Every stop, one by one
This is the whole list. Each place gets its own guide: where to sleep, what a day costs, how long to stay and how to get to the next one. Nothing here is off a press trip. We paid for all of it.
The country
Thailand
The Land of Smiles
The country where almost everyone's first big trip starts, and where a worrying number of people end up staying longer than planned. Temples, islands, jungle, and street food that ruins your local takeaway forever.
- Stops
- 12
- Best time
- Nov to Feb
- Budget
- €30 a day
12 stops
Every stop in Thailand
In the order most people travel them, starting in the capital. Pick the ones that sound like your kind of trip and skip the rest. Nobody does all of them.
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The country
Laos
The one that slows you down
The country where everything runs a gear slower and nobody is in a hurry about it. Green mountains, the Mekong, waterfalls the colour of a swimming pool, and the emptiest roads in Southeast Asia.
- Stops
- 8
- Best time
- Nov to Feb
- Budget
- €25 a day
8 stops
Every stop in Laos
In the order most people travel them, starting in the capital. Pick the ones that sound like your kind of trip and skip the rest. Nobody does all of them.
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The country
Vietnam
One country, three climates
Sixteen hundred and fifty kilometres from the mountains of the north to the beaches of the south, most of it covered on a sleeper bus at three in the morning. Rice terraces, motorbike passes, and the best coffee in Asia.
- Stops
- 14
- Best time
- Nov to Apr
- Budget
- €25 a day
14 stops
Every stop in Vietnam
In the order most people travel them, starting in the capital. Pick the ones that sound like your kind of trip and skip the rest. Nobody does all of them.
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The country
Cambodia
Kingdom of Wonder
A thousand temples in one forest, a history nobody here has finished processing, and an island at the bottom with plankton that lights up when you swim in it.
- Stops
- 5
- Best time
- Nov to Feb
- Budget
- €25 a day
5 stops
Every stop in Cambodia
In the order most people travel them, starting in the capital. Pick the ones that sound like your kind of trip and skip the rest. Nobody does all of them.
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The country
Philippines
7,641 Islands and Never Enough Time
7,641 islands and always too little time. Hidden lagoons, coral reefs, white sand, and a country where almost everybody speaks English.
- Stops
- 11
- Best time
- Dec to Feb
- Budget
- €35 a day
11 stops
Every stop in Philippines
In the order most people travel them, starting in the capital. Pick the ones that sound like your kind of trip and skip the rest. Nobody does all of them.
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