The train, Ekspres Langkawi, departed Kuala Lumpur Sentral at 20.00 and arrived in S.P. around 06.40 the following morning.
The new K.L. Sentral station, another functional glass and concrete construction lacks the romance and charm of the old Kuala Lumpur Railway Station.
H-M still smiling. (Henry popping out to see what is going on.)
Henry on an upper bunk.
Thomas on his bunk, full of anticipation.The boys slept well and enjoyed the trip, but H-M claimed that next time only Premier Night class would do. I suspect that persuading her to join me on an overland adventure train journey from Finland to Malaysia might be a bit of an uphill struggle. (Vainikkala - St. Petersburg - Moscow - Trans-Siberian Railway - Beijing - Hanoi - Saigon - Phnom Penh - Bangkok - Malaysia. It shouldn't take more than a month!)
Arrived in Sungai Petani.The journey ended with a trip from S.P. railway station to Taman Meranti in a 'kereta sapu', or illegal taxi (beggars cannot be choosers). The old man driving didn't have much clue where he was supposed to be taking us, but luckily we knew the route. In Asia unlicensed taxis are very usual, but please use common sense.
3 comments:
Hello, interesting to know that you get the train ride. I am planning to go to Sungai Petani for the archaeological site conference but not sure how to go, bus, train or fly since I am not going to drive. The train ride looks interesting, but I guess won't see much at night!
Sungai Petani indeed has a lot of kereta sapu but not recommended for
foreigners. Visit Sungai Petani homepage for Sightseeing Tours at http://www.correctplace.com/KA1.html
CorrectPlace, you have a nice website with good photos of Kedah's sites. Well done!
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