The best places to visit in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam!!Help

I want to visit in November Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, because I visited The Northest of Thailand in 2004, and Im lovely with this area.
I want to know the best places to visit and the cheapest hotels.

Thank you so much

Maria
Alicante
Spain

Hi there,
How long will your trip be? If you have a month, divide it into 3 durations: 1 week or less for Laos, 1 week or less for Cambodia and 2 weeks or more for VN.

In Laos, you should not miss Luang Prabang, a very charming and relaxing old little town. Vientiane is worth a visit as well and from there you can cross the border to Vietnam. Besides, you may like to down to Siphan Don, the 4,000 islands, it's amazingly peaceful here.

In Vietnam, don't miss out Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hue, Hoian, HCMC, and the Mekong Delta. If you have more time, try to go to Sapa for the beautiful landscapes and hill tribes; and squeeze in Nha Trang beaches as well.

From HCMC, you can cross the border to Phnom Penh and then you must visit Siem Reap with the Angkor Temples.

That's all about here. You will have great experiences.

Cheers,
Thi

Thank you so much for your reply...I want to travekl in November because here in Spain, the best work are in the summer with the tourism. But I think that in November or February is the best time for go.

Do you know some cheap accomodation in there?

Thank you!!
Maria

Hola María,

Hace dos años estuve cuatro semanas por Laos y Camboya.

En Laos te recomendaría Luang Prabang, Vientiane, Plain of Jars y, sobre todo, Don Det, unas islitas sin electricidad en medio del Río Mekong que para estar descansando y reponiendo fuerzas unos días son una maravilla. Dormir en Laos es muy barato y no tendrás problema en encontrar cientos de sitios en LP, TRG, L’sG, etc.

En Camboya estuve en Phnom Penh y Seim Reip. PP me defraudó bastante. Sin embargo, Seim Reip es un lugar fantástico donde perderse 5-6 días y explorar muchas de las maravillas que hay ahí.

A Vietnam voy en agosto. Así que poco puedo decir.

Si tienes alguna pregunta puedes mandarme un mensaje.

1abrazo desde Valencia, Jesús

Its all cheap accommodation in the countries you have listed, I spent 3 weeks in each and wished I'd spent more time in Cambodia - it was amazing. When in Cambodia - go to Sihanoukville on the coast for some fantastic views, people and beaches...

Actually you can look for a book.called"chi cu di pin xian1"and "2",is a very good traveller book.they been to the country u going to visit.from there,maybe u can know much more .

Quoting Thi_travel

Hi there,
Vientiane is worth a visit as well and from there you can cross the border to Vietnam.

Hi Thi_travel,

I will be travelling from N.Thailand into Laos & from there into vietnam. We had planned on going into Vientiane, up to Vang Vieng, up to Luang prebang & into Vietnam. Could you tell me is this possible, or would it be better to enter vietnam from Vientiane?

Thanks for the help

Clare

It is possible to travel from Vientiane to Vang vieng, then to Luang prabang.
If you want to connect to Vietnam, you can use a bus service, but it is very inconvinient.
Now there is direct flight from Luang prabang to Hanoi, but i don't know how often it is per week.

Enjoy your stay in Laos

Samakomlao
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Quoting magaca

I want to visit in November Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, because I visited The Northest of Thailand in 2004, and Im lovely with this area.
I want to know the best places to visit and the cheapest hotels.

Thank you so much

Maria
Alicante
Spain

Google up Plain de Jar and see if that area interests you.
http://www.travelfish.org/sights/laos/northern_laos/xieng_khuang/phonsavan

Lots of cheap places to stay at.
Here is one link I have from a few years ago. (I never stayed there.)
http://www.earthwalkers.no/lodging.htm

Hey - Ive been travelling thru South East Asia for best part of 4months now So Ill give you some advise that might help you make a decision.

I started off in North Thailand (Chiang Mai) myself but your just planning on doing the trip the opposite way to myself so Ill reverse my trip for ya.

From Bangkok you can get a bus no problem to Siam Reap - this will first take you to the Cambodia border (where u pay around $30 Visa), and then the bus continues to Siam Reap. When in Siam Reap do Angkor Wat for 1-3days - the cost depends on how many days you want which also depends on how much cash you wanna handover - was around $60 for 3days that I did but that also included all travel, guide an sunset trip.

Then get another bus from Siam Reap to Phnom Penn - each of these bus journeys are an experiance cause the roads are mostly dust roads and 8hr longs but the buses are clean, aircon which make the journey easy.

Again get a bus from Phnom Penn to Saigon - yet again you will reach a border where you pay the average $30 for a Visa - I cant tell you the length of the bus journey cause I did a detour down the east coast aslong the Mekong Delta river.

When in Saigon - from your hotel or tourist office ask for the "Open Tour Bus" from Saigon to Hanoi - basically you pay about $25 which means you get a bus ticket from Saigon to Hanoi but can jump off anywhere aslong the way and they will drop you off at recommended hotels or guesthouses ( might sound dodgy but we stayed in 4star hotels for $5 a night - i was well chuffed - wasnt hostel backpacking but for $5 i didnt care) - places of interest aslong east coast of Vietnam - Dalat, Mui Ne (sand surfing), Nah Trang, Hoi An (my favourite place for beach parties), Hue - each of these bus journeys are anywhere from 6-15hours so be prepared..!!

Now I flew from Hanoi to Vientianne (Laos capital) cause the bus would have taken over 24hrs an after 4weeks of bus journeys in Vietnam I took the easy option for about $100

Laos is like Bob marleys house - everyone is soo laid back they are practical asleep its soo funny - lovely people an plenty activities - Vang Vieng ( river tubing, happy shakes) Laung Prabang (late bar is bowling alley till 2am) an Vientianne ( nightclub on 5th floor of aprtment block) - all transport is via bus an very cheap

Just remember that both Laos an Vietnam are still communist countries so nealry everywhere has curfews - mostly that you are back in your bed by midnight - now we used to just ask if we could stay out later to most of the hostel/hotel owners an they obliged but always ask cause most places pull the shutters down an you spend the night outside...not a good idea anywhere in the world

Hope this helps or it has confuzzles you even more oops

Anymore help gimme a shout

Declan (currently in Indonesia on way back to his 2nd full moon party in 3months)

PS - I still have the names of cheap places I stayed if you need