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Hon Giao Pass Camping: an Awesome Story
Few people camping here and if you can be one of them, I can sure that the experience is really awesome. Hon Giao is a famous pass. It slopes from Da Lat city downward to Nha Trang, gets by Bidoup – Nui Ba national forest. Considered one of the most beautiful and longest passes in central highland of Viet Nam, local travelers prefer “Omega”. It’s such a beautiful woman, abandoned and need you to have a talk to her at night – camping. I don’t know why people name it with the final one in Greek letters. My friends suggest that because of its top-down shape similar to the letter.…
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Travel bucket list: 10 experiences in Phu Quoc, Vietnam
It’s over 6 months since I ‘met’ Phu Quoc island, I still remember ‘her’. The following bucket list is great moments I very enjoyed in the island. I love them all. And I wish them for you. That was my first time on air to the beautiful island. I put my backpack down and looked up. In contrast to the very cool air flows touching skin inside the airport, the tropical sun then showed up her power. It was hot and dry outside. I was new guy there, alone, and no idea what would be going on the following days. Indeed, I hadn’t had any plans or itinerary before the trip.…
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Bad guys in Cambodia
These travel tips originate from odds, especially in third-world countries, when you travel, and one of them is corruption. This is the travel story for my first time experience “travel bribe”. It happened in Cambodia, August, 2015. My opinion is that these “bad guys” doesn’t represent all Cambodian people. For me, they are still hospitable, lovely and welcome after all. I tell these stories so that you know what occurring in the country and have plans to deal well with these weird experience and enjoy better moments instead of crying as a victim. No, we should learn to become a professional, experienced traveler after years, not amateur anymore, right? You’re…
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A quick travel guide to Chiang Mai
There are 4 kinds of people who will love Chiang Mai: natural-oriented minds, budget travelers, culture explorers and adventure challengers. The quick Chiang Mai travel guide below will explain in details. Get in The cheapest mean of transportation to Chiang Mai is ordinary train, there’s one at Bang Sue station, only 270 baht. Overnight train but very basic equipment so you’re expected to deal with noise, dust and back ache because they are all wooden seat. It’s cheap but very fatigue. I’ve taken bus, which I thought it was quite more expensive than train at first (488 baht for a class I seat) but then I found that Bus was…
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My first time with Yi Peng festival
Yi Peng festival is a famous attraction in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Though pictures of air floating lantern lure travelers, it is really an occasion for all people to wish for merit. It was sad that I couldn’t attend it to the end due to limited schedule. All the experience below will cover my 3-day trip, including a day before and the first day of the festival. My second night experience was actually a view of flying lanterns from a bus window. To be honest, it’s still worthy than just looking through images with imagination, though just a few lanterns in the air. Day before As a highland city, there are many…
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2016: A travel year to look back
My travel year 2016 look back all my travel memories, where I traveled, friends I met and experience i did. A useful post to glance at a travel blogger life January – Tay Ninh, Vietnam I started the new year with a trekking to Black Virgin summit via challenging Ma Thien Lanh route. Imagine you have to try with all your body and strong mind to get to the top. That’s what I love in mountain hiking. The moment when you see the peak after dozens of time you told yourself “I can’t do it” is really melting. The night was not comfortable, the ground was rough, cold and hard to…
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Doi Inthanon tour – check in the highest spot in Thailand
I didn’t plan for this, it came to me by chance. Doi Inthanon tour wasn’t in my head firstly, but the phrase “the highest spot in Thailand” really lured me when I was searching for anything matters around Chiang Mai. And It turned out the right choice. Why Doi Inthanon? Waking on bus seat, a beautiful morning outside the window. Green vegetation, white clouds, a blur on the window, it was such a highland sign. I visited Chiang Mai by chances. A Chinese girl told me that would be festival in town instead of cancellation because of the King’s death as I’d known before. Not well-equipped information, so I opened…
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Black Virgin pagoda near HCMC, Vietnam
Fed up with crowd? Like to enjoy quite and religious, read my experience in the Black Virgin pagoda complex in Tay Ninh, Viet Nam and make your own choice. If you travel to Vietnam, and stay for a week in HCM city, trekking around should be in your check list. There’s a mountain considered as the highest peak in East-southern legion at 996 m. It’s Black Virgin. On a trekking to the peak of Black Virgin mountain, it’s nice to stay a night at the pagoda on the hill side. It generally offers travelers a peaceful atmosphere and good accomodation to reach the top through the “pagoda track” in the…
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The Two Cutest Coffees in Con Dao, Vietnam
After a long journey, we usually find a cosy place to get rid of tiredness and regain the balance. The coffee shops with beautiful design seems very nice to hang out. I’ve seen many Con Dao coffee shops but just really impressed by two names: Infinite and Lacasa. They are really unique in design with a reasonable menu. Infinite cafe This coffee includes 2 sectors with very specific style. The left house look young and modern while the right one is quite vintage. While watching the coffee, I came up with an idea that it followed a rule of design: a style of no style. The exterior looks like a…
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Something true about Yi Peng festival (Mass air lantern release)
Whether you have to pay for ticket to join Yi Peng festival? Firstly, you have to understand the festival in depth. Following my research, there are 2 separate festivals but happening the same time: They are Yi Peng (air lanterns) and Loi Krathong (floating laterns on rivers). While Loi Krathong is popular nationwide in Thailand, Yi Peng is actually local. They are held separately, then combined into one occasion for better organization and tourist attendance. The festival lasts for 3 days officially. However, you can visit days before to experience the local preparation works on their houses and pagodas, or extend your staying longer to access to a self-releasing lanterns event held…
