NEW Thailand Fast Train VS Bus Which is Fastest? Bangkok Hua Hin Beach
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ม.ค. 2024
- Come try out the NEW Thailand,'fast track', compare travel times plus the experience vs bus. Which will win? Some may be surprised...
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I've lived in Thailand for near on 15 years and I've only ever taken the train from Taling Chan to Hua Hin once. All I could get was a third class ticket (my fault as I left it too late to book). Never again, it was the worst trip of my life. Wooden seats on a bone rattler. Shared the rail car with all sorts of chickens, dogs etc. I was so sore when I arrived in Hua Hin. In those days you could still get a beer to deaden the pain. I decided that my trip back to Bangkok was going to be by bus. Might be time to reavaluate since the dual ine is now open. If that person you recommended third class to had anywhere the trip I had I would have chased you to the end of the earth.
First reaction - "Great, a new STL vid, brilliant" Second reaction: "An hour?? Ahhhh, maybe we'll split this into two viewings". One hour later in a single sitting... "Wow, that was a great watch" :D - we loved and watched every minute! Thanks so much, STL for all the hard work and time on this very informative and detailed vid. Looking forward to doing this trip ourselves.
Bus to Survarnabhumi airport has the equivalent of business class seats and also a bathroom. There are about 10 a day. It took 3 hours when I did it. From there you can take the airport train to Phaya Thai BTS station, which is another 30 minutes. It cost 375 + 35 = 410 baht.
Always look forward to the next STL vid, and this latest one does not disappoint. Enjoyed the long form format, and more immersive experience. Considering several spots south of Hua Hin-Sam Roy Yot and Prachuap Khiri Khan-as possible retirement spots, and planning an extended recon trip soon. Really insprired by your vids. Keep liv'n your STL!
sam roi yot is lovely and pretty, a bit too calm and far though. Do checkout pak nam pran however.
Chaam is fantastic
@@alokbishoyi1911 Love both. Road trip to Pak Nam Pran: th-cam.com/video/5byEEPjt2h4/w-d-xo.html
Sam Roi Yot: th-cam.com/video/TMrgVHQeYQ0/w-d-xo.html
(several more in the playlist section)
@@daviddenham1511 Agreed! Hilight of my Cha Am visits: th-cam.com/video/a4Rd3l_i6qw/w-d-xo.html
(more in playlists section)
I watched the WHOLE vlog with a 10 min break to make an expresso. The highlight of the vlog WAS NOT mosquito bite leg 😂😂😂 but it was certainly memorable and you did show a non-steroid cream. I must say this vlog was a hard transition from the Indonesia series. I was going to complain…BUT…I did stay until the very, very end and saw the tribute to that wonderful trip. Thoroughly enjoyed the transportation comparison. I checked flight schedules and did not find flight options. THERE IS NO place like Thailand. I miss it so much. Caring for my aged mother and 2nd cousin in the states now but once my responsibilities concluded…I’LL BE BACK…as long as I out-live them. 🙏
Just the intro and I know it's going to be a good one! Only 7 more days and I'll be in Bangkok and looking forward to the trip.
Hua Hin hopefully will be my new home.
Are you flying out of yvr Vancouver international I'm flying Sunday
I think the bus is faster (as of now) but I would still much prefer the train ride, so much more relaxing…..great video to help travelers decide between the two😃🇹🇭
Remember me writing to you that my daughter Nona got to know Bangkok and Koh Samui through your videos? She has been there since almost two weeks now and earlier today her boyfriend Jeroen asked her to marry him, in Benjakitti park in Bangkok. It only took him 19 years to find the courage -lol
Wonderful!!! Congrats to all :) STL
Visiting again in March after 8 years 😁
Agree I’ve been in love with hua hin for 10 years now 🎉
39:58 .... exactly "the view I wanna see, you don't get these views on a bus or highway" ... plus the highways are quite dangerous. So many drivers drink or take amphetamine and love racing then. I prefer train by far as well. Thank you for your very nice videos !!!
PS: I'm sure I'm one of PLENTY that stayed until the end!! :) -- and very glad I didn't skip your "away" series! It was all good ... from Jakarta and the volcano lake -- and especially the islands at the end of the trip.
As usual, a great video. Biggest problem with the train (my preferred option) is the schedule. The trains get in to Hau Hin too late for those wanting to check in at a reasonable time (say mid to late afternoon. Same for Bangkok/Hau Hin with only 1 leaving after 5 am and that one arrives at 7pm.
