Visiting Ho Chi Minh With a population of 5½ million people Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam, although it isn’t the capital. Unofficially still known as ‘Saigon’, it is also sometimes referred to as HCMC. While it is the country’s busiest city, the tree-lined streets are wide and you can…
Tag: Asia
Things to Do in Bangkok: What to See, Eat and Where to Stay
Visiting Bangkok Bangkok is a fascinating destination offering a unique blend of east and west where, despite a modern appearance, ancient traditions are very much alive in every day life. About Bangkok, Thailand Just over four hundred years ago, the city of Bangkok was little more than a village consisting of a few houses…
Don’t forget Gilis! Nine reasons not to miss the little sisters of Bali
Bali has been on the tourist trail for years, and while you definitely don’t want to miss it, set aside some time to leave the crowds and explore Bali’s three little sisters: Gili Trawangan (also known as Gili T), Gili Air and Gili Meno, ranked by size and vibrancy. All three are blessed with pure…
Getting off the beaten track in Southeast Asia
In the latest of a series of guest posts from Matt Kepnes of NomadicMatt.com , Matt tell us of the different places you can go to in Southeast Asia that haven’t succumbed to mass tourism. Instead, here you might even find a beach to yourself. To keep up-to-date with Matt you can follow him on Twitter and like his page on Facebook . In Southeast…
Free things to do in Seoul
Hostelworld.com’s latest guest post ‘Free things to do in Seoul’ is by Juno, a travel blogger who, in her very own words, ‘designs the world’. Currently working as a mechanical engineer, she is also a perpetual backpacker. She has all these peculiar ideas about travel and she pours them out on her travel blog, Runaway Juno ….
Get the App.