Banda Aceh has plenty of local places to eat scattered all around the city. In the central downtown area you’re best off finding a food cart and selecting one of the many tasty dishes on offer there.

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Seminyak abounds with some terrific choices for big spenders. If your purse is a little more modest, you’ll still find a bed, just sans ocean view. Note that a Seminyak address is a selling point, so ...

Chiang Mai is the northern terminus of a single rail line running between Chiang Mai and Bangkok with stops including Lamphun, Lampang, Phitsanulok, Lopburi, Ayuthaya and Don Muang en route to ...

Sunrise Beach is long and beautiful with a vibe that tends to be mellower than Pattaya Beach. Basic bungalows can still be scored for less than 1,000 baht at a couple of places (Gipsy, Varin Village), ...

Also known as Naresuan Soi 1 and Pamaprao Soi 5, depending on which road you approach from, Soi Farang has long been Ayutthaya’s budget traveller strip. The name translates as “Foreigner Street” -- ...

So yesterday afternoon I decided to finish off a decidedly ordinary week by running out of money. On the final day that school fees were due. This is a more common occurrence than it should be at Casa ...

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Budget accommodation is clustered on or around the main tourist strip in the centre of Phonsavan.

Can Tho has a good range of accommodation, primarily clustered around the river at Hai Ba Trung St which has become the tourist strip. Floating market and Mekong Delta boat tours depart from here.

The Mekong Delta forms the far southern region of Vietnam and is the rice bowl of the country. Dominated by the Mekong River and its many tributaries, the surrounding lands are a water-world comprised ...