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With all due respect I am not asking anyone to make up a 'dream trip' for me lol I am perfectly capable of planning my own trip! And if you read above I have stated exactly what countries we want to visit

I am simply stating we have two months so plenty of time, our interests are the same as all gap year travellers in the respect that we want to see what we can. All I was really asking was the best way to do it as in;

Bkk- laos- vietnam- cambodia- Bkk then Phuket at the end. Or mapwise would that not make sense and what have other people done really, we can decide our own lengths of time etc and obv we can decide exactly what we personally want to visit, it was just the direction we wanted a bit of advice on if it was possible.. Thanks

Check out these suggested itineraries as a starting point: http://www.travelfish.org/trip_planner/

Scroll down to the ones titled 'The Region'.. and this will give you a want to take into account weather, to avoid the worst of the rainy seasons, etc. On this website, there is a weather link for each country that will give you an idea of weather specific to the country.

And if it were me, I'd want to avoid the popular areas during peak seasons.

Direction is easy if you don't care where you are going except for the four countries listed.

Take the train from Bangkok to Nong Khai. Cross into Laos there.

Go to Vientiane , VV, Luang Prabang. You'll have to double back to Vientiane unless you want to go to Vietnam taking the bus from hell. Fly to Hanoi .

From Hanoi you can visit Halong Bay, Sapa. Then take the train to Hue . From Hue you can proceed to Nah Trang. From there to Saigon. These are long legs, not short trips. If you want to traverse the length of Vietnam, be ready to do some painful bus or train travelling or fly from Hanoi to Saigon.

From Saigon you can go via bus or plane to PP, Cambodia. From PP over to Siem Reap. From Siem Reap, fly back to Bangkok.

Remmember that to visit these four countries you are covering a lot of ground and the transportation infrastructure isn't always very good, reliable or comfortable. Which is why I would visit all four of these countries in a go. But that's up to you.

Take a left and visit the dark side.

Hi Lucas,

I chose a rubbish screen name lol I was tryin to combine mine and my boyfriends, im Klee lol thanks so much for that information that was all I was really looking for and not everyone has been that friendly about asking for help! So thanks so much I'll have a look at that itinerary and maybe take your advice on Phuket, we just really wanted a beach break before going home so I'll look at Ko Chang, booking our flights tomorrow so not long to go! I'm going to research each place more to decide where I want to spend most time as I've never been at all but Vietnam sounds like a lovely place Again, thanks so much.

Thanks thts a gd idea as well I'll have a look at that as well wish I was already there lol