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ed1980 · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Goyang

have plenty of time so that is not an issue, would we have to get a flight to somewhere else to go by boat or could we get a boat to thailand from here ?

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kangnam mafioso · Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Location: Teheranno

dude, are you that broke?

bosintang · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject:

ed1980 · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Goyang

thats more like it, have you done something similar ? where can i get more info ?

cheers

it doesnt have to be bangkok - anywhere in SE asia will do !

freebeerandchicken · Joined: 02 May 2005 Location: Seoul

i don't have any advice for ya, but please post whatever you find out for future reference! sounds like a good journey.

ed1980 · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Goyang

i certainly will if we get round to doing it.

im sure its feasable but just dont know how to go about it

nene · Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Location: Samcheok, Gangwon-do

ever find anything ed?

soviet_man · Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Location: Seoul

There are a number of departures from Incheon International Ferry Termional to China which could be useful, if you wanted to do the ship/train combination:

Incheon to Qingdao Ferry (2 per week)
02-3271-6753

Incheon to Tianjin Ferry (1 per week)
02-517-8671

Incheon to Dandong Ferry (1 per week)
http://www.dandongferry.co.kr/

Incheon to Dalian Ferry (2 per week)
02-713-5522

Binch Lover · Joined: 25 Jul 2005

From China, you can go overland by train to Vietnam and make your way across Cambodia to Thailand as a previous poster said. I'm actually planning a trip next month from Shanghai and Hong Kong down through Yunnan province in South Western China, then through Laos and then Thailand. There are boats you can take down the Mekong from Yunnan to Laos or Thailand. I've been getting lots of info from this forum: http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/

dulouz · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Uranus

From Seoul to China via ferry, then through Xian for some touring and then to Laos.

Njord · Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Location: South Korea

nene · Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Location: Samcheok, Gangwon-do

A couple posters here mentioned travelling overland from China to Laos and into Thailand. Has anyone done this journey?

Right now, I'm planning a trip from Incheon to Tianjin, trains all over China, down through Vietnam, across Cambodia into Thailand and finally up into Laos. But as I look more and more at train times I'm thinking I might want to cut a few hundred miles off and skip Vietnam and Cambodia.....

badfish · Joined: 06 Dec 2005

nene · Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Location: Samcheok, Gangwon-do

My understanding is that, holidays aside, a day or two in advance will suffice, and usually one can get tickets the day of departure. Granted I haven't left yet, but a few things I'm relying on:

Info on Chinese (and all) trains: http://www.seat61.com/China.htm

Online Chinese train schedule: http://www.chinahighlights.com/china-trains/index.htm

And for language difficulties: http://www.menospeak.com/

Good luck!

Drew345 · Joined: 24 May 2005

I have been from China to Thailand through Laos. Just a couple of comments. That last jumping off point in China, called Xishuanbanna or something, is pretty far. It was a 24 hour bus ride from Kunming, and Kunming is already way down there. My point is, you'd probably have to fly somewhere along the way just to get from Tianjin to Xishuanbanna. There was a direct bus from Xishuanbanna straight through Laos to Vientienne (on the boarder with Thai). I didn't go straight through, but I did use this bus for a segment of my journey. Don't forget once in Laos, busses break, and the schedule is often nothing more than "2 busses today", or "a bus tomorrow". But then that is the joy of Lao PDR.
The trip from Saigon up the Maekong to Cambodia and over to Thailand is nice and much easier.