VIETNAM: The next Thailand?

Tropical beauty and booming cities. Mountains and beaches. Great food. A young country with an ancient culture. All in one of the world’s cheaper travel destinations. Thailand is the tenth most visited country in the world, and for good reasons. It’s beautiful, it’s friendly, its social scene is “lit” and it’s all spectacularly cheap. Small […]

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AIRLINES: Who’s safe?

The crash of a brand-new Boeing 737 off an Indonesian island revives doubts about regional air safety in that part of the world. For the traveler, there’s a different question: How to tell which airlines are safer? When it comes to international travel, Indonesia is an uneasy contradiction. It’s one of the most beautiful and […]

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