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Pickpocket in Manila and how to deal with it
Though I had been warned strictly by three people that I should be careful with Manila pickpocket. it still happened. And how I was so anxious then the solved it well (I thought so). How Manila pickpocket happened Manila is a wonderful historical city, and I did enjoy it. But my times was so short and I had to fly to next country. It was my last day in the capital. And I started early to visit the Ocean park. It’s really nice there with a lot of wonderful things to explore. When back to hostel, I took a jeepney as usual. I really loved this local transportation. But admittedly, three-day staying…
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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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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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Hua Hin Travel Guide
How to get in and around Hua Hin? What to eat and Where to go… My travel guide to Hua Hin will find out the best experience! My friend, who usually visits Thailand as a hardcore-budget traveler, suggested me join his journey to Hua Hin, as he introduced “Thai King’s resort”. I and (maybe) many ones, have never considered the town as a must-go destination among Pattaya, Phuket, Krabi,… But my experience proves that you’ll hardly find anything new in old places. Get in He recommended me experience Thai train, which he said “very cheap”. Cheap is not always a comfortable option, you have to keep the mindset if you…
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Condao Hostel Review: Uyen’s house dorm & bed
If you are looking for a Con Dao hostel in budget style, I recommend Uyen’s house for its very relaxing and romantic experience. As the only one hostel in the island, I loved its wooden style at the first sight. There’s a mid-size signboard “Uyen’s house – Bed & Room” at front with some bird-house-like props on. The house looks like a garden in a-style-of-no-style, various plants, put in various places, along with some art installation. The typical materials are woods, glass and metal mainframe. There are many plants in both exterior and interior details. A rolling bench is put at front, with a table made from a timber block, a wooden ashtray on, watching…
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Solo travel is not for you if…
You think you’re born to solo travel? I don’t think so! Here are the reasons You’re always busy It sounds not right but solo travel demands a greater time to prepare before trip. You have to read alot, about the destinations, what’s cool, what food you should try, how to travel from A to B, where you should live,… to build up a Itinerary, so that you make sure there’s no time to be wasted when you’re there. The budget travel is requiring much heavier work loads, you have to compare prices among many booking platforms (some of budget flight will conflict so you’re rearranging), read deep to know where…
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Con Dao travel story – the prologue
The prologue of my Con Dao travel story covers how I manage to get onboard a ship at budget price and first glance of the beautiful Con Dao Getting onboard I had few days off and a plan for Con Dao. There are 2 options to get to the island: flight or boat. Airline is not a budget choice, there’s no cheap ticket at all, so it must be getting on a boat for more reasonable price. When I got to Vung Tau, I thought that the port routing to Con Dao and HCMC was the same. I was wrong. They are two places independently, and 10 kilometer away from each…
