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The regular ferry is 20B each way. when you get to the village taxis will take you to Tawaen Beach that is where the 150B boat lands they do this for 20B. So that is 80B total round trip to the beach from Pattaya, but it cost about 30B to get to Bali Hai pier from the old pier location. Now were talking 110B, a 40B difference. Alot for some who live here a long time.

Mainly it is for your safety ie things missing etc,etc. If you don't want them to check, politely wave off the security guard as you pass by and most of the time they will comply. I did this at the Flipper and never had any problems.

There is a website about Koh Larn the island about 7km from Pattaya www.kohlarn.com it seem very imformative and up to date hope this helps