SE Asia for 5/6 weeks in July/ August

Hi,

Hello there

I personally would skip the Islands and do Cambodia instead. The Islands are expensive for that part of the world. If its beaches you're after there is a beach town called Sihanoukville in the south west of Cambodia which I've heard is nice. Not to mention the Islands are a little out the way of everywhere else on your itinerary.

Where are you flying into?

I would say your best bet would be to get a flight to Hanoi and to travel south through Vietnam. I have never used a tour company here so cant help you in that respect. From Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) you could then travel through Cambodia to Bangkok.

Then you'd probably have to decide to either head down to the Islands or go north to Chaing Mai as I don't think you'll have time to do both. If you travel to Chiang Mai you can get a train or bus directly there from Bangkok. Most treks can be booked the day before but its probably best doing it a couple of days before just to be safe.

After that if you still have time you could travel to Chiang Khong where you can cross the boarder to Laos and get the slow boat down to Luang Prabang. I did this in January and it was beautiful. From there you can continue to travel through Laos until you run out of time. I've heard the 4000 Islands in Laos is pretty nice but havn't been there myself.

Hope that helps, anymore questions just ask.

Thanks Elliot for your reply.

I probably should have explained that my friend has been to both Cambodia and Vietnam so that's why I'm doing Vietnam before meeting. He hasn't been to Northern Thailand or Laos so that's why we are focusing on those.

We've looked into flights for him straight to Chiang Mai but they stopover in Bangkok so there isn't much point in that.

Thanks for the information about the trips, it's good to know they can be booked closer to the time.

I realise it's all a bit awkward but I'm dying to see Vietnam and as much as possible.

Thanks

viet vang in Laos for Tubing is mean't to be great, I would def check that out for a couple of days if its your thing.

Thanks dlovallo1,
I'm coming around to the idea of tubing!I guess if we're in that part of the world we'll have to give it a go!

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