🇻🇳 Vietnam or 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Which one, honestly
Vietnam leads on cities and food. Indonesia leads on the sea.
A normal day costs about $70 in Vietnam and $75 in Indonesia.
Side by side
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Mar, Apr, Oct, NovBest monthsApr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $70A normal day$75
- 6h 40m to HanoiNonstop from Dubai9h 15m to Bali
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureNot the draw
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights and sleeper trains, because the country is longGetting aroundScooters and private drivers on Bali, short flights and ferries between islands
- The north in January, cold and grey, and the centre during the autumn typhoonsWhen to avoidJuly and August in south Bali, when the traffic becomes the trip
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 Indonesia if
you want volcanoes, reefs and rice terraces for very little money, and you are willing to leave the busy south to find them.
Full Vietnam guide →Full Indonesia 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.