Day 3 Tuesday 23.4.13 Hat Yai-Bangkok After being dropped off in the middle of town (and after being told where the station was) my first action was to change some money into Thai Baht. I was hungry as I had not eaten since the previous night as I did not have Malaysian money. At the station I bought a ticket to Bangkok and a further ticket to Chiang Mai. The train would leave that evening at 6.10 pm and arrive in Bangkok at 10.10 am the next morning. The n...

Day 2 Monday 22.4.13 Singapore. Trains to Malaysia are booked up to 30 days ahead. Trying to get a sleeper train ticket on one days notice is difficult if not impossible. The excellent website "seat 61 .com" explains in detail how to go about getting a ticket to Bangkok, or rather tickets. There is no single ticket to Bangkok. Two tickets are needed. One ticket to Butterworth in Northern Malaysia (opposite the Island of Penang) and an ongoing ticket to Bangk...

Day 1 Sunday 21.4.13 Brisbane - Singapore Fly-Scoot it read. A new Singapore owned budget airline that started last year flying directly from the Gold Coast to Singapore and back for a budget price but great service. I had to cancel my Qantas flight as my passport had not been received back in time. Although the Russian consulate had assured me that I would have my passport back on Monday the 15th of April it was not to be. My flight was booked for Wed the 17t...