July 20, 20187 yr Will be spending some time in Thailand in October and have a couple extra days to squeeze in a quick trip nearby. Thoughts on countries or cities nearby outside Thailand? Somewhere in Cambodia? Vietnam? Etc. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
July 20, 20187 yr cambodias too fucked up. id fly to malaysia for some food and diving. sipadan island...miri...
July 20, 20187 yr 1 vote for Vietnam. Cheap, cheap, cheap. Fantastic food. Still my favorite country to have visited.
July 21, 20187 yr 20 minutes ago, Washpark said: i hated vietnam wow. please expand. I've never met anyone that didn't enjoy Vietnam that wasn't in a war kind of way
July 21, 20187 yr 7 hours ago, midtown said: wow. please expand. I've never met anyone that didn't enjoy Vietnam that wasn't in a war kind of way The surfing sucked i should have expected to be a backpacker type trip but for value and experience it was less interesting than Thailand. For dollar and uniqueness, I think there are better countries in SE Asia.
July 22, 20187 yr For just a few day you can get a quick flight to Siem Reap and see Angkor Wat. There's a few days worth of stuff to see there. Still have time, go to Phnom Penh as well. You could also do Luang Prabang or Vientiene in Laos. Surly 1%er? Go to the Maldives. Or just go to the beach in Thailand. It's going to be the end of the monsoon, you'll have some days wiped out by rain so hard to have a set schedule. Railay, Ko Phi Phi tons of places to kick back, go on a snorkel day trip or two, etc.
August 3, 20187 yr I second Robin Masters’ comments. Angkor Wat is a great trip. Did the whole complex in one very long day, leaving hotel at 4am and returning 8pm on rented mountain bike. Fascinating place. Railay Beach (stayed in Ao Nang) and Ko Phi Phi are great choices. Both have excellent food and laid-back atmosphere. Ko Phi Phi offers raucous Thai nightlife and decent availability of single women. Site seeing is meh in Hanoi but day trips to Ha Long Bay (long bus ride), Tam Coc and others very enjoyable. Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi has closed pedestrian avenues, great crowds and fantastic inexpensive food at night.
August 3, 20187 yr wish i'd gone to angkor wat while in thailand. not that bangkok, phucket, and chang mai were bad. also did KL and singapore on that trip. we were there in november and had good deals in most places because monsoon had just ended and the euros weren't on break yet. heard good things about going on a motorcycle tour of vietnam from the people we stayed with in singapore. Edited August 3, 20187 yr by elfenix
May 31, 20196 yr I'm putting this in the general SE Asia forum. Starting to get antsy and want to go back to SE Asia. This is what I am thinking. Late this year. Oct/Nov/Dec Fly from the US to Ha Noi. Maybe spend 2 nights in the old quarter than hoping a flight to Luang Prabang. 3-4 nights in and around that area. Then to Cambodia. 3-4 nights I assume in Siem Reap. Then fly back to Sai Gon and spend 1 maybe 2 nights there and back to the US. I've already been to Vietnam but my time in both Sai Gon and Hanoi was very brief and transitory. Should I try to make it to Phnom Penh in Cambodia or Vietiene in Laos? Any other off the beaten path areas I should try to work in?
June 1, 20196 yr There used to be a guy on shaggy who was a major sex tourist in Asia. I’d get his advice if he’s still alive.
June 1, 20196 yr 9 minutes ago, bschoolprof said: There used to be a guy on shaggy who was a major sex tourist in Asia. I’d get his advice if he’s still alive. He was a physics guy if I remember correctly.
June 2, 20196 yr I greatly enjoyed Myanmar, as it is still very inexpensive and not yet overrun with idiot tourists, though you have to maintain a certain 'moral flexibility' toward the whole genocide thing
June 2, 20196 yr He was a physics guy if I remember correctly.RayDog. If he doesn’t respond, he’s probably bled out after a Thai hooker harvested his kidneys.
June 3, 20196 yr Just remember, if she has nice boobs, they're fake. And if they're fake, she probably has a dong.
July 15, 20196 yr Going to Vietnam next month for awhile then going to spend 4 days in Bangkok/Chiangmai on the tail end. Any recs on what to see/things to do while there? FYI, this is more of a family trip. Have already seen some of the more seedier things a few years ago while in Bangkok/Phuket.
July 15, 20196 yr On 8/3/2018 at 5:17 PM, Hornster said: Ko Phi Phi offers raucous Thai nightlife and decent availability of single women. Site seeing is meh in Hanoi but day trips to Ha Long Bay (long bus ride), Tam Coc and others very enjoyable. Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi has closed pedestrian avenues, great crowds and fantastic inexpensive food at night. How do you pronounce that city?
July 15, 20196 yr On 6/3/2019 at 8:05 AM, Parliament said: Just remember, if she has nice boobs, they're fake. And if they're fake, she probably has a dong. How is Thai beer? Leo seems kind of interesting:
January 26, 20205 yr bump..I am planning to go to Laos and Cambodia. October/Nov ...My plan is to fly into Ha Noi and fly out of Sai Gon 12-14 days later. How many days and what cities or sights? Edited January 26, 20205 yr by midtown
January 27, 20205 yr Just fyi, you'll need a multi-entry visa for Vietnam if that's the plan. Not really more complicated just more expensive. I would have liked to have spent more time in Laos than I did in Cambodia...Really liked the feel of Luang Prabang. Just beautiful. The Mekong River is quite a sight and really enjoyed. We hired a private boat for a short afternoon cruise and the cost was very reasonable. However, Cambodia did have those beer gardens and if you can get a local dude to take you for the price of a couple rounds of cheap af beer, you'll meet cute local girls. Cambodia also has the gogo bars, which I understand are for meeting the more professional types. As a city Siem Reap has very little charm though. And Angkor Wat is definitely overwhelming. Regrettably we didn't get to Vientiane but I'd definitely suggest you consider it. I didn't see any sex tourism in Laos but it's gotta be there someplace. It was very noticeable in Cambodia. Edited January 27, 20205 yr by Chopper
January 27, 20205 yr On 1/26/2020 at 4:24 AM, midtown said: bump..I am planning to go to Laos and Cambodia. October/Nov ...My plan is to fly into Ha Noi and fly out of Sai Gon 12-14 days later. How many days and what cities or sights? See Angkor Wat because, of course. Skip out on PP though, it's less developed than its neighbors and frankly just not that interesting. But if you're there, the Killing Fields (Choeung Ek) is a pretty sobering visit
January 27, 20205 yr Luang Prabang, Vientiane, and Siem Reap are all on my list. Pretty much everyone says skip PP.
January 27, 20205 yr 52 minutes ago, Parliament said: Don't eat any bats. Wuhan bats aint nothing to fuck wit
January 27, 20205 yr Thailand islands would be great. We are going to Bali and Borneo and some islands around there.
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