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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]English isn't a problem anywhere in SE Asia.

Thailand is the easiest to travel around. Great for beaches and BKK is a fun city to explore for a few days. Fantastic food tours in BKK, especially in the Chinatown area. Most developed infrastructure in SE Asia outside Singapore.

Vietnam has a lot to offer, culturally, and food is among the best, but there's a lot of hassles too. The cities are intense, some people will love them, others will hate them. My favorite part was Hoi Ahn and the mountains in the north.

Cambodia was eh. Angor Wat was decent but once you've seen most of the cultural offerings across SE Asia, it's just more of the same. Food is nowhere as interesting or enjoyable as in Thailand or Vietnam. Siem Reap is VERY banana pancake trail.

Just keep in mind that Japan/Korea aren't that close to SE Asia. Flights will probably be 6+ hours, so you're losing a whole day of travel plus you're even further back from the US when you need to return. [/quote]

So I actually really like banana pancakes and kinda loved the ones I had in Siem Reap!. Can you explain the term "Siem Reap is VERY banana pancake trail" -- is that  a bad thing?[/quote]

https://www.tripsavvy.com/banana-pancake-trail-1458475

You get hordes of young, grubby backpackers from Europe and Australia, many are quite trashy and seeking cheap alcohol while pretending to be down with local cultures. And the market caters to them. We were already long term expats in another country and Siem Reap was the first place I saw the phenomena of the overweight white girl wearing too short, too tight, revealing shorts and t-shirts exposing massive flabby white calves covered with multiple tattoos. Which, when juxtaposed against the local culture, was a very odd sight to see. [/quote]

Let's be clear that ANYONE being scantily clad, including the fit and beautiful, in SE Asia is offensive. Common, but rude. [/quote]

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