Phong Nha-Ke Bàng, Vietnam
We were on the train to Dong Hoi when I first read about the tigers. I secretly thought I could outwit the snakes….
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Hue and the Hai Vân Pass, Vietnam
The 2008 Christmas Special of Top Gear, irritating as the programme may be, had drawn our attention to a winding mountain road called…
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Hoi An, Vietnam
Hoi An is a small town that sits on the Thu Bon River, a few miles inland from the South China Sea. A…
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City was our first stop on a trip from the south of Vietnam to the north. Formerly known as Saigon,…
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Tokyo, Japan
There are almost 40 million people living in Tokyo. That’s more people than live in the whole of Canada, Australia or Poland. For…
