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How to Love Travel, Again
Have you ever thought you will stop travelling? In spite of starting with an inspring dream “travel the world”, but recently you’ve been likely to be fed up with journeys, you rush on a bus to a new destination but your mind is away, your heart is not full and your thought is confusing “why I don’t feel satisfied, what’s wrong with me”. I was. Well, truth to be told, sometimes I just wanted to settle down, 9-5 jobs, earn for living, read books and enjoy my weekends on some coffee. But then I was confused and my heart was eager to be put on road again. I was stuck…
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5 Reasons To Trek Ba Den Mountain
Many travelers miss to trek Ba Den mountain while it is a must-try experience when you’re in HCMc. Here is the reasons: 1. Location Ba Den mountain is such a popular trekking site among Saigon citizens. The young usually spend the weekend climbing the peak. It’s very close to HCMc, only 90 km on highway. At average speed of 50 km/h, it takes 2 hours to reach the foot of the mountain. Due to the short range, you can take your time to climb up and down within a day or join a night trek and get down day after. (It shares the same direction with Cu Chi tunnel so…
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TTC Ke Ga resort review
I had a two-day business trip to TTC Premium Ke Ga resort and here is some thoughts about the 4-star destination. 1. Landscape You will be impressed by the garden close to the reception area with fishes, plants and trees look like a stream. At the other side, look through the window and there are blocks of plants welcoming you very beautifully. The resort features endless lines of coconut, along with some other trees like bananas or pools full of lily or lotus, giving you sense of tropical region when walking under shade or posing for the selfie. The plants are well placed, bring more color to the resort, which…
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Travel by bus from Ho Chi Minh city to Vientiane, Laos
I’ll note some quick information for travelers who wish to travel from Ho Chi Minh city to Vientiane by bus. The bus will depart at Ho Chi Minh city, go through Hoa Lu border checkpoint (Vietnam) and spend a half day in Cambodia, until they reach Stung Treng border crossing station to Laos. The on-bus time is approximately 28 hours. Bike transportation will very harsh, so it’d better take a bus to Vientiane and rent/buy a bike to travel across Laos. I saw many ads selling bike mostly everywhere in Laos, most of them are from Vietnam. Okie, this is the main point: We only found ONE bus driving DIRECTLY…
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How to check your motorbike before and after the road trip
Biking with our own bike is the best but sometimes we have to rent bikes to travel around so these quick bike checking tips may help you enjoy the biketrip more safely. 1. Engine The engine is heart of motorbike. So it deserves to check first. A good engine brings you a beautiful roadtrip experience. These below checks should be done: – Good ignition from electronic starter and pedal ? – The engine sound good, fume clear? – Locate the spark plug and check it still good. – Motor lubricant is fresh and enough? *Let bike run in 2-5 minutes to check for any abnormalities. 2. Wheels Good wheels keep…
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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…
