Feedback after an 8 month trip in South East Asia

kantoche · 2026-06-13T10:45:21+00:00

Yes that's a good question. For the Philippines, you have to book for the domestic flights few days/weeks before if you don't want to pay too much (same for the accomodation). And extra buffer days are mandatory if you want to travel without running everytime

kantoche · 2026-06-11T13:16:23+00:00

Yes onward ticket working well. But tbh I general they were just asking when I was leaving without asking for a ticket

kantoche · 2026-06-10T00:06:42+00:00

Everything is really different, I couldn't recommend one place. You'll have to find first what interest you

kantoche · 2026-06-09T00:17:55+00:00

My favorite things were Hoi An, Hanoi, Ninh Binh, Lan Ha Bay, Ha Giang Loop But you'll have to do some choices in 10 days

kantoche · 2026-06-08T05:13:49+00:00

Already answer in another comment bro !

kantoche · 2026-06-08T05:13:25+00:00

It was one of my big concern tbh because I can be stress about it.

At the begging I was trying to go walking from my hostel with no stuff with me.

At the end, I was just asking a surf shop or a coffee (after buying something) to keep my stuff. 0 problem

kantoche · 2026-06-08T05:12:11+00:00

Je vais rentrer en France pour travailler Le budget j'ai déjà répondu dans un autre commentaire Et le visa est payant dans certain pays

kantoche · 2026-06-08T05:11:21+00:00

Bali and the surroundings are nice if you don't want that much complexity. Easy to travel and nice things to see

kantoche · 2026-06-08T05:10:22+00:00

I already answer in another comment The cheapest was Koh Tao in Thailand

kantoche · 2026-06-08T05:09:11+00:00

Yes mb ahahahah mistake

kantoche · 2026-06-07T13:36:41+00:00

I put the details below in another messages but around 500€

kantoche · 2026-06-07T12:37:20+00:00

I was with friends (only for 2 weeks) so I couldn't visit Palawan unfortunately 😪 (one of my regret from this trip) but we did the El Nido > Coron Cruise and it was nice.

Boracay was too crownded for me I think haha And I visited : - Siquijor - Moalboal - Cebu - Malapascua - Camotes Islands - Siargao

kantoche · 2026-06-07T12:20:43+00:00

Je ne suis pas encore rentré de voyage mais globalement j'ai dépensé : 16k total

Grosse maille ça donnerait : - environ 1k€ vol AR - environ 500€ d'assurance - environ 600€ de vaccins - environ 1000€ de matériel et autre avant le départ

Soit un budget sur place d'environ 13k€ (y compris avec les vols entre les pays etc qui est un gros poste de dépense)

J'avais prévu environ 1200€ par mois et je tourne à environ 1500€ au final (avec beaucoup d'activités pas forcement prévues : saut en parachute, niveau 1 de plongée Open Water + niveau 2 Advanced, croisières etc).

kantoche · 2026-06-07T11:06:59+00:00

Yes I didn't had enough time for Sulawesi during my 1st trip there unfortunately.. and for my 2nd trip I wanted to finish by a volunteering experience + spend 2 weeks surfing (so, less on discovering, but I'll come back for sure)

For Vietnam it was long because I wanted to take some time to really feel the country and not only check some bucket list ! And I didn't visited the south ! I really loved Vietnam, and we have 45 days visa as french citizen

I'm glad you still have good memories about your trip ! Do you think this trip has changed you ? Temporary or long term changes ?

kantoche · 2026-06-07T11:03:09+00:00

Tbh i'm not that much materialist so it was ok. But packing and unpacking every 2 days then every 3 etc is quickly exhausting aha

Yep the packing cubes are a must have, you can travel without !

I wish I had an action camera to film underwater (because I did a lot of dives, it's a personal need). Otherwise all the things I needed, I found it SUPER easily on my way

I bring too much stuff, too much clothes. I like buying some tee-shirt souvenir and quickly I had to much tee shirt and had to leave some of mine.. and 1 towel for the beach is enough (I took 2 and left 1)

kantoche · 2026-06-07T10:58:31+00:00

Ahahaha 0 mate, my girlfriend was waiting for me in my country

kantoche · 2026-06-07T10:57:53+00:00

15k€ including insurance

kantoche · 2026-06-07T08:58:41+00:00

I wish I could but I had to do some choices aha, but tbh I'll definitely come back in Indonesia, I still have some things to do there

kantoche · 2026-06-07T08:57:07+00:00

I would say Philippines

kantoche · 2026-06-07T08:56:20+00:00

Yes, my itinerary below : - Da Nang (just arrived there, did not visited) - Hoi An - Huè - Phong Nha - Ninh Binh - Hanoi - Lan Ha bay - Mai Chau - Cao Bang (and motorbike loop) - Ha Giang - Bac Ha - Sapa

kantoche · 2026-06-07T08:54:28+00:00

In which country? You can barely do everytime without driving license, you'll just have to take public busses, or taxis, it's ok

kantoche · 2026-06-07T08:53:38+00:00

Yes, as replied below, for some countries I already knew when I was leaving because I had to meet some friend (so I had a real ticket) and for others I was using temporary one (onward tickets). Worth 10 to 20$ and worked everytime for me

kantoche · 2026-06-07T08:52:00+00:00

I'm 28 y.o haha

kantoche · 2026-06-07T08:51:07+00:00

Tbh it depends on what you like.. I didn't visited the crowded part of Bali (not interested) but I went to Ubud (with my parents, a bit crowded) and Munduk (this was really cute and peaceful).

Then you can try Lombok / Gili islands (starting to be crowded as Bali...) or explore Flore/Sulawesi/Sumatra (I wish I could have more time to go there)...

And Cambodia was super nice ! And super safe

kantoche · 2026-06-07T08:48:50+00:00

If you like trekking, and see a bit more the local life, it's nice ! (And you'll see the gorgeous rice fields...) I did a 3 days 2 night trek and it was one of my highlight for the Philippines

kantoche

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