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SE Asia or India for a month?

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Inthebathagain · 28/06/2025 09:14

Next summer I'm giving myself a month abroad to celebrate my 50th. I'll be travelling alone.

I'm very well travelled in SE Asia. I've spent 2 x 1 month there with my then under 10s. I feel confident getting around by myself and am thinking about going back to take in all those parts that you couldn't easily take younger children to.

But I've been desperate to get to India and trace my Indian roots. I've only been there once, and that was Mumbai as part of a organised work trip. The one trip a few of us did independently on the train felt like really hard work!

Any thoughts as to which would be the better choice? Is travelling around India independently pretty easy once you get the basics?

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House4DS · 29/06/2025 17:51

@Inthebathagain I think you said no to Sri Lanka. I'm a teacher too and it was perfect in UK summer. Borneo too. We're looking at Indonesia for next year.

ShanghaiDiva · 29/06/2025 23:01

Inthebathagain · 28/06/2025 15:45

So did you persevere with the trains in India, or find alternative means of getting around please?

Cambodia wins for me, hands down. First visit there was 2007. Fell in love with PP, then ended up taking the children back to explore SR, Kampot, Koh Rong, Battembang.

And Laos is stunning too. We did a trip down the Mekong from Thailand into Laos. DS's woke up on his 11th birthday to see elephants having their morning bath in the river below.

I'll be honest, Vietnam is my least favourite. Hue was beautiful, and kids loved Ba Na Hills but there were too many people trying to rip me off when they saw I was travelling alone with 2 small people.

Edited

We did manage a few train trips after one of my husband’s colleagues booked the tickets for us. We also hired a car and driver for a some trips.

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