Tag: Adventure & Activities
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Ninh Binh: Boats Rowed by Foot, and the End of a Ten-Part Trip
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Asia · Solo Travel Solo traveller · 17 min read Trip snapshot Region Ninh Binh, North Vietnam Trip length 1 day, Episode 10 of 10 (series finale) Travel style Solo, day trip from Hanoi Quick Answer Ninh Binh, often called “Ha Long Bay on land,” genuinely earns that comparison, and…
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Ha Long Bay: A Dragon Legend and an Island Named for a Cosmonaut
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Asia · Solo Travel Solo traveller · 16 min read Trip snapshot Region Ha Long Bay, North Vietnam Trip length 1 day, Episode 9 of 10 Travel style Solo, day trip from Hanoi Quick Answer Ha Long Bay is genuinely worth the roughly 3.5-hour drive each way from Hanoi, even…
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Watching a Mountain Become a Buddha in Da Nang
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A mountain named for each of the five elements, and watching an actual Buddha statue get carved from raw marble.
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Ba Na Hills: A French Town in the Clouds
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32,000 visitors can pass through here in a single day, here’s exactly when to go to feel like you have the place to yourself.
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Ho Chi Minh City: Inside the Cu Chi Tunnels
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War-disabled artisans, a rice paper demo, and tunnels built every 200 metres with a different trap, one day at Cu Chi.
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Bathinda to Fazilka: A 2,000-Year-Old Fort and the Border at Sunset
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Razia Sultan was held captive here, and 2,000 years later I watched the sun set right at the India-Pakistan border.
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Punakha to Trongsa: Two Rivers, One Crane, and Bhutan’s Largest Dzong
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No power lines to protect endangered cranes, a river confluence fortress, and Bhutan’s largest Dzong, all in one stretch.
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Tiger’s Nest: 245 Steps, a Dizzy Spell, and a Festival
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About 800 steps to Tiger’s Nest, a hot stone bath that didn’t go to plan, and a festival that needed traditional dress to enter.
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Bhutan: The Snow That Cancelled Haa Valley
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Rain cancelled Tiger’s Nest, snow nearly cancelled Chele La Pass too, and Haa Valley’s twin temples made up for both.
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Kwar and Dodra: A Triple-Locked Grain Store, Apricot Oil, and a Peak Google Has Never Measured
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400 sheep sleeping outdoors, apricot oil pressed by hand, and a peak no one’s ever measured, two days in the last villages of Shimla district.