Get around[edit]
Green pickups depart hourly from bus station to Three Pagodas Pass and charge 30 baht for the 30-40 minutes trip. A good option for a group is to hire a songthaew for a few hours and visit Sawanbandan Cave and other attractions as well.
The most common way to get around town is motorcycle taxi. It costs 15 baht from the centre of town to the wooden bridge (Saphan-Mon). To the Wats costs around 50-60 baht. If you're having trouble finding a taxi, there are taxi stands dotted around. One is by the Baan Unrak bakery near the guest houses. There are a few in town near the bus station. Another is in the Mon village on the West side of the bay, down the hill on the main road as you head towards the wats.
Walking is a rewarding option. There are some English signposts around pointing out the main attractions. Use the wooden footbridge to get across the bay. Across the main footbridge and out to the Wats on the Mon village side of the lake is an easy half-day hike. To get there, after the footbridge, follow the road straight ahead until you reach a T-Junction, then turn left (downhill) and follow the main road until the next T-junction. To the right is the main Wat, to the left is the Pagoda and crafts market. A handy shortcut: on the East side (guesthouse side) there is a smaller footbridge at the bottom of the street that Burmese Inn is on, which leads to the start of the main footbridge. Stay on the concrete in the middle as the side walkways are rotting.
You can also rent motorbikes or bicycles at P Guesthouse and Burmese Inn rents motorbikes.