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That's about 3,000 USD - which could be a little tight for 8 weeks, depending on how many tours and guides you want to hire, if you plan on doing any internal flights as well. I was sharing accommodation with a friend in Cambodia for 3 weeks and spent around 800 USD, didn't do any guided tours - just hired motorbikes most days - but stayed in mid-range, around 15-20 USD a night, air-con/hotwater. I think of Cambodia as a lot cheaper than Vietnam and Thailand though. In Laos you can get accommodation in a lot of places for 8-10USD. Honestly though, if you don't party too much and you go cheap on some accommodation this should get you by.

Vietnam is mighty big, and I think it at least needs 3 weeks if you just want to sample the regions - Hanoi/Halong Bay 1 week, Hue/Hoian 1 week, Saigon/Delta 1 week . . . figuring in with that at least a day to get between regions. This may mean you want to keep Cambodia down to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap for just around a week . . . you also have to think about BKK, north of Thailand and relaxing on islands as probably taking up a little more than a week.

I'd probably recommend you head north to Chiang Mai, work through Northern Laos over to Northern Vietnam, down Vietnam to Saigon - up form Can Tho to Cambodia through the delta, over to Siem Reap. . . from there you, either fly over to the western Thailand islands to end your trip with sun and sand, or go overland to Ko Chang . . .check the weather to decide.

Okay great, that's a good starting point! Thanks