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Of all the countries in Southeast Asia, Myanmar (formerly Burma) remains the least traveled. That's partly circumstance and partly its own remote beauty — a country the size of Texas pressing up against Thailand, India, China, and the Bay of Bengal, ...
You could spend a week in Laos and have nothing to show for it – no certificates climbed, no tours completed, no bucket-list check marks. You'd have a sunburn from sitting on a riverboat. A notebook half-filled with things you noticed. A slow accumul...
Vietnam does not ease you in. You land in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City and immediately the motorbikes, the heat, the smell of pho and exhaust, the honking, the sellers, and the sheer density of it all hit at once. Some people love it immediately. Some p...
Taiwan is one of those destinations that people put off because they're not quite sure what it is — not fully China, not quite Japan, its own complex and fascinating thing. Then they go, and they can't stop talking about it. The food alone justifies ...
Laos has one of the lowest violent crime rates for tourists in Southeast Asia. Traveler-on-traveler theft is rare. Scams are mild compared to neighboring Thailand or Vietnam. Political tension doesn't touch tourists. By general safety metrics, it's...
After you've read the list of what you can't do in Qatar, here's the good news: Qatar has invested billions of dollars in creating extraordinary things to see and do. It's a genuinely surprising destination for curious travelers. Visit the Museum ...
There are not many places in the world where the country and its capital share an identical name — Montenegro and its capital Podgorica come to mind, though they are distinct. Djibouti is different: the capital city of Djibouti is simply called Dji...
Sri Lanka is often mentioned in the same breath as Thailand and Vietnam as one of Southeast Asia's (technically South Asia's) great budget destinations. And it is genuinely affordable — for accommodation, food, local transport, and attractions, you c...
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