[Claudette]

A couple of tips. First one is to not cut short time at Siem Reap, I found a lot of people seem to book just a couple of nights there and even when TAs put together an itinerary they seem to keep it quite short. I had either four of five nights there and that was great. The first day I hired a driver to go to some of the furthest away temples, the next day I stepped out of the hotel, hired a tuk tuk driver for the day who drove me around wherever I chose and waited outside for me, I then booked him for the rest of the days. I saved Angkor Wat until the penultimate day, wasn’t my favourite site anyway, I like the one that is overrun with trees best, Ta Prohm.

A highlight of Vietnam was definitely Halong Bay, a one night / two day mini cruise is perfect. If you decide to take the train, go in the highest class available.

I really enjoyed both countries, very interesting and such lovely people.