Comments on: Southeast Asia Itineraries: From 2 Weeks to 3 Months

By: Matthew Andruitti

Matthew Andruitti — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 08:34:43 +0000

Lord, a two solid months to travel through Southeast Asia!! I would die happy if I had an opportunity to spend so much time there, because I love that culture so bad!) I always planning my travel routine in the fashion that I starting my route from India, then getting closer to Pacific Ocean. The one very pace I always have stayed for more than two or three dais is always the north of Thailand, because of its outstanding marvelous mountain scapes. How is it goes as usual: I’m arriving at the city by plane from Bangkok, meeting some locals to rent a room for a week and something, renting a motorcycle or basic scooter by Cat Motors company, then sparing all my time by riding through the mountains and taking pics) If you have seen the Motorcycle Diaries movies, you may figure out for sure what it looks like))

By: Claire Moran

Claire Moran — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 04:37:07 +0000

Hi Matt

Thanks a lot for your post! Really helpful 🙂

Do any towns/spots in South East Asia spring to mind as places to spend a few weeks? I’m looking to balance work and travel, it’d be great to find a couple of bases (especially in Vietnam, eg Hoi An) where I can do a bit of both.

Any thoughts at all would be so appreciated!

Thanks again for a great post and site.

Claire

By: kath

kath — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:34:32 +0000

A question about this iprocess in regard to Europe – I was reading that booking train travel in advance is good or even important. Do you need to be less spontaneous in some destinations and get some stuff booked?

By: Aaren

Aaren — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 15:28:43 +0000

If you’re spending a year abroad do you still recommend an itinerary? I feel like there basically zero time crunches when you have a full year. Should you still plan cities?

By: Monelle Mondello

Monelle Mondello — Sun, 02 Oct 2016 06:02:32 +0000

In reply to Allan.

Hi there,

I’m planning to spend this Christmas and New Year solo in the Philippines and I’m mainly planning the trip around diving.. do you have any recommendations on how/where best to celebrate?

Thanks,
Monelle.

By: Rob Rachowiecki

Rob Rachowiecki — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 01:36:53 +0000

Matt, You say that Vietnam asks for onward tix. Two of us plan 6 months in SEA arriving with a OW ticket LAX – Bangkok and then flying home whenever we are done. Who knows where we’ll end up:) We don’t want to be tied to have to return to Bangkok from Manila or wherever. What do we tell the land border guards when we enter Viet Nam?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 03:22:42 +0000

Hey Matt,

What application did you use to plot your maps? I want to do the same thing for my current trip. It looks like it’s just google maps, but how did you connect the different destinations to each other?

Thanks,
A Fellow Traveler

By: jay

jay — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 11:36:56 +0000

Great Read. I’m not a planner at all, kind of just my own thing and go with the flow, but I enjoyed this post

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 08:02:22 +0000

In reply to Carol. If you want to fly, you book as close to d-day as you can and just deal with the price! But even planning a certain date gives you flexibility to go with the flow on the inbetween time.

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 07:54:40 +0000

In reply to Bruce. You can get a train or bus if you want but they never ask for proof of onward travel. Don't know anyone who has ever been asked and I've never been.