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im going to vietnam

BASTARD!!!

But seriously, CAmbo is the place to go at the minute - or has been for the past couple of years if you read the Guardian - its fantastic!
 
My wife and I are currently in Cambodia and loving it - though neither of us really enjoyed Phnom Penh (we're currently in Kampot, it's awesome.) Saigon is great, so much to see and do there - let me know if you need some hotel recs (aroung the $20/25US mark...) I have lots of blog reports and photos online, enter 'crashwilliams' into google and will bring me up. Both Cambodia and Vietnam are awesome places.
 
thanks craig, ive got a friend who lives in cambodia she works for the british consulate. gonna try and hook up with her, but yeah sure if youre gonna be there in august/sept then sure, why not XD
 
to be honest we found the North, partic Hanoi a lot friendlier and easier place to get around than HCMC/Saigon, which is huge and whilst in both cities you have the touts/people hassling you, it was certianly more in your face in HCMC. Hue is a great place, worth spending 48 hours there, Halong Bay is def worth it, it's breathtaking. We also used trains, rather than flying - the sleepers are perfect (if you're under 5 foot 10!) The bus from HCMC to Phnom Penh is easy, about $11US - has a toilet etc and you sort your visa out at the border.

We're spending about a week chilling out in a place called Kampot - very relaxed, very few tourists etc, it's a really sleepy backwater and within twnety km theres plenty so see and do.
 
it was either south vietnam and cambodia or north vietnam and laos. its been impossible to decide where to go i wanted to go to south america, nepal, india, japan loads of places. im just glad ive finally booked somewhere.
 
If it helps, we went north then south vietnam, into Cambodia from where we head into Laos. We were in south America before jacking that in and came to Asia - much better!
 
So, going for a long one month vacation to Vietnam and Cambodia. Both are lovely places and I wish you a great fun and happy trip.
 
craigxcraig said:
to be honest we found the North, partic Hanoi a lot friendlier and easier place to get around than HCMC/Saigon, which is huge and whilst in both cities you have the touts/people hassling you, it was certianly more in your face in HCMC. Hue is a great place, worth spending 48 hours there, Halong Bay is def worth it, it's breathtaking. We also used trains, rather than flying - the sleepers are perfect (if you're under 5 foot 10!) The bus from HCMC to Phnom Penh is easy, about $11US - has a toilet etc and you sort your visa out at the border.

We're spending about a week chilling out in a place called Kampot - very relaxed, very few tourists etc, it's a really sleepy backwater and within twnety km theres plenty so see and do.
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Kampot looks well good i reckon i will go there
 
As you're going to Vietnam, apparently the former Vietcong tunnels are well worth checking out.
 
Kampot was a breath of fresh air, lovely little town - well two or three streets with some very nice bars to do nothing but chill. Peltny to see in the area, numerous caves to explore, temples to see etc. A good little bar for info/advice for hotels/hostels is the Rusty Keyhole. Bar Red also has an 'interesting' mix of people drinking through the night... Kep is also 30ish kms away - go for the crabs (to eat!)
 
We hired a Minsk motorbike (the type hamster rode when TG went to Vietnam) and made our own way there - heading out of HCMC during rush hour whilst the rest of Vietnam head into town (at least 10,000 motorbikes heading at you) is an experience! The Cu Chi Tunnels themselves are so-so, they've been widened for the fuller western figure and are only about 100m or so in length - however the rest of the 'site' is very interesting as you get a guide giving a lot of background information about the area and the war. Most interesting part was the 'booby-trap' display - think Rambo First Blood only a lot more grusome!
 
If anyones in Kep or Kampot I can very, very strongly reccomend Koh Tonsai (Rabbit Island) which you can get to on a boat from Kep.

Amazing postcard beach, $5 a night beach huts and the most amazing seafood. Bliss.


I´m brown and the only time I´ve ever got sunburn in my life has been floating around on a car innertube drinking beer off Rabbit Island.
 
And out of Hanoi and HCMC I´d go for Hanoi each and everytime. Bia Hoi corner in Hanoi´s old quater is magic.
 
Rajjie said:
And out of Hanoi and HCMC I´d go for Hanoi each and everytime. Bia Hoi corner in Hanoi´s old quater is magic.
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One of my favourite memories, sitting drinking beer (in obligatory small chair) being pulled on to the path by the woman owner - they'd spied the police coming and had to get off the road, first time it happened, I thought I was being attacked!
 
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