vietnam or china

Doshwaster

pollypenny wrote: »

Beware, OP, October is typhoon time. We had one which scuppered a lot of our plans.

I was in central and northern Vietnam last October and while I avoided any really bad weather there was a downpour most days - conveniently around dinner time. I don't like it really hot so the occasional rain suited me fine. It just means that you have to be flexible with your plans.

Jaffa_cake

Whithout any hesitation, I would do CHINA.

I have experience of much of the FAR East, and lived in China for 4 years.
Shandong province, (East coast,)

Done Vietnam on the small motorbikes, Hanoi to Cat Ba, then all the way to Saigon, via, Hai Van Pass, Hue, NaTrang, ETC,ETC,

Done Laos, Done Thailand,

However, what you will see in China, will stay with you forever.

We even brought my mum over for a month.

Any questions, I will happily answer.

Doshwaster

Jaffa_cake wrote: »

Any questions, I will happily answer.

The one thing which has away put me off China is the language barrier. In the rest of SE Asia, English is widely spoken and street signs menus are usually in English. How easy is it cope in China or is it just a matter of pointing and smiling?

slinga

globalds wrote: »

excuse me for jumping in on a thread ..


But what is the best hub airport to aim for to get cheap flights to Vietnam ?

I am think of going away in October and would like to go somewhere new.

Fly Vietnam Air from Heathrow.
Business only just more expensive than BA economy.

slinga

doinkthemonkee wrote: »

we've decided on vietnam in oct/november time. def want to do a tour. Just trying to figure out who to go with now

For me you've made the right choice.

I've been to China a few times on business when I was working in HK and because of the experience there have never wanted to visit China for a holiday.