Popular Post webfact Posted December 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2021 Hua Hin Railway Station. File photo By Paul Andrews The construction of a new train line in Laos means that it is now possible to travel from Portugal to Hua Hin and on to Singapore by train. The route is thought to be the longest train journey in the world spanning some 18,755km and would take an estimated 21 days to complete the journey. Travelling from Lagos in southern Portugal to Singapore, the journey requires a number of changes to hop on and hop off trains in cities such as Paris, Moscow, Beijing, Vientiane, Bangkok, Hua Hin, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Full story: https://www.huahintoday.com/hua-hin-news/it-is-now-possible-to-travel-from-portugal-to-hua-hin-by-train/ -- © Copyright Hua Hin Today 2021-12-23 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 8 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RandiRona Posted December 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2021 Sure why not!!.. 21 RT-PCR test for 21 days of journey...would drill same length of passage in your nostrils...who wont want that!! 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post secondtime Posted December 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2021 22 minutes ago, RandiRona said: Sure why not!!.. 21 RT-PCR test for 21 days of journey...would drill same length of passage in your nostrils...who wont want that!! The PCR tests are usually good for 72 hours, so maybe just 7 tests... if timed perfectly Seriously though, in normal times this would be an amazing trip for trainspotters 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steven100 Posted December 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2021 in normal times this would be a real adventure ..... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmonman Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Obviously NOT possible until COVID-19 and all the government restrictions related to it in countries along the route are behind us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GeorgeCross Posted December 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2021 i don't know about you guys but i quite fancy a one way trip.. to Portugal ???? 2 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 9 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said: i don't know about you guys but i quite fancy a one way trip.. to Portugal ???? Why so far...just go here: https://www.ayutthaya-history.com/Settlements_Portuguese.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 5 hours ago, webfact said: The route is thought to be the longest train journey in the world spanning some 18,755km and would take an estimated 21 days to complete the journey. Would that include 14 days in quarantine in Thailand? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gsxrnz Posted December 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2021 This is hardly news. You have to change trains and take taxi rides across cities to do so, as well as stay several days in various countries for visa documentation. It's hardly the Orient Express and Agatha Christie would not be impressed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertHima Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 The "now" in the headline is misleading Quote Currently two of the longest sections of the route – Paris to Moscow and Moscow to Beijing – are not operating due to the pandemic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Thank god I can ride a motorbike to almost any place in the world, even make it a roundtrip for decent amount of money I can afford. Not sure about the ticket price for 21 days on different trains and hotels will cost. But, no thanks. I have spent enough time in my life on confined space working on oil rigs with much better gym, food, and rooms a train can offer, and got paid for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 34 minutes ago, RobertHima said: Currently two of the longest sections of the route – Paris to Moscow and Moscow to Beijing – are not operating due to the pandemic. And as said even when open one has to change in Moscow. I did Beijing to (via Moscow) Berlin in '88, 7 days fantastic trip as all backpackers brought their tickets from a polish guy and we were all in the same carriage 4 to a sleeping compartment playing scrabble with some Germans us brits convinced them that 'Botbum' was a real word 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BE88 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Who knows why they invented the plane for long travel ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skypirate Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Its also possible to take a hammer and beat your head in, but why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Great topic. https://www.seat61.com/train-travel-in-britain.htm This guy is the world expert on train travel https://www.seat61.com/index-mobile.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 11 hours ago, webfact said: The route is thought to be the longest train journey in the world spanning some 18,755km Yes indeed, once free from Covid-19. The previous longest train journey was from Porto (Portugal) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam);- (17,000km) https://basementgeographer.com/the-longest-train-ride-in-the-world/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScience Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 On to Singapore! Used to be a dream of mine. Now, just seems a bureaucratic nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeCross Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 14 minutes ago, Burma Bill said: Yes indeed, once free from Covid-19. The previous longest train journey was from Porto (Portugal) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam);- (17,000km) https://basementgeographer.com/the-longest-train-ride-in-the-world/ you need to get out more ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackGats Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 In normal times this would have been just the ticket for a Michael Palin series. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulaew Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 I'm not sure it quite compares to Paul Theroux's train travels in 1973, as recounted in his book The Great Railway Bazaar. As I remember, he went from London, across the channel by ferry, and then in France transferred to the Orient Express, and then went east to Iran and Afghanistan, India, Burma, Vietnam, China, and Japan, then home again across the Soviet Union. There might of been some bus trips to connect up some of the bits, I'll have to reread it. It was apparently a rather uncomfortable journey, but he got a book out of it that started his career. Paul Laew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 1 hour ago, GeorgeCross said: you need to get out more ???? Thanks, if only!! However, pre-Covid-19, I travelled my longest railway journey between Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi on the Reunification Express. 1,726km taking 30 hours with 2 nights sleeping on board (aircraft type seat). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post arithai12 Posted December 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2021 When I was young there was something called Interrail in Europe. Travel anywhere on all participating countries' train lines, for 30 days. It was not "the longest journey" in terms of kms - but I did it a couple of times and it was a really great experience, it also included discounts on ferries and such. And I spent so many nights on trains to save the hostel. Great way to meet people, without social media. No internet, no google, just maps and books. Not sure it still exists in this era of instagram tourism and cheap flights... the millennials are missing something. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 I have a colleague who was posted from London to Singapore, and when he was transferred back he did the trip by train with his wife and two kids and blogged about it. So this trip isn't really that revolutionary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ54 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 When living in China .. I’m a longtime huge Los Angeles Dodger fan 52 years.... 2008 Dodger vs Padres played in Beijing I think the only MLB played in China. .. Wife said to expensive to fly we lived in the very southeast of China... ok no problem we’ll take the train sleeper car.. no still too expensive... ok the hard seats.. OK. I traveled extensively in China and wasn’t a problem for me... get on go to the dining car knock back a few beers and when your tired or drunk or combination go to hard seat lay your head on wife lap.. she didn’t drink.. Went to the game .. tickets more expensive than US and all bleacher seating... Chinese cheerleaders was a different twist and entertaining... after game to hotel for the night the train hard seats back home.. After the game wife says can we fly back? I thought of saying no too expensive.. but instead said why.. she said train hard seat are horrible... it was a long journey.. .. we flew back that evening.. id like to take the train to Portugal post Covid.,. would be a nice adventure... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 18 hours ago, steven100 said: in normal times this would be a real adventure ..... Hey guys - these are now normal times. Get used to it. One year, 9 months and counting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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