Kampot, Cambodia

Medium sized riverside town just off the southern coast of Cambodia filled with pubs, dust and trash

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Amazing Ankor Archaeological Park, the local circus, riding bikes, amazing food, silk worm farm and factory, and mine-sniffing rats

Hoi An, Vietnam

Cute but over-touristy old port town on Vietnam’s mid coast with French colonial architecture, rice fields and delicious food

Hanoi, Vietnam

chaotic streets full of scooters, bikes, vendors with baskets and food, food, food

Ninh Binh, Vietnam

Spectacular karst spires surrounded by gently flowing rivers connected through limestone caves underneath the mountains

Lan Ha Bay, Vietnam

Spectacular stretch of and karst islands, limestone crags and floating fishing villages in northern Vietnam

Luang Prabang, Laos

Monks, exotic morning market, elephants and waterfalls in this sweet ancient capitol between two rivers

Mekong River

Slowboat down the swift flowing muddy river, the lifeblood of Southeast Asia, from Chiang Khong, Thailand to Luang Prabang, Laos

Chiang Rai, Thailand

Northern Thailand rolling mountains scattered with hill tribe villages, pineapple fields, rivers and waterfalls

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Walkable city of temples, massages, night markets, street food, and the amazing Loi Krathong festival of lanterns