Christmas Vacation, Part 4 – The Night Train

The night train. Oh, the night train. I will always have memories of the night train.

We took the train from Kuala Lumpur to Hat Yai, Thailand. From 9:00 pm to 10:00 am. We each had our own bunk in a train car with about 40 bunks. We shared our bunk with our suitcases and backpacks.

Amazingly, we all slept. Kiana and Mike liked the train. I liked it better than I expected, but I don't really want to do it again. And Kevin thought it was hard to sleep. And the weird part is that it was so cold on the train. Not because it was cold outside, but because they had the AC cranked. I was a human popsicle in spite of the four shirts, 2 pairs of socks and various clothing piled on top for covers.

And best of all we had our choice of a squat toilet or sitting toilet. If you think using a squat toilet is hard at Tesco, imagine what it's like on a moving, rocking train car! And yes, the hole went straight onto the tracks.

When we arrived in Thailand we then had to take a minibus crammed full of people for 2 hours. Then transfer to another for a 2 hour journey to our resort in Thailand. After the night train and very little food, this was definitely not our favorite day!