Can anybody give me any advice on where to go in July?
I want to go somewhere tropical with nice beaches where I can lie and drink fruit juice while reading a book. Basically just relaxing. Swimming is important. I miss the ocean :(
Requirements; not expensive to go by plane from Kunming (and preferably some place with good connections to Europe, as I am going back to Sweden after vacation), preferably a direct flight from Kunming, a quite cheap country and not Thailand.
Grateful for every suggestion!
Myanmar is great for example, but if you want to go back to Europe after, go to Sri Lanka. Beautiful beaches, great people, great food. It's terribly touristy in the south-west, but the north-east is stunning. Direkt flight to Colombo, visa on arrival and it's cheap. I had a great time there in January.
Thanks for your suggestions. I originally planned to go to Vietnam but it's a little 麻烦 since there are no direct connections to Vietnam, it seems. I didn't find any direct flight to Colombo in July, could it be seasonal?
It's not the season...it's the day. Try on a Wed. for instance.
www.kayak.com/#/flights/KMG-CMB/2012-07-18
A good friend asked me to go thailand in June. Sooooo cheap by AirAsia. But I cant make it, Cause I've been out of kunming for a week.
@crazy.laowai, the OP didn't want to go to Thailand, so obviously he doesn't want to go to a Thai island.
While there aren't any direct flights from Kunming to Vietnam anymore, it only takes 8 hours on a bus to reach the Vietnamese border town of Hekou and there are cheap flights on China Southern via Guangzhou to Ho Chi Minh City, from where Mui Ne is a 4 hour bus ride away. Nha Trang is a 7 hour train ride or 8-9 hour bus ride or 35 min flight away from Ho Chi Minh City. Great beaches, lots of backpackers, booze cruises and fun are to be had in places like Hoi An and Nha Trang. Everyone is in Vietnam these days and while it's not as wild as Koh Phangan on Vietnamese beach resorts it's probably going to move in that direction eventually. Alternatively, try Cambodian beaches.
Flying out of Vietnam to Europe is easy; there are plenty of direct flights. Vietnam Airlines flies non-stop from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi to Frankfurt, London Gatwick, Moscow and Paris. Air France also flies daily from Ho Chi Minh City to Paris and Lufthansa flies three times weekly to Frankfurt with a stopover in Bangkok. Aeroflot also offers a cheap connection from Vietnam via Moscow to the rest of Europe.
you could try Hainan, direct flight from kunming, close to HK, for your flight back to Europe.
Why not try Japan, that is a good place .
