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Vientiane to Phuket by train and bus

12/03/2017

A Tale of Two Cities… No, Three Cities. And Three Trains, Three Buses, One Unprescribed Sleeping Pill and 50 Hours of Public Transport

All right children, I know it’s been four seconds since my last post and I was telling you all about southern Vietnam in January, but I’m going to fast forward you for a minute to 10th March, which was the beginning of what I am now realising was a ludicrous journey across central Thailand. I’m… Continue reading

South East Asia 2017, Travel

backpacking in South East Asia, crossing from Laos to Thailand, Indifferent Ignorance, Lumphini Park Bangkok, train Bangkok to Surat Thani, Vientiane to Phuket by train and bus, visiting Bangkok

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Vientiane to Phuket by train and bus

A Tale of Two Cities… No, Three Cities. And Three Trains, Three Buses, One Unprescribed Sleeping Pill and 50 Hours of Public Transport