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| prankmonkey newbie Posts: 4 |
#1 Posted: 9/2/2010 - 18:22 Dear SE Asia travellers, My girlfriend and I are planning a trip to Vietnam and Thailand, arriving in HCMC on the evening of 8 July and returning home from Bangkok on 8 August. I've put together an itinerary and would be very grateful if some experienced travellers could cast their eye over it. Recommendations, suggestions, changes would be greatly appreciated. We've included a few internal flights to save time. Here we go... Day 1 - HCMC Day 2 - HCMC Day 3 - HCMC (day trip to tunnels) Day 4 - Mekong Delta (over night stay) Day 5 - HCMC Day 6 - Nha Trang (fly from HCMC) Day 7 - Nha Trang Day 8 - Nha Trang (Sleeper train to Hoi An via Danang) Day 9 - Hoi An Day 10 - Hoi An Day 11 - Hoi An Day 12 - Hue (easyrider from Hoi An???) Day 13 - Hanoi (fly from Hue) Day 14 - Hanoi Day 15 - Halong Bay Day 16 - Halong Bay Day 17 - Hanoi Day 18 - Hanoi Day 19 - Bangkok (fly from Hanoi) Day 20 - Bangkok Day 21 - Bangkok Day 22 - Bangkok (sleeper train to Chiang Mai Day 23 - Chiang Mai Day 24 - Chiang Mai (over night trek) Day 25 - Chiang Mai Day 26 - Ko Sumui (fly from Chiang Mai) Day 27 - Island (Ko Pha Ngan/Ko Sumui/Ko Tao Day 28 - as above Day 29 - as above Day 30 - as above Day 31 - as above Day 32 - Fly Surat to Bangkok to home Specific questions: 1. Is it too long in HCMC given our time frame. Would it be better to take a day off and put it somewhere else? 2. Is an overnight stay on Mekong highly recommended? 3. Should I take a day off somewhere to add on to our stop in Hue? 4. Given our timeframe is a two night Halong Bay package appropriate or would one night suffice? 5. Should I take a day off Bangkok and add it on to Chiang Mai? 6. Is it worth doing to Pai to do the trekking or will Chiang Mai suffice given our timeframe? 7. Is there much added benefit from island hoping or should we maximise our time on one island and explore it as much as we can. If so, which island out of the three? Thanks in advance. pm |
| mullup backpacker Posts: 18 |
#2 Posted: 10/2/2010 - 20:48 With such a busy schedule, one less day in Bangkok in favour of an extra one in Chiang Mai seems sensible. |
| chrispyrolls tuk tuk driver Posts: 192 Located in: United Kingdom   |
#3 Posted: 11/2/2010 - 14:08 what happened to the other replies to this thread ... there were at least 3 or 4 if i remember? ------------------------------ go flashpacker... |
| 4coconut newbie Posts: 2 |
#4 Posted: 11/2/2010 - 20:57 great time in VN & TL! actually u could not discover HCMC in 3 days since this 8 mil people city has a lot of things to discover from foods and routine (all vietnamese foods presents here with variants against local specialties). It's dangerous for foreigners to drive a motorcycle here, but it's great to get one around HCMC. frankly! |
| prankmonkey newbie Posts: 4 |
#5 Posted: 12/2/2010 - 09:52 Crispyrolls, I posted the exact same thing in the Vietnam forum. cheers |
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