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WoWasis tours Sri Lanka on the Haputale – Badulla hill country train

We here at WoWasis love to take scenic trains. And there is none finer in Sri Lanka than the route along the Colombo-Kandy line that runs in the hill country north from Haputale to Badulla (see the video), through the towns of Ella, Demodara, and Bandarawela, and into the countryside. Or you can go south, […]

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Travel by train from Bangkok to Vientiane, Laos

One of our   WoWasis correspondents decided to take the train, rather than fly from Bangkok, Thailand to Ventiane, Laos. Here’s his brief report on the experience:  Train from Bangkok was actually really good. It was great to be traveling old school again without the stress, pain and endless queueing at airports. First Class sleeper is the […]

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Battambang’s Bamboo Train: Cambodia’s wildest ride?

  Watch two short videos of the bamboo train on the move and being assembled!  It’s not listed in the guidebooks and there are other similar trains in Cambodia, but for a couple of hours of fun in the countryside, it’s hard to beat this narrow gauge “local.”  The carriage is a flat wooden frame of woven […]

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Touring Thailand by train from Bangkok

Virtually all trains leave from Bangkok’s centrally located Hualamphong railway station.  A few southern routes and commuter lines also originate at the Bangkok Noi/Thonburi station, which has a dock on the western side of the Chao Phraya River at the Tha Rot Fai pier).  The Wong Wian Yai station, located off Thaksin Road in Thonburi, […]

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