Why Southeast Asia?
Having been to Thailand and India, I already know a bit of Asia. Africa is a difficult continent to travel to as backpacker, the other ‘usual’ alternative to Asia is Latin-America, but I do not speak Spanish which is a handicap to meet people/other travelers. I’m not attracted by middle-East except Iran nor by China and other countries of the region. I loved both trips to Thailand and India. At some point I thought about doing four months in India but finally figured out that doing the many different countries in Southeast Asia would be more fun. The countries (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Malaysia) are clearly part of a group but offer very different kinds of opportunities and sights.
