Davi Magalhães
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Hi everyone!
I'll be going to southeast asia for the first time from mid december/16 until mid january/17.
I'm a novice diver (I completed my PADI open waters on San Andres, Colombia, in april/16) and I intend to dedicate some time on this trip for both diving and getting to know the places I stay in (which includes, for example, going to the temples in Cambodia and a going for a bit of nightlife fun here and there). I'm a solo traveler, btw.
I'll arrive on Saigon and leave from Kuala Lumpur, so my idea is to start from Vietnam and go alongside the gulf until I get to KL. In general, I don't like to cram a lot of places in a short time (my minimum is at least 3 days in a given place)
So far I was planning on diving on Phu Quoc (Vietnam) and Sihanoukville (Cambodia) for 3 days each.
Now, here's where it gets tricky: since I'm going to Koh Phangan for NYE, I was planning on staying 6 or 7 days on Koh Phangan and Koh Tao, since they're really close.
But since I joined this forum and read some of the posts on this Thailand subforum, it seems most people here don't like those 2 islands.
So, what would you guys recommend? Should I keep my original plans and stay 6 or 7 days in Koh Phangan+Koh Tao or should I just stay on Koh Phangan for 3 days for the NYE and then spend 4 days on Similan Islands or even 5 days on Phuket + Phi Phi (I guess I could squeeze one more day there)?
If you guys think that some of the marine life of the places I mentioned (Phu Quoc, Sihanoukville and the Thai islands) are very similar and I could skip one of them, that is good too. I can still make some changes on my trip.
Thanks a lot for all the help!
I'll be going to southeast asia for the first time from mid december/16 until mid january/17.
I'm a novice diver (I completed my PADI open waters on San Andres, Colombia, in april/16) and I intend to dedicate some time on this trip for both diving and getting to know the places I stay in (which includes, for example, going to the temples in Cambodia and a going for a bit of nightlife fun here and there). I'm a solo traveler, btw.
I'll arrive on Saigon and leave from Kuala Lumpur, so my idea is to start from Vietnam and go alongside the gulf until I get to KL. In general, I don't like to cram a lot of places in a short time (my minimum is at least 3 days in a given place)
So far I was planning on diving on Phu Quoc (Vietnam) and Sihanoukville (Cambodia) for 3 days each.
Now, here's where it gets tricky: since I'm going to Koh Phangan for NYE, I was planning on staying 6 or 7 days on Koh Phangan and Koh Tao, since they're really close.
But since I joined this forum and read some of the posts on this Thailand subforum, it seems most people here don't like those 2 islands.
So, what would you guys recommend? Should I keep my original plans and stay 6 or 7 days in Koh Phangan+Koh Tao or should I just stay on Koh Phangan for 3 days for the NYE and then spend 4 days on Similan Islands or even 5 days on Phuket + Phi Phi (I guess I could squeeze one more day there)?
If you guys think that some of the marine life of the places I mentioned (Phu Quoc, Sihanoukville and the Thai islands) are very similar and I could skip one of them, that is good too. I can still make some changes on my trip.
Thanks a lot for all the help!