Unwrapped travel

Just a quick announcement that we’ve added the Travelfish Guide to Vietnam’s Central Highlands to our collection of ebooks for sale. With 25 A4 pages, seven maps and over 40,000 words of condensed travel intelligence, the guide will be a handy addition to your travel planning. All this for just US$6.95 — less than the [...]

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One of the most commonly asked questions by first-time travellers to Southeast Asia is “Should I take malarials?“. It’s a simple question, with a complicated answer, best summed up as “it depends”. We’ve just added a new story outlining ten points that we hope will help you make a more informed decision regarding malarials and [...]

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Thinking of exploring Vietnam by motorbike? If so take a wander over to our latest feature story, which discusses buying a touring motorcycle in Vietnam. Enjoy!

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We’ve just added the first entry into our new book reviews section. We’ve kicked it off with a review of the ninth edition of Lonely Planet’s brand-spanking-new Vietnam guide. It’s a really good production and we hope you find our review useful. You can read the full review of Lonely Planet’s Vietnam 9 here.

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You’ve heard of My Lai, but how about Son My (the village where the massacre took place), Sa Huynh or Chu Lai? They’re all covered, along with detailed information for the provincial capital of Quang Ngai in our newly added comprehensive coverage of Vietnam’s Quang Ngai province.

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As we slowly crawl our way up the Vietnamese coastal strip, another province has fallen to Travelfish. We’ve just added Binh Dinh province, probably better known by the name of its provincial capital Qui Nhon, to the site. Our coverage includes the capital along with the sleeping hideaway of Song Cau and a whole heap [...]

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You may have though we’ve been asleep at the keyboard, but we’ve actually been busy bees over the last couple of weeks, and they’ll be a bit of a flurry of posts over the next couple of days.
First, we’ve just added coverage of Phu Yen province in southern Vietnam. “Phu where?” you ask… well, Phu [...]

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If you’re looking to swim where no Speedo has ever swum, then look no further than our new coverage of the outstanding beaches of Cam Ranh Bay, to the south of Nha Trang. They’re a little off the beaten track, and will require some initiative to reach, but hey you’re a traveller right? You can [...]

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We’ve just added a new feature story, outlining how to fill a weekend in Vietnam’s beach resort town of Nha Trang. Our correspondent walks the reader through from picking the best room for their budget to finding a good place to eat and how to fill all the time in between. You can read the [...]

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If you’ve even heard of Ninh Thuan province on Vietnam’s south-central coast, you’re doing pretty good. Our man on the coast has just spent the last few days rustling around the province and has come back with just about as detailed coverage as you’re ever going to need to explore Ninh Thuan. Starting at the [...]

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