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London, United Kingdom
Flight from Heathrow Terminal 4 @17:40 on the 2nd Feb
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Bangkok, Thailand
Grand palace
H-Floating Market
H- Wat Pho
H-Wat Arun
H-Tichuca is a rooftop bar?
H - China town
H- bubble in the forest cafe (pretty)
H- Hotel - TikTok- Somerset Sukhumvit 71 (£25pp) apparently a bit out the way but still central pool and rooftop restaurant. - Thaisun Hotel (£11 pp) next to station, train is about £1 pp or £3 day pass & pool next door. - Rambuttri Villiage Inn (£need to search) 1min to 7 eleven 1 min walk Khao San
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Ko Samet, Thailand
[[ARBESAS RECCOMDATIOKS:
Restaurants
- Banana Bar (authentic Thai for very good prices - always busy, queues form)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ScDNyiboQLHUcqPM6?g_st=ic
- Boba tea, smoothies & food (next to Banana bar on its left - they share the same roof. Bcos banana bar was super busy went here (they have minimal tables) food is authentic and both very cheap!)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/m79gJYjB9A4bU7k8A?g_st=ic
For unreal smoothies: local bar
- Prob the most unreal smooth I’ve had during my whole time in Thailand:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/4358ZzaTPsY1tFXx8?g_st=ic
Fireshow:
- Winkks Beach Club (we got lucky and got a table with good view but id recommend reserving even 1 day ahead for prime viewing table- had cocktails here, dinner is pricier then any other place listed- but you pay for the view and entertainment as they also have a 8 man band that play every night that are incredible. it’s a beautiful, some people also watch the fire show from the beach)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/cTdWEhoYGmdtyYhRA?g_st=ic
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Summary:
Restaurants
- banana bar // Boba tea, smoothies & food - both share same roof but different restaurant - cheap authentic Thai food near pier
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Transport
- Green trucks soon as u get off pier, takes u to hotel (not needed boutique is 5min walk), and beaches
Day
- beaches during day : east side
- sai kaew (closest) - main touristy beach closest to pier, lots of restaurants activities local and international food options
- Ao phai beach (15 min walk from sai kaew^)-less crowded than main beach but still has restaurants etc
- @ ao wai side of island
Evening
- sunset beaches: west side of island
@prao beach, BUZZ COCO CLUB - get there bit before sunrise to get beanbags - smoothies unreal here.
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- hidden sunset view point - 15min drive from main town
- fire show @
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Bangkok, Thailand
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Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Land of angels water park
- sticky waterfalls, elephant sanctuary , dantewada cafe?,
Location of stay, anywhere in the box
H- Lanna Square food market (there is also a Sunday market but we haven’t planned to be there then)
H- Glory rooftop sunset spot?
H - Carpe cafe
H - Night Bazaar 5pm to 11pm
H - Jungle Expedition
H - Jing Jai Market
H - Wat Phra That Doi Suthep (Buddhist temple is a bit away but has panoramic views?)
H - Huay Tueng Thao Reservoir (hidden gem huts on water, sunset spot?)
TikTok said lantern festivals but idk when they are or if also elsewhere need to search.
