foreign Bangkok but we're actually taking a sleeper train from Bangkok over to Chiang Mai
we booked this week with bookaway.com and it's crazy because we've traveled Thailand for like
over three months now and we've never taken a sleeper train or any train no I don't think so
this is our first Thai Railway experience we're actually in the second class which is also AC
which is going to be good because otherwise we're going to be sweating um but I'm excited
for this we actually had to print the ticket so we got the tickets on there here are the tickets
um so you have to print them off we booked some book away and they were like you got to
print them off or you might not be allowed on so we've got these so I'm on the top bunk and I think
Joe's in the bottom but we'll see if we switch those around yeah I want to be on the bottom I
think there might be more room there but I'm quite excited apparently like they like changed the beds
or something yeah I think maybe it starts off as a normal train and then they switch it into beds
I'm not sure so I'm excited to find out so this is like a day sleeper train because we actually
start the journey at 2 30 p.m in the afternoon and we get in at 4am but we booked a hotel in
Chiang Mai near the train station so it should be all right but it was the cheapest ticket I
think it was only like 21 pounds so there you go so we're not actually sure if there's food or not
on the trains some places said it there was but I've got this bag of snacks anyway from 7-Eleven
that's too big
we have just arrived at the airport and Mr Speedy pants back there in the taxi well I mean we're
here really quick we've got a truck try and find where we cannot I don't know show our ticket or
I don't know do you know where we are I feel so sick it was a bit of a crazy ride wasn't it
no no no no send me this okay walking yeah yeah walking okay yeah okay thank you so I
just showed the Thai Guy this uh train ticket apparently this is not quite the right station
so we've got to walk a little way to the train station which apparently is up there like I
don't know it looks like a more futuristic train station rather than this little thing we might
have to walk along the road yeah he did say walk along the road so hopefully we survive
it's like a bit of an adventure going on this train good work
so now we're walking down the highway and hopefully we won't get hit when we turned
up I was like this is like a small little village railway station yeah not like a big
bang pop train station so I was a bit like but apparently not the right place so that's good
I think we're in the right place now this is dongguang station there you go
escalators this looks like a much bigger station so because he was driving so fast and it we had
loads of time even though we walked 10 minutes so we've got to wait for like an hour and then
I'm excited to see what the train's like what the conditions are like and the actual sleeper
beds as well it's going to be quite cool all right let's try and find where we can get our
tickets or you know show our tickets to make sure we are in the right place
okay and platform number three number six yeah okay thank you yeah go up yeah okay
okay sit along here thank you
foreign
has just been called although it's quite hard because of the
Thai language obviously we're going to go upstairs to level six apparently and
check it out hopefully we'll we'll get the train yeah let's have a look at it
nice I don't know if this is accurate but we booked our tickets like a week or more in advance
because uh like the days closer had sold out so we've actually waited in Bangkok a few more days
to actually take this train so if you are looking to take the sleeper train maybe book in advance
yeah before we jump on the train I need to talk to you about the partners of today's video and
that is safe doing they're going to keep you safe whilst you're traveling Amelia and I are
always traveling to different countries and booking spontaneous flights and thanks to our
novan insurance with safety ring this allows us to keep safe whilst doing so insurance is
essential if you're traveling if you traveled at all before you know that so much can go wrong from
lost luggage to travel delays so you need to make sure you are protected but know that insurance
has great features which covers any mishaps when traveling with coverage for lost luggage travel
delays natural disasters and personal liability so you have a stress-free trip knowing you're covered
one of my favorite things I love about safety ring is the flexibility that they give you when
it comes to dates and locations they don't require you to put certain countries or exact dates allow
you to be flexible and change plans as you travel and for us like that is so important getting your
self-insurance is super easy with automatic monthly payments allowing you to put a start
date and an end date on your next trip make sure you get yourself covered with a reputable
company like safe doing and you will be protected if something happens to go wrong click the link
in the description to get yourself covered with safe doing now let's go back to the train
so we've just begun our journey to Chiang Mai it's about 13 hours
so we're gonna start relaxing and just enjoy the views thank you hello thank you
foreign
like different foods like random stuff and but we haven't gone for anything but we're
gonna try and find if there's any food but we do have the bag of snacks we showed you earlier
so this is the seating area and as you can see it's a pretty thick sea isn't it
more easily I've been doing some of my work on my laptop Amelia's been watching some films looking
out the window like it's such a comfortable journey and honestly it is a lot better than
the bus Journey because you can actually move a balanced with all that kind of stuff so
yeah the best way I reckon is bangkok's Chiang Mai is via train or flight if you've got the money
oh you're getting a proper bed so good I'm going for the bottom is that all right
you're smarter than me it's all right look at these they've all got curtains over there
and it's pretty cool I might be tired in a minute it's only 7 P.M
we've just had our bed made up and it looks so good it's actually a proper bet and it's so cozy
hello hello I might want to stay in here more than 10 hours yeah should we just stay on
so it's about half a level and it is pretty noisy because we're next to the door so if
you can choose try not to go next to the door um I'm gonna try and sleep soon because I am
getting a little bit tired this bed is actually fairly comfortable as well so
is pretty good because they actually put a mattress down it's not just the seats
so and that is a good thing as well I tell you what though it is pretty cold I don't know why
in Thailand they think the higher the AC like the posture it is like in the more expensive
walls it is colder than the less expensive malls that is a fact I've read an article about it but
anyway yeah it is pretty cold so I've got a jumper on and this blanket thing so yeah
but the pillow is pretty good I rate the pillow it's better than some of the hotel pillows we've
another thing is that there are no real plug sockets I've seen like one in the
whole Carriage so bring a portable charger if you want your phone to be fully charged
there you go it was getting pretty cold for Amelia upstairs and I think
we're going through loads of tunnels because it is so loud
so we just got off the train it is 4am quite tired we do sleep a little bit but honestly it's quite
loud but I feel like a full night's sleep and you may get a decent amount of sleep but I feel like
a full night's sleep and you may get a decent amount of sleep but we are walking to our hotel
now because it's only literally a five minute walk from our from the train station it's called at the
train Hotel Chiang Mai so yeah pretty perfect 24-hour front desk so we can check straight in
hopefully we have checked into this really nice hotel but we're going to speak to you in the
morning when we're a bit more awake see you then so it is the next day and let's talk a bit about
the trains and what transport you should take from Bangkok to Chiang Mai so obviously we took
the train yesterday but we've also taken the bus before and honestly the bus was actually really
good I'll insert a couple of Clips because it was like super VIP quite luxury and it saves you
having to get to the train station obviously you can fly from Bangkok to Chiang Mai but maybe you
save the environment a little bit and just get the train also you'll save money as well but we both
said we highly recommend getting the train it was so cool to just lie flat and you actually do get a
good night's sleep even if it was quite loud where we were sitting oh lion all of our transportation
around southeast Asia we have been booking through bookway.com and honestly I highly recommend it you
literally put where you are and then where you're going and it just finds a route and gives you so
many different options to go depending on your budget so yeah highly recommend that anyway thank
you so much for watching this video I hope you found it useful and interesting taking the sleeper
trains we will see you in the next video maybe in Thailand maybe not who knows see you then bye