Vietnam offers terrific experiences that should be on every traveler’s list. Here are Fodor’s top picks for a memorable trip

Halong Bay

Thousands of limestone karsts jut skyward from emerald waters in this UNESCO World Heritage-listed seascape. The best way to see it is to hop by boat between islands, including scenic Cat Ba, home to a national park.

The Imperial City, Hue

The jewel of Hue’s Citadel, this sprawling complex of majestic palaces and evocative temples brings the magnificence of Vietnam’s royal dynasties to life.

Markets

From Hanoi’s bustling Old Quarter to floating outposts in the Mekong Delta, markets reveal colorful slices of local life. Plunge right in and haggle like you mean it.

Ho Chi Minh City

Rapidly modernizing, HCMC is a jolt of urban energy unlike anywhere else in the country. The frenetic pace (that traffic!) is tempered by peaceful pagodas, parks, and cafés.

Street Food

Devour a delicious bowl of pho on a bustling corner or follow the fragrant smoke emanating from a sidewalk brazier, where marinated pork sizzles

Vietnam War Legacy

Museums pay tribute, but for a different perspective on the war, look underground—the vast Cu Chi tunnel network is a monu­ment to Vietnamese tenacity.

Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park

Untamed jungle, vast imagination-defying limestone caves, and underground rivers make this spectacular region irresistible to

adventurers.

 

Hoi An

French colonial architecture, historic traders’ houses, and atmospheric temples are among the charms of Hoi An that are easily discovered on a riverside stroll.



Beaches and Islands

Two thousand miles of tropical coastline ensure that the white sands of a postcard are never far away. Islands like Phu Quoc combine idyllic beaches and diving.

Sapa

Home to ethnic minorities, this northern mountain town is also the jumping-off point for some compelling sights, including Fansipan, Vietnam’s tallest summit.

The Mekong Delta

This patchwork of waterways and floating markets, mangrove swamps, and brilliant green rice paddies is best explored by boat, but bike tours provide a fun alternative.

Hill Stations

Built by the French as health retreats, hill stations such as Dalat make a cool contrast to the steamy lowlands—think misty peaks and rugged scenery.

Source: Fodor's

The number of international tourists to Vietnam bounced back in July with 593,566 arrivals, up 12.1 percent over the previous month and 5.1 percent against the same period last year.

During the first seven months of 2015, Vietnam welcomed nearly 4.4 million overseas visitors, a yearly decline of 9.4 percent, according to the General Statistics Office.

Growing markets included the Republic of Korea, Finland, Singapore, Spain, Italy, the US, Taiwan (China), Germany, Japan and the Netherlands.

From January-July, the tourism sector served 43.1 million domestic vacationers and raked in over 214.37 trillion VND (10.1 billion USD) in revenue, a year-on-year rise of 1.5 percent.

Currently, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism are working with localities to implement the Government’s resolution on five-year visa exemptions for Belarus and one-year exemptions for five Western European countries, including the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

The two agencies have also coordinated with the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines to conduct tourism promotion programmes.

The tourism sector plans to coordinate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Vietnamese Embassies and Trade Offices in the six countries to popularise Vietnam’s visa exemption policy.

At the same time, Vietnam is expected to partake in a number of international tourism fairs in Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Spain.

A promotion programme for tourists from the five Western European countries has been launched with high-quality products at competitive prices, including a 20-30 percent discount for local products, and a tour to three Indochinese countries – Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, and another visiting Thailand, Myanmar and Singapore.

With this programme, the tourism sector hopes to record a 10 percent growth in the number of holidaymakers in the first half of 2016 and 20 percent in the remaining months of next year.

It also expects to greet 1.1 million tourists from the five Western European countries between 2016 and 2018, up 50 percent against 2015.

Tourists may cannot help surprising climbing up to the sand hills then see a silvery lake sparkling under the radiant sunshine and flickering pink lotus flowers behind green leaves create a natural poetic landscape.

Located about 65km off Phan Thiet to the North-east, Bau Trang belongs to Hong Lam hamlet, Hoa Thang commune, Bac Binh district. There are two ways to come to Bau Trang. You can go by jeep along the road from Hon Rom (Thatch Islet) to Mui Ne, across the Mui Ne market and Doi Hong and continue head to the sea. It takes about 1 hour to go from Mui Ne to Bau Trang this way. Another choice for you is to go along highway 1A from Phan Thiet to Luong Son, turn right at the three-ways crossroads then go for more 18km across the bare hill, go up and down, across the forest of “so do” trees and green coconut forest on poetic white sand hills and you will be there.

