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ASEAN hsr

 Post COVID asean saw its first hsr in the form of Jakarta Bandung hsr in Indonesia opened in 2023.

Laos on the other hand started its medium speed rail from Vientiane to kunming in 2022. One can travel across Laos within 4 hrs. That’s quite a major revolution.

All the above projects come about due to China. Next train project coming online is ecrl from Kl to Kota baru and bkk to Nakhon ratchasima hsr sometime between 2027 -2030.

China is also busy extending it medium speed rail 250kmh from kunming to hekou and nanning to pinxiang. Both lines will connect to Vietnam. It will just take ard 2 hrs to reach the border of Vietnam once this train is up. The border train to Vietnam was open in 2024 between Nanning to dongxing. Travel time is 70 minutes.

From there on it will depend on the respective asean countries how will they want to enhance their connectivity to China

Upcoming cross border land checkpoint improvements

2024 QR clearance on sg checkpoints

2025 ets jb kl

2026 apics at tuas

2027 rts jb-sg

2028 first phase of woodland ciq expansion and apics clearance

4 airport system in southern china

 China is embarking an ambitious project to connect all 4 major airports Zhuhai, Macau, hk and Shenzhen into a massive network via hsr, ferry and Zhuhai-Macau-hk bridge. Total airport capacity will exceed 250 million per year 

Last visited Brunei in 2020

 Last visited Brunei in 2020 before covid started. Hopefully will get a chance to revisit. Toohje always say Brunei is boring but I say road trip is always fun. Chubby fat cheek has visited Brunei once. Kk to Brunei pan Borneo section will be ready hopefully by 2025. 

We have tried Miri to Brunei and hope we can revisit Brunei hehe, drive to the temburong bridge and eat some cheap Japanese food there.

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airalo 20 gb USD 69 for 124 countries valid for 1 year