Overnight bus from Chiang Mai broke down at 2am and I'm now a fan of the $9 sleeper train

Leo Black · 2026-10-17T14:10:02.200875+00:00

We sat on the shoulder for 5 hours while the driver banged on the engine with a wrench, and the train I'd skipped to save $6 rolled into Bangkok right on time, so who else has been burned by a cheap bus and switched sides?

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