Nakhonchai air mate single deck only 21 luxury seats ,, we,ll be ok ,, what will be will beQuote:
Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog
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Nakhonchai air mate single deck only 21 luxury seats ,, we,ll be ok ,, what will be will beQuote:
Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog
My wife and youngest son are traveling this very night on a bus!Quote:
Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog
She will Phone me tomorrow I have no doubt!
She will of had a poxy night with little sleep and be a proper cnut, bless her!
You ask a simple question eh Nige... :mid:
The overnight sleeper train is the way forward imo, done it a couple of times back and forth to UT ;)
And you will save that bit extrar that your O.P pointed out!Quote:
Originally Posted by nigelandjan
Safe trip Nigel but they are never good:439:
simple answer is to fly straight on from Bangkok, but some want to save money :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Neo
Get the connecting flight and you will save in the long term!
Each to their own.
Yeah but then you got to go through the airport, check your luggage... blah blah blah. Not that I ever flew mind, but the train was a lot less hassle, turn up at 10pm, lock your luggage up with a bike lock, get the bed out when you're ready and snooze all the way, arrive at 6am, unlock said luggage, get off the train, it was pretty cheap too as I recall, for a farang anyway. Plus you can walk about, have a chat, get a drink, piss in a proper toilet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gravesend Davesimple answer is to fly straight on from Bangkok, but some want to save money :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Neo
Get the connecting flight and you will save in the long term!
Each to their own.
Took a night bus once down to Samui, fok that never again, you can't sleep the roads are just too bouncy, it was a VIP one too I think :)
Why dont you put your hi-viz jacket and your steel toe capped flip flops on a piss off and take some pictures of your roadworks ?? have they got that new dropped kerb in yet ? how about the white lines ? are they dry yet ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bellend Dave
The thread title is an ask about V.I.P buses from BKK to Udon ,, I got the answer I wanted in the first page and clearly stated so , and yet all you do is sit on here from morning to night to troll away like the twat you are .
forget all the good words I said about nakonchai airQuote:
Originally Posted by nigelandjan
last saturday I encountered one coming toward me overtaking a truck , I slowed and moved into the motocycle lane but then noticed he was wobbling into that also , so timed it between raised driveways and dropped 2 wheels off onto the dirt
^ Yeah but was it the V I P one ?? dont forget they have 5 classes of bus
You pays your money and takes your choice
I reckon that was the thrill a minute no aircon pee in a pot chicken on board 50bht bus
Calm Down Nigel!Quote:
Originally Posted by nigelandjan
You are the one who made the point that your taking the bus to save a bit of dough!
By the time you pay for your rest up in Bangkok and the Taxi fairs to from you are not going to be saving much.
No need to cop the hump just because I point that out
You should lighten up!:chitown:
My wife took a VIP bus to Udon last night,all she has done is this morning is focking moan down the blower this morning about how shit it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigelandjan
She knows the score but likes to save also.
How much are you paying for your ticket Nige?
Oh your up are you Gravy ?
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Originally Posted by Gravesend Dave
Ok will give a breakdown of costs as and when we do it
Only having a larf ( as you keep pointing out for me ) hold on lets add one of these for you :rofl:
No need to calm down ,, cool as you like me ,, I just sit back and watch the car crashes unfold ,, anyway some of us have to work ,, so I,m off now to do a days work .
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Originally Posted by Gravesend Dave
£15.60p each ,, thats the first class V I P jobby
Looks like you've missed the boat in Air Asia's sale, there prices are up to 3,000 baht return now.
That's a fair bit cheaper than National Express I should imagine.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigelandjan
Is there no car hire firm where you can rent a pick up in Bangkok and dump it in Udon Thani fully laden with cheap bangkok crap for the outlaws ?
that's what I'd be enquiring about, at least you get to stop off where and when you like then.
