Bangkok's sky train is great for getting to certain places on the route but you can't get every where on it. They are extending it though, and when it goes to the new Suvarnabhumi airport it could make the airport transfer a lot quicker. I like to use it to get around in rush hour but I still use taxis mainly. For a quick transfer between shopping centres, the sky train can be really useful!

The skytrain is our main way of public transport while in Bangkok. It's cheap, very fast, never crouded and stops at all the places we want to visit everytime we are there. MBK (SHOPPING!!!), Silom, The weekend market, the river peer to take a long boat and exlore the grand palace and a lot of other temples. Hey, you can even go down to the peer, take a long boat for a few cents and travel upstream to Chinatown. Why not taxi? Traffic is annoying, the price is often higher or the same and if you are unlucky, the driver will try to sell you another trip or take you to somewhere else. Oh, Sukhumvit is on the line as well, I like Sukhumvit because of the great restaurants, the night market, the arabic atmosphere (Cabbage and Condoms Restaurant is there as well....).

The BTS is very useful and fairly easy to use. I've had taxi drivers refuse me and instead told me to take the BTS instead (to get there faster).

During rush hours (3pm to 7pm), taking the BTS can often save you an hour or more of travel time.

I'd love to see the BTS expanded. Also, it'd be easier if they made the fare system like Singapore's (a charge card) rather than buying temporary cards everytime using coins.

Excellent but does not venture far out at all. It sure beats the traffic though. It is an elevated subway that is inexpensive, very clean, air conditioned and easy to figure out.