On the planning of the overland trip from Hong Kong to Singapore
The memory of travelling through the sand dunes of Tibet is still strong in my head but since then (plus a short week-long trip to Moalboal, Cebu, in mid-October for some unadulterated pristine scuba-diving), the itch to pick up my backpack and go! has been clawing at my heart yet again. Thus, I plan to make full use of the upcoming Christmas holidays to make an overland trip from Hong Kong to good 'ol Singapore.
A few rules:
#1. Only one flight allowed
#2. Modes of transport I will use: buses, trains, subway, tuk-tuk, cars, bicycle, on foot.. essentially, anything that doesn't fly
#3. I have to do this within 11 days
I printed out a poor-quality map of South-east Asia and started planning. Obviously I have to go through China, which is a real pain in the ass because I'm still not ready to face the horrible toilets and the Dolby Surround matrix-encoded spitting sounds. The best way to get around that is to leave civilisation as late as possible but early enough to catch the overnight 4:02pm train from Guangzhou to Nanning. Once there, it's half a day of travelling by train, motorcycle taxi and bus to the border of Vietnam - that's Pingxiang for me.
And from there, I will try for myself how good real pho really is!
A few rules:
#1. Only one flight allowed
#2. Modes of transport I will use: buses, trains, subway, tuk-tuk, cars, bicycle, on foot.. essentially, anything that doesn't fly
#3. I have to do this within 11 days
I printed out a poor-quality map of South-east Asia and started planning. Obviously I have to go through China, which is a real pain in the ass because I'm still not ready to face the horrible toilets and the Dolby Surround matrix-encoded spitting sounds. The best way to get around that is to leave civilisation as late as possible but early enough to catch the overnight 4:02pm train from Guangzhou to Nanning. Once there, it's half a day of travelling by train, motorcycle taxi and bus to the border of Vietnam - that's Pingxiang for me.
And from there, I will try for myself how good real pho really is!