Backpacking | Budget Travel | Living Abroad
A Southeast Asia travel blog. Featuring trip ideas for backpackers and budget travellers, tips on where to go, how to travel and how to save money on the road.
Southeast Asia is great value for backpackers with Singapore the only notable exception. You can get by on as little as $20/day in some parts of the region but costs do vary between countries and sometimes even within countries. Below, we’ll take a look at the cost of travel in Southeast Asia. There are also […]
This post details the estimated cost of travel in Laos. We have outlined two daily travel budgets – one for shoestring travellers and one for those on a slightly more comfortable backpacking budget. Further down there is details on the Lao currency and sample prices for travellers in the country. Laos Cost of Travel in […]
This post details the estimated cost of travel in Thailand. We have outlined two daily travel budgets – one for shoestring travellers and one for those on a slightly more comfortable backpacking budget with a fairly big difference between the two. Further down there are details on the local currency and sample prices for travellers […]
This post details the estimated cost of travel in Vietnam. Read on for suggested shoestring and more comfortable backpacking budgets for the Southeast Asian country as well information about the local currency and sample prices. Vietnam Cost of Travel in 2023 Shoestring Backpacker Budget Vietnam remains very budget friendly despite an enormous rise in visitor […]
After a difficult few years, an element of normality has returned to travel in Southeast Asia as backpackers once again flock to the region’s infamous “banana pancake trail”. Below you will find an extensive Southeast Asia backpacking route featuring the best of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia. You can easily tailor it to your […]
Backpacking Malaysia is a rewarding experience with this tropical Southeast Asian country home to some amazing beaches and nature, as well as some historic towns and cities. Our Malaysia backpacking route takes in the best the country has to offer from its modern capital Kuala Lumpur to stunning remote island destinations that are often shunned […]
Backpacking Vietnam by train is one of the very best travel experiences in Southeast Asia. The Vietnam backpacking route on this page follows the Reunification express, an unofficial term used to describe the line which runs north to south between the country’s two biggest cities – Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City (AKA Saigon). Many […]
Before you decide upon an Indonesia backpacking route, you need to get one thing straight. Indonesia is a very large country which covers a vast area with thousands of islands on both sides of the equator. While it is frequently classed as part of Southeast Asia, many of those islands are a world away from […]
Today we’re going to look at the best islands in Thailand, one of the world’s most popular travel destinations. While 2020 and 2021 were quiet years for the Thai tourist industry with the country implementing strict entry requirements, all the signs are that Thailand is planning to gradually open back up in 2022 and it […]
Laos is home to brilliant waterfalls, stunning landscapes and rich culture that will be worth every ounce of time and effort you spend getting there and backpacking around. Still slightly removed from the tourist extravaganza that fills much of Southeast Asia, Laos offers a slower pace of life. So, if you have time to spare, […]
