Short answer: yes, if you adjust your expectations. The $20/day backpacker dream is mostly dead in Thailand and Vietnam. But $35–45/day still gets you private rooms, street food, and decent transport. I spent 6 weeks …
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Backpacking Laos and Cambodia: A January Dry-Season Route
You land in Luang Prabang with a small pack, two weeks of annual leave, and one fixed idea: keep moving south without turning the trip into a chain of exhausting bus rides. January suits that …
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