A world heritage site and small city inside a fort that has everything within itself- a mosque, minar, mausoleum, market. Urgench is the nearest airport, an hour away from Khiva. Khiva also has a railway station connecting to Bukhara, Samarkand, Tashkent Khiva provides a good view of what to expect ahead in grander sizes at… Read More »Places to see in Khiva
The capital and hub city of Lao on Mekong river bordering Thailand. We came here to get back to India as major international flights are from this city. We spent an evening and morning before flight to go around. Prominent places to visit in Vientiane include Patuxai monument, Pha That Luang complex, banks of river… Read More »Places to visit in Vientiane
The erstwhile capital of Laos and a UNESCO World Heritage site. The town is well maintained with Lao French architecture across all buildings in the town. It felt like a temple city similar to Udupi in Karnataka. Prominent places to visit in Luang Prabhang include the temples at the centre, Royal Palace, Chomsy peak, Kuang… Read More »Places to visit in Luang Prabhang
Places to visit in central Vietnam include beach town of Da Nang for Ba Na hills, Marble mountains, Lady Buddha and Hoi An for lantern town Ba Na Hills Houses Sunworld Amusement park with the largest cable car ride lasting 17 minutes on one of the routes. It is 45 kms and an hour away… Read More »Places to visit in central Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City is the hub to cover all places to visit in south Vietnam. We visited HCM City, Cu Chi tunnels and Mekong delta Cu Chi Tunnels It is an hour away from HCM city. There are two options at Ben Duoc and Ben Dinh when you try searching on Grab. Ben Dinh… Read More »Places to visit in South Vietnam
Prominent places to visit in North Vietnam include capital Hanoi, Ban Gioc falls, Ha Long Bay, rice terraces of Sapa Hanoi Hanoi is another cute city with charming old quarter and French quarters. You can spend a day walking around visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Thang Long citadel, sites in old quarter like Bach Ma… Read More »Places to visit in North Vietnam
The heaven on earth I got an opportunity to visit Switzerland on an exchange program during undergraduate days. It was my first trave outside India. The idea of spending about a month in one of the most beautiful places in the world was highly exciting. We were a group of 10 students, so enough fun… Read More »Places to visit in Switzerland
The land of kings
The land less travelled Laos was a forgotten country for most people. There are few destinations here of global popularity, resulting in less tourists compared to neighbors like Vietnam. We wanted to cover Laos during our visit to Vietnam, as we would not possibly make it again only to Laos. Kuang Si falls was something… Read More »Laos
The karst wonderland We though quite a bit on why we would like to visit Vietnam. We had been to Thailand, Cambodia before and felt Vietnam might end up being quite similar. There is no one big must visit place in Vietnam. While Halong Bay is popular, the pictures were similar to karst mountains near… Read More »Vietnam