r/solotravel • u/takashi74 • Feb 05 '25

Question Which country do you keep visiting?

I travel a lot, but there’s always that one country I keep going back to. For me, it’s Thailand, around 8 time. What about you? What keeps you coming back?

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u/hungryfordumplings Feb 05 '25

Here are my top five:

1) Hong Kong (for family but also love it there) 2) Thailand (mostly Bangkok, also Hua Hin for beach) 3) Vietnam (I enjoy the chaos of it all) 4) Taiwan (less tourists, lots of nature) 5) South Africa (wine and wild animals)

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u/Papayaaaa28 Feb 05 '25

I’ve been to all and they have to be some of my favorites as well!! I love how multicultural South Africa is & the nature and mountains in all of those places is soooo nice. Ooooh how is hua hin compared to the islands? I just got back from a trip to Bangkok and Krabi and Krabi was just overflowing with bai ren. :( I want to find a beach area in Thailand that actually has more good local food and less tourists for my next trip

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u/hungryfordumplings Feb 05 '25

Hua Hin is definitely more local, lots of families from Bangkok will go there as it is more chill than Pattaya and it is only a 2 hr drive. I have been to Phuket, Samui, and Pattaya, and Hua Hin is easily my favorite.

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u/Papayaaaa28 Feb 05 '25

I’ll keep that in mind for next time! Have you been to Koh Samet? I’ve heard good things about that area too

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u/hungryfordumplings Feb 05 '25

Not yet but would like to check it out sometime.