点评:Took the car ferry to/from Koh Pha Ngan. The ferry operation is fairly organised, but still very Thai.
Car passengers need to embark/disembark via the passenger bridge, while the car driver goes on to the car deck. It’s no problem to stay in your car, which many do. Leaving the engines on filling the car deck with diesel fumes. People smoke on the car deck, while there are clear ‘no smoking’ signs everywhere.
Seatran lets you change tickets for a small fee, unlike the other ferry operators however, there was an issue with changing my ticket for the onward journey. This took a couple of lengthy conversations on Line. In the end they managed to change it, as I did pay the charging fee but the booking online did not change and lead to various error messages. Turned out they only changed the car plus 1 driver, and not the 3 passengers brining my wife and two children. We had to sort this at the ticket office which took a lot of time as we had to convince them the error was on their side.
Oh the inward journey we could not dock, with, at some points, three to four ships floating in front of the pier. This lead to an hours worth of delay, with zero information about the cause of it given. So be mindful when planning tight connections.
If you have to chose between ferry operators and prioritise safety, chose Seatran. And not the other one.
翻译:乘坐汽车渡轮往返帕岸岛。渡轮运营秩序井然,但仍保留着浓厚的泰式风格。
汽车乘客需要通过乘客桥上下车,而汽车司机则前往汽车甲板。留在车里也没问题,很多人都这么做。发动机一直开着,柴油味弥漫在汽车甲板上。人们在汽车甲板上吸烟,而到处都有清晰的“禁止吸烟”标志。
Seatran 允许改票,只需支付少量费用。然而,与其他渡轮运营商不同,我在改签下一程的票时遇到了问题。我在网上花了好几次时间沟通才最终改签成功。最终他们帮我改好了票,因为我支付了费用,但网上预订的信息没有更改,还出现了各种错误信息。结果他们只改了汽车和一名司机,而不是我妻子和两个孩子所在的三名乘客。我们不得不去售票处解决这个问题,这花了很多时间,因为我们不得不说服他们,是他们的错误。
哦,回程我们无法靠岸,有时码头前甚至有三四艘船漂浮着。这导致了长达一个小时的延误,却没有任何关于原因的信息。所以在计划紧凑的转机时一定要注意。
如果您必须在渡轮运营商之间做出选择,并且优先考虑安全,请选择 Seatran。而不是其他的。