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Ha Giang Loop, Vietnam

Quan Ba
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Save The Ha Giang loop, or “extreme motorbike loop” as it’s commonly referred to, is an epic adventure through the mountains of North Vietnam, close to the border with China….

Abandoned Waterpark in Hue

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If you’re looking for something different to do in Hue, hire a motorbike and set off in search of Ho Thuy Tien abandoned waterpark. The park was opened in 2004…

How to survive an overnight train in India

India sleeper train
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You’re waiting on the platform and the train arrives ten minutes early. As you board, your steward checks your tickets and takes you to your cabin, where plush beds with…

The Port City of Kochi

Kochi
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Kerala’s port city of Kochi is a big tourist draw, with its complex history reflected in both the culture and architecture. From Chinese fishing nets, ancient mosques and spice markets,…

Homestay in the Alleppey Backwaters

Kerala Backwaters
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When most people think of Kerala, the first place that comes to mind is the Alleppey backwaters. Lush green scenery with rivers and waterways filled with floating houseboats. Small villages surrounded…

Varkala – The “mini Goa” of Kerala

Varkala
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If you’re looking for an alternative to Goa, then just a couple of hours up the coast from Thiruvananthapuram is Varkala, a small beach town with a big focus on yoga,…

Thiruvananthapuram, Capital of Kerala

Connemara Market Trivandrum
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Save Thiruvananthapuram (try saying that at 5:30am at the airport check-in desk) is the largest city and gateway to the state of Kerala. We just stayed a few days, but…

How to choose a company for the Inca Trail

Inca Trail to machu picchu
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Save A once in a lifetime trip, walking the original Inca pathways to the 550 year old citadel of Machu Picchu. There are hundreds of companies offering Inca Trail treks…

Seth’s Sausages of South America

South American sausage
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Since it’s been exactly a year that we were stood on the roadside at a Colombian-style trucker stop, boasting an elderly man adorned in a hat with a sausage attached…

Things to do in Krakow

Krakow Main Square
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Save Krakow is one of the oldest cities in Poland, there is so much to see and do in the city and surrounding area. It’s incredible value for money and…

A moving visit to Auschwitz

Auschwitz gate
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Save Auschwitz is probably the most famous former concentration camp and site of mass genocide in the world. From 1940-1945 around one and a half million people, mainly Jewish, were…

How to travel to Easter Island on a budget

Moai statues at ahu tongariki on Easter Island
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Save The mysterious Easter Island lies 3,600 km off the coast of Chile. Covered in hundreds of Moai statues, it still holds the secrets of a lost civilisation. Many people dream…

Top 5 Travel Scams in Latin America

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We wrote before about our top 10 travel scams in South-East Asia and although many of them weren’t particularly dangerous, they were all quite annoying and had the potential to…

Life and Death in Varanasi

Varanasi
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“Don’t go to Varanasi.” That’s what we’d been told by a few people we’d met on our trip. “You’ll either love it or hate it,” others had said. It’s certainly…

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