Great to see them investing in the infrastructure to handle growth, not so much back here in Canuckaland. Thanks for the ride along. Cheers
The Thai beauty fashions at the train stations were great.
Love your videos,a window to Asia and you always so relaxed ! Flying to Bangkok soon and then to Prachuap Khiri Khan by train to friends
I'm 68 now and a bit nervous
Wish you all the best from Germany😊🙏
Please be sure to get 2cnd class a/c and you should have a lovely trip
Hua hin my favourite place in all the world
WOW!!! What an endorsement!!! It’s impressive that you’ve been to ever place on earth 😂😂😂 I’ve been to Thailand 30 times. I have heard a lot about Hua Hin so it’s on my next stop and potential retirement option.
It's understandable. A wonderful blend of everything. ..hopefully it keeps the charm for a long while.
Nice job on the comparison. I always marvel at how smoothly you move from place to place and your helpful grasp of the language.
Oh STL….I LOVE THIS!!! I feel like I’m there. Navigating public transit can be difficult for those not familiar so it’s great for you to share this. Of course I love the train and interaction with locals. You always do a fine job of showing the best of everything. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire 1 hour, 4 minutes and 1 second 🙂
We loved the longer video !! I can’t wait to ride the bus and the train from Bangkok to Hua Hin. The views are amazing on the train though . Thanks for taking us on your journey
You are my favorite TH-camr I have been watching you for about 4 years now and I am never bored watching your videos
Thought I may have missed a leaving Indonesia video and saw your response to another commenter. Your Indonesia and Malaysia videos are my favorite… beautiful places that haven’t been overrun by expat/retiree’s yet (other than Bali).
I can't believe you got me hooked for more than an hour!
Honestly, I don't know if I'd prefer the train or the bus... Those trains, even the "new" ones look so outdated. But I guess if they purchased brand new ones like the ones from Bombardier or Siemens, it would cost way to much and they'd have to increase the fare price dramatically. In fact, I'd love a Don Mueang - Hua Hin plane. That would definitely be much much shorter!
I enjoyed that video good use of an hour with popcorn. Thanks for sharing. I love trains too
You're lucked up and stumbled across a plethora of beauties😍
I watched it all :). Leaving to thailand in 2 weeks for a month and i feel already totally there mentally watching your videos :)
Big thanks for the inspiration. I never been to Thailand, but traveled a lot by train in the world. Must say now you made me want to go train bangok - hua hin a must👍
Love your videos--the longer the better. Don't apologize for them being too long--from an East Coat Canadian!! Looking forward to spending a couple of months in Hua Hin in October. Love it there!!
Awesome vid STL. Love your interaction with everyday Thai people and various travellers. For mine, nothing beats the romantism of train travel, dual track or not. Keep up the good work 😊
I live north of Chiang Rai and major work has begun on a new rail line. The 323-kilometre-long railway is set to run through four provinces in the North of Thailand - Phrae, Lampang, Phayao and Chiang Rai - and will have 26 stations. Thailand's 'most romantic' railway through Chiang Rai to open in 2028.
Thank you for mentioning this. Den Chai - Chiang Khong will be the most beautiful train journey in Thailand, can't wait!
Best hour ever on You Tube! I was filling up when the train was coming into Hua Hin..and when Tira Tiraa appeared and got pointed out ,I was screaming.Sorry for sounding so dramatic. 8 weeks till we arrive at our condo for our annual holiday.Away from rainy Manchester UK.Loved all the beach stuff in Indonesia,but Hua Hin looked fab.Thanks x
I completely get that. Have a wonderful return! STL
Now that is a nice video. My vote is in for 1hr+ videos of beautiful Thailand.
Thanks STL, enjoyed every minute of this clip.
Love Hua Hin, the train ride and the old station.
❤ 🏖 🇹🇭 🚂
I love trains! This was a hoot!! Thanks!!
When you caption the best bits are at the end I just go to the end.
They stand on one side of the escalaters on the London underground because people run down them to catch their train.
Always exciting videos STL 😀👍🎉.+1
Watched till the end. Perfect timing as travelling to H.H from Bangkok in a of couple of weeks. Thank you!!
