Couple weekends spent in Koh Chang Chang Mai and Bangkok
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One of the most favorite destinations for independent travellers and backpackers, South East Asia has astonishing Buddhist temples, dense jungles, bustling markets, exquisite cuisine and exotic culture. As one of the most affordable regions of the world in which to trip independently, you can expect expected value for money and the trip of a lifetime. Here is a sample itinerary for colse to 6 weeks backpacking Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
Fly into Bangkok. As the start of many South East Asian adventures, Bangkok is the greatest in exotic and excitement. It's busy, polluted, noisy and intense. The culture shock may be bewildering but the touch will be unforgettable.
From Bangkok head south by train to Surat Thani, then catch a speedboat to Koh Samui. Spend a week or two on the idyllic beaches eating Tom Yum Soup and drinking Chang Beer.
Khao Sok National Park: Southern Thailand contains an area of jungle faultless with monkeys, elephants, and cool lodges. Stay and enjoy the trekking for a day or two.
Phuket, Ko Phi Phi and Krabi: stray slowly down the Andaman Coast. If you fancy it you can go sea kayaking, go diving, or hire a motorbike and examine the beaches independently.
Take a bus or train south and into Malaysia. This border crossing is no hassle. Once in Malaysia head to Penang where you can swap your phrasebook and catch up on a few big city comforts.
Kuala-Lumpur: Less intense than Bangkok, Kl is an easy place to relax. There's plenty to see in Kl for a incorporate of days including the Petronas Towers and the historic colonial architecture.
Singapore: It's developed, westernised, comfortable, clean and expensive. Singapore is an international hub where you can spend a few days looking the sights and enjoying the food before flying home or onto your next destination.
Assuming you trip independently as a backpacker, this 6 week trip is likely to cost in the region of 00 -00.
One of the worst held secrets is the rapid emergence of Sihanoukville Cambodia as a major Asian beach resort town. Many that have been here in the past would smugly say I told you so, as to all it was facilely apparent that this quiet limited coastal beach town had all the makings for a long time now. All that is needed is more flights into the now open Sihanoukville airport; as soon as there is a direct flight from Bangkok; watch out this place is going to blow!
Three things make Sihanoukville especially curious and you should take every chance to see Sihanoukville now before it becomes overrun, which it will in the very near future.
A 5 Star luxury Hotel Under 0
Sokha Beach Resort is a 5 star luxury beach resort that has it own long inexpressive beach, a pool the size of a small lake, a staff to guest ratio of 4 to 1, and all the other amenities that you would expect from a 5 star luxury beach resort for under a 0 a night! This price I can assure will not last for long. If your funds is under 0 a night there are lots of other Sihanoukville hotels and guesthouses ready near the ocean with more being built at a furious rate.
The Sihanoukville Islands
The islands have always been the real inexpressive there are not many places in the world where you can go to and have this many large undeveloped islands. This will be the area that in the next ten years will see a large growth spurt similar to what happened on Koa Sumui, Koh Phangan and now Koh Chang which incidentally is the closest islands group in Thailand to the Cambodia Thai border. It makes sense that Koh Rung Samleom and Koh Rung will see major things in the next 3 to 5 years and the Koh Tang groups do to its isolation, charm and excellent scuba diving and water sports, will be the real Shangri la in the future.
Real money, make that Riel money.
The Cambodian cheaper is based on the Us Dollar. What this means for you is ridiculously lower prices compared to a lot of other tourist destinations in South East Asia. Thailand being an excellent example as the Baht continues to get stronger despite a troops junta running the country, and a major Muslim uprising in the southern three provinces, that has seen over 2500 killed in just a few years of on going guerrilla warfare. One of the reasons stated for the Junta to take power was to try to get that situation under control which from the news reports that do conduct to come out of the region that they are no added along to a solution than they were a year ago.
The increased value of Korean, Malaysian, Singapore, Japanese and Chinese money against the Us dollar make Cambodia even cheaper for the regional tourists with Koreans being the fastest growing sector of the tourism market. And the Asian tourists like a lot of things on offer in Sihanoukville including legal gambling and an fullness of very cheap seafood.
You know, I should also mention that despite what the biggest guide book says, it has a lot of literally nice beaches to chill on.
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