Vietnam forum

i guess it is possible, but it seems like you'd be choosing a whirlwind tour of southeast asian airports rather than taking the opportunity to explore vietnam in a bit more depth.

i definitely understand the idea of limited time and wanting to make the most of your trip, but i really think that the itinerary you've listed above will have you spending far too much time in transit and nowhere near enough doing what you are flying to asia to do. and that doesn't even take into consideration the cost of all those flights.

also, if you fly to luang prabang, the only way from there to vang vieng is by bus, and it is pretty much an all day trip. from there, you'd either need to bus back up to luang prabang (all day again) or down to vientiane (3 hours or so) to catch a flight to HCMC and on to phu quoc.

getting from place to place in southeast asia always seems to take longer than expected. so, in other words, possible yes, enjoyable no.

i know, it is always a trade off, but i think you'll be much happier just relaxing and making the most of the time you have in vietnam and spending the money that would have gone to airfare on nicer hotel rooms and such. just my two cents of course. have a great time. cheers.

hi again. if i were to cut out one thing of the itinerary, it would definitely be vang vieng, just because the time and effort to get to VV wouldn't be worth the one or so days you have to spend there. i love luang prabang, so yes, i think it is worth the flight. but it depends on how much money you have for those extra flights, extra visas, etc.

i've never been to phu quoc or nha trang, so i'm afraid i can't comment there. phu quoc looks pretty great though. are you a beach person?

i guess one other thing to consider is availability of flights. have you checked to see if seats are still available for the dates/routes you want to travel? cheers.