Taking the train from Vientiane to Bangkok (or vice-versa) is the cheapest and, indeed, the most relaxing way to bridge the gap between the capital cities of Laos and Thailand.
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Singapore’s Gay Status Quo
As a gay traveler in Singapore, you should be mindful of the country’s laws when visiting gay establishments and engaging in homosexual activity.
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Thailand’s Last Paradise?
Although Koh Mak is far from deserted, silence and tranquility are never more than a short walk or bike ride away.
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The Weird, Wonderful Foods of Singapore
Whether you’re looking for a meal that’s incredibly satisfying or incredibly strange, a fitting food destiny awaits you somewhere in Singapore.
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Travel Vietnam by Bus With Sinh Cafe
While the Sinh Cafe’s buses are far from the most comfortable I’ve traveled in, they are nonetheless the most efficient, cost-effective means of traveling up or down Vietnam’s coast.
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The Rough Road from Vietnam to Laos
Whether your primary goal is to partake in an ultra-local experience or simply to avoid exorbitant airfares, travel overland from Vietnam to Laos — but don’t expect a quick or particular comfortable journey.
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Scam-Free Travel to Cambodia from Thailand
Avoid getting talked into scams in Bangkok and other places along the road to Cambodia to save yourself time, money and perhaps most importantly, your sanity.
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Tiffany’s “Ladyboy” Show in Pattaya, Thailand
No matter your reason for visitng Pattaya, Thailand, you owe yourself an evening with the “ladies” of Tiffany’s Show.
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Mui Ne, Vietnam’s Disappearing Beach
The only thing stranger than the paved beach of Mui Ne, Vietnam? The fact that it sits just miles from some of the largest sand dunes in Asia.
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Does Boracay Live Up To The Hype?
Like so many of the developing world’s previously well-kept secrets, this sandcastle island of Boracay in the Philippines calls into question the extent to which a cool place stays cool once uncool people make a habit of going there.
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WWII History in Corregidor Island, Philippines
About 28 miles from the Philippine capital at the mouth of Manila Bay sits Corregidor, a tadpole-shaped island that was the last Allied holdout in the Pacific during World War II–and yet strangely, has gone all-but-unmentioned in film and television productions commemorating the conflict.
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A Lake Inside a Volcano Inside a Lake
If you mention the world “Ta’al” to a Filipino, the first image to pops into his mind will likely be that of an active volcano just south of Manila. The second — if there is one — is a town with the same name and charm.
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Manila’s Many Faces
Thanks to the many flags that have flown over it, Manila possesses a complex charm that calls to mind every period of its long history.
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Mandalay’s Crown Jewels
A trio of dazzling hamlets–one a hillside studded with pagodas, the next an ancient settlement with its very own “leaning tower” and the third a monastic base with an eponymous, ramshackle bridge–awaits you just an hour outside Mandalay.
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Machismo, Gold and Grit
The swanky Las Vegas hotel which apparently lifts its name from Mandalay will be the furthest thing from your mind as your vehicle pulls in.
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Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda
Around 500 years before a certain Messianic baby was born somewhere in the Middle East, legend has it that two Burmese merchants visited India, gave the Buddha honey cakes and took a few of his hairs back with them. Their reward? A 30-story, solid gold pagoda.
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