Originally Posted by
ProleOnParole
The time for Vietnam sounds about right. There's a lot to see and moving around can be slow.
3 days in HK should be enough to get the gist of Central and Kowloon. You could also manage to fit in a trip to Lamma Island with a return via Aberdeen or a day in Macau.
Don't stay for a week in Manila though. Either fly to other places (PPS, CEB, MPH/KLO for Boracay) or if you don't want to go anywhere else, 1-2 full days is enough. You could then add more time in Bangkok, which is a huge city.
Unless you consciously skipped Malaysia, consider adding Kota Kinabalu. You could do an MNL-BKI leg very cheaply, and if you wanted even more travel, perhaps a ferry to Brunei via Labuan, and then onwards from BWN to SIN/KUL. Or a short hop to East Sabah (SDK) to see all the wildlife.
Note that you'll be travelling during the typhoon season. It's possible that there will be flight disruptions or, in the Philippines, even some flooding. It'd be best to keep your flights (ticketed separately) spread out in so that any unpredictable weather does not ruin your whole itinerary.
Thanks, I don't know much about Malaysia so I will look into your recommendations. I've been to Bangkok a long time ago, so I probably don't need to add time there. With hong kong I might look for a day trip for one of the days I am there since I have spent time there in the past. Maybe I will drop a day off HKG and add it in somewhere else. Maybe two days Hong Kong and two days singapore? I have to go through HKG on my way there but maybe I can fly into SIN and travel up to Kuala Lumpur. Then hopping a flight to bangkok, 2 days there and taking a flight over to Hanoi (if possible or SGN). If Hanoi then working my way down vietnam to SGN (or vice versa) then head to Philippines for the end of the trip and fly out from there to HKG and on to home. Maybe what I will do is have my HKG layover on the way out instead of on the way in, so I can kind of recovery in luxury at the end of my trip.