Travelling through SE asia?

Question

Im planning to go travelling through china and se asia for around 6 months.
(china-korea- Japan- indonesia- malaysia- thailand- cambodia- vietnam)
Could anyone give me some advice on what time of year to go (avoiding wet season etc) and how much money to take for two people (satying in hostels/cheap hotels, food and travel)
anyone who has done this already and have any advice?

Answer 1

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The way to avoid the wet season is to pick your place; for example in Malaysia you need to be on the west coast until about May and then can move to the east coast as most of the monsoon would be over.

China is HUGE so you'll need to do some research on weather there!

Expense wise, Japan is expensive, then China. I found Malaysia cheaper than Thailand and hear that Vietnam and Cambodia are cheaper still. For example, there's an excellent hostel in Malacca, Malaysia, where you get a double room (fan cooled, shared bathroom) for the equivalent of 8GBP for two people. Places like Langkawi and Koh Lipe are about GBP 25 a night for aircon and private bathrooom, although the sky is the limit. Food is generally a bargain, wonderful curries for less than a pound.

you do need to do lots of research; visas, safety, etiquette, dress,what to see and how to get around. Also health; some of this area is malarial and another poster has already mentioned dengue which is a scourge in the region. Dengue is not fun and can be very dangerous, so you need to take anti-mosquito measures all the time (the dengue mosquito bites day and night)

Hope this helps; good luck!

Answer 2

ok. i've never had an experience like almost traveling the world. but i hope i could help since i live in east kalimantan - indonesia.

if you wanna avoiding wet season, this is a no-good cause wet season in indonesia starts in october until april. and if you still wanna go, beware of dengues. to go to indonesia, you can take a flight from kuala lumpur (malaysia) to surabaya, usually it takes 2 hours minus 1 hour cause different time zones. or you can take a flight from singapore to balikpapan, takes 2 hours with same time zones but this flight is not always available. and, you also can take a ferry from singapore to batam.

for cheap hotels, food and travel, i don't know much about this. but if you wanna go to east kalimantan, extra cash is needed cause everything in here 'a little more expensive' than in java. since things like vegetables in here are from java. and, the streets and roads are not in the really good quality. i mean, some of them are kinda broken.

well, hope this will help. oh, and..sorry for the bad english.

Answer 3

Just avoid the months of June to October, because it is the typhoon season, visit also the Philippines because it is different from any other Southeast asian countries, visit the islands of Bohol, Cebu and iLocos Region!