I have not been to any of these countries yet. My To Do list includes Shimla/ India with Taj Mahal and then Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Still need to see China and Japan. The furthest East has been Jordan and Amman, until October with Singapore and New Zealand 🙂 

Jan

I voted for Nepal.. its somewhere I really want to go and looks amazing. I would love to visit Mongolia also, but was not really inspired by the itinerary or the pictures.... so am looking forward to reading a review on the holiday.

I am waiting for the new brochure to come out, but thinking I might look at Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam for next year:)

Kezzer

Hi Julia, 

What about Laos or Bangladesh...? 

There's so much more to India; Gujerat, Himachal Pradesh the Punjab? 

Uzbekistan more than deserves to be reinstated too...!

Loved the Spirit of India trip I did a few years ago, Burma and the road to Mandalay has to be up there amongst my favourites. 

Debbie

Thanks Jonah, I'm really looking forward to hearing what you thought of Mongolia!

Cheers,

Bob

Hi Julia

Asia was not somewhere I had seriously considered until I went to Burma and fell in love with the country for its incredible diversity, welcoming people and stunning buildings.  Following that with Kerala this year and a stay in Mumbai confirmed it was 'my' kind of continent - highlights here were the stay on the houseboat and the time in Periyar generally although I loved it all.  Mongolia is next in July this year (and of course I will do a review Bob).  Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam are earmarked for next Spring so please keep this one going for another year!.  Of the others on the list I would love to do Japan but unfortunately the trip JY do is over my budget at the moment.

Hi Julia,

Well Burma got my vote as it remains on my list - but only until 30 October when I am booked to go there.

I was talking with a friend earlier about Nepal & it remains one of my favourites. I was there after 2 full on weeks in India, of which I am very fond with a family tie, with TS which also took in the Pushkar camel fair and the first thing you noticed as you stepped off the 'plane was the clean mountain air. Also it was very peaceful & serene with the prayer flags, incense and, many, temples.

Vietnam was a place I wanted to visit and when the opportunity arose there was the bonus of a few days in Cambodia. I thought "I might as well" and that became, almost, the highlight. That trip entailed travel between places by air but I am being pulled by your Untold Cambodia & Laos as this covers a lot of places I have not been to with transportation by land so you see the country & the people. And an add on to Hanoi. What am I waiting for!!

Also Japan is lovely. I visited there independently a few years ago & have friends there including an old school pal who I only re-connected with on social media after I got back. Another temptation.

Ian

Well, I voted for Iran. Went to Burma with JY last November, which I loved. Have a trip to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam booked for this November. China and India are on the "to do" list and I'm hopeful I can do India with Shimla next Jan/Feb. Of the rest Borneo just doesn't appeal. Nepal and Mongolia I just don't know, think they might be interesting, but put off a bit by worries about altitude and accommodations - need to hear more about others experiences.

Problem with Iran, I'm very keen to go there, very old civilisation etc BUT at present it messes with getting visas to the US so have put it off until I hear about peoples experiences of getting US visas after Iran visits.

Katy

Hi Julia,

I voted for Nepal but it was a close run thing between Nepal and Mongolia for me!  I'd love to visit Nepal to see the Himalayas, Phewa Lake and Chitwan NP and hopefully will get there over the next few years.  I really want to see Mongolia as well and will be keeping an eye out for a review from Jonah when she comes back.  However, I can't go on holiday during July or August so hopefully if the tour continues to be popular, JY might put on an earlier May/June or Sept departure in a couple of years.  Providing Jonah reports back that the gers are comfortable and the food is decent!  The scenery should be amazing there.

Out of that list, I've been to China, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Borneo and Burma so I've seen quite a bit of SE Asia at this stage.  My highlights have been the Great Wall and pandas (China), the Taj Mahal and seeing a tiger very close up in Ranthambore (India), lovely scenery at Halong Bay and near Hue (Vietnam), Angkor Wat temples (Cambodia), seeing orang-utans and pygmy elephants (Borneo) and the diversity of temples and landscapes and friendly people (well really, everything, in Burma).  Although not on your list, I really loved Singapore for the wealth of interesting things to do, innovative buildings and the fabulous zoo (breakfast with the orang-utans!).  Hopefully I will get to Thailand and Laos one day as well.....

All the best,

Bob

Hi Julia,

I'm in the lucky position that I have been to all the countries apart from Iran and Mongolia, so Mongolia gets my vote at the moment! However, of all the 54 countries I have visited, Nepal is Number One (I didn't do this with JY) - I did the Everest Trail trek in 2003. Of the JY tours I have done India and Burma are joint number one. Maybe JY would consider an Indonesia tour and also the Bhutan tour that TS do? Please!

Cheers,

Hils

It's been awhile since we've had a poll, so I thought I would use this weeks Wednesday Wondering to let you cast your vote.

Just a few weeks ago, on one of our Monday Musings, the majority of you said that Asia would be the one continent that you would most like to explore and we'd like to delve a little deeper. This week, we'd like to know which country in Asia are you most interested in?

Make your selection above and why not tell us why it's your top choice below? Have you already visited one of these incredible countries - why not share your highlight with the rest of the Just You Community?

Kindest regards,

Julia