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Ultimate Bargain Tips to Save You Travel Money
Bargain is simply like a game of negotiation, where you take advantage of all reasons to down the price and enjoy the victorious feeling somehow. Some tips for you to win the seller in markets: 1. Is it bargainable? Try to bargain in a fix-price supermarket is a useless idea, so you can ask whether sellers accept bargaining. Most countries in southeast asia allow bargain as a culture. 2. Half-price/ wholesale price The very first price seller give you worths a fortune, mostly. You can estimate these stuffs by comparing to similar ones in your hometown, by your instinct, your buddies’ hints,… then bargain for it, Another way I usually…
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Ultimate packing tips for travelers
Warning: These simple packing tips may save you tons of time and frustration ! Travelling is awesome, but exhausted, especially when you have to change constantly hostels to hostels, these places to those places, on trains, planes or open bus,… And your “house” is your backpack. So if you know how to pack well then everything is easy. Otherwise, it’s hell when you have to put stuff in-and-out dozen of times (and sometimes forget something -> too bad). You will do this quite often so this is actually an important skill but few travellers admit. Whether you are beginner backpackers or travelling for years but never notice packing problem, this…
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A visit to Thac Ba – the first Vietnam-built hydropower plant
You also have an opportunity to take a cruise discovering one of three largest artificial lakes in S-shaped country. Constructed on Chay River (sông Chảy), Yen Binh district, Yen Bai province, this is the very first Vietnam-built hydropower plant, which was assisted by the former USSR, now the Russian Federation. The plant commenced construction on August 19th 1964 and inaugurated on October 5th 1971, when the first unit was commissioned. Thereafter, the second and third units were commissioned on March 10th 1972 and May 19th 1972, respectively. The construction of this hydrodam also gave birth to Thac Ba Lake, one of three largest artificial lakes in Vietnam and well-known for its diverse…
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Money Matters When Backpacking Around The World
Read this carefully or you lose your value travel money on trips. Some basic concept you need to know Currency: Most of the countries have their own currency and you cannot use the other kinds of dollar there so you have to exchange your money (Vietnam law only allows people to use ONLY domestic currency (Dong) so the payment in USD is illegal). Some regions (like EU) use a common dollar, it’s quite handy because there’s no need to exchange money. You save not only time but an amount of exchange fee. Some countries where people accept multi dollars, you need to do research what kind of dollar can be…
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Guide To Hostels for Beginner Backpackers
Why so many backpackers choose hostel to overnight. The answer with dozen of tips to book a perfect hostel is included in this hostel guide. Hostels is A Place to … Meet other travelers, save travel budget and offer a very cosy atmosphere. Most of them locates in backpacker hubs, which are usually very close to downtown so it’s also easy to explore around. I remember my first stay in BeePub – a hostel in Da lat, Vietnam. It was great to me: Live music at night, cool bunk bed and I met 2 amazing Australian roommate girls, took them around to explore local food. How freak their faces were first time seeing a…
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A Guide to “town on the cloud” Tam Dao
A weekend getaway selected by French, just 80km from Hanoi. Tam Dao is such a well-known destination thanks to its poetic scenery and spectacular cool climate all year round. Its name means three highest mountains (or “islands” on the cloud) named as Thien Thi, Thach Ban and Phu Nghia, which constitutes a basin where the cloudy town is situated, just a stone’s throw away from the borderline of two provinces Vinh Phuc and Thai Nguyen. People in the capital usually seek to travel here for leisure experience on the weekends, especially during the summertime and occasional hot days since the average temperature in Tao Dao is approximately 18 degrees at any season.…
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Ultimate Backpacking Checklist: What-To-Bring Before Boarding Flights
These final checklist before boarding will be sure you get a well-prepared trip. Passport This is the most important document right? Indeed, when you just travel overseas. If you’re Vietnamese, you can summit for a passport for 200,000 dong and it takes one week, then you can receive at the office. Visa It depends on your target countries. If you travel to visa exemption countries then no need to add it to the list. For Vietnamese passport, you can travel around Southeast Asia region at no cost, except for Timor East. Credit/ Debit cards Remember to bring them because most of the time we can have quick money from ATMs.…
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Bookclub: Brave New World – Happiness is boring
This is my very first English book for New Year Resolutions. It’s a big work of sci-fi and honestly it’s tough to read, too. Here is what I learned from Brave New World, mostly about happiness (and the reason why backpacking is still a joyful lifestyle for some of us, me included!) (Spoiler alert: I would partly reveal the plot below, so if you’d like to read, then read it, before continuing) Interesting distintives The iconic novel by Aldous Huxley introduces a world where human beings are perfectly conditioned, well-planned, fully content, even infantile a bit, hence, full of … happiness. On top of that, the people are cloned in…
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A Journey to Mau Son Resort, Lang Son
A memorable ride can fool you in the mysterious mist even in daylight, en route to the resort from the French colonial era with dozens of old houses now abandoned. For me, traveling by motorbike to the resort area of Mau Son mountain range (dãy núi Mẫu Sơn) was a tough, rough but irresistible ride, especially when wheels were rolling on a small road side by majestic cliffs. Read more: Top Tips to Make a Roadtrip Around Sapa by Motorbike Turning my head and I admired a panoramic vista towards green slopes dotted by local terrace fields with one or two lodges nearby sometime. The area is said to comprise up to 80 mountains…
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How to Travel From Bangkok To Hua Hin On A Budget
To reach Hua Hin, you can depart from Bangkok – The capital city of Thailand with several means to choose at your demand. Hua Hin is a tranquil city to the south of Thailand. It’s really renowned for beaches, delicious food, interesting tourism destinations and many distinctively exquisite sights. That’s reasons why tourists, both domestic and foreign, always choose this city for their holidays. There are 3 main ways to get to Hua Hin: by taxi, by bus or by train. 1. By bus or minibus Bus and minibus are the most preferred ones of top tips to travel from Bangkok to Hua Hin on a budget. If you choose bus…
























