Thai teen brings grandfather to Singapore, travels 2,000km by train and bus, stays in JB to save costs
A 16-year-old Thai teenager documented his budget-friendly 2,000km journey by train and bus to take his grandfather to Singapore. The trip, which involved staying in Johor Bahru to manage costs, gained significant viral attention on social media.
Why it matters
The story highlights the power of social media in sharing human-interest travel narratives and the creative ways younger generations manage travel on limited budgets.
Travelling overseas, especially to a destination like Singapore, certainly isn't budget friendly.
But that didn't stop a 16-year-old Thai teenager from taking his grandfather on his first trip to the little red dot.
"As a 16-year-old boy, not from a wealthy family, I took my grandfather on a train journey covering 2,000km to Singapore for the first time," he wrote in an Instagram post on Tuesday (Oct 6).
In a series of accompanying posts, the teenager, who goes by kollawat_2626, or Queue, documented the journey from Thailand to Singapore, travelling by train, bus and on foot.
They started from Nakhon Pathom province to Su-ngai Kolok district in Narathiwat province, before crossing the border into Malaysia.
According to Queue, they had taken a third-class train, described as the cheapest class.
The pair then took a bus to Pasir Mas railway station in Kelantan.
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