I went in, I think it was 2007. We did a week of touring, with a driver driving us, and then a week on the beach. Traffic didn't seem that difficult, apart from being horrendously busy in Colombo and Kandy. It's great scenery so take a good camera and plenty of memory card space. A disappointment for us was the lack of facilities for eating and drinking out, with most of that being confined to hotels. You should certainly visit the inland highland areas, and a tea plantation and old factory, and the the elephant orphanage too.

Had a quick look this morning and dry season seems to run October to April, so should be bang on for when I'm thinking.



Cheers again for the hotel info, and any/all tips. Did you do 2 weeks there or were you travelling around SE Asia?



Sounds a lot like Thailand, price and food wise - I came back with loads of money and was surprised as how cheap it was to eat & drink there!

Weather is pretty similar to Thailand, although only really 2 "seasons" as such rather than 3 in the Land of Smiles: dry (October to late April) and wet (May to late September). Temps vary in the season, but March, April, May and June are the hottest of the year with temps in excess of 35°C. Very Humid in March and April, coolest between October and December (if 24 degrees is cool!)

My friend was working in Ho Chi Minh City and she was leaving her job so we decided to travel, I got to her place about 10pm at night jetlagged and amazed by the craziness of HCMC.



Following morning at 8am we ended setting off on an 14 hour coach journey to Siem Reap with a coach change in Phnom Penh. I had made a monumental co-k up as I didn't do any research about Cambodia at all (I knew about the evil regimes of past) so the whole country was an amazing shock! Spent a week in Cambodia, few days back in HCMC helping my friend move out of her flat then I had an eventful trip home which involved Mozambique men's football team

Sounds like you've seen a fair bit of SE Asia then, and have seen some sights & plenty of stories to tell.



I know a little about Cambodia, but I kind of like the idea of going to somewhere and not knowing what to expect - or it being completely different to expectations.

Me and 2 pals did this as a trip in 2013 and included Washington (interesting but not always in the best way). We used trains/buses etc, staying in hostels and it was a great trip and one i'd recommend for sure.



This year I'll be off back to Paris in November and also planning on sneaking a trip to Dubai in amongst the proposed weekends in Dublin, Scotland and Cornwall!

Anyone with a nice place to stay in any of those locations would be greatly appreciated!