Singapore to Vietnam by Train - South East Asia Overland
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- How I spent a month travelling overland in South East Asia, from Singapore to Vietnam by train. This video shows what my journey looked like, and covers how to re-create a similar trip yourself.
I travelled from Singapore to Hanoi by train. The route saw me travel more than 4,500km in total, through five countries: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. In total, I took ten trains, three busses, two ferries, and a whole bunch of taxis, rickshaws, and mopeds. It was an epic adventure and I hope the video captures a little of that.
With this video I wanted to show what the trains in South East Asia are like, especially the overnight trains. I even filmed inside the loos on those! Hopefully, this will help anyone planning their own overland journey in SE Asia.
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How to Take the Train from Singapore to Vietnam: www.emilyluxto...
I broke the journey down step by step, with an itinerary, in-depth details, photos of all the trains... and basically everything I think you need to know!
HOW TO BOOK TRAINS IN SE ASIA
I used the following sources to book all my trains and busses (affiliate links). Both sites are in English, easy to use, and completely reliable in my experience:
Baolau - www.baolau.com...
12-Go Asia - 12go.asia/?z=2...
THE ROUTE
1. Singapore to Johor Bahru, Malaysia
2. Johor Bahru to Kuala Lumpur
3. Kuala Lumpur to Penang (and on to Georgetown)
4. Penang to Bangkok, Thailand - by overnight train
5. Bangkok to Siem Reap, Cambodia
6. Siem Reap to Phnom Penh
7. Phnom Penh to Hoi An, Vietnam (via Ho Chi Minh City)
8. Hoi An to Hue
9. Hue to Hanoi
MUSIC
1 - Somewhere in Nature, Simon More
2 - Relax, Simon More
3 - Summer Vibes, Simon More
All Music by: / user-73416670
GET IN TOUCH
Feel free to ask questions in the comments below, or contact me by email: www.emilyluxto...
Did this the other way, but stopping off on the way. Took about 2 months. Brought back great memories. Thanks!
Thanks for watching! It's such an adventure isn't it? I took about a month, stopping here and there as I went :)
Well done you 👍
UK - Singapore is my goal.
I would LOVE to do that. Maybe once we can actually travel again!
Wow!!! How great you are. Traveling by train in South East Asian mainland is extraordinary.
Thanks so much! It was a tough journey, and not always comfy - but definitely the most amazing way to see that part of SE Asia. I had a blast!
Great video. When the world calms down please do more.
Thanks so much!! I was really pleased with this video - I loved that trip so it was nice to capture the whole month in one short film!
Such a good video Em! Loved watching your happiness at the end at having made it. So great to see all that beautiful scenery and looks like you had a real adventure. Trains in Asia are amazing!
Thanks Vicky! I think these are some of the prettiest train rides in the world, especially in Vietnam. Loved it!
Im so glad I found your video. I will be backpacking SEA and plans to go on the same route as you did. Lifesaver!
Wow, a travel video with actual useful info
Thanks - I tried!!
Wow, that was quite a fun rail adventure...might want to do the same some day...thanks for the video!
Thanks so much for watching! This was one of my favourite trips so far!
Jeez thank God I came across your vid, I'm planning to head to Vietnam from SG too and am gonna depart in 1 month and am still figuring out the bus website. Thank you for the help
Good video. Ilove train ride.
I do too!! Thanks for watching :)
There are some long train journeys there! I do love travelling by train, though. It's a good way to see the scenery unfold in front of you. You really get a sense of that in this video.
Thank you :) I love it too, such a nice way to get a good glimpse of a country! And some of these journeys were epic!
Awesome so cool me one day or something similar been to most these places.
Nice sharing Emily...!!! Love you from Indonesia.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for this enlightening video, Emily! Really appreciate it! : )
Thanks for watching!!
@@EmilyLuxton A pleasure. Thank you for sharing this important piece of information about land travel in Southeast Asia.
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR THE VIDEO!!!
Nice video! I love trains, they are perfect to look through the window and just observe everything. I also took the one from HCMC to Da Nang and loved the landscapes so much 💙
Thank you! The train trips in Vietnam are so scenic, I loved every moment!
Liked and subscribed: Your video really made us miss SE Asia and seeing everything by train. Fun video. Fingers crossed we will be back there by the end of the year.
Thanks so much for watching!! Can't believe I missed your comment :( Hope you get to revisit sooooooon!
Loved the train in vietnam. You missed a lot of great sights though going directly from Hue to Hanio.
I know - but this was my second trip to Vietnam so fortunately I have already seen a lot of them :) Also, I only had like 3 days left before my flight home so ran out of time!!
Great Video!
Thank you so much!