Bau Trang has formed long time ago as one large lake. Afterwards, they make a sand dam across the lake as a path. The large lake had been devided into 2 parts: small lake and big lake.

Since “Bau” means “lake” in the dialect here, for a long time, local people has called the small lake Bau Ong (Man Lake) and the big lake Bau Ba (Woman Lake). Bau Ba is larger than Bau Ong and contain more water. Bau Ba is 70ha in area, the widest area is 500m long, the average deep is 5m and the deepest place can reach 19m in rainy season. The closer to the land, the less deep the lake is.

For lying among white sand dunes, Bau Ba is called Bau Trang [which means “white lake”] as well. Nowadays, it’s also named Bau Sen [which means “lotus lake”] as lotus flowers cover the surface of the lake in its blooming season. The biota in Bau Sen is really rich with many types of freshwater fish such as anabas, snakehead, catfish, carp…

Surrounded by white sand dunes, the lake is more beautiful in the sunlight and blasts of wind endowed by nature. Looking down from the sand hill, you will be impressed by the mirrorlike surface of the lake flickering with pink lotus flowers and the dark color sand dunes far in the distance.

Bau Trang is wild and pristine. However, the nature itself with white sand dunes and the murmurs of sea magically attract who love the beauty to come here finding inspiration for artistic creation.

Coming to Bau Trang, visitors can hire a boat from fishermen to go for a interesting fishing trip full of discovery and enjoyment. The fresh and cool all year round water of Bau Trang abates the hot temperature of immense sand dunes and make the natural scene here so poetic that anyone come here want to take a stop over.

Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh has been listed as one of the top 15 most stunning landscapes and rock formations in the world by BBC News.


The article opened by saying that the stunning landscapes and rock formations, shaped and sculpted over millions of years, hold invaluable clues to Earth’s past and future.


It described Ha Long Bay as a spectacular landscape dotted with limestone pillars, arches and caves.

“The rocks have been shaped by the repeated rise and fall of the sea over 500 million years. The bay also includes over 1,600 islands and islets, most of them uninhabited”, it said.


According to legends, a dragon created the islands and rocks to keep invaders out of Vietnam , it added.


The other landscapes highlighted by the BBC are Fairy Chimneys (Turkey), Eye of the Sahara (Mauritania), Great Blue Hole (Belize), Moeraki Boulders (New Zealand), Zhangye Danxia (China), Valley of the Moon (Argentina), Wave Rock (Australia), Chocolate Hills (the Philippines), Giant’s Causeway (Northern Ireland), Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah, US), Vermillion Cliffs National Monument (Arizona, US), Cave of the Crystals (Mexico), and the San Andreas Fault (California, US).
A look at the stunning islands Halong Bay in Vietnam
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Mulberry Garden Restaurant in Hoi An Silk Village offers the centuries old rich, traditional cuisine of the ancient town and Quang Nam Province.
Situated on the fringes of the old quarter in the ancient city of Hoi An, the restaurant boasts a museum of the silk trade and different kinds of mulberries. It is surrounded by trees, mulberry gardens, old wooden buildings and shops selling silk creations, as well as tailoring shops and a coffee bar.

The restaurant can be the last stop for visitors after they have spent hours touring the village, and there, they can savour delicacies from ancient Hoi An, including My Quang, a flat rice noodle dish with shrimp, pork, chicken or fish that is peculiar to Viet Nam's central region.
Thuan, the chef at the restaurant, says My Quang-Phu Chiem, a type of noodle produced in Phu Chiem village, represented the original culture and cuisine of Quang Nam.

"Rice from the village is the best for handmade noodles. We have to order noodles from the village, as most restaurants in the province do, for sale each day," Thuan says.

"The noodles are eaten for breakfast by local farmers or as a snack in the afternoon. But they are a very popular dish at home or in restaurants in the central region," he says, adding that tourists could see the signs of stalls selling My Quang along National Highway 1 in the central region.

The dish is served fast at the restaurant, but the preparation for cooking it takes a long time, he says.

Pork belly, freshly caught river shrimp, roasted peanuts and peanut oil are the main ingredients for the sauce, the chef says.

The dish must be eaten with vegetables grown in the gardens of Tra Que Village, a suburban area of Hoi An, he says.

Tran Thi Anh Dao, a writer, says she often has the dish for breakfast at a restaurant or, sometimes, at home.

