Our final destination northbound is the city of Georgetown on the island of Pulau Pinang in the province of Penang. The city, the island and the province all referred to as Penang, it took a while for us to realize. The search for a nice accommodation brought us to Jack, the manager of a museum in the city who has…
One of the major express bus stations of Kuala Lumpur is located opposite to our guesthouse, so bus tickets to Tanah Rata in the Cameron Highlands are quickly bought. We start a four-hour bus ride and arrive at Tanah Rata around three in the afternoon. The long-distance buses in Malaysia are all very comfy: wide seats, plenty of legroom with…
It is only a short flight from Surat Thani to Kuala Lumpur. On Friday afternoon we touch down at KLIA2, the international airport for budget airlines in the Sepang area. Kuala Lumpur (in all of Malaysia invariably referred to as KL) is not yet in sight, so we arrange two tickets for a bus ride to KL Sentral, the central…
By night train we travel from Bangkok to Chumphon where we plan to take the night boat to Koh Tao, but the Songkran festival is celebrated and we have to adjust our plans. Chinese New Year is celebrated in Thailand during the multi-day Songkran, in which the whole of Thailand participates in a gigantic water fight. Along all roads there…
Before heading south to the Thai Gulf and enjoy the sun, sea and beach, we dive into the history of Thailand a bit deeper. After we have located the right bus in Kanchanaburi, we arrive in Ayutthaya five hours later. As the capital of Thailand from 1351 to 1767 the city developed into an important trading post and several kings…
Since our Thai visa is valid for only 30 days, we decided on a route through some of the main and easy to travel sights and cities in Thailand. We want to spend at least one week on a beautiful tropical island on the east coast of Thailand to relax and dive, but first: off to Kanchanaburi. A beautiful 2,5…
It is one o’clock in the afternoon when we leave the plane and the customs allow us to enter Thailand on a 30-day visa waiver. We get a pack of Thai Baht from an ATM and take the sky train to the heart of the Bangkok metropolis. The metro and sky train in Bangkok are constructed recently and there are…