Wow, reminds me of the best train ride I ever had in Sri Lanka, a day light ride from Colombo to the East Coast in 1977. 6 hours back then. Just traveling across bright green rice fields in a cho cho train, palm trees around the fields, ladies in their bright orange and hot purple sarees in those fields, a water buffalo, here and there. That felt like paradise. So utterly peaceful. As was the rest of the trip, since we managed to rent a bungalow in a nice private cove from the caretaker for 25% of owners listing price😎, like $ 10 a day for the three of us and he made us the most delicious fresh ground coconut banana pancakes every morning, We slept on futons on the floor, no 'comfort' whatsoever, but those 4 weeks were amongst my few three top vacations ever. Especially snorkeling for 4 weeks in our small private cove. Priceless nowadays.
An hour long STL video? Merry Christmas to us!👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you for taking us on this long and lovely journey STL - this video is giving me life! It looked like SO much fun, yum, and nostalgia (Hua Hin and the old train ooze it.) It felt like I was on a real road trip thanks to your amazeballs production AND the extra time. Keep on crammin', otherwise your initials will stand for Slo'TripLife which you can do when you are an elder ha ha! It was especially nice to see trains AND all the people in Hua Hin living their best lives regardless of dress...or lack of 🥲
Fantastic vid STL, never commented before but I felt I should give you some praise for this. Enjoyed every minute of it taking me down memory lane thanks. The only downside was that it wasn't longer, seriously! Keep on rolling 👍 Train for me every day.
Loved the video. Great info!
First of all, I really enjoy to watch an entire video without skipping in any seconds. Really enjoy the ride.
Last time I ride our train was 30 years ago. Dang 3rd class from Petchburi to Nakhon Sri Thammarat took me a lot of time with bumpy wonky rail. 😂😂😂 Waiting our gov't to improve it for such a long long time. I'm glad we're focusing to improve rail system. It's not only dual track but also change the rail from 50 lbs to 100 lbs.
The main issues are social problems due to many illigal crossing points along the line + road in the urbarn area of each town. If the dual track project fully finished, we can shorten travel time from BKK to many parts of the country more efficient. People can travel by train instead of car.
Thanks :) I was amazed how much smoother the new dual track line is. No more bump n grind, way less noise too. Yes, the dual track once complete will make the journey all the way down South a real pleasure. Love your trains!
Love the video, Don't apologise for the length of it, I was a bit disappointed when it ended! I will be travelling to Hua Hin in March and have been pondering how I will get from Bangkok to Hua Hin. Thanks for the information. The train wins hands down!
Yes exactly each to their own , the concept that a video should be a certain length is somewhat limited in its outlook , some of us rely on lengthy videos to go to sleep or in preference to watching a 2 hour movie on mainstream channels etc, plus isn't it just as easy to stop it half way and come back another time and watch the rest ? Wow rocket science in motion!
Loved it. Stayed on until the end x
Love your videos!
I took 3rd class from Hat Yai at 3pm to Bkk (arrived at 7am) last week. It was tough mostly to sleep, but beautiful in daylight.
Always look forward to an STL video, and watching this one for an hour was an absolute joy.
I've been watching for ages now and I'm on a mission to go back to when you started and watch all those I didn't yet get to see. 😃
Nice to see you are Back in Thailand and now one hour long videos, are you telling me you're holding the phone all the time in your hand?
90% of my footage is made holding my now 3 year old android phone lol
@@SideTripLife wow you developed a special skill, never fell down?
@@biominerals wouldn't matter as my cam/phone has a builtin gimbal (only one like it;) plus Zeiss lens & F 1.5 which practically sees in the dark and all for half the price of an iPhone (which it beats the pants off imho). I do like my Macbook Air M1 for editing on the road tho, great machine and faster than M2 even.
Enjoyed every minute!
Welcome home lol. Really great info here as usual, thanks xxx
Thanks for another great vid STL 👍 Keep them coming please 🙏
Great Video. Like you i love Hua Hin and also enjoy travelling by Train, i have done this trip several times..
The station is iconic. They often stage magazine photo shoots there. .
Many years ago i travelled with my son from Bangkok to Hua Hin , when we arrived ( we were in the last carriage, happily talking and failed to see the lovely old buildings so missed our stop) ) . As soon as the train left the station i realised our error as i saw the red buildings passing by and asked a female attendant for help. The police who were on the train told us they would make an unscheduled stop to let us off .