"The dish is the most popular food in the central region. Noodles can be made by many craftsmen in the region, but the Phu Chiem Village-made noodles always make the best My Quang dish," Dao says.


"My Quang-Phu Chiem can be found in every corner of Quang Nam Province, and Hoi An is the best place for tasting the dish by the light of a lantern at night," she says.


"I really enjoyed the dish at the Mulberry Garden Restaurant while listening to a story about silk farming and weaving done around ancient mulberry trees, a practice that has been revived," she says.


"It's a bit fatty with pork, but vegetables, peanuts and chilli balance the taste. A rice cake tops the bowl of My Quang, and gastronomes crush it and dip it in sauce," she says.


"The chef adds boiled eggs, pork sausage and banana flower to make the dish more eye-catching, but every ingredient has a role in ensuring the health of the gastronomes. It is neither too hot nor too cold," she adds.


Dao says she finds My Quang noodles similar to Pho, a rice noodle soup with beef found in Ha Noi, but the latter is a bit tough and came with less sauce.


My Quang is like a mixture of noodles, salad, sauce and the flavours of hot green chilli, lime, sweet basil, pepper and garlic, the 36-year-old says.

Ocean's offerings: Seafood dishes are a favourite at the buffet, which costs VND159,000 per customer.

The dish is prepared properly in Quang Nam, with the original ingredients collected from gardens in the province, she says.

The restaurant, located in the two-hectare Silk Village, which has 40 varieties of mulberry trees that are used to produce silk of the best quality, is cool all the time due to the shade and the clay-tiled roofs of the buildings.

One must taste Cao Lau, a noodle dish of Hoi An, whenever one visits the town and the restaurant, the chef says.


The dish is made of round flour noodles, slices of barbecued pork, bean sprouts and lettuce, as well as herbs and stock.


But for making the noodles, water from the Ba Le well in an alley off Phan Chu Trinh Street in Hoi An is needed.

"It was formerly made by the Chinese community living in the town. However, the flour must be mixed with water from the ancient well, as craftsmen in the town believe that this formula produces the best quality," Le Vy, manager of the Silk Village, says.


"I was told by my ancestors in Hoi An that Cao Lau has been well-known for centuries. Making it is similar to cooking My Quang, but its sauce is made from well-cooked pork belly and soy sauce," Vy says, adding that he was born and raised in Hoi An.

The chef often puts pieces of fried dried flour into the dish, he says.


Chicken rice


It is a trendy dish from Hoi An, and visitors can find it on street corners in the old quarter or in luxury restaurants.


Some of the restaurants have been listed among those visited most by domestic and foreign tourists.


Thuan, Mulberry Garden Restaurant's chef, prepares the dish carefully.


He boils the chicken and uses the broth to cook rice that has previously been mixed with spices.


Thuan then dyes the steaming rice yellow with saffron before adding small pieces of chicken and fragrant knotweed.
Fragrant knotweed is necessary to make the dish perfect, and the dish is eaten with chicken broth, he says.


"It is tasty food. Spices are soaked with the rice before it is steamed in chicken broth. The rice is cooked with the chicken broth. The rice is very dry but very soft," Nguyen Thi Thanh Tam, a visitor from Quang Tri Province, says.


"I was told by my friends that it is a must for a tourist to eat chicken rice in Hoi An. That is the reason I had to try the dish at a romantic restaurant surrounded by a garden," she says.


Vy, the restaurant manager, says the restaurant offers 40 dishes in its evening buffet, from 5pm to 9pm, every day.


He says this is because Hoi An is sunny during the day, and evenings are the time for getting together after touring Hoi An and the Silk Village.


Vy says the restaurant also offers juices made from produce from tropical gardens, hand-made coffee and sweet maize pudding for dessert.


He says the restaurant offers buffet parties in its garden accompanied by folk performances for at least 400 visitors.


The Silk Village has been voted the third biggest attraction in the ancient town by the travel website TripAdvisor.


