by Loki » Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:06 am
yep the parking is dire so what do you do ?
I simply avoid vendors that don't have parking. Usually hit sis's at the preecha night market before 4:30PM, as usually a parking spot before 6 pm on Fridays. If Saturday, we park before 4 pm, though sis isn't ready to serve food yet, and we'll stroll around, and already at that time, parking at CenterPoint and UD Town is scarce, as vendors rented out the official parking, and are themselves parked in 1st line, then 2nd lines have already started.
We arrive after picking the little one up from school, so always early, and traffic is fairly gridlock from 5 onward. If arriving later, rare, I've parked at IT/Nevada before, and strolled out the front door, when going to night market later than 5 PM, have parked in NP, and walked thru and out the non-driveway entrance. Though almost feel guilty when doing that. But I've gotten ribs and not parked there as many times as parking and not been a customer, so it's a wash. I think if you walk out the driveway, they ask you for 20 baht, I may be wrong, but I think that lot may fill up with non customers, as not very big. Haven't done that in couple years, and it was always void of customers, but looks much busier now when driving by.
Soi slum/sleaze/sampham is hard enough to drive down, let alone park. top mansion parking lot used to be an option long time ago, but no longer, when street was full. driving down in the day and the 'legal' side is always full, with most of the other taken up. easier to to drive down the street parallel to RR tracks.
We simply avoid downtown after school. Not bad for a very late lunch, and a bit of shopping, running chores before picking up little one, but then it's straight home usually, except on Saturday or a rare Friday night. Plenty of locals on scooters to keep the economy going, don't think we are missed... :lol:
definitely a food town though, as a few streets lined with vendors for take away, adding to a bit of congestion behind the prison. NPJ Park area packs them in, along with Walking Street on the week-end. Amazing Chaeronsri Night Plaza flopped so fast, as you would think just the overflow from those would keep them going, but that was one badly designed plan. Should of been all food vendors instead of the crap shops that gave it a go.
[b][i]yep the parking is dire so what do you do ?[/i][/b]
I simply avoid vendors that don't have parking. Usually hit sis's at the preecha night market before 4:30PM, as usually a parking spot before 6 pm on Fridays. If Saturday, we park before 4 pm, though sis isn't ready to serve food yet, and we'll stroll around, and already at that time, parking at CenterPoint and UD Town is scarce, as vendors rented out the official parking, and are themselves parked in 1st line, then 2nd lines have already started.
We arrive after picking the little one up from school, so always early, and traffic is fairly gridlock from 5 onward. If arriving later, rare, I've parked at IT/Nevada before, and strolled out the front door, when going to night market later than 5 PM, have parked in NP, and walked thru and out the non-driveway entrance. Though almost feel guilty when doing that. But I've gotten ribs and not parked there as many times as parking and not been a customer, so it's a wash. I think if you walk out the driveway, they ask you for 20 baht, I may be wrong, but I think that lot may fill up with non customers, as not very big. Haven't done that in couple years, and it was always void of customers, but looks much busier now when driving by.
Soi slum/sleaze/sampham is hard enough to drive down, let alone park. top mansion parking lot used to be an option long time ago, but no longer, when street was full. driving down in the day and the 'legal' side is always full, with most of the other taken up. easier to to drive down the street parallel to RR tracks.
We simply avoid downtown after school. Not bad for a very late lunch, and a bit of shopping, running chores before picking up little one, but then it's straight home usually, except on Saturday or a rare Friday night. Plenty of locals on scooters to keep the economy going, don't think we are missed... :lol:
definitely a food town though, as a few streets lined with vendors for take away, adding to a bit of congestion behind the prison. NPJ Park area packs them in, along with Walking Street on the week-end. Amazing Chaeronsri Night Plaza flopped so fast, as you would think just the overflow from those would keep them going, but that was one badly designed plan. Should of been all food vendors instead of the crap shops that gave it a go.