🇻🇳 Vietnam or 🇪🇬 Egypt
Which one, honestly
Vietnam leads on food and nature.
A normal day costs about $70 in Vietnam and $75 in Egypt.
Side by side
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam🇪🇬 Egypt
- Mar, Apr, Oct, NovBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec
- $70A normal day$75
- 12h to HanoiNonstop from London5h 15m to Cairo
- Very goodBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingGood
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights and sleeper trains, because the country is longGetting aroundSleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flights
- The north in January, cold and grey, and the centre during the autumn typhoonsWhen to avoidUpper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearable
Pick by what you want
🇻🇳 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.
🇪🇬 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.
Full Vietnam guide →Full Egypt 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.