Cambodia or Vietnam? Or both ??

[Bertiesghost]

Let me know how nha trang is please

Will do, we have stopped off in Phan Tiet on the way north for some beach time over Tet.

Someone told me that a good way to gauge the differences in the countries out here is to think about rice: that the Viets grow the rice, the Thais sell the rice, the Malays buy the rice and the Laos watch it grow! Its not true of course but it think it sort of sums up the Different attitudes. Laos is definitely more gentle and laid back. Will let you know how Nha Trang goes next week.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Let me know how nha trang is please

Also full of Russians.

 

[aka blue jambo]

Will do, we have stopped off in Phan Tiet on the way north for some beach time over Tet.

Someone told me that a good way to gauge the differences in the countries out here is to think about rice: that the Viets grow the rice, the Thais sell the rice, the Malays buy the rice and the Laos watch it grow! Its not true of course but it think it sort of sums up the Different attitudes. Laos is definitely more gentle and laid back. Will let you know how Nha Trang goes next week.

Ta pal glad your enjoying the trip

 

[solley attwell]

Vietnam is fantastic. Went last year. Spend no more than 3/4 days in ho chi Minh or Hanoi. Stayed in hoi Ann which is awesome and danang beach is like Rio but without the pickpockets. Wished I gone to Sapa. Safest place I ever visited and cheap as chips. Just back from ko Samui. Beach lovely but swimming in the sea was a bit ropey. Chaweng at night you could be any resort and the sex bars are not as in your face as Phuket. Also Thailand is not cheap anymore

 

[aka blue jambo]

Vietnam is fantastic. Went last year. Spend no more than 3/4 days in ho chi Minh or Hanoi. Stayed in hoi Ann which is awesome and danang beach is like Rio but without the pickpockets. Wished I gone to Sapa. Safest place I ever visited and cheap as chips. Just back from ko Samui. Beach lovely but swimming in the sea was a bit ropey. Chaweng at night you could be any resort and the sex bars are not as in your face as Phuket. Also Thailand is not cheap anymore

Hoi an looks interesting as does nha trang

 

[aka blue jambo]

We’re off to Phu Quoc a week on Tuesday for two weeks. Any advice about things to see and do there?

How is the trip going mate?

 

[cpa]

Been to Cambodia once about 2 years ago ,Siam reap with Angkor wat and pub street brill and Phnom Penh with the Pol Pot ,Khmer Rouge and the killing fields was very interesting and sad
Travelled to Sihanoukville on the coast ..Very dirty and rats everywhere moved further up the coast and hotel was a lot better still a bit 3rd world tho
Love Vietnam , been 3 times now ... Saigon ,then we got a train to Nha -trang great trip ,also done Da nang , fantastic beaches and Hoi -an which I found too commercialised but ok for a day or two
Hanoi is worth a trip ,and we did Ha Long Bay in a day .That was ok ... but I wouldn't want to do longer there than that(ha-long bay not Vietnam)

 

[Bilboblue]

Starting to lean towards a month in Vietnam

You will love it, I'm sure, jambo.

If you do decide to go to Phnom Penh in Cambodia, have a watch of 'The Killing Fields' film before you go, it gives some insight into what happened when the Khmer Rouge took over.

Also, an amazing book called 'When Broken Glass Floats', by Chanrithy Him, it's the memoirs of a young girl growing up under the KR regime, it's fascinating, and heart-breaking. It left an indelible imprint on me.

 

[cpa]

You will love it, I'm sure, jambo.

If you do decide to go to Phnom Penh in Cambodia, have a watch of 'The Killing Fields' film before you go, it gives some insight into what happened when the Khmer Rouge took over.

Also, an amazing book called 'When Broken Glass Floats', by Chanrithy Him, it's the memoirs of a young girl growing up under the KR regime, it's fascinating, and heart-breaking. It left an indelible imprint on me.

Theres also" First they Killed My Father" which is a recent film about the Khmer rouge
Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.

 

[Bilboblue]

Theres also" First they Killed My Father" which is a recent film about the Khmer rouge
Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.

Also read the book on that, it's harrowing too.

The book I mentioned is a bit more detailed (as books usually are) and personal in my opinion, which makes it a more absorbing read.

Loung Ung did a follow-up book too, called After They Killed My Father.