Oh myyyyyyy why I wasn't able to follow you before
The important thing is you can follow me now :)
Me gustó tu viaje y tu eres muy simpática.
Saludos desde Chile.
Muchas gracias!! Quisiera volver a chile :)
TQ much. This video is so informative and helpful.
Thank you! I tried :)
What a journey! I can't imagine having to figure all of this out - thanks for sharing how to do this!
It was a LOT of planning - and I still managed to make quite a lot of mistakes haha!! Thought I'd do a "how to" video to help others get it right!
Great video, really interesting. Well done and thanks.
Thanks for watching!! :)
Amazing video
Thanks so much :)
Nice experience,thnks for sharing from philippines
Thank you too
What a wonderful journey you took me through.And such a well made video.Loved it.
Thanks so much. It was an incredible journey - I was so happy to be able to share it on video!!
Such a great idea to travel this area by train and show it! Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you! It really felt like the perfect way to see this part of the world - so many scenic train rides!
Thank you so much for this video, Great!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Oh, I went the opposite way (Hanoi to Singapore) hitchhiking :) Thanks for sharing your trip! I had a great time in South East Asia as well :) And if you're interested in seeing what it looked like, I uploaded the trip on my channel
For my part, I'm gonna look some of the other videos you made, I like the format :)
Oh wow hitchhiking must have been an interesting experience! Bet you had an amazon trip :)
@@EmilyLuxton One of the best trip I ever had! It isn't the first time I do this kid of challenge, but the warm heart of people in south east asia brought it to a whole new level :)
Wonderful video, informative and entertaining, though I feel the video could have been a little longer. But was worth the time.
Glad you enjoyed it! I was worried this was too long to be honest - good to know people wouldn't mind longer!
The HCMC to Da Nang train looks amazing! I was there recently but I traveled around by bus. On the way back I took a flight, from Hue to HCMC. I couldn't stand the sleeper buses anymore, the beds were too short for my me, haha.
Haha yeah I've never been good on the buses - you'd probably never get me on an overnight bus in Vietnam!! The trains were great though - I like being able to walk around!
Heath what a great video. I'm planning travel with my partner and 3year old so thinking about ways to travel but utilising our time effectively. Trains is a grand solution for this. Now to get my research on!!!!
Ooh so glad to hear this has been inspirational for you! I have a blog post that breaks down the trip in a lot more detail, so you might find that handy for the planning 😊
I really like this video Emily! Super informative and took me straight back to Southeast Asia - loved it!
Thanks Macca!! I loved this trip so much - such a good way to see these countries!
Good one, bravo and 'syabas' and now I must push this 66 year old to do the same, travelling light.
You should! Such a fun experience and a great way to see the world!
Brilliant!
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing this! :) What are some places you love to explore in Singapore? Gonna subscribe to you!
Sorry - I never saw this comment. Took a bit of a break from UA-cam for a while as I wasn't travelling!! My favourite places in Singapore were the Gardens by the Bay, the Botanical Gardens, and Satay Street!!
Im staying in Singapore n wanted to go Hanoi
Nice Video ! ....
wowww!!! thanks for the ideas . try to travel also in Philippines :)
One day I hope!
amazing!!! I love your video...
Thank you so much!!
Well Done, am impress, solo trip ..Awesome
Glad you enjoyed it! It was an amazing trip!
excellent vid tbh
Thank you for watching!!
hello
nice video, great
new friend.
wow,wow,wow...
I am very proud of my country i live ! VIETNAM I LOVE ! I WANT IT FAMOUS ! VIETNAM VIETNAM
I love Vietnam too :) :)
I love to do this route in october, thanks Emily for this vlog . . . .
I hope you get a chance to!! It was such a great trip - I loved it!
U r so brave n u have lots of time too.😁😊
Aw thanks - I don't feel like I'm very brave, but I guess it does take guts to do a journey like this!
@@EmilyLuxton yes, u r brave u know.. certain public transport in certain countries r fought with danger. Taking trains is one of the best way to see the country scenery!
@@BB-qk5zz I agree that trains are the best way to see the scenery - I'm not sure that any of the public transports I took could be described as dangerous though. I think I mostly stuck to safer channels!
@@EmilyLuxton no matter wat stay safe and research on the security of the places u r going ya...few years back, 2 female hikers went missing in panama
@@BB-qk5zz I always do - travelling solo means it's extra important to take care and stay safe! But I also remember that bad things can happen anywhere, so I try not to let so-called dangerous places put me off :)
I travel like you did in this video but mine is reversed 😂 must say is was something truly amazing hopefully you are happy these days 🎉🎉
Great video - what camera did you use for this, and have you upgraded to something different now?
I shot this on my Canon Powershot gx7 mark ii. I don't make UA-cam videos anymore but these days I shoot all video on my phone (Google Pixel 8 Pro) so technically I think I downgraded!
