14 days in Europe can involve 9 cities and a headache all the time or 3 cities you remember! It’s not a matter of money or fortune. It’s if the path was created around a region or around a wish list. The One Rule: Three Cities, Not Six The cost of a city change is … Read more
There are pleasant cities in Europe. Others are documents — places where you can read the two thousand years of shifting power in the stonework of a single street. These ten are arranged chronologically for the best time they represent, thus allowing you to plan a trip around an era instead of a country. The … Read more
For their first trip, Europe’s offerings are density: countries that are the size of a US state and train networks that take hours, not days. The way to think of it is that the 2 wks will be filled with seeing 8 cities. Resist it. These 10 locations are good combinations in pairs and trios, … Read more
Vietnam is 1000 miles long. That’s a minimum of ten days you need to fly that entire distance, but only if you avoid moving for two days at a time. The best one thing to do is prior to booking anything. Open-Jaw Flight is available now.Open-Jaw Flight is available to book. Fly in and out … Read more
Here, almost 2,000 limestone islands have emerged from the Gulf of Tonkin over millions of years to form towers, arches and secret lagoons. The bay was inscribed in 1994 by UNESCO and expanded in 2023 to include the neighbouring Cat Ba Archipelago. The location you are chartered on the water is more important than the … Read more
Thous centuries old, Hanoi displays all of its layers — dynastic temples, French villas, Soviet monuments, and a food culture that is based almost entirely on plastic stools. On arrival it’s rather chaotic, but it’s difficult to leave. Getting Oriented The historic trading grid in the Old Quarter, along whose streets the guilds were named. … Read more
Vietnam is about 1,000 miles long, with its three zones having different climates, cuisines and personalities. The vast majority of the initial journeys run right to left along it. These are listed north to south and make the best route of the ten stops. The North 1. Hanoi A thousand year old capital city of … Read more
The rules of the grammars are different in island hopping in Philippines. You get on a bangka – a wooden outrigger boat – with a dozen strangers, visit four or five stops, eat grilled fish on a beach, and come back by late afternoon. It’s cheaper than a fine meal and is the most common … Read more
Cebu is the second aviation hub of the Philippines, and it also serves as the gateway to the Visayas, home to the majority of trips to the Philippines’ islands. It’s also a long narrow island that has a very distinct north, south