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[Boodleheimer]

seem absurdly expensive!!!

anyone else agree? or have i just been looking in all the wrong places. i mean, i could go to the UK for the price of a flight to Thailand or Cambodia.

[soviet_man]

An interesting but slow way to get from Korea to SE Asia cheaply is to do a flight+train combo.

First, you find a cheap fare to northern China:

http://www.asiana.co.kr/english/

Click on "Hot Sale"

218,000 Qingdao
218,000 Weihai
237,000 Yantai

Then catch a Chinese train from there to SE Asia by land. Usually via Vietnam/Ho Chi Minh.

Onward connections by road and rail from there to Thailand, Malaysia, Laos and Cambodia.

[joeyjoejoe]

are they return fares?
if they're one way flights they aren't that cheap.
i paid closer to 120,000 for qingdao one way.

[soviet_man]

They are return fares, excluding tax. Tax is = to roughly 20%. So still under 300,000 won for sure.

[ohfamous]

Don't forget that you'd need an extra visa for China, which is maybe another $60 or so? (for US passports)

And how much would a round trip train ticket cost?

I'm also kind of interested since I'm planning on going to Vietnam in February...

[soviet_man]

China Tourist Visa = 50,000 to 80,000 (depending on nationality)
Vietnam Tourist Visa = 60,000
Source: www.xanadu.co.kr

Beijing - Hanoi rail ticket is $110.
Source: http://www.seat61.com/China.htm

No doubt there are probably even cheaper ways to buy these items.