Thailand in 2 Weeks: Bangkok, the North and One Island Coast
Two weeks is enough for Thailand’s three distinct halves — the capital, the north, and the islands — provided you don’t try to do all the islands. The
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Two weeks is enough for Thailand’s three distinct halves — the capital, the north, and the islands — provided you don’t try to do all the islands. The
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The Reunification Express runs 1,650km from Hanoi to Saigon and takes 32–36 hours end to end. Almost nobody should do the whole thing. One section of it, though,
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Vietnam is one of the easier countries in Asia to travel independently — good transport, widespread English in tourist areas, and cheap domestic flights. So the honest question
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Hanoi’s neighbourhoods differ more than most cities’ do, and the wrong choice means either a taxi every evening or no sleep. Four areas are worth considering. The four
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Hoi An has an unusually good luxury hotel market — partly because land near the old town is restricted, partly because the beach is far enough away to
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Yes — with one condition. The price tier you book changes the experience more than in almost any other travel purchase in Vietnam. Identical routes sell from $80
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They’re the same seascape. Limestone karsts rising out of green water, thirty kilometres apart, geologically continuous. The difference is boats — how many, and how close together. The
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Vietnam has a reputation as a budget destination. It is — but the gap between backpacker and comfortable is smaller than people assume, and the gap between comfortable
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Vietnam is 1,650km end to end. That single fact decides your itinerary more than anything else — and it’s why most ten-day plans fail. People try to do
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Short answer: yes for bareboat, no for anything skippered. If you don’t hold a licence you can still charter — you just hire someone who does, and it
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