We're currently living in South India and are looking at
doing a few weeks in the Thailand/Malaysia/Singapore area on
our way back to New York in mid-November.
Has anyone done this and/or have suggestions on flight and
transportation from India to that region and away from there?
Also, any recommendations for things to do in that Southeast
Asia region for seasoned India travellers?
Thanks in advance!
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You can fly from Madras to Singapore, KL, or Bangkok. You
might be most interested in Thailand because of the strong
Buddhist influence and relaxed manner of the people. It's
all good and many Indians, especially Tamils, live in
Singapore, Penang, and other places in Malaysia. Bali is
Hindu. There is an India Town in Bangkok called Pahurat
near Chinatown. There is a south Indian temple on Silom Rd
in Bangkok and several restaurants and a guest house in the
same area.
After a few months in S Indian, my wife and I flew
Trivandrum-Colombo, spent time in SL, then flew
Colombo-Singapour, spent a night (we missed the chaos and
litter) and hopped a train to KL. The train was enjoyable,
but in retrospect I wish we had rented a self-drive car and
taken our time driving up through Maylasia. We did rent a
self-drive later on and found the freedom just great.
Driving in Maylasia is very easy (nothing like India or even
SL), good roads, interesting villages on both coasts and
inland. I'd do it that way. It may be cheaper to rent a car
just across into Maylasia from Singapore.
I had a very good travel agent in Singapour, with great
staff who rescued us a few times on our Malaysia-Thailand
leg.
Pishu Travel: P. Pishu 65 336 2222 or 344 4663
fax 336 4305 Mr. Pishu or Ms Shoba
I really recommend them. I called them from Colombo and they
set everything up.
e me if you want info on SL or other.
Bon voyage
Hi,
I was in Madras in late Mars :
Madras - Bangkok : 13,500 INR one way or 15,000 INR return
ticket 3 months value.
So i reach Calcutta by train ( Trichu express - 36 h ) and i
pay 4,200 INR one way ticket to BKK.
Enjoy,
HervΘ.