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Post by zorro1 on Sept 26, 2011 16:41:03 GMT 7
This is a good site and train travel/exploring is great way to experience the real Asia and its VERY cheap www.seat61.com/Thailand.htmFor example a trip from Bangkok to Chang mai is $25 in an air conditioned sleeper cabin. Although they have 1st class its not exactly the orient express but would be a good experience One can also travel to Singapore, Malaysia etc all in a sleeper cabin There is one trip that caught my eye and if you have a lazy 3 weeks how about Bangkok to Russia via china? They don't get more exotic than that!
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Post by Banker on Sept 26, 2011 17:08:20 GMT 7
I enjoy train travel.
I did the trip BKK to Penang Butterworth several times about 20 years ago we use to call it the visa express.
Ive also done BKK to Chaing Mai a few times and BKK to Nong Kai a lot.
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Post by rowdy on Sept 26, 2011 17:47:14 GMT 7
I have done that BKK - Butterworth trip a few times too. Off the train, on the boat and the best Indian food in Penang. Aroi Aroi.
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Post by Banker on Sept 26, 2011 18:19:05 GMT 7
This is a good site and train travel/exploring is great way to experience the real Asia and its VERY cheap www.seat61.com/Thailand.htmFor example a trip from Bangkok to Chang mai is $25 in an air conditioned sleeper cabin. Although they have 1st class its not exactly the orient express but would be a good experience One can also travel to Singapore, Malaysia etc all in a sleeper cabin There is one trip that caught my eye and if you have a lazy 3 weeks how about Bangkok to Russia via china? They don't get more exotic than that! Thanks for that link zorro, I will put it on our web site travel page.
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Post by zorro1 on Sept 26, 2011 18:29:21 GMT 7
No problems glad to contribute. Im hoping to do the Bangkok to Chang mai this week or next so will write about it if I go. The restaurant car looks like fun and cheap enough. Yeah Rowdy I have heard other expats talk about the Indian food there. Luv a good curry
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Post by Banjo on Sept 26, 2011 19:43:56 GMT 7
I've long planned a trip through China into Central Asia by train, if I get more portability next year I'll do it. That's a good site Zorro, I'll check it out later. Most interesting train trip I did was Jahore Baru to Kota Baru up the East side of Malaya, they call it the Jungle train. Ah... it's on the map.
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Post by zorro1 on Sept 26, 2011 20:21:08 GMT 7
the most comprehensive website I have seen for travel. They don't miss anything A rare treat. A photo of Banjo on the way to Kata Baru when train travel was fashionable Most of us were in pre school
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Post by spaceyone on Sept 27, 2011 6:44:49 GMT 7
Lol, I see that Banjo is a very 'hansum man'. He should have gone into the moving pictures business. We love him long time.
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Post by Banker on Sept 27, 2011 7:54:22 GMT 7
Here is Banjo's picture waiting to catch the train outside Bangkok's Hualamphong station. ;D
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Post by Banker on Sept 27, 2011 7:56:48 GMT 7
Lol, I see that Banjo is a very 'hansum man'. He should have gone into the moving pictures business. We love him long time. Big time star in horror movies, so Im told.
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Post by Banjo on Sept 27, 2011 7:59:57 GMT 7
Must be a few years since that was taken, haven't had a pipe for a while.
Back in the day I travelled on the Orient Express from Vienna to Zurich, supposedly once the ultimate in train travel experience. The scenery going through the Austrian and Swiss Alps was certainly spectacular.
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Post by zorro1 on Oct 5, 2011 11:11:55 GMT 7
I just did the train trip from Bangkok to the seaside resort town of Hua hin approximately 300km to the south of Thailand . I arrived at the central train station in BKK to catch the 8.00am 2nd class air con train with reclining seats made by daewoo in the 1990"s, but it was booked out.
The next train available was the 9.20 3rd class train taking around 40 mins longer. This is the train I really wanted to try anyway as it a real thai train with no windows which is great for watching the scenery and enjoying the breeze.
The train rolled through mostly very green lush country side and through villages so lots of buffalo, goats, banana plantations and rice paddies. At every stop food and drink vendors would board the train with a large selection of rice dishes, bbq chicken layed out on bamboo frames , beer and soft drinks and tons of fresh fruit and at times the carriage looked like a street market.
pricing.
train 3rd class no windows 44bht around $1.50
bbq chicken $1.00 water 30c beer $1.00 fruit $1.00 total cost $4.80 for a 300k trip including food :-)
there is a rumour they will phase these old trains out which would be shame. They get along at nice clip to.
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Post by spaceyone on Oct 5, 2011 12:00:19 GMT 7
$4.80 ! That would buy you a milk shake, or a large coffee in Australia.
Yet our government can't work out why people would choose to live over there while on DSP. How dumb are they? And why are they still running this country, when they cannot do even simple math?
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Post by rowdy on Oct 5, 2011 13:03:53 GMT 7
I just did the train trip from Bangkok to the seaside resort town of Hua hin approximately 300km to the south of Thailand . I arrived at the central train station in BKK to catch the 8.00am 2nd class air con train with reclining seats made by daewoo in the 1990"s, but it was booked out. The next train available was the 9.20 3rd class train taking around 40 mins longer. This is the train I really wanted to try anyway as it a real thai train with no windows which is great for watching the scenery and enjoying the breeze. The train rolled through mostly very green lush country side and through villages so lots of buffalo, goats, banana plantations and rice paddies. At every stop food and drink vendors would board the train with a large selection of rice dishes, bbq chicken layed out on bamboo frames , beer and soft drinks and tons of fresh fruit and at times the carriage looked like a street market. pricing. train 3rd class no windows 44bht around $1.50 bbq chicken $1.00 water 30c beer $1.00 fruit $1.00 total cost $4.80 for a 300k trip including food :-) there is a rumour they will phase these old trains out which would be shame. They get along at nice clip to. Or in Sydney you can catch a train from Parramatta to Central for about the same price - no food included of course.
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Post by Banjo on Oct 5, 2011 13:23:36 GMT 7
I got the ferry for the same price as the bus/train.... the harbour ferries are one of the few real bargains left in Australia. Last February I had about 7 hours to kill in Sydney, airport to Circular Key by train, ferry to Manly then return to airport cost me about 12 bucks for a pensioner day pass. The fish and chips I had on Manly beach cost more than that!
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