Hello Ms. Emily! I'm also a lady and a solo traveler around your age and I'm currently living in TX - I looked up the cost of flights to Singapore from Austin on a whim and they are waaaaay cheaper than I expected and there's no time like the present to take a dream vacation! I do have a few questions though:
Do you wish you visited just one place or are you happy to have gotten a taste of everything?
What did you want to get the most of out of your trip?
I want to appreciate the food and natural beauty and culture but I'm not really sure the best way to go about it as I think I'd be happy visiting anywhere in Asia like S. Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, etc... but I can't decide if I should just go to just Singapore or just S. Korea (I really want to see Jeju island) and spend a lot of time there or try something like you did.
How much leisure time did you allot to each city/location you visited?
How long was your trip time in total and how much would you say you spent actually traveling? I do love looking out the window and seeing the landscape change and I don't have a problem sleeping on busses or trains so I think I'd quite enjoy that.
If possible, can you estimate about how much you spent in transportation? That's another big factor that would help me decide what to do. I'm a cheap traveler lol and I might rather save my limited dough for splurging on food and tickets to parks/guided tours/museums and such.
Did you have to buy any of your lodging or overland/sea transportation tickets ahead of time or was it pretty easy obtaining them at the stations and hotels/motels in-person?
Thank you soooooo much for providing an excellent example of how to go about this and I'm about to go look at your channel to see if there's any more videos lol. It looks like you had an amazing time!!
Edited to add: I just finished the video and got to the part where you mention your blog lmfao!! Also obv. there's current and future Covid restrictions to worry about that you didn't have to deal with but I'm not at that stage of planning just quite yet haha :) Sorry to throw so many questions at you and please feel free to add anything I missed you think is important and thanks again!! -Alex
Hi Alex!! Wow this was a long question. I think I cover a lot of it in the blog, the link is in the video description, especially the part about buying tickets and arranging travel etc. I mainly booked stuff in advance a day or two before as I like to make plans on the fly!
I had visited almost all these places before for longer periods of time, this particular trip was about the journey for me. I'd spend a night or two in each place and have at least a day to enjoy the sites. Cambodia was the only country I had not visited before and I spent several days in both Siem Reap and Phnom Penh to make the most of it.
If it's your first time I personally say spend longer in a few places rather than travelling a lot to reach lots of places. Singapore however is very small so you could do Singapore + another country and have plenty of time to enjoy both. It depends how long you have.
I spent a month taking this train journey. I honestly couldn't tell you how much I spent on all the tickets as it was a long time ago, but most were fairly low priced. You can look up the ticket prices in advance for almost all the trains so it's pretty easy to get an idea of what it will cost you.
Hope that helps! Have fun planning :)
@@EmilyLuxton That does help, especially your opinion on how many places to visit/for how long! Sorry I wrote so much haha, it was before I found your blog and I was reaaaaaally excited about the possibility of a trip and you really seem to know what you're doing. Thanks so much for your well-thought out response and your blog is a fantastic resource! Hopefully I will go within the next 1.5/2 years, if not sooner. I'm thinking perhaps Singapore and the Philippines or Singapore and Thailand, all subject to change of course. I can't wait and happy travels~!
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Thank you :) :) :)
It's very noisy music hard to understand what you say, video is really good
Wow I Enjoyed watching your vlog! New friend here.. 😃
Thank you!!
Love your video!! This is what i call adventure. I wonder is it possible to take train all the way to europe? Just curious
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Hope you have as much fun as I did!
I like the vedio very much.Actually I am intrested to travel like this. Tell me how it is possible.
Hi Emily
Hi :)
Guide me how to book train from Bangkok to Aranyaprathet
You don’t need to make a booking in advance, you just go the ticket office at Bangkok train station and ask for a seat you wish. Coz this line is NO air conditioning train or the express train. There are only ordinary trains with the 3rd class seat service. :-)
You have to book this one in person at the station. I popped in the night before to book my ticket :)
I will do the same trip in June and July. But I will leave from Indonesia. Someone also in this year 2020?
Ah how exciting! Will you take the ferry Indonesia to Singapore, so you do the whole thing overland?
Yes Emily I will do. I want know how much I need to spend in all transportation
@@keiladijesus6493 I have links to searches for all the tickets that can be bought online in my blog post (linked in the video description). I think they might have gone up since I did this trip, so the best way to calculate costs is to search for each part of the journey individually, write down the price, and then add them all up.
Great video- so glad l found your channel cus I’m actually thinking of doing SE Asia trip. Can you book train tickets online or months ahead?
Hi Karen!! You can book most of the tickets online - with the exception of the Penang ferry (if you take it) and the train from Butterworth to the border. I've got a whole blog post with loads of details about the trip - including how to book. And I suggest you book as far in advance as possible!
