Trains are ok for longer distances but anywhere 3 hours or about 150km from Bangkok just get a Grab ( like Uber checkout the app) for £30ish. Alternatively for bigger distances fly internals are pretty cheap.
It's a cracking ride down to Butterworth. Bit mad when you get of the bone rattler from Thailand and on to the air- con commuter type train in Malaysia.
Always enjoyed it. Often used to stop off in Penang, KL and Malacca, when the kids were young, to break the journey up. Was always good fun.
Never been that lucky:) I used to get the overnight bus there from Kosarn Rd, not much better but the stop half way for noodle soup made up for it. Delicious!
If you want £30 off tap in the code BLUE30, it’s for City fans ;) HH only
No need to go all the way to Thailand for piss all over the floor. Just get a late night bus in Manchester. Same experience at a fraction of the price.
I only went there from Australia so not too far or too expensive
It wouldn’t have particularly stood out there
With Tbilisi, agree the fare in advance before getting in the taxi. It was 2017 but the airport to the city was 30 Lari and around the city was 5. They don’t run on meters and it’s their culture.
I’ve heard holiday pirates is good (but haven’t used em) I’m like you, always had kids to think about, now grandkids, so TUI/Jet2 for free child places is the go too. In June we paid £900 for 2A 1K all inclusive to Majorca, £1300 self catering to Gran Canaria in July, and just booked somewhere near Barcelona HB for £900 in early September (all for a week) all with TUI, but booked through Holiday hypermarket who offer blue light card discount of £30 without checking credentials (shhhh) the Mrs card is still in date but she no longer works in the NHS, if you do you can get £100 discount with TUI
