meanderthal

I've figured out where and when I plan on going - Vietnam, Burma and India from May 23rd to August 29th. Next was getting the visas. Vietnam was pretty straight forward. I went through a Vietnamese travel agency, Tonkin Travel tonkintravel.com for my visa-on-arrival. 3 month multiple entry visa would cost $25 for the visa service and will cost $50 at the airport. $75 total for a 3 month visa? Nice. It cost me around $50 in Phenom Phen last summer to get a single entry visa. All I had to do was send them the day I was arriving and a copy of my passport. Tonkin was very fast and extremely friendly. I highly recommend them. India was very easy as well. I used the company that the Indian embassy in the U.S. uses as ... read more

I don't know about you, but I love to plan for a trip. I can spend hours looking online at places to visit, things to do, travel tips and advice, places to stay, getting around, checking airlines...well maybe not airlines. I'm in the planning stage now for my Summer 2012 trip to Vietnam, Myanmar (Burma) and India. Last summer I spent 3 months backpacking around SE Asia. Flying into Singapore - the mall of SE Asia, but a good place to get acclimated - then heading to Malaysia, Indonesia, Back to Singapore, back to Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, then up to Beijing China to fly back to the states. I gave myself 3 months, but it turned out I was a month short...I could only manage 7 days in China before the flight back. (Took ... read more