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Your friendly scout for first trips — what things cost, what locals earn (so prices and tipping make sense), how to get around, and the questions every first-timer asks.

Torn between two cities?

Pick any two of the 127 and see what a day costs in each, side by side, before you open either guide.

Where should I go?

Pick a month and a budget. Spend is mid-range per person — room, food, transport and sights, no flights. See every city ranked by cost or download the cost index.

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Where

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$200+a day

126 of 127 city guides, cheapest first

🇹🇭 Pai$18–40/dayThailand · Nov–FebA tiny mountain valley town three hours and 762 curves north of Chiang Mai — canyon viewpoints, hot springs, reggae bars, and a backpacker gravity that makes 'two days' turn into a week.

🇹🇭 Sukhothai$18–40/dayThailand · Nov–FebThe ruined first capital of Siam, and Ayutthaya's much quieter cousin — weathered brick chedis reflected in lotus ponds, bicycle paths instead of tour buses, and almost none of the crowds.

🇹🇭 Ayutthaya$20–45/dayThailand · Nov–FebThe ruined former capital of the Siamese kingdom — brick chedis and headless Buddhas scattered across a bicycle-friendly park, an easy 1.5-hour train ride from Bangkok's chaos.

🇨🇳 Kaifeng$25–45/dayChina · Apr–May, Sep–OctCapital of the Northern Song and, a thousand years ago, probably the largest city on earth. Today a low-rise, walkable town whose real attraction is a night market that takes over the streets after dark.

🇹🇭 Koh Lanta$22–55/dayThailand · Nov–AprA long, laid-back island south of Krabi that takes real effort to reach and rewards it — quiet west-coast beaches, a stilted Sino-Thai fishing village, and a slower pace than Phuket or Krabi ever offer.

🇻🇳 Hanoi$25–50/dayVietnam · Mar–Apr, Oct–DecA thousand-year-old capital where motorbikes swarm narrow Old Quarter streets, French colonial villas sit beside pagodas, and plastic stools spill onto the sidewalk for the country's best bowl of pho.

🇻🇳 Hoi An$25–55/dayVietnam · Feb–MayA UNESCO-listed trading port frozen in time — lantern-lit streets, a centuries-old Japanese bridge, and a tailoring industry that can turn a sketch into a custom suit in 48 hours.

🇹🇭 Chiang Mai$25–55/dayThailand · Nov–FebNorthern Thailand's cultural heart — a moated Old City of hundreds of temples, misty mountains, laptop-friendly cafés, and a slower, cheaper pace than Bangkok's chaos.

🇲🇦 Fes$25–60/dayMorocco · Mar–May, Sep–NovMorocco's spiritual and intellectual capital — home to the world's largest car-free urban area, a 1,200-year-old university, and the country's most intense medina experience.

🇨🇳 Guilin$28–55/dayChina · Good year-roundThe karst-mountain scenery on the back of the ¥20 note — a slower, greener corner of China built around the Li River and the backpacker village of Yangshuo.

🇨🇳 Harbin$28–55/dayChina · Jun–Aug, Dec–FebChina's far-northeast winter capital — Russian-influenced architecture along the Songhua River, brutal sub-zero winters, and the world's largest ice and snow festival.

🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City$25–55/dayVietnam · Dec–AprStill called Saigon by most locals — a fast-moving, entrepreneurial city of glass towers rising over French colonial landmarks, with a motorbike sea and a street-food scene that runs 24 hours.

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Every guide here is priced by hand and goes stale on its own. Three taps, no writing, and you keep the numbers honest for whoever reads it next.

Check a priceStill right, paid more, or paid less — on the meal, hotel and transit figures in every guide. Further down, you can flag the scams you actually ran into.Open a guide →Stamp where you’ve beenMark a city “Been there”, add the month, and say whether it was worth it. Your stamps build a passport you can share.Start stamping →Settle a matchupEvery city-vs-city page asks which one you’d pick. The split stays hidden until you vote.Try Tokyo vs Kyoto →

Voting and stamping need a Google sign-in (top right) — that’s what keeps it one vote each. Nothing you do here is posted publicly unless you share your passport on purpose.

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