Unwrapped travel

If you’re heading to the southern Lao town of Savannakhet, you may want to take a look at our revised coverage for there. Savannakhet on Travelfish

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We’ve just added coverage to Vietnam’s premier beach destination, Nha Trang. Our man on the ground also headed north to have a poke around at Doc Let and Jungle Beach. If you’re heading Nha Trang way, you may want to give the new coverage a read.

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The Vietnamese hill province of Da Lat has just been added to Travelfish. Famous for its strawberries, motorcycle tours and temperate climate, our coverage covers the provincial capital along with the outlying sites. You can read more about Da Lat here.

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We’ve just added another feature into our How Do I? series. Of all the border crossings in the region, the overland crossing between Cambodia and Laos has been one of the most changeable. In some ways, the Veun Kham / Dom Kralor has all the ingredients of a pain in the posterior crossing — corrupt [...]

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The smart cookies over at Brave New Traveller have put together a good little video about both Choeung Ek and S21 that capture the two sites very nicely — well worth a look.

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We’ve just added a new feature to Travelfish — a trip planning guide to exploring Laos’ Bolaven Plateau. The story includes details on what there is to see, photos and sample itineraries for both day and multi-day trips. You can read the full Bolaven travel planner here.

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Here’s a link to a story by AP writer Denis Gray about a 2001 visit to Vang Vieng. While the story is somewhat dated, its conclusion — that Vang Vieng is doomed — is pretty much spot on.
For some, Vang Vieng is the first stop on a touristic opium trail which weaves through Luang Prabang [...]

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We’re looking for a couple of Thailand-based travel-writers. If any of the following sound familiar, then we’d love to hear from you.
1) You love to travel
2) You need to look at every flophouse in town before settling on a room
3) You draw up a sketch map of most spots you visit
4) You travel with sixteen [...]

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