15 days backpacking around indochina by overland (thailand,cambodia,laos,vietnam)
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15 DAYS BACKPACKING AROUND INDOCHINABY OVERLAND( T H A I L A N D , C A M B O D I A , L A O S , V I E T N A M )
OBJECTIVES
1) Exploring Cities and their locals
2) To Try Public transportations in Other Country
3) Meet New Friends
4) Curious to be a backpackers
INDOCHINA ROUTE BY GROUND
OUR ROUTES
Routes Mode Of Transportation
KL-Hadyai Sleeper Train (KTMB)Hadyai-Bangkok Double Deck BusBangkok-Siem Reap 3rd Class Cabin TrainSiem Reap-Phnom Penh Sleeper BusPhnom Penh-Ho Chi Minh Single deck BusHo Chi Minh-Hue Sleeper BusHue-Vientiane Single Deck busVientiane-Luang Prabang Doube Deck BusLuang Prabang-Hanoi Sleeper BusHanoi-Kuala Lumpur Flight (Airasia)
SOURCE INFORMATION AND RESEARCH
1) INTERNET -BLogs , magazines, Travelogue , websites , Lonely planet
2) SOCIETY- Backpackers Buddies Malaysia ,
3) MOBILE APPLICAT-ONS Agoda, maps , online translater
ACCOMODATION
1) Backpackers Hostel ( MYR 20-30 Per Person)
2) Town Hotel ( MYR 30-50 Per Room)
3) Sleep In Train And Bus ( Overnight Buses)
FOOD AND DRINKS
1) Eat at Halal Restaurant
2) Instant Noodle
3) Bread
4) Biscuit
BEST EXPERIENCES
1) Meets new Friends All Over The World
BAD EXPERIENCES
1) 48 Hours in single bus ( Luang Prabang –Hanoi)
2) Taxi , bus, Agent scams
3) Bus broke down 3 times
TRAVEL EXPERIENCE RELATED TO MODELS1) Maslow‟s hierarchy of needs describes how travellers move according to their needs which are clearly organised by priorities at different stages by level of importance. So people are motivated in order to fulfil these needs and needs require to be met at all levels one by one starting from the bottom, getting more motivated as they reach higher levels. He affirms that “motivation is constant, never ending, fluctuating, and complex.” (Maslow 1970).
2) Backpacker tourists are categorised as “allocentric tourists” who are motivated to seek and experience culture, lifestyles and landscapes totally different from theirs, and to pursue freedom without organisation or planning, in Plog’s (1974) cognitive-normative model. Moreover, they are categorised as “drifter” or “explorer” in the tourist typology of Cohen’s (1972) interactional mode.
SLEEPER BUS