Visitors can order a custom-made silk dress on-site at the village while touring or eating at the restaurant.
Mulberry Garden Restaurant (Silk Village)


Address: 28, Nguyen Tat Thanh, Hoi An city, Quang Nam Province


Telephone: 0510-3921144/ 0933 481 881


Fax: 05103921991


Fanpages: Hoian silk village


Sale@hoiansilkvillage.com or


hoiansilkvillage.com


Hour: 8am to 10pm


Price: VND60,000-600,000 for a dish


Comment: Tasty food, good service, open air and favourite night folk performance
Source: VNnews

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Ninh Thuan, a new destination in Vietnam travel map, possesses a series of untouched and breathtaking lanscapes and unique historical sites. Top famous attractions in Ninh Thuan are Po Klong Garai Towers, Ninh Chu Beach, and Vinh Hy Bay, etc

Ninh Thuan is still a new destination in Vietnam travel map. However, when coming here, tourists will explore many interesting things, along with a series of wonderful photo collections. Ninh Thuan is located between Nha Trang and Mui Ne - Phan Thiet, in the South Central Coast of Vietnam, which makes the destination less known than two neighboring localities. Once coming to Ninh Thuan attractions as Cham towers, Vinh Hy Bay, Ninh Chu, Nam Cuong, Hon Do Island, Hang Rai Cave, and Mui Dinh Headland... tourists will be captivated by their untouched and mysterious beauty. The followings are top things to see in Ninh Thuan that should not be missed in Vietnam tour packages to the province.
Po Klong Garai Towers

Located near Cham Tower Station, about 7km from Phan Rang City, the Po Klong Garai Towers is a relatively intact architectural relic featuring Champa architectural style. The towers include a main tower, gate tower, sub-tower, and brick wall. Coming here, tourists can have an opportunity to explore about the culture and history of Champa Kingdom, admire flamingo flocks flying to the south of the historical relics, and record marvelous sunset from Ngoan Muc Pass (Spectacular Pass).
Cham craft villages

In Vietnam tours to Ninh Thuan, trips to two famous traditional craft villages of Cham people often attract many tourists. Two famous villages are Bau Truc Pottery Village and My Nghiep Brocade Weaving Village. Two attractions are quite near each other. Thus, tourists can easily travel both these sites in half of a day. The highlight of Bau Truc Pottery Village is that the shaping method of products is totally by hand. The main material is clay mixed with other ingredients. The products will be baked in traditional opencast oven for two times, which colors the pottery items in brown black or gray. The manual weaving method is also applied in My Nghiep Village where many beautiful textile products with multiple patterns, unique textures, variety of designs, and an excellent Cham cultural style.
Ninh Chu Beach

Ninh Chu Beach is one of beautiful attractions in Ninh Thuan. Near the beach, Binh Son Park creates a new appearance for Ninh Chu. It is a wonderful place to admire the seascape. Ninh Chu Beach is about 5km from the city center. It is one of charming beaches in Vietnam. The beach belongs to Phan Rang Bay. It is covered by mountains running towards the sea. In the morning, Ninh Chu becomes exciting with sounds of fishermen's life. In the afternoon, the beach is gentle and serene in romantic light of sunset. Ninh Chu Beach also has many hotels from luxury to budget, meeting the demand of many tourists.

Vineyards

Taking a tour to vineyards in Ninh Thuan always creates attraction and interest to almost tourists. Many people feel delighted for the first time coming here, while others are lured into the lush green and cool space. Some people also wonder why such an extreme hot place can have the delicious fruit. Famous vineyards in Ninh Thuan are Ba Moi, Thai An, and gardens along Dinh River. during tours in Ninh Thuan to Ba Moi Vineyard, visitors not just taste sweet grapes and grape molasses free, take photos, and listen to the introduction of the vineyard, but also enjoy homestay experience and parties under the grape tree grids.

Vinh Hy Bay

Along Provincial Road 702, travelers pass spectacular and poetic roads which lead to the coastline, or to deeper in crags, and towering mountains. Then, the scenery of villages, white immense salt fields appears amazingly. And, Vinh Hy Bay comes into view as a wonderful picture which puts traveler insight and attracts them. Once coming to Vinh Hy Bay, apart from taking part in scuba diving tours, travelers can explore the beach by wandering and taking stunning photos, dipping in cool and turquoise water of Ba Dien Beach, tasting delicious seafood, or joining windsurfing.

