Right, on the back of my Bora Bora thread a few days ago, it's sunk in that even if I can save enough money to go for 3 weeks, the sheer cost of flights will mean it'll be a stingy holiday which I don't want.
My girlfriend and I have had a good chat and decided that we either want to go to Malaysia, Indonesia or Fiji. Would like to hear from folks here who've been to any of these and your thoughts, both good on bad on these places.
We have a window from April to July next year and can go for 3 weeks. Our budget is around £3k but we can double that. We intend on spending the final week in a topend hotel and just chilling by a beautiful beach somewhere. We're happy to go budget accomodation for the first 2 weeks.
Initial thoughts are for Malaysia, all i've heard from people who've visited say it's got the beauty of thai beaches and islands but even better. I loved Thailand so this has caught my attention straight away. Indonesia seems to have a lot more culture than Malaysia in terms of temples and such to visit and to be honest, I don't know a great deal about Fiji, it just looks like heaven, but it's such a variety of islands I wouldn't know which part to go.
Flights wise it's about £450'ish each return for Indonesia, £600'ish each return for Malaysia and £1200'ish each return for Fiji, so this needs to be taken into consideration for the overall cost.
I've spent a lot of time around the lonely planet and trip advisor forums but each section is heavily biased to each country so just wanted to get a general feel from you folks here about where to go.
If anyone can recommend anywhere else, ideally a small tropical island similar to Maldives, Tahiti, Rarotonga, Phi Phi with warm seas and loads of coral reefs, would be open to suggestions as well.
My girlfriend and I have had a good chat and decided that we either want to go to Malaysia, Indonesia or Fiji. Would like to hear from folks here who've been to any of these and your thoughts, both good on bad on these places.
We have a window from April to July next year and can go for 3 weeks. Our budget is around £3k but we can double that. We intend on spending the final week in a topend hotel and just chilling by a beautiful beach somewhere. We're happy to go budget accomodation for the first 2 weeks.
Initial thoughts are for Malaysia, all i've heard from people who've visited say it's got the beauty of thai beaches and islands but even better. I loved Thailand so this has caught my attention straight away. Indonesia seems to have a lot more culture than Malaysia in terms of temples and such to visit and to be honest, I don't know a great deal about Fiji, it just looks like heaven, but it's such a variety of islands I wouldn't know which part to go.
Flights wise it's about £450'ish each return for Indonesia, £600'ish each return for Malaysia and £1200'ish each return for Fiji, so this needs to be taken into consideration for the overall cost.
I've spent a lot of time around the lonely planet and trip advisor forums but each section is heavily biased to each country so just wanted to get a general feel from you folks here about where to go.
If anyone can recommend anywhere else, ideally a small tropical island similar to Maldives, Tahiti, Rarotonga, Phi Phi with warm seas and loads of coral reefs, would be open to suggestions as well.