Those buses are for horseshoe-crab bearin' Pikeys:)
Your cab from the airport to Hotel, cost for one night stay and food/drink and then another cab to the bus garage!Quote:
Originally Posted by nigelandjan
You won,t save a great deal mate and lose a day on a boring bus ride.
It takes me a couple of days to get over the U.K to Thai flight,I would not want to be stuck on a bus for the equivalent amount of time the next day. Focking Torture!
You just can,t beat taking a connecting flight.
No pissing about with your luggage touching down in Udon in an hour job done!
All the best to you on your trip anyway.
Dill that would probably work out dearer than flying!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dillinger
If Nigel wanted to piss about like that he would be better of getting the bil to pick him up straight from the Airport.
I have mentioned this early on in the thread.
There are no two ways about it the wise man flies!
I was only paying 25 quid a day to hire a Camry with full leather interior over there. It was a few years old but really smooth on the highway.There's a guy on here who hires out Fortuna's really cheap. He has a new camry too I thinkQuote:
Originally Posted by Gravesend Dave
If I fancied a little break in Bangkok, then had to get up to Udon Thani and fancied a bit of an adventure, I'd hire a motor and maybe stop somewhere halfway for the night.
Here's the guy Dave, he lives in Pattaya if you fancy thrapin the fuck out of a 3 litre fully specced Fortuna for 30 quid a day:)
https://teakdoor.com/classifieds-help...-for-rent.html
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180 quid return for both of you??
My advice, fuggit, take the flight, save yourself time and headaches.
If you fly in a take a short break in Bangkok for me the bus is just about bearable!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dillinger
Nige says he is flying in resting up for the night only to catch the bus next morning.
Hiring a motor would only be a bit better than the bus if you had a driver.
Unless they are a big company with with drop points across Thailand, I think you would be expected to pay for someone to collect the motor from Udon.
As for me I have no urge to hire any car to travel around Thailand.:)
Agreed!Quote:
Originally Posted by Koojo
Don't listen to them, Nigel. I took the same journey from Morchit when I was there last time. I was impressed with the comfort and the punctuality. A few nutters on the road but that's what we expect in Thailand, isn't it ? Our bus driver was good but, unfortunately, I cannot remember the name of the company.
The family met us at Khon Kaen bus station with their 4 x 4 and I drove around Issan for three weeks. I returned to Bangkok by bus, no problems at all.
I think a lack of confidence in their own driving skills may be at the heart of those who tell you to fly. You drive for a living, I have driven nearly a million miles in my life, so we don't need to let the "scaredy cats" talk us out of doing what we want.
It makes you wonder about the validity of other advice given on this forum if there is so much uninformed bollocks written on this thread.
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Originally Posted by can123
comedy gold that is Taffy :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by can123
Thanks for all your help and concern about us and saving our money but this is how it all breaks down ..
VIP bus from BKK to Udon direct 730 bht
Rail link Swampy to Phaiya Thai 45 bht
Skytrain Phaya Thai to Mo chit 30 bht
Bus to Mo chit bus staiton from Skytrain 15bht
Total cost to get to Udon from Swampy is 820 bht each as opposed to 3000bht + via air ,, so times 2 = 1640 bht or 6000 + , time is NOT of the essence in a 5 month trip ,, so one day less in mosquito city is in a way a bonus.
Now the hotel element of it doesn't even come into play .
If as we normally do i.e. fly London to BKK then BKK to Udon the same day we hotel it in Udon before we go home to the sticks , usually the Charonsi hotel around £28 I think last time there.
The hotel we are staying in Mo chit is £17 for the night
I repeat once again we are over for 5 months ,, not 5 weeks so time is irrelevant , I do agree however IF we were over for a 3 week stop yes we would plane it up and down ,, but you know with 5 months ,, effectively with no pay + daily living expenses + the fact we are gonna have a new small bungalow built to completion stage ,, yes we can manage it the way I have carefully budgeted things out ,, but if there is a little saving to be made here and there we will take it .
