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    Thailand (or elsewhere in SE Asia) the last two weeks of December?

    Wow! Thanks for that itinerary. I’ve already started looking at it in more detail. One concern I have is hiring guides through lodges once we get there instead of hiring directly ourselves in advance. We used to reserve through lodges and have them set up the guiding, but we have found it hit or...
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    Thailand (or elsewhere in SE Asia) the last two weeks of December?

    Ok, sure, that would be great if you could recommend some local guides. We never go on scheduled group birding tours, but we have started using an independent guide to set up our trip, travel with us and set things up with local guides. I have to be super careful about what I eat (else I could...
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    Thailand (or elsewhere in SE Asia) the last two weeks of December?

    How did you bird independently? How did you work out the transportation, figuring out logistics, etc? I have often thought about trying to do an independent trip, but fear that I will miss out on a lot of the specialty/hard to find birds without expert help. (Also, I have some pretty serious...
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    Thailand (or elsewhere in SE Asia) the last two weeks of December?

    My husband and I will have two+ weeks of vacation at the end of December and would like to bird SE Asia for the first time. What areas would be good at this time of year? We were originally considering Thailand, but then heard that the holidays are really not a great time to visit due to greatly...
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