Thanks for the suggested itinerary Scotters. Your advice is very welcomed and you are right, we are residents of Canada and quite naturally “hot weather” challenged.

We will be in SEA for at least two months, possibly three months. I am considering getting dental work done in Bangkok, treatment of which spans three months from start to finish. The “very tentative” plan is to land for several days in Bangkok in early June and then spend the rest of June in northern India, returning to SEA for July and August. We are wide open to suggestions.

We (3 people) have a midlevel travel budget – US $60 to $70 each per day max, which we hope will cover everything except air flights. We would prefer to avoid sharing rooms. At different points, we would like to stay for a while to get to know the local culture, renting three bedroom condos or bungalows.

We also have a spiritual bent and thus are more interested in things Buddhist than the normal tourist type stuff.

Your suggested itinerary sounds great. I look forward to more information and details.
Thanks, Andy