They stopped around 20 miles south from Hua Hin at a village in the middle of nowhere, just the 2 of us got off the train to the amazement of the other travellers. . It was going dark , there were no hotels , no taxis .
We started to walk and thought it was going to be a night spent sleeping under the stars. After 35 minutes walking with our luggage a guy from the Thai Army stopped in his car and drove us to our destination back to Hua Hin. . What a gent. Great memories.
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing :)
Great video, thanks for taking us along on the train ride, that was fun 👍🏻
Annnnnd another great video from you!!! Love it!!!
Nice one mate top video cheers
Great video, entertaining and informative 😁👍
I didn’t follow you in Indonesia because I’m not a fan of Bali etc etc
However it’s good to see you back my favourite country by a country mile …
Keep em coming 🍺
Cheers Benny and if you can watch just 1 vid from my prev series pls try this one: th-cam.com/video/1WDoabY8UV4/w-d-xo.html
Love your work!
Really enjoy your videos, this one in particular. Thanks!
great vid. did it in 2 sittings, great info as always
I’m glad I got to see the old Hua Hin station in action late last year when we did a weekend down at Sam Roi Yot. It was definitely an experience taking nearly 7 hours from Hua Hin to Bangkok by train 😂 and then to come in to Hua Lamphong station as well which I didn’t think I would get to do was another highlight.
Luv ur vids, man,,, can't wait to go there.
Great video. Watched from beginning to the end.
Cheers for that video 🍺🍺🍺🍺👍
Glad to see you back in Thailand! I enjoyed the transport comparison video very much...thanks!
That was a long one!! Haha.
Great video, love the old station, but everything changes I imagine.
Superb video, with a lot of work put into it.
Thx.
Watched it all the way to the beach my friend! Great video!!!!😊
Top video stayed to the end.
Enjoy your STL
Thanks STL.😊 Keep the long vids coming. ❤
Great Video
Great vids as always STL
Cheers Chelsea FC Joe
Watched it all, took all day but did it and was worth it...
Watched the whole thing.Excellent video!
Awesome, thank you!
That was one epic video man. Loved every minute of it.
Absolutely loved the video. 😊 I was in Thailand for 3 months in 2019. April, May, and June. I spent my time in Hua Hin. Actually a few miles south. Kho Tao. It was the best times I ever had. I plan on going back as soon as I can. It's good to see the new train line working. It was being worked on when I was there. Thanks again for the video. 8~)))
This was one of the best videos you've made in my opinion! Outstanding
Watched very minute STL. Looking forward to more Thailand!
Your video could be twice as long and I would still be here luvin it 🙂
When i saw it was over an hour I thought nah too long, but you showing us Thailand with informative information made the time fly bye. I really miss being there and can’t wait to return later this year. Cheers STL and thanks again for a great vid.
Thank you for another great vid all the way till the beach at the end 🏖
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As I said I was born in Bangkok and I did hear of The towns of Hua Hin never been there before. Until I fall in love with the towns after I have watched the videos
From all of you guys filming I would love to thank all of the others for
Exploring the hua Hin for all of us .
Really nice video. Really enjoyed the comparison between the two. Sad about the old train station closing but at least they won’t tear it down. It had such a nice vibe to it.
Wow! Loved the train ride. Looking at Hua Hin in September for possible move. I stayed to the end and loved every bit of your vid. Thank you for taking me along.
Excellent video and fair comparison
Yeah I watched til the end. A bit long but like it. BTW, I recently drove from BKK to Hua Hin and PKK. Visited many places from your videos. Thx
PS. Glad you’re back in Thailand.
Good and enjoyable video. Thanks 🙏
Great vid really love your work need the next instalment with that cheap but nice hotel please
Epic. Good video, mate.
Thanks for watching and commenting. STL
Love your videos! So informative & the perfect length. Thank you!
Thanks, much appreciated
I loved it and I enjoyed watching it.
Great video...will be taking that train in a couple months...Thanks!
I absolutely love the views of the fields off the train . Makes me feel nostalgic something special
Another great video coming to Thailand in march hope to get to hua hin
Wow, those sunset views were unreal 🌇 🌅 🌆 🌄 , great video , great tips !
Planning a visit from BKK to Hua Hin in a couple of months - so thanks for the excellent information, exactly what I needed to know.
Great to see you back on familiar ground 🇹🇭
Very interesting as always 😊 yes watched to the end 😂