I currently live in Yunnan China and my wife and I were thinking of maybe traveling to Thailand for a week or so. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on a cheap way for us to do this. We know that there is no train to Thailand, but we could take a train into Laos (btw, is Laos worth visiting or should we just pass through?). Maybe we could take a boat? We COULD take a plane, but we want to try and save as much money as possible as we are planning a much bigger/longer trip for next year to tour China's "hot spots" . . . or does anyone have any other suggestions on places we could visit. Yunnan is very close to Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam...would any of those places be nice to visit? We are thinking of doing this in the summer as we already have travel plans for Spring festival...so maybe June or July. Any ideas or help would be awesome. Xie xie
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The best air website to use is Air Asia. They do really cheap flights all over Asia. I used them to fly from China to KL- really cheap! http://booking.airasia.com/skylights/cgi-bin/skylights.cgi Vietnam = Amazing! And you can get the bus both in and out from Nanning - Hanoi. 12 hours approx. including border stop over. Travel inside Nam is cheap too, using trains and buses. :-)
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I live in Guangzhou and have been to Thailand twice now. Flying is the cheapest way to go, hands down. There is simply no other way to get there that is even close to the same price. Try China Southern Airlines or talk to a travel agent (they are still big in China, as computers aren't that prevalent) about the cheapest flights. You should be able to get a flight for ~1600RMB, depending on how early you booked it. Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar all have their charms and setbacks, (Vietnam being the most accessible of the three) but if you only are taking a week or so, Thailand will fill up your time no problem. Head down to the south on the train (from Bangkok) to Ko Phangang, Khao Sok or Ko Tao and you will be wishing you came for a month.
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You can travel to Thailand via Laos in a train... http://www.seat61.com/Laos.htm#Bangkok%20to%20Vientiane As shown here, maybe you can take in both but it will be a long journey.
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Some friends of mine are taking a boat down from Kunming to Thailand at the end of the month. I have no idea what their procedure is/was to arrange this, but this website seems to have some decent info: http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/49519/Travel-Kunming-Thailand-Vietnam-42 Good luck!
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