Day 5 – Chumphon Have any of you experienced the panic of losing a passport? This was our experience early on Day 5 as we were packing up and about to check out of the hotel. […]
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2018 Singapore-Thailand Drive – Cantering towards Chumphon
Day 4 – Hat Yai to Chumphon After our one night stop-over in Hatyai, we would be breaking new ground, going further north than we had ever done before on our previous drives. Instead of heading […]
2018 Singapore-Thailand Drive – First Time in Hatyai
Day 3 – Taiping to Hatyai For our previous trips, the standard plan to get from Alor Setar to Phuket in one day. This time however, our destination was much further north, and so we […]
2018 Singapore-Thailand Drive – A Completely New Border Crossing
There is an updated post on the Bukit Kayu Hitam / Sadao border crossing. Do click HERE to read the latest! Bukit Kayu Hitam / Sadao Border It has been two years since I wrote […]
2018 Singapore-Thailand Drive – Taiping Tyrannosaurus
Day 2 – Kuala Lumpur to Taiping Day 2 was a leisurely 270km drive from Kuala Lumpur to Taiping, a historical town in the state of Perak situated to on a plain to the west of […]
2018 Singapore-Thailand Drive – Getting a Grip
Day 1 – Singapore to Kuala Lumpur We planned to leave home at 6am, but we ended up leaving only at 9am waiting ages for my laptop to complete its updates 😛 Thank God that we […]
2017 Drive from Singapore to Thailand – Concluding Thoughts
Today we completed the final leg of our 2017 road trip to Thailand. The whole trip- 3133km covered over 18 days, burning 191 litres of diesel at an economy of 16.4km/l with an average speed […]
2017 Drive from Singapore to Thailand – Novotel Melaka, Malaysia
Ever since this hotel opened, it has been our regular place to stay whenever we are in Melaka. We like it for many reasons: (1) Location – the location at Melaka Raya is excellent, in […]
2017 Drive from Singapore to Thailand – Day 11 – Crossing back into Malaysia
Alas, how time flies. It is time to pack our bags and make our return trip back into Malaysia. Time for one final group photo for memories sake, and we set off on our 400km […]
2017 Drive from Singapore to Thailand – Day 3 – Jitra to Phuket
For all of our long road trips to Thailand, the entry into Thailand via the Sadao border crossing has always been the most harrowing part of the journey. This year proved to be the most […]