The Orient Express stands for luxury train travel and people usually look on in awe as they walk near the stylish train at a European train station like Venice or Simplon.

Europe isn't the only destination where you can travel in this splendid train as it also has Thailand as home with its Eastern and Orient Express line. Imagine yourself, observing the Thai landscape with its temples, rice-paddies, mountains and tiny villages from the open-sided car on your way from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, then back down the Thai peninsula, along the River Kwai. Or maybe you would like to journey from Bangkok down to Singapore.

The way of this trip adds to its allure, so you should remember that there is a strict dress code on board. Dinners are semi-formal and you should not wear jeans and sports shoes. Women will need scarves or wraps to cover their shoulders when entering Buddhist temples.

Bangkok to Singapore two-night journeys start in March, April and August to December with prices starting at about $1,750 per person twin share in a Pullman compartment (about $3,550 in a Presidential Suite). Eastern & Oriental Express's trip starts at Bangkok and ends at Chang Mai during the months of March, April, October and November and cost for two-nights aboard are about $1,400 and higher per person twin share in a Pullman roomette (about $2,800 in a Presidential Suite), with all meals and guided tours of Ayutthaya, Chiang Mai, Lampang, and Kanchanaburi on the River Kwai.

Peru, Scotland and England are also among those countries where you can relish Orient Express’s historic luxury train journeys.