Holidays in Asia / Far East...

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I'm considering a trip to the Far East for 2015 but there are so many different destinations, so I was hoping for some advice and guidance from fellow PHers.

Key requirements are the ability to combine culture / sight seeing with relaxation - possibly a bit of golf or diving as well as lounging about in the beech.

Probably want to be away for around 14 nights and happy to stay in 2 or 3 different places, but want to avoid spending too much time travelling between countries / hotels!

So:
Thailand
Vietnam
Cambodia
Bali
Malaysia
????

Budget is 'generous'!

Thanks

Sidicks

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Sarkmeister said:

We did 14 nights combining Bangkok, Koh Phangan, Perhentian Islands (Malaysia) and Borneo (Sabah) a couple of years ago.

It was maybe a bit too much for two weeks, but apart from that was a good combination of relaxing (Perhentian especially) and cultural (climbing Mt Kinabalu, bothering orangutans etc).

There is some good diving off Borneo as well (Sipadan?)

Sounds interesting - thanks for your response!

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Thanks for all the responses to date.

I'm now thinking about investigating Japan and Okinowa - I spent a couple of weeks in Asia recently on business, and Japan is a country that I enjoyed at the time and which has always fascinated me.