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A Guide to Bui Vien Street, Vietnam
Bui Vien street, where there are restaurants, massage parlors, boutique hotels, cheap hostels, vibrant pubs, unique souvenir shops, go-go bars and the best travel agencies, is such a not-to-be-missed destination in the neighborhood. Let’s explore now! Where is Bui Vien street? Just less than 10-minute walking from the city center and you find the most famous backpacker’s street of Ho Chi Minh City. Love Bangkok’s Khao San Road? I bet you will find yourself falling in love with Bui Vien street location (here). “Where is Bui Vien street” is among the most common questions from first-time travelers to Ho Chi Minh city. Indeed, the trio of Bui Vien, De Tham,…
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A Destination Guide to Travel Tuyen Quang, Vietnam
Off the beaten track destinations for those who seek desperately. Do a query about travelling Tuyen Quang on the search engine and the result may astonish you: only 135,000 sites, but of which actually only roughly 10 sites provide enough useful information to plan a trip. What happened? Located among famous Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Phu Tho but Tuyen Quang possesses an understated fame that attracts less visits than other provinces nearby, which means you are rarely annoyed by flocks of curious tourists. Indeed, the province has two major kinds of tourism attractions: the richness of historical sites and a couple of spectacular natural wonders that are worth sightseeing once or twice. The province is nationwide…
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Best Camping Site in Ho Coc, Vietnam
A fantastic spot for weekend camping (and selfies)! For a long time, Ho Coc is famous for its picturesque coastal road with beautiful sea and beach resorts as well as local restaurants hidden inside casuarina forest in Ba Ria – Vung Tau province. Half a decade ago, the route was still a sleeping beauty, pristine and secluded. Years later, the construction of coastal resorts began to develop, awakening the “lady”. The earliest five-star resort was The Grand Ho Tram Strip, along with its brother Ho Tram Bluff golf course. They were striking landmarks standing alone by the massive beach that ignited the dream for a luxury holiday at that time (My dream came true 5 years later in a Fam Trip in…
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A Guide to Hon Tre Island, Vietnam
Merely 45 minutes away from Rạch Giá port, Kiên Giang, Bamboo Isle (Hòn Tre) is a small yet pretty, promising island to travel. But whether a little bit off-the-beaten-path destination is always among good choices for all? Read the story below to find out (with some useful tips & guidance included)! My story On my road trip by bicycle to Mekong Delta as well as the cluster of islands in the region, Hon Tre seemed very promising: small, good review but little coverage on the internet, which probably meant no overtourism yet. So I embarked on a boat of a local transport company for less than an hour to reach the island, with…
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Trekking on Hòn Sơn, Việt Nam: A Guide to Ông Rồng mountain
A pleasure hiking for a spectacular panorama and camping overnight in the pristine “paradise island”. Compared to Ma Thien Lanh mountain (Núi Ma Thiên Lãnh), Ông Rồng is definitely less challenging with just 250m high above sea level. The entrance to the trail is just less than one kilometer in distance from Bac Beach (Bãi Bấc) and marked with a small guide signboard. The name “Ông Rồng” (the Dragon) is actually derived from the ancient cycad at the top, whose shape looks like an aggressive dragon, grandly lying on the giant rock and watching all over the island. The life span of this best-known cycad is estimatedly up to 300 years old, by counting the number of whorls on leaf scars on stems…
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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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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…
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Trekking on Hon Son island: A Guide to Ma Thiên Lãnh
An extremely compelling experience awaits you on Hòn Sơn. One of my favorites during trip on Hòn Sơn is to enjoy swimming in turquoise sea with diverse marine world and also take part in continually trekking on steep trails through dense forests with giant and ancient trees to reach the top of the mountains and enjoy panoramic vista towards the coastal road bending like a snake, clusters of coconut, emerald sea ornate with rocks like eggs in various sizes, all under such a blue clear sky. In Hòn Sơn, these activities are possible to be experienced within one day. Fantastic! My typical schedule with a trekking option in mind: wake up…
