Getting Around in Asia

[kyshel]

a member asked about traveling thru SE (in another thread) so I am answering here.

Air travel from major cities like Bangkok and Singapore are typically on one major carrier per country or the LCCs like Tiger Air etc.
I am quite surprised that some options of bus or train travel may be better than air, The LCCs have restrictios for bags, as in fees/wt, etc. Sometimes the best option is combo of taxi to
train/bus. It's not as far from Bangkok to Siem Reap--friends have taken a taxi and a bus as opposed to air now. Seat61.com has the BEST info on train travel in SE Asia. Make it one of your fave bookmarks!

[thepiranha]

My wife and daughter took the bus/taxi combo from Bangkok to Siem Reap and it basically takes all day. It's best to leave Bangkok in the morning to avoid overnighting at the Thailand/Cambodia border since there's really nothing there.

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How do you think it would be going from Laos to Cambodia or the reverse - if we do this package, I noticed that OE picks you up at train or airport but does not provide transpo between their 2 properties. If we do this, we would add another Asia package on - Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia - so many to choose from!