^ Seriously, get a taxi from the airport to the bus station. It's a ball ache with no luggage, but with..??!
If you're worried about the cost, it'll work out about the same. I'll even pay the extra if it's more. Jeez Nige! You're on holiday for fek's sake - no need to be a pair of pack horses.
You do have a point about the cases Marmite ,, mind you on the second day most of the sandwiches will be eaten , so the cases will be lighter :)
Get a life man who in their right mind wants to sit on a focking bus for x amount of hours,especially shortly after a poxy 11 hour flight from the U.K!Quote:
Originally Posted by can123
You must like bus rides:18:
I think I survive and enjoy Thailand better than you have done. He's staying overnight at Morchit before getting on the bus so he will not be getting on the bus immediately after landing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gravesend Dave
It made a pleasant change to sit on the bus and read my Kindle. I'm normally the guy who does all the driving and I enjoyed being driven. If you go by bus, you don't have to piss about with all the nonsense that happens at airports.
Nigel is doing the correct thing. The rest of you seem to be living on "Fantasy Island" going on about your poxy planes all the time.
There's a Mastercard joke in there somewhere.
OK here goes
The look on Nige's face when the driver falls asleep and the bus careers off a cliff...Priceless.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigelandjan
No,maybe not
The inlaws mumblings of "farang kee nok" at Udon bus station.... Priceless:)Quote:
Originally Posted by nigelandjan
Book seats on a double decker bus, on the bottom.
I have lost track of how many times that I have gone to NE Thailand by bus.
And I am still alive :):bananaman:
Yes well spotted , indeed we arrive in BKK at 3pm the day before ,, so it will be a nice shower + chill out at the local market near the hotel with the wife getting her hit of spiciness ,, then a good 12 hours in bed before boarding the 10am bus in the morning .Quote:
Originally Posted by can123
There is no rush
What's 'fantasy island' about flying?Quote:
Originally Posted by can123
'Poxy planes' :rofl:
Are you afraid to fly?
For the time and headaches it's save i'd fly, especially considering the airfare is so low.
You are a plank aren't you.
I reckon that's one of the funniest things I've seen written here for ages,:rofl:Quote:
The rest of you seem to be living on "Fantasy Island" going on about your poxy planes all the time.
Owe you a green for that, priceless.:smileylaughing:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dillinger
Bloody hell Nig taxi to Mo chit,we were at Mo chit a while back Gert likes to save money darling we sit motorbike to the BTS then go to Suk soi 16 then sit motorbike back to our Condo,with our luggage not much been away for a few days.
Okay darling you sit motorbike i am getting a taxi only cost 150 baht think i saved money she only calculates how much it will cost 1 person .
Yeah but your kinda hi-so managerial material mate ,, our party consists of an underpaid truck driver and care worker ,, we are but poor simple folk :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Koojo
When you first booked your flights, did you look at transferring to Udon at Swampy ?Quote:
Originally Posted by nigelandjan
Even Thai Airways only add on an extra 60 buff for the extra return flight.
You should put in a bit of overtime then!Quote:
Originally Posted by nigelandjan
Shaw you can earn or even save that small amount that your making so much fuss about saving.
I reckon you just like bus rides :)
I work the maximum allowed by law each week Gravy , I have no choice , but I have a very happy and contented life as I am thanks ,, a few paints , a few pastels , a few crayons and a few sheets of paper ,,its the way to go for meQuote:
Originally Posted by Gravesend Dave
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Yes mate been there done it many times ,, BUT your also looking at around £1900 for the flight from UK for the 2 of us as opposed to the £1100 it cost us on BA .Quote:
Originally Posted by Dillinger
Dont forget its a 5 month ticket mate ,, its not your run of the mill 30 day truanch ,, there are plenty of tickets in that bracket , but for 5 months they thin right out.
British Airways direct suprised me with that fare ,, beat off even the cheap Indian muti shuffle trips