Vietnam for Xmas / new year?

[alfaman]

Hi all. Am based in Singapore : thinking of Xmas options in Asia ( rather than an expensive flight to freeze in the UK)

Anyone know what either Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh / or other parts of Vietnam are like in December / January?

Worth visiting? Idea would be some cultural sites plus maybe halong bay and some parts further south towards Ho Chi Minh.

Is 9-10'days enough to see 2 or 3 areas?

Thoughts and ideas ( and for other options in Asia for Xmas )?

( have already been to Phuket / Krabi / phi phi etc ... )

Thanks for any advice..

[alfaman]

I'm not that bothered about Xmas decorations : plenty outside my front door along orchard road

More interested in some different culture / somewhere not toooo cold for an Xmas break.

Have done NZ 3 times and Taiwan is probably too chilly ..

So my short list could be : Vietnam / HK / Laos - Vietnam appeals the most

[alfaman]

Issi said:

I don't want to sound funny, but wouldn't somebody more local to you have a better idea than a bunch of brits?

Also posted in Asia forum.

Can be useful posting here ( I answered some Qs on some NZ queries )

[alfaman]

Philplop said:

There are plenty of people who have holidayed, spent time, or lived/live in Asia on here. Look through the holiday section and you'll see lots of threads showing this.

There are a couple of replies about Christmas in Vietnam, so I don't see the problem.

Exactly : loads of other posts on this forum about places including Thailand , Laos , Vietnam , Madagascar , Iceland , Africa , morooco ....

Is this a Brit forum? No

Do Brits just travel to Brit speaking countries ? No

Have PH members either lived in or traveled to far flung non Brit places ? Yes quite a few