isanbirder Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 On the thread about where you stayed, I noticed one poster (Aladdin) mentioned that he had come by train. I did too.... from Singapore in 1957. We could only buy tickets to Padang Besar, where we had to buy new tickets for the rest of the journey. Nobody spoke English, and my friend and I, being just airmen, didn't speak Malay. When we asked for tickets to Bangkok, the ticket office refused! "Thonburi! Thonburi!" they said. Of course we had never heard of Thonburi, but we spent the next n hours travelling to this place. When we got there, it was rather a large station, so we were confident enough to summon a samlor, and say "YMCA, Sathorn Road". "15 baht", he said, so off we went. Of course we had arrived at Hualamphong (which I can't spell); whatever was wrong must have been rectified in the meantime To put it in historical context, we arrived just three weeks after Pibul Songgram had been ousted. N.B. Those who came by air need not post.... or else you'll swamp the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 1984 by taxi through Changloon/Sadao. Caught what was referred to as a Thai Taxi from Butterworth in Malaysia to Hadyai. The taxi was a Thai registered big old yank tank, possibly a Chevy impala, modified with a diesel engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i claudius Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I was going to walk ,but it was quite a long way from England ,so i caught a plane and flew here more expensive but quicker and less tireing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Nothing exciting, I flew up from Singapore into Phuket by Silk Air. Was on college holidays in Singapore for the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhamBam Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Aeroplane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrilled Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 This was in 71. came by airplane.left from Travis Airforce Base Sanfrancisco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksamuiguy Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 1962 courtesy of Uncle Sam, Udorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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