A good first solo trip
These are the places where a first solo trip costs the least effort: short distances, transport that works without local knowledge, and enough English that a problem stays small.
2 cities · 8 countries
Countries
- Thailand
77 provinces, from Bangkok to the Andaman coast
- Vietnam
3,260 km coastline, 54 ethnic groups, 8 UNESCO sites
- Indonesia
17,508 islands across 3 time zones
- Philippines
7,641 islands, English-speaking, 3 main island groups
- Malaysia
3 cultures, 2 coastlines, connected rail and bus networks
- Singapore
733 km² city-state, 4 official languages, MRT-connected
- Japan
377,975 km² archipelago, 6,852 islands, shinkansen network
- Portugal
92,212 km², 1,794 km Atlantic coastline, 17 UNESCO sites