🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Which one, honestly
Vietnam leads on food and nature.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $70 in Vietnam.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇻🇳 Vietnam
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, DecBest monthsMar, Apr, Oct, Nov
- $75A normal day$70
- 5h 15m to CairoNonstop from London12h to Hanoi
- Very goodBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodExceptional
- GoodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundCheap domestic flights and sleeper trains, because the country is long
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidThe north in January, cold and grey, and the centre during the autumn typhoons
Pick by what you want
🇪🇬 Choose Egypt if
you want the oldest thing on this list, a river trip through it, and Red Sea diving, at prices nowhere in Europe matches.
🇻🇳 Choose Vietnam if
you want the best street food in Asia on the smallest budget, and you do not mind a long thin country that takes time to cross.
Full Egypt guide →Full Vietnam guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.