We took it slow in Vietnam, spreading our time out over more than a fortnight. I actually wish we’d returned to Thailand earlier and perhaps fitted in a visit to Chiang Mai, but flights were cheapest early in the week, and I wanted to book well in advance in order to lock in good rates.
I’m also going to include spending for our last couple of days in Asia, which were spent back in Bangkok.
Thailand
- June 19 – $46.22 (including shared taxis and meals out with our CS hosts; again, free accommodation)
- June 18 – $57.28 (including transport to and from airports. Free accommodation through Couchsurfing)
- Vietnam
- June 17 – $56.64
- June 16 – $15.72 (drinks, etc, aboard the Halong Bay tour, the only exclusions in the price)
- June 15 – $40.55
- June 14 – $273.33 (including tickets for overnight Halong Bay cruise)
- June 13 – $44.94
- June 12 – $34.49
- June 11 – $31.42
- June 10 – $77.05 (including sleeper bus tickets from Hue to Hanoi)
- June 9 – $71.92 (including motorbike and fuel)
- June 8 – $73.96 (including motorbike rental and fuel)
- June 7 – $77.95 (including transport from Hoi An back to Danang)
- June 6 – $44.55
- June 5 – $38.73
- June 4 – $65.34 (including transport to Hoi An from Danang)
- June 3 – $184.93 (including sleeper train tickets up to Danang)
- June 2 – $97.51
- June 1 – $64.29
- May 31 – $48.11
- May 30 – $40.92
- May 29 – $33.12
There were some expensive days (e.g. Halong Bay tour and restaurant splurges, especially in the very internationalised Ho Chi Minh) and some cheap ones (particularly while T was sick and not eating much). Overall, though, Vietnam was still a very frugal destination – especially now that we look back on it through a European lens…