Read the post here: www.emilyluxton.co.uk/asia/singapore-to-vietnam-by-train
How many days was the total trip Emily including your stopovers?
How did you find crossing the border at Poipet? I've heard various horror stories about scams etc
I'd heard the same, but I was totally fine. A few people hassled me trying to sell me a private taxi rather than the bus to Siem Reap, but because there were a few of us in a group it worked out cheaper to do that anyway. I've been told to be wary of pickpockets so just keep your wits about you I guess - but that's the same at many borders!
As Emily is saying its fine, but be wary of pickpockets and people selling hotels, transport, etc. I heard a lot of stories too but been there twice. The border is fine. Of course, you need to fill in some papers, but no issues. However, once we were a bit ripped off at the money exchange at the border. Not an issue anymore.
Hy. Tks for the vid. U know how much cust all the travel? A ballpark? Tks :)
I'm not exactly sure - it was over the course of a month and I didn't keep track of everything. But I listed the costs of all the buses/trains/etc in this blog post so hopefully that helps: www.emilyluxton.co.uk/asia/singapore-to-vietnam-by-train/
Ive plan on making the trip, so how much did you spent on this trip? And how long the trip? Thanks :)
I've got loads more details in my blog post about the trip, including the prices of the trains, how long I spent on it all, and the timings of each individual journey: www.emilyluxton.co.uk/asia/singapore-to-vietnam-by-train/
You can't book this as one trip, it's a series of trains and you have to book everything yourself. My blog post should help :)
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Im planning to travel this year. From singapor to vietnam as well. May i ask how long do you travel each countries ? And also how much the fare
I have all the prices (and loads more info) in my guide here: www.emilyluxton.co.uk/asia/singapore-to-vietnam-by-train/
As for how long - it depended on the country and my time constraints. So it's really up to you :)
Is this train route is comfortable & safe ?
In my experience - yes! You can read all about my experiences here: www.emilyluxton.co.uk/asia/singapore-to-vietnam-by-train/ Hope that helps!
how did you book all the train tickets
I used the two sites I've linked to in the video description 😊 There's also a link to my blog post which has a lot more details about the journey and the practical stuff, like booking!
Emily Luxton great, thank you very much
How much cost by train from Singapore to Vietnam? How much total hours of travel? Is it possible to travel from Hanoi to Hong Kong by Road/Bus ?
I have answers to all these questions in the guide on my blog here: www.emilyluxton.co.uk/asia/singapore-to-vietnam-by-train/
The exact prices and number of hours varies depending on which trains/buses etc you opt for.
As far as I know it's possible to continue overland from Hanoi to Hong Kong, but I've not done it myself.
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how much you spent total?
I'm not exactly sure - it was over the course of a month and I didn't keep track of everything. But I listed the costs of all the buses/trains/etc in this blog post so hopefully hat helps: www.emilyluxton.co.uk/asia/singapore-to-vietnam-by-train/
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How to clear ...customs ..VISA ...
I expected ..you will show that
You aren't allowed to film at any of the customs checks unfortunately, so I wasn't able to show it. I have a blog post with lots of helpful info (the link is in the video description). But to be honest, it's all fairly straightforward... There are signs at all the checkpoints and you can't go wrong. What kind of visa you need depends on your nationality, I'm British and was able to get a visa on arrival at all the countries I visited!
@@EmilyLuxton happy to hear from you ...with thanks
thanks for sharing your experience. I feel very motivated to take the same route in June / July 2020. Now seeing your story I know that it is possible do this being a woman and alone. I just have a question, and I haven't found it on the site. How much I need for do the some trip on the some days in whole trip. how about you?
I didn't give an overall price because it depends entirely on you and the way you travel. You can check all the train/bus ticket prices on the sites I linked to, and that will give an idea of travel costs. Everything else will depend on you: will you stay in hostels or hotels, will you eat at restaurants or streetfood, will you go to spas, sightsee, book tours, etc? The cost of the trip will vary so much for each person so all I can give are the actual ticket costs! Sorry I can't be more helpful than that!
Sorry I never replied to this, I missed it somehow. I would LOVE to visit the Philippines, hopefully someday soon!
If youre going by train, is there a currency converter on the train?
I don't think so. There are lots of different trains but I never saw a currency converted on any. There are some at the border stations though, like at the border of Cambodia and Thailand. Hope that helps!
@@EmilyLuxton Cool, I'm planning a trip like yours Emily
@@nict5828 Awesome - when are you off?
@@EmilyLuxton In March, sick and tired of working . Life is too short . Need to see the world.
Nice sharing Emily...!!! Love you from Indonesia.
Thank you Sam :)