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The private travel journal of Metta Voyage's founder, writing as "David". Disclosure
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Why I Give Hoi An Four Nights When Most Plans Give It Two
How many nights in Hoi An on a long trip? Why I plan four: early old-town walks, Cam Thanh by bicycle, My…
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Hue: Why I Keep It on a Long Route, and How Long I Give It
How long to spend in Hue on a long Vietnam trip: why I keep it, when one night works, why I prefer…
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Why Laos Is the Slowest Part of Any Route I Design
Laos slow travel: why I give Luang Prabang three or four nights, how I pace the alms giving, Pak Ou and Kuang…
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Ninh Binh: Why I Usually Add a Night Instead of a Day Trip
Ninh Binh overnight or day trip from Hanoi? Why I add a night on long trips: early light, two easy days instead…
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Keeping Teenagers Engaged on a Three-Week Trip
A long trip with teenagers in Asia: how I pace three weeks in Vietnam: kayaking, cycling, cooking classes, lantern-making, downtime and phone-free…
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Where to Go in Vietnam on a Long Trip: The Regions I Build Routes Around
Where to go in Vietnam on a long trip: the six regions I build two- and three-week routes around, how many nights…
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How I’d Plan Two Weeks in Vietnam for My Own Guests: A Founder’s Pacing Rules
How to pace two weeks in Vietnam from north to south: six bases, one long transfer every two or three days, Sapa…
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Ten Days in Vietnam: What I Would Cut, and What I Would Never Cut
What to skip in Vietnam in ten days: Sapa, Hue, Ninh Binh and the Ha Long day trip. What I keep: a…
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Three Weeks in Vietnam: Why I Build Long Trips Around Rest Days, Not Sights
Slow travel in Vietnam over three weeks: why I place rest days first, give every base two nights, and put a beach…
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Should You Add Cambodia to a Vietnam Trip? The Questions I Ask First
Should you add Cambodia to a Vietnam trip? A DMC founder's first questions: days, pace, who travels, when he says no, and…
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Three Countries in Three Weeks? When I Say Yes to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, and When I Say No
Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos in three weeks: when a DMC founder says yes, when he says no, the 21-day route he builds…
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