Tag Archive: bus

Jan
06

Crossing the border to Laos

Finally we crossed the border between Thailand and Laos. It was just a while walking, 2 hours and a half hours and 2 shared local songthaews (kindda pick-ups prepared for transporting people). On the first ride we went from Ubon Ratchathani to Phibun for 35 baths/person; and from there to Chong Mek, a small market …

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Dec
26

One night in Ban Phe

Shops decorated with shells

We wanted to go to an island called Ko Samet, but we were in Bangkok, about 3 hours away by bus. We were hoping to arrive there before the sun goes down and swim in the afternoon; but, again, traffic jams in Bangkok changed our destiny. Reaching the Southern Bangkok bus station took us over …

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Dec
24

Embassies day in Bangkok

During the days we spent in Bangkok, we use one to get the visas for the following countries to which we were thinking about heading: Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Our initial idea was reaching Cambodia by land, and from there to cross into Vietnam and Laos, traveling back to Thailand. Finding the Cambodian and Lao …

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Dec
06

Melaka, Malacca or Malaca

You can name it as you prefer. Here is where we started to get to know Malaysia, cause the huge and noisy Kuala Lumpur doesn’t allow you to relax and get deep what you see around. Melaka is an old European colony, commercial and business center of the Netherlands Empire in Asia, that was given …

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Nov
30

First stop: Kuala Lumpur

After a 12 hours Air Asia flight we reached the capitol city of Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur. The flight wasn’t as hard as it sounds. Quite boring, no space for moving the legs… but what can we ask for paying around 200€ per person with all taxes included? First step, get used to the local money: …

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