ENGLISH

VIETNAM

RUSSIA

FORUM

BOOKMARK

All >
Vietnam >Cambodia >Laos >Thailand >Myanmar >

Travel Articles & Ideas | Vietnam travel guide

Thailand’s Andaman coast: where sleeping giants lie

Danau Toba looks like Switzerland

Travel Articles & Ideas | Vietnam travel guide

Thailand’s Andaman coast: where sleeping giants lie

The Andaman Coast is the land of superlatives: the tallest karst formations, the longest beaches, the softest sands, the bluest water… Along the coast, scuba buffs go deep down into the greatest dive sights around. (more ... ...)

Spun Gold

I travel to drink in the world through all my senses. When I saw this rough golden silk in Hanoi I had to touch it. The strands of silk felt like dried grass under my fingers, and I bought two yards to see if I could Cyanotype it. (more ... ...)

Vietnam guide

Vietnam travel guide (more ... ...)

Danau Toba looks like Switzerland

That's how it feels at Danau Toba, a beautiful, big lake in Northern Sumatra. Tall mountains surround the lake, in its centre there is an island the size of Singapore, with even more mountains. All is lush and green, but apart from the palm trees everywhere, it looks a lot like a lake in Switzerland. (more ... ...)

Motorcycling in Vietnam

Vietnam is probably not the place to learn how to ride a motorcycle. The streets of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are astonishingly crowded with bicycles, scooters, motorcycles, cyclos, huge, grumbling trucks, and thousands of pedestrians, each of whom operates under different and mutually aggressive rules of the road. (more ... ...)

Building a Better World While Touring It

NADINE RUBIN wanted to give her daughter the trip of a lifetime for her 21st birthday. They were planning to visit Hong Kong because her daughter was interested in fashion. “But I wanted to do something else,” Ms. Rubin said. (more ... ...)

In Vietnam, Traveling an Unlikely Beer Trail

THE setting could have been any typical Central European beer garden. (more ... ...)

Sticky Rice

After living in Asia for three years I was quite sure I had eaten every single kind of rice dish. On my trip to Laos last month I discovered that wasn’t true. (more ... ...)

Hoi An A Stitch In Time – Vietnam, Asia

As the pretty young gal competently took my measurements, her colleague distractedly recorded them in a jumbled notebook. (more ... ...)

Sapa, Vietnam – Getting Out of Hanoi

The night is cool and crisp and we are boarding our train from Hanoi, Vietnam to the northern mountain town of Sapa. (more ... ...)

Searching Saigon for Boutique Comfort

FOR more than 12 years now, I’ve been visiting Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and I’ve watched as it’s grown bigger and richer, faster and hipper, more cosmopolitan and more connected. Saigon, as it’s still known to most, has an anything-can-happen energy that embraces me the moment (more ... ...)

In Laos and Vietnam, Tracing the Path of a Colonial Ancestor

THE spring water that drips from massive slabs of rock on a hillside in southern Laos, high above the flood plains of the Mekong River, is a rarity in Asia today, so pristine and welcoming that you don’t hesitate to cup your hands and gulp it down. (more ... ...)

In Vietnam, Traveling an Unlikely Beer Trail

THE setting could have been any typical Central European beer garden. There were long rows of wooden tables stained in dark, rich hues; half- and full-liter beer mugs hanging from metal racks; and two beautifully crafted brass decoction tanks used for mashing traditionally brewed beer. (more ... ...)

In Vietnam, Cauldrons on Every Corner

“YOU like congealed pigs’ blood?” my travel companion asked, pulling me over to a street cart in Ho Chi Minh City. Before I could answer, two bowls of chao, a rice porridge bobbing with slices of pork sausage and cubes of coagulated blood, were plopped in our hands. (more ... ...)

Memories of Days and Nights in Mui Ne – Vietnam, Asia

Mui Ne has an international reputation for being one of the places in the world to be when it comes to windsurfing and kitesurfing. It’s hardly surprising then that resorts, bars and restaurants stand side by side along the miles-long stretch of beach to cater to the increasing number of tourists who visit the region. (more ... ...)

Long Bien Festival 2010 - expat’s gift to Hanoi

Following the success of the Memories of Long Bien Bridge Festival 2009, Nguyen Nga, an overseas Vietnamese living in France, is busy completing her final preparatons for the Long Bien Festival 2010 to mark the 1,000th birthday of Thang Long-Hanoi. (more ... ...)

Finding a More Serene Vietnam

AS the sun’s last rays streaked the sky bubble-gum pink and tangerine, the residents of Con Dao Island were calling it a day, and the mile-and-a-half-long beachfront promenade that serves as this small Vietnamese island’s social hub was filling up as the heat of the day finally relented. (more ... ...)

Yellow Flower (Hoa Vàng)

The Yellow Flower Restaurant (in Vietnamese Hoa Vàng) is located at the riverside on Bach Dang Street. It is a genuine Vietnamese place with simple decoration, good food. Dishes like "cá kho tộ" (Fish Simmered in Caramel Sauce), Chả giò ... (more ... ...)

Fruits of Viet Nam: Jackfruit (Quả Mít)

Jackfruit (Quả Mít) is a native Asian fruit, where it is considered a delicacy. It came originally from India, before reaching Viet Nam. Jackfruits come in many shapes and sizes, although generally they are oblong or pear shaped. They can grow to... (more ... ...)

Vietnam Travel, Pedalling the Northwest of Vietnam

In colonial days, the mountains surrounding Sapa were known as the Tonkinese Alp for the quasi-European climate, with the town functioning as a former hill station built by the French as a retreat from the heat for vacationing military officers (more ... ...)

