| You will be hard pressed to beat Asia for budget | | | | air-con. Most buses in Asia will have some sort of |
| travel using everything from cheap flights from | | | | entertainment usually popular films on DVD or |
| Singapore, tuk-tuks in Thailand, boats from Manila, | | | | VCR players. |
| trains in Vietnam, horse carriages in Myanmar to | | | | Trains in the Asian region are all over the place as |
| Pedi cabs in Cambodia, travel in Asia is always a | | | | far as comfort and how modern they are. For |
| trip! | | | | the most part expect the trains to be older. The |
| One of the neater things in Asia is the different | | | | first class on most trains are comfortable if a little |
| modes of travel available to you on vacation. You | | | | pricy, but if you take over night trains you can |
| want to see the scenery, so taking land | | | | save on a hotel night stay which will bring the real |
| transportation is going to be the cheapest, really | | | | cost down, but depriving you of viewing all the |
| allowing you to see the country and save money | | | | scenery. Another benefit of night trains that I like |
| to boot. | | | | is that most night trains will you get into a city |
| In most of Asia the two most common budget | | | | early, so you can find out by examination and by |
| stretching modes are buses and trains. | | | | talking to other travelers where the best deals |
| Buses today in most of the region are in fairly | | | | are on cheap accommodations. |
| good condition going from the major cities on | | | | For the horses, Pedi cabs and tuk tuk's those are |
| major routes. On a cost per mile basis they | | | | best for local trips only, but they will almost |
| usually are the best performers. First class buses | | | | always be the cheapest you will find in Asia and |
| will have rest room facilities on board as well as | | | | great for the photo albums. |