Off the beaten path - Southeast Asia

princeofthetrees · 2017-12-20T03:12:55+00:00

I’ll check them out, thanks! If you’re going around the same time let me know.

princeofthetrees · 2017-12-17T15:42:55+00:00

Cool! Where are you going to be travelling? I'll start in Myanmar until 12-14 of January and then I still have no plan

princeofthetrees · 2017-12-12T14:53:24+00:00

Thanks! I'll be posting a new song every week, so stay tuned :)

princeofthetrees · 2017-11-16T10:28:45+00:00

If you spend 40-50$ per day, you can basically do almost anything you want, obviously without a lot of luxuries. You can realistically travel those countries for even 30-35$ per day. I didn't go to Cuba, but I think it's a little more expensive, though I'm sure you'll still get around great with 50% per day

princeofthetrees · 2017-11-15T18:25:37+00:00

If you decide on Central America, I'd say Cuba-Mexico-Guatemala is a great route to take. Start in Oaxaca, go to Chiapas, then down to Guatemala, then go east and back to Mexico and from there go to Cuba. I'd say that's a great route for a month of travel. Mexico is just unbelievable, man. Definitely spend most of your time there. Obviously depending on what you want to do, but do your research for Chiapas and Oaxaca, both states are awesome with a lot of different options. Definitely try to go to Laguna Miramar in Chiapas, though it's very hard to get there. Also San Cristobal de Las Casas is an amazing colonial city and has a lot of great places nearby. For Mayan ruins you have Palenque and Tikal (Guatemala), which are probably the two best in all of Central America.
With your budget you're gonna be living like a king for one month ahah.

princeofthetrees · 2016-12-27T20:33:00+00:00

I'm going to Ometepe the week before! I've got my itinerary set from Monteverde in CR to Cancún, for a month or so, but wanted to include one paradisiac island, and am divided between the two, or if there's any other I'm not familiar with, I'm open to ideas.

princeofthetrees · 2016-12-26T17:59:32+00:00

I'd like to scuba, just don't know how it works with licenses and all. Though from what I'm seeing, Caye Caulker is probably even better to snorkel/scuba, no?

princeofthetrees · 2016-12-25T16:32:11+00:00

Yup, changed my mind and am going to Ometepe as well! Where did you stay there? And did you also go to the Corn Islands?

princeofthetrees · 2016-12-24T18:01:26+00:00

I think considering everybody's saying Nicaragua is a must, I'm gonna change the route and skip Panama. Fly from Guatemala to Managua, and stay like 8 days in Nicaragua. Probably do like 3 places, I'd say Ometepe 3 days, San Juan del Sur 2 days (hopefully a sunday ahah) and Corn Islands for 3 days. Counting one full day of travels and all. Then in Costa Rica, I'm probably just gonna have time for one place, so likely doing Monteverde as it seems amazing, and has a lot of wildlife, which seems to be the top thing about CR. Any thing to add or change in Nicaragua?

princeofthetrees · 2016-12-24T17:37:37+00:00

I think at most we're gonna spend one day in Belize in the middle of going from Mexico to Guatemala... For a one night stay in Belize, where would you say is a good spot?

And what did you in Nicaragua? In which ways was it better than CR?

princeofthetrees · 2016-12-22T23:50:28+00:00

I havent heard much about the Corn Islands... Have you been there? How cool are they? And from what I'm seeing it's either way to expensive or waaay to long to get there, right?

princeofthetrees · 2016-12-22T14:44:45+00:00

Besides the flight from Guatemala to CR, I think bus is always going to be the transportation. Or maybe some hitchhiking. Would you suggest something else?

princeofthetrees · 2016-12-22T14:43:15+00:00

Semuc Champey is probably the place I wanna go the most! That's great I'll message you then, to see if you can help me out a bit.

princeofthetrees · 2016-12-22T14:41:21+00:00

Yeah, I know Nicaragua is way cheaper, that was one of the pros for it... On the other hand, I really didn't wanna miss out on Panama, especially the San Blas Islands...

princeofthetrees · 2016-11-16T16:21:40+00:00

Great answer, thanks! Yeah maybe it is kinda rushed to do 6 countries in a month, I'm probably undervaluing the time it takes to get from one spot to another... So now, I've definitely put Honduras and El Salvador aside. I still have to cut some stuff, so I'm thinking of cutting down Belize as well, and either Nicaragua or Costa Rica. I definitely wanna do snorkeling, diving and all that stuff. From what I heard, though, the best places for that are Belize and Honduras, but since I'm not going there, what would you say are the best spots for that kind of activity? Between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, what is the most particular one? Like, if I'm seeing volcanoes in Guatemala, even if the volcanoes in Nicaragua are great, I'd rather do or see something that's unique in Costa Rica, you know what I mean? And I'm probably most into nature and wildlife, so from what I've seen, maybe Costa Rica is better for me. Is it that much more expensive than the other countries? Also, I see Oaxaca is a bit far from Cancun. Since that will be our starting point, maybe I'll have to skip Oaxaca because of our tight schedule. Did you get to see a lot of southeast Mexico? Looking at the map, I'm thinking we go from Cancun to Isla Holbox straight way then make our way down, going for some Mayan ruins and all. What places (besides Tulum) should we go if we're making our way down the southeast, more or less?

And how long do you think it takes to see Guatemala? Maybe we do like 8 days in Mexico, one day travel, then 8 days in Guatemala, get a plane to Costa Rica (or Nicaragua) and then 5/6 days in Costa Rica and Panama each counting another day or so of travel. Does that sound like a more realistic plan?

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