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Hello captainbkk

Thanks for your advice. I was wondering if I could ask for your help again?
We know we are starting in Singapore for 4/5 days from 9th October, then traveling to Manila and traveling/ doing a course there.

We finish on 15th December. So from there would you advice;

- traveling Vietnam/ Laos/ Cambodia Thailand Islands for 6 weeks then doing Indonesia for 4 weeks during end Jan to end Feb
or
- traveling Indo for 4 weeks, again from the 15th December, then flying up to Hanoi and working our way down to Thailand Islands in 6 weeks. (so basically the opposite way round the first idea)

We don't know which would be the best option weather wise. Bali seems to have terrible rain during the Christmas period.We want to try and avoid the monsoon seasons.

Sorry for the 20 questions, but you seem to know your stuff

Thank you again

Holly

Hi Holly,
I agree with what SBE has told you. I have been able to be in Indonesia from January to April the past 3 years and to be honest I haven't found there to be much difference in the weather during those months. You will be hot during the day and there will most likely be some rain in the afternoon. Some days there will be a light rain for most of it and some days none at all. In my experience, the monsoons have not affected my travel negatively.
My point is that if you are going January,February and March don't stress about the monsoons whenever you go. Like SBE said - you might miss the heavier side of things arriving a bit later in Indonesia but you might not. The locals (In Bali and Java a least) have told me the timing is becoming more and more unreliable.
Have a great time.

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