Vietnam Adventure Tours, Nature & motorcycling trail in Ha Giang Vietnam

Vietnam, with its verdant countryside and bustling cities, has a lot to offer adventurous travelers and those wanting to put a face on the Vietnam War. Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon (more ... ...)

Hanoi Travel, Hanoi Packages, Hanoi Travel Guide

While many Asian cities have simply mown down their history over the last few decades, replacing it with an influx of ugly modern skyscrapers, Hanoi has simply… well… layered. The historical and the modern mix here in a way that’s often (more ... ...)

Vietnam Vacation Guide | Vietnam Travel Guide

A frenzied mass of complex history and rich, cultural traditions, Vietnam is both the experience of a lifetime and the a difficult country to experience fully as a foreigner. Invaded and occupied by China several different times over the years, and subject to (more ... ...)

Cambodia Culinary Tours | Cambodia's Culinary Delights

I could've eaten a duck embryo and well, I did! Yes, this time around I didn't chicken out.So I hopped on a bus to Battambang, a sleepy town closer to the Thai border. I was looking forward to putting war behind me and also meeting up with Alex (more ... ...)

Vietnam's Tet traditional food - Legendary Chung Cake from Thanh Khuc Village

Thanh Khuc (or Tranh Khuc) Village at Duyen Ha Commune, Thanh Tri District, Hanoi is famous for making their traditional Chung cake. This is a place where the spirit of Tet comes alive the earliest in Hanoi. (more ... ...)

Things to do in Phnom Penh

This was my first time to Cambodia. We planned this trip last year when hubby was setting up his schedule for 2009, after having realized we could leave the kids with my parents-in-law. I was glad that during the first few years of their lives (more ... ...)

Say 'aloha' to Hainan, Hawaii in China

Twenty years after opening to visitors, Stephanie Plentl finds Hainan, an island oasis in the midst of change.On the steamy latitude of 18 degrees north sits an exotic island. It basks in year-round summer sunshine and breathes in near-perfect air. (more ... ...)

The temples of Angkor Wat in mind (Return Visit Angkor Story)

Ann told her experience and feeling in Angkor temples as well as in Siem Reap, Cambodia when she took part in an eighteen day travel through Asia with her husband. (more ... ...)

Eight Wonders of Vietnam

UNESCO lists five World Heritages in the country, but Adventure Beat editor Christian Kallen's list presents a more varied picture: the Eight Wonders of Vietnam.If many of a certain generation tried to avoid going to Vietnam at all costs, now these same (more ... ...)

A memorable trip to Fansipan by Sapa Vietnam

We are a group of Malayan, We often take adventure tours and this time to Vietnam is Fansipan. Get pick up at Laocai train station and transfer to Sa pa, we stopped at Hotel, got a room for shower, breakfast, prepared our gears for the coming trek. (more ... ...)

Best Time to Visit Malaysia

Before we talk about when is the best time for you to set foot on Malaysian soil for a perfect holiday gateway, let us tell you when are the peak times that you might want to avoid during your stay here. Although Malaysia is a tropical country (more ... ...)

Top Ten Asia Beaches by the Sunday Herald Sun

The Sunday Herald Sun recently reported on the top beaches in Asia. With idyllic archipelagoes, exotic shores and twinkling islands, there is more than enough to choose from.ou won’t find old favorites like Boracay’s White Beach and the Maldives (more ... ...)

Buffalo tours of pottery town, Vietnam

Among the tourist sites surrounding Hanoi, the Bat Trang pottery village with 500 or more years of history, is an ideal place to visit, attracting a large number of people from the city – and foreign tourists. Slow and steady (more ... ...)

Bac Ha, a white highland in Vietnam

Visiting Bac Ha Highland in Lao Cai province on early spring days, tourists will be treated with a pure and special selection of beautiful Tam Hoa plum flowers covering villages with its white colour. (more ... ...)

Smooth sailing in Mekong Delta, Vietnam

My Tho Town offers a welcome respite from the rough and tumble of Ho Chi Minh City. After five days of shop-tillyou-drop in Ho Chi Minh City, a splendid place for such activity, we were sorely in need of another short holiday to recover from this one. (more ... ...)

Pedalling the Northwest of Vietnam

In colonial days, the mountains surrounding Sapa were known as the Tonkinese Alp for the quasi-European climate, with the town functioning as a former hill station, built by the French as a retreat from the heat for vacationing military officers. (more ... ...)

Alleys form soul of old Hoi An, Vietnam

Falling in love with Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam is to fall in love with its wonderful alleyways, which for locals are the soul of their home town. (more ... ...)

The Great Red Spider Vietnam Motorcycle Tour - Part 1

Series of blog entries from Burrows Red Spider group describe their great 16-day motorcycling trip in Vietnam with ACTIVETRAVEL ASIA. Let's follow their trip day by day! (more ... ...)

Have a foggy, jolly, Christmas in Sapa, Vietnam

Temperatures in Sapa, the most famous tourist site of northern Vietnam, are less than 4oC, but the town is very crowded with foreign and local visitors who come to celebrate Christmas. VietnamNet reports in photos: (more ... ...)

Cham island, Vietnam – A part of the world’s lung

Lying in Tan Hiep commune, in the central province of Quang Nam’s Hoi An town, Cu lao Cham or Cham island is a cultural historical monument that is closely associated with the establishment and development of Hoi An town for a thousand years. (more ... ...)

Sign up for E-mail

Asia Travel News

Travel Tips Center

Asia Travel Tips

Travel Articles & Ideas | Vietnam travel guide

Travel Articles & Ideas | Vietnam travel guide