Hang Rai Cave (Otter Cave)

In the Road 702 to Vinh Hy Bay, Hang Rai Cave is situated on the left of the first bridge in Thai An Hamlet, Vinh Hai Commune, about 35km from the city center. The cave is looking forwards to the exploration of travelers to discover and admire the stunning scenery here. The cave is portrayed by big blocks of stone piled on each other, creating an amazing scenery. Here is also the home to otter - that is the reason why the cave is called Hang Rai Cave or Otter Cave. Otter Cave is suitable to sightseeing or fishing. Many famous photographers come here to "hunt" the best scenery of dawn or moss season.
Nam Cuong Sand Dunes

With an area of over 700ha, sand dunes in Nam Cuong stretch endlessly. The most interesting thing in Nam Cuong is serene atmosphere. Surroundings are mountains, sea, and villages. The best time to get around Nam Cuong is in early morning or late afternoon. Sand sliding, walking on sand dunes, taking photos of sunset at sand dunes, and contemplating Cham ladies passing by are interesting experiences in Ninh Thuan tours
Phan Rang Sheep FarmWhen to say unique specialty nature of our province, outside the vine is known nationwide consumer, have to mention the sheep. According to scientists, Phan Rang sheep breeds were formed more than 100 years. Experiencing hot weather conditions almost all year round, under the action of natural selection and artificial, Phan Rang sheep breeds have high adaptability to the ecological environment of the province, is the only breed of sheep in Vietnam Nam.So far, the province has the total 95 382 sheep (7.8%), was developed in the direction of farm livestock, mainly concentrated in the Nhon Son, My Son, Hoa Son (Ninh Son), Phuoc Huu, Vinh Phuoc (Ninh Phuoc), Xuan Hai, Hai Phuong (Ninh Hai), Phuoc Ha, Ha Nhi, Phuoc Nam (Nam Thuan), Bac Son (Thuan Bac). These places are breeding sheep, covered with grass, vaccination and carefully selected varieties

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Nui Chua National ParkWith the total natural area of 24,300ha, located in the boundary of the five communes (Cong Hai, Loi Hai, Phuong Hai, and Vinh Hai, Nhon Hai) of Ninh Hai district, Ninh Thuan province, Nui Chua National Park are actually attracted tourists to the outstanding value of the topography, terrain, climate and high biological diversity. Although it has not been highly thrived on tourism, many businessmen have “an eye”   to the ecotourism tours in this region.
Nui Chua National Park is home to the fry forest ecosystem typically with many clustered species and plentiful number and types. According to the initial survey of scientists, this place has 664 plants and 201 animal species; particularly there are many species of rare plants.

If the flocks of postgrad travelers in elephant print pants haven't told you already, Southeast Asia is having what we like to call "a moment."
And just because it definitely has its share of over-touristed sites, don't let the region fool you: there are some seriously stunning spots that are perfect for your next digital detox.
Want to know which authentic places backpackers really get amped about?
1. Pai, Thailand
If you uprooted the hippie neighborhoods of San Francisco and plopped them into the jungles of northern Thailand, you'd (roughly) end up with Pai. Ride your motorbike a few hours into this mountain town for a chillaxing weekend of zenning out at Rasta bars, napping in woven hammocks, and -- if you can manage to leave your field hut -- exploring the waterfalls and hot springs.

2. Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam
Almost everybody agrees that Phu Quoc is about to become Vietnam's next hot destination, but thankfully the perfect beaches are still mostly empty. You can rent a motorbike (no license needed, no questions asked) and zip up, down, and around the red dirt roads of this island paradise. Then, take a snorkeling or scuba dip. Hurry up, before other people discover the secret.

3. Bagan, Myanmar

Temples seem to pop out of nowhere in Bagan, which has the highest concentration of Buddhist ruins the world. A hot air balloon ride over the temples during the quiet dawn or sunset hours is an absolute must.

4. Mui Ne Sand Dunes, Vietnam

They're not far from Saigon, but these sand dunes seem like they belong on another continent entirely. You can sled, bike, or just freely frolic down both white and red mountains of bliss. Be sure to find the Fairy Stream, a magical river with a soft, sandy bottom that flows between dry rocks.

5. Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar

This is a pristine chain of hundreds of tropical rainforest islands in the Andaman Sea. Check in at one of the two hotels and kayak or sail the uncharted blue waters, where you might run into sea gypsies who, for part of the year, live on boats while they dive for pearls

6. Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
This is one of Southeast Asia's most popular hill stations, holiday towns at the base of lush, low mountains. Travelers agree the Cameron Highlands are a perfect escape when you're too hot to withstand another day of astronomically-sizzling Malaysian temperatures. You can tour one of several authentic tea factories before cozying up to a mug overlooking the rolling green hills

7. Ngwe Saung Beach, Myanmar

Weary travelers looking to literally escape it all should head to Ngwe Saung, an astonishing NINE MILES of beach that just recently opened to the public. It's unspoiled, uncrowded, and some of the best scenery you'll see in Myanmar.

