Originally Posted by gradvmedusa
Anyway I think I have ruled Myanmar out apparently it's extremly rainy there in July. I also didn't realize how affordable Thailand was, but I am concerned with the crowds, is it extremly crowded there in late July and Early Agust?
Thailand is a big country with over 70 million people, backpackers are a drop in the pond. Yes, Khao San Road and Koh Samui will be full of the dreadlocked hippies who think that not showering is a fashion statement, but there's much more to the country...
There are major climate variations even per country, eg. in Thailand the west coast is rainy when the east coast is dry. July is in the transition period between the hot and the wet seasons, so weather is rather unpredictable. Bear in mind that anywhere in the tropics, "extremely rainy" does not mean a week of cold drizzle, it means a torrential downpour once a day that rarely lasts over an hour.