A Beijing white-collar worker solved the problem of how to get home to Kunming, Yunnan Province for the holidays by booking tickets which involve making a stopover in Bangkok, Laodong News reported.

The worker made the unusual travel arrangements after finding train tickets hard to come by and direct flights prohibitively expensive during China's Spring Festival travel peak season.

The foreign detour, despite being time consuming, may actually save money, as tickets for both legs of the journeys are abundant.

(China.org.cn January 10, 2012)

据《劳动报》报道，北京一名白领通过“借道”曼谷，解决了春节返回昆明家乡的麻烦。

这名白领发现，购买春运期间的火车票困难、直飞机票异常昂贵之后，制定了这个不寻常的旅行安排。

绕道外国，尽管耗时更久，其实花费更少，因为两段航程的机票均供应充裕。