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Skip to main content. December 7, 2013. We landed at Bangkok’s Don Muang airport at 1515 on Monday 2nd December after a short flight from Chiang Mai. We had booked a room at the Holiday Inn Express Siam, right in the middle of the CBD, but our first challenge was to work out how to get there! We would normally have taken a taxi from the airport, but with Bangkok being so big we decided against that idea as it would take a long time and cost a small fortune. Instead we opted for public transport! As we bo...
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Breath-taking beauty in Bai Tu Long Bay
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Breath-taking beauty in Bai Tu Long Bay. June 2, 2015. Middot; 2 comments. The most frequent recommendation I heard while preparing for my trip to Vietnam was to go to Ha Long Bay. As it turns out, the best cruise in Ha Long Bay is actually to cruise out of it, and into Bai Tu Long Bay on the ship the Treasure Junk. With a bit of research, my traveling buddy Helen, from Not Without My Passport. What is going on here? Our cruise began with an unexplained bit of pageantry as a masked man waved us aboard wh...
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Halong Bay: Worth the hype? | a+k wanderlusts
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Halong Bay: Worth the hype? Kenny and I were told multiple times that we must visit Halong Bay. You might have seen the pictures: dramatic limestone cliffs bursting out of the sea. It undoubtedly looks stunning but we had our concerns. Concerns about massive amounts of tourists and polluted waters as a result. Worries that rather than seeing the breathtaking scenery, we’d be staring at other boats. In Hoi An, we met some Germans who highly recommended the Treasure Junk. February 13, 2014. February 13, 20...
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Vietnam | Departure: Oslo // Arrival: World
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Departure: Oslo / Arrival: World. Day #49 – 51: A short stop in Ho Chi Minh City – enjoying the tourist traps. 19th – 21st December, 2013:. From Mui Ne we took a 4 hour (more like 6 hours) bus ride to Ho Chi Minh City. Formerly known as Saigon. The ride cost USD 6 per person, and was the easiest way for us to get directly from Mui Ne to HCMC. In HCMC we had booked a room at Hong Kong Kaiteki hotel. This was the stairwell at our mediocre-at-best hotel. We could barely fit our luggage through here. Sorry, ...
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