Train to Bangkok

After a night at Pearl view Hotel in Butterworth, we went back on the train at 14:20 pm. The time is now 20pm and we have crossed the boarder over to Thailand.  We just had dinner and they have started making the seats into beds. The seats are specious,  we have 4 double seats that are made into 4 beds. So the seats are ok but the toilet is another story, guess we just have to get used to it.

Tiril and Lars are really busy climbing up and down the ladder to the upper bed. Hopefully they burn of some energy before bedtime.

When we entered the train in Malaysia there was only two carriages and they didn`t sell any ting onboard, so we got a bit worried that this would be worse then the train from Singapore. But this train is Thai so after we entered Thailand everything got better. First they came around taking our food order for dinner and breakfast, then they offered us beer and soft drinks……………so now………….life is good on the train to Bangkok!!!    

the time is now 21 pm and both Tiril and Lars are sleeping so the climbing worked. Outside it is raining and dark. We are getting ready for bed. Good night!!

Goodbye Singapore!!

We left Singapore this morning with the 7:40 am train to Butterworth (north Malaysia).  The time is now 6 pm and we still have almost 4 hours to go before we arrive. So fare so good…. We have 4 seats in 1st class carriage, pretty nice, but the rest of the train is old and shabby looking. Scary to walk from one carriage to another, you can see the train tracks under neat. The food on this train is not very mush to say hurray about, they have a menu here but they didn`t  start selling till after 3pm, so we where really hungry. Need to pack a bigger snack for the next train ride.

Lars ask about every 30 min where we are, and he is just as surprised every time we say Malaysia!!! “Still Malaysia!!!”  Tiril thinks the train ride is fun. Lars also says the train is fun. Lars has been working really hard on a plastic water bottle with a plastic knife, trying to get a hole in the side to drink out from. But the project was given up not to long ago…..   

Outside it is raining, the sky is grey and about 30 degrees C.  Outside we see palm trees, water buffalos and rice fields. 

The last visa ready!!

Got our passports back today from the Embassy of China. So this means we are all set to go, just need to pack our bags of course…..

The movers will be here on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, we will leave Singapore on Saturday 31st of Oct at 7:40 am. So not very much time left…..

Russian Visa

Today we got our Russian visa. After picking up the passports I went to the  Chinese  Embassy to apply for visa to China. That is the last visa we need for our trip. 

Mongolian Visa

Today we got our Mongolian visa.

The journey

About  one year ago we decided that it was time for us to move back home to Norway. So we started to plan our move. One evening we where watching a TV show about a  car race from Beijing to Paris, and Ove looked at me with a smile on his face saying: “We can drive home.” After laughing about the silly idea, we realized that the idea was not that bad. But instead of going by car we would go by train!!!

We both think this will be a great way to end our incredible 6 years abroad. So we started to plan the route for our trip, and after searching the Internet we decided on train from Singapore through Malaysia and up to Bangkok. From Bangkok we will go to Cambodia and on to Vietnam. Next stop will be  Beijing, there we will get on the Tran Siberian railway and go all the way to St. Petersburg. After that we will take the train to Helsinki, and boat to Stockholm. The last journey will be by train to Oslo, and finally bus over the mountains to our home town, Ølen. 

And home sweet home!!!!!!