8. The Mekong Delta, Vietnam

The Mekong River creates a rich marshland responsible for the bulk of Vietnam's rice crops. There are oodles of tiny villages and floating markets to visit, with kindly locals who will gladly let you sample their fruit or teach you to birdwatch. Avoid feeling like a yuppie in a tour boat by biking the Delta-- that way, you can see the impressive rice paddies and stop off at destinations on your own.

9. Sapa, Vietnam

There's nowhere on Earth like Sapa: tiers on tiers of bright-green rice fields are dotted with the colorful clothes of hill-tribe dwellers and roofs of French colonial villas. Sometimes the view gets clouded by a warm, jungle-y mist, but it only makes your day of hiking even prettier

10. The Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

This $5.7 billion hotel -- which also boasts shopping, a dinosaur museum, and a concert hall -- has a yacht-shaped infinity pool teetering on the 57th floor. When you take a swim, it feels like you're about to spill over the edge and onto glittering Singapore beneath you.

11. The White Temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand

It may look ancient, but the White Temple (technically named Wat Rong Khun) was actually designed by a Thai artist in the 1990s, and it's still a work in progress. A tangle of gnarled statues and outstretched hands -- symbolizing the cycle of rebirth -- lead you into the temple, where you'll find intricate (although haunting) murals of Keanu Reeves and planes hitting the Twin Towers.

12. Luang Prabang, Laos

UNESCO named Luang Prabang a World Heritage Site, partly for its architecture that fuses Asian and European styles together. As in much of Asia, elephant tourism is huge here. But not many places have four-day mahout courses where you can learn to expertly (and humanely) ride elephants as their keepers do.

13. Kep, Cambodia

This seaside village was a hip getaway for wealthy Frenchies in the early 1900s, and it's about to tip over into another big tourist boom. For now, though, you can feel like a total local in Kep's tranquil beaches, where cute seafood spots on stilts serve some of the yummiest crab in the world.

14. Mae Sot, Thailand

"Perfectly remote" might be a good way to describe Mae Sot, which teeters right at the border of Thailand and Myanmar. The crowd here is a zesty mix of Burmese, Thai, hill-tribe natives and Westerners making visa runs. Locals hang out at the town's herbal sauna and open-air markets, and visitors get a kick out of adorably furry rescued apes at the Highland Farm Gibbon Sanctuary.

15.Angkowat, Cambodia
This larger-than-life temple complex really is as epic as it looks. The biggest religious monument in the world is surrounded by a wide-open moat-- you'll march down a massive stone causeway to enter a village of temples, life-size stone-carved faces, and giant tree roots that have grown to twist over and around dark, windowed hallways.

16. Inle Lake, Myanmar

This massive, shallow lake is over 13 miles long and a big draw for visitors, as it's inhabited by many local tribes who set up waterside "workshops" for intriguing traditional crafts. Despite the touristy-ness of it all, most agree Inle is unmissable because of its peaceful floating gardens and entire towns hoisted onto stilts.

17. Ko Lanta, Thailand

When backpackers want to visit one of the hundreds of islands off Thailand's coast, they normally head for the "big names" like Ko Tao (known for its scuba diving) or Ko Phangan (home of the famous full moon parties). These islands are pretty and so are the foreigners that visit them, but for a true Thai experience, try the blissfully empty Ko Lanta, where the National Marine Park protects unpolluted oceans that explode with angelfish.
18. Cu Chi Tunnels in Saigon, Vietnam
Viet Cong soldiers used these narrow, claustrophobia-inducing tunnels as hiding places during the Vietnam War. Trap doors in the jungle led down into the underground network, where soldiers suffered from malaria and parasites while guarding food sources. The eeriness is all too real during a modern-day tour.

Viet Cong soldiers used these narrow, claustrophobia-inducing tunnels as hiding places during the Vietnam War. Trap doors in the jungle led down into the underground network, where soldiers suffered from malaria and parasites while guarding food sources. The eeriness is all too real during a modern-day tour

19. Chiang Dao, Thailand

This forested region is a Disneyland for nature junkies complete with waterfalls, hot springs, and incredible limestone cliffs. The biggest attractions of all are the Chiang Dao Caves, which consist of about 100 caverns that extend as far as 40,000 feet into the mountains. You can enter five of the caves alone or with a guide to explore narrow rocky hallways, hanging stalactites and hidden Buddha statues.

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