songthaew🛻 (40 baht payable upon disembarking) on the main street in front of the station and arrived in 30 minutes.
In addition to Ganesha, there were many other gods, and I was able to enjoy a leisurely visit, have lunch🍲 in the food court, shop for souvenirs, and stroll around the adjacent market and scenic lotus pond🪷. It was a truly enjoyable place. 😊
On the way back, I took the opposite route. I purchased my return train ticket🎫 at the ticket counter at Chachoengsao Station.
I arrived at the Eastin Grand Phaya Thai Hotel🏨 in Bangkok city while it was still light🔆 (around 3:30 PM).
It was an incredibly wonderful memory💕.
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[Outbound]
Departing Phaya Thai Station at 8:11 AM
→ Arriving Chachoengsao Station at 9:30 AM
→ Board the songthaew (blue line, or more accurately, navy blue line) that arrives on the main street in front of Chachoengsao Station at 9:35 AM or 10:05 AM
(Even if you miss it, it seems to come every 30 minutes.)
✴︎ Be sure to ask the driver for your destination, Wat Saman Rattanaram
→ Get off at the last stop.
[Return]
Board the songthaew from where you got off, departing at 12:50 PM
(Note: With six of us on board, it departed 10 minutes early! We recommend arriving at the bus stop early.)
There was a timetable at the bus stop.
✴︎I informed the driver in advance that I would be getting off at Chachoengsao Station.
→First train from Chachoengsao Station
Board the 2:05 PM train bound for Bangkok
→Arrived at Phaya Thai Station at 3:18 PM.
⚠️There is a "monk-only seating area" on the train, so please be careful not to sit there.
By the way, the last stop on the return journey is Hua Lamphong Station in Bangkok, so if you're planning to walk to Yaowarat (Chinatown), you can ride to the end of the line.
I found a Japanese version of the train timetable by searching "State Railway of Thailand Eastern Line Timetable" online, so I used that as a reference.
Wishing you all a wonderful 💓😊 trip to Thailand 🇹🇭❣️
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