H - longest and highest zip line in Asia
Hotels - Crossvibe hotel free breakfast, ITSY Design Hotel (£8pppn), The inside house hotel walking distance from the weekend market & temples & access to private pool, or there’s Chai Lai Orchid elephants right up to the door! But 60 usd so expensive
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Pai, Thailand
Atlas central - tiktik recommendation - right next to 7/11
journey from pai to chiang rai - horrenous over 370 turns 1hr etc
- caves, pai canyon
H- jungle tipsy tubing (Tuesdays and Fridays so maybe not) 250 Baht pp book online or through hostel or on street
H - Two huts - for sunset
H - Santichon Village
H - Pam Bok Waterfall 200 Baht entry fee
H - Thai Pai hot springs 300 baht
H - Bamboo rafting in Lod cave - someone booked with aya service 300 baht for rafting and then canyon sunset
H - Morpaeng waterfall
H - nice mangoes (supposed to be good sticky rice? TikTok)
H - spirit bar live music TikTok
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Chiang Rai, Thailand
- Singha park for hot air balloon festival
- white temple- wat rong khun
- Blue temple- wat rong suea ten
- Big Buddha - wat huay pla kang
- Lalitta café
Temples: White, gold, blue -(H-TikTok said she went at 8am to white one to avoid crowds)
consider flying to chiang rai from bangkok
H- Lalitta Cafe
H- Baan Dam Museum
H - Wat huay pla kang - temple and lalitta cafe is near
H- Wat tham phra - Buddha cave temple
H - long neck village
H- Khun Korn Waterfall
H - Choui Fong Tea Plantation
H - Singha Park Chiangrai
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Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Ko Tao, Thailand
Big popular one/travellers fave - a lot of people end up want to stay longer here
- sunset bar
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Ko Nang Yuan, Thailand
3 mini remote islands , iconic viewpoint, from 10am-3pm general public , queue ages but if youre staying there u can visit outside those hours?
- closest thing to staying on a private island noones
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Ko Pha Ngan, Thailand
Full moon party
secret beach
amsterdam bar - sunset view bar
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Ko Samui, Thailand
pig island
Chaweng beach
fisherman village market
- Café viewpoint
- Zip lining @treebridge £44 getyourguide inc transfers+ drink in viewpoint cafe(book before you go as ppl have been turned away coming on the day!)
- Airport there
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Khao Sok National Park, Thailand
2 day, 1 night stay in floating bungalows
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Khao Lak, Thailand
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Similan Islands, Thailand
- do as a catamaran tour from Phuket ?
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Phuket, Thailand
- hidden beach
- Explore old town?
- Bangla road ?
- Patong beach street- night life
- Patong beach fire show
- Freedom beach ?
- Big Buddha
- Sunset @ a blanket and a pillow
- Day trip to similian islands (or stay in khao lak)
- Day trip to phi phi (or do from Krabi )
- Andamanda waterpark
- Muay Thai fight
- Airport
H- Explore Phuket old town
H- Flamingo Beach bar?
H - Watch a Muay Thai fight
H- lunch at 3 monkeys
H- Tichuca pop up
H- Carnival Magic -theme park games
H- Mario Kart (need to find name)
H - TikTok hotel - Panwaburi beach front 35 euro but pretty?
H- Rabbit hole
H- Suvana restaurant
H- Ma doo bua cafe - more for photo opportunity but I don’t if worth it as expectation vs reality vids aha
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Krabi, Thailand
(SKIPPED IN THE END FOR PHI PHi)
Stay in ao nang ? Krabi town ?
Ao nang beach (h- sunset) & monkey trail
Railway beach
H- hike to tiger cave temple
H- Visit the emerald pool and hot springs (just pic on TikTok idk)
H- Ao nang night market
H- hong islands boat trip
H- Firework show at ao nang beach
H- Janes bond island
H- said about bioluminescent plankton but idk if u can get ill from touching it idk
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Koh Phi Phi, Thailand
boat tour of 9 different islands
viewpoint 1, 2&3
nightlife
- consider jusy staying here for one night or travelling here jusy for the tour of all the islands
H- Phi phi viewpoint
H- Daytrip to Maya bay
H- freedom bar/ Slinky bar - slinky has fire show and fire skipping rope
H- sunset kayak - you hire next to slinky beach bar £6 for 2hrs
H- Reggae bar - pro fighters but also watch customers who fight for free drinks
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Koh lanta, Thailand
- [Lanta animal welfare - rescue centre for cats and dogs- can do a tour and listen to rescue stories or volunteer for ‘sunset walks’ with the dogs
- Coukd take a local tour to 4 islands for a day trip ( koh Kradan (most similar to koh lipe), koh mook and koh ngai) which will be a good alternative / replacement for koh lipe
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Koh Kradan Beach, Thailand
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Ko Lipe, Thailand
Maldives of Thailand - more effort to get to, further south but worth it - was stans fave and a lot of others on tiktok fave place in Thailand
- quieter untouched vibe compared to Phuket and phi phi
- everything is in walkable distance
- quiet through day and then more lively at night
- one of the best if not the best beaches in Thailand
- Pattaya and north point beach
- Sunrise and sunset beach
- generally reached by boat from koh lanta or Krabi or pak bara pier(via hat yai)
- could travel back to paka bara pier and fly to north Vietnam from hat yai or Trang ( but check flight proces as they may be much more expensive than travelling back up to Phuket or Bangkok and fly from there )
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Phuket, Thailand
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Phuket International Airport, Thailand
From koh lanta
- Cheaper to fly from Phuket to Hanoi than Bangkok to Hanoi ?
- minivan/combined ferry/van (£12-£20) from koh lanta to Phuket airport?
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Hanoi, Vietnam
stay in the old quarter - super central
- train street
- notecafe
- beer street
- Tran Quoc Pagoda?
- temple of literature
Eat at Bancong, Bun Cha Obama ( where obama ate)£4
Salt coffee at LEVA coffee
cafe giang - try egg coffee
HANOI~2/3 days
- *📍note café
- *📍Train street
- ☑️HA LONG BAY BOAT DAY TRIP - from Hanoi so skip stay there
- ☑️Walking food tour ?
- 🔘Viral Japanese head spa £5
- ☑️Rainbow slide
- 📍Tran quac pagoda - free sight seeing
- 📍Stroll doesn’t beer street
- 📍Explore old quarter
- 📍Temple of literature -£2.12?
- ☑️Water puppet show 100,00d /£3.02
- 🍽️Egg coffe @cafe giang (60,000 D/ £1.81)
- 🛍️Clothes shopping : made in Vietnam ?
- 🛏️Hostels: Bong hostel?
H- st Joseph’s cathedral 13 min walk
H- banh mi pho food
H- Venice park 30-45 mins out
H- rainbow slide
H- Pottery making authentic battrang 10 min walk
Hand bridge ????
H- Imperial citadel 28 min walk
H- Vietnamese woman’s museum 21 min walk
H- national museum history 21 min walk
H- hoa lo prison museum 21 mins walk ????
H- temple of literature 34 min walk
H- Tran quac pagoda 38 min walk
H- water puppet show 8 min walk
H- train street 18 min walk
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Hà Giang, Vietnam
Ha giang - 4 days
- 🛏️bong hostel
- ha giang loop
- Book with mammas ? Or with bong hostel
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Sapa - Hang Da, Vietnam
cat cat village
ba mi 911
mountains
fanicular cable car to fanspanfor £30 - view above the clouds
H- paramotoring
H - recover from the hai giang loop loop in the sky
H- glass skywalk and glass bottom bridge
H - bungee jump
H- fansipan cable car
H- muong hoa mountain train
H- moana sapa
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Hanoi, Vietnam
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Ninh Bình, Vietnam
- buffalo cave ( baby ducks)
- Hoa Lu ancient capital
- Tam coco cave boat ride !
- Hike up mua cave to the view over the rice fields
Key notes:
Stay in tam coc area
🏠: Banana tree hostel
- *!☑️Trang A Boat tour (world heritage site)- the big one to tick off, limestone mountains unreal views - tour 3 apparently good ? But check options
- ( King Kong + skull island filmes here ?)
- ☑️Hire bicycles and explore countryside - cycle around Trang An/ tam coc area
- ☑️Visit an animal cafe and feed ducks - free @*📍Toan Ton restaurant/cafe (pretty cycle route too!) -
- 📍also feed ducks @tam coc pet coffee
- 📍Sunset @Tak coc mountain side coffee
- ☑️Buffalo caves + free drink for sunset
- 📍Explore night markets and old town ( pretty lanterns , boats, river, sightsee)
Could book this as a tour ? :
- 📍Lotus pond - lies at the foot of hang mua?- WRONG TIMR OF YEAR ONLY TILL NOV?
- 📍Mua cave view point( workout ~500 steps ? But views are wow + walk the dragon bridge whilst you’re up there.- go early or sunset ideally (+ lily pd lakes near here an included in 100k entry )
- ☑️Karaoke bus !! Tam coc bus bar? @ located outside banana tree hostel, everyone heads here ~11/12pm
H - lotus pond
H - old town
H- thung nham bird park
Feed ducks
Karaoke bus
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Phong Nha, Vietnam
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Hạ Long, Vietnam
book 1 night on ha long bay cruise - floating on water, playing by the bay, hiking, cyclign, suncet
3 day cruises apparently the best?
-- coudl get transport from here to nin binh if going there after
- could skip ?
Tuan chau island
Sun world
Cave explore
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Cát Bà, Vietnam
Could skip ?
Trying trang cave
Hospital cave
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Huế, Vietnam
Maybe just one night?
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Hội An, Vietnam
take taxi from da nang for £5
stay in the ancient town ~ £15per/night to be near lantern lit streets riverside cafes
- city pass for under £5 to explore temples and old houses
- dinner at com lin- under £5 dinner
- custom made clothign shops
- Spinning coconut boats
- Lantern release on river/ boat ride at night
- coffee/ lantern making workshop £5-£10
- bahn mi queen - fave place for lunch/ banh mi in vietnam
- little kitchen for dinner - tasting platter good for local delicacies
- ANBANG beach day- relax day, free sunbed if you buy a drink
H- Japanese covered bridge
H- lantern making class
H - coffee making class
H- tailor made clothing
H- Vietnamese cooking class
H- nighttime lantern boat ride
H- coconut forest
H- pottery class
H- hoian memories
Ring making
Old town
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Da Nang, Vietnam
fly to da nang?£20 if booked in advance
- bikini bottom for some western food - burger and chips
- bana hills for famous golden hand bridge £30 entry
- look at get your guide for day tours of some of the activities / spots like bridge and French villgeb
- ☑️Golden bridge in 📍Ba Na Hill - access to massive amusement park with your ticket
- ☑️Morning yoga class
- 📍Dragon bridge ! Every Frid,Sat & Sun
- ☑️Bubble tea + feed koi fish @ 📍wind garden coffee
- 📍Da nang beach ? My khe beach ?
- ☑️Surfing lessons at the beach
- 📍Son tria marina - mamma Mia inspired !!
- 📍French village -
- 📍Cho Dem Son Tra - Night market
- 🛍️@salt & sand - jewellery , bikinis etc ? Sea inspired
- 📍Tam Thai Pagoda- sun peaks through cave during the day
- 📍☑️Hot springs park
- 📍Night walk @ marina? da nang city river ?
- 🍽️: mama hotpot, bikini bottom express, diner 66, chim dong, Bep cuon da nang, night market
H- Lady Buddha temple
H- bah nah hills the golden bridge
Marble mountain
Dragon bridge fire show
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
stay in district 1
- shopping and nightlife
- half day tour from ho chi minh for cu chi tunnels ( going underground ) - £15 with transport
- mail post card from french colonial post office
- souviners at ben thanh market
foods: man moi
If travelling from hoi chi minh airport to koh rong, quickest is by plane to Sihanoukville + ferry , OR Cheapest = overnight bus to Phnom Penh + anothe rbust to Sihanoukville where youll catch the ferry
H- oasis cafe with the fish
Coconut coffee
War museum
Landmark 81
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Mũi Né, Vietnam
overnigth bus from hoi an?
stay in may bungalows hotel?
- Village Sunset tour - Slide down SAND DUNE + sunsets!!
- mango beach , rainbow slide
H- SAND DUNES
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Phú Quốc, Vietnam
Consider going to this island ?
- may be cheaper / quicker and easier access to Cambodia by a 75min ferry (£8) to ha tien?
- white sand beaches - check khem beach
- long beach - one of vietnams best sunset beaches more backpacke vibe ?
- otherwise skip this and travel into Cambodia from Ho Chi Minh or catch flight from Ho Chi Minh to next destination
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Koh Rong, Cambodia
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Koh Rong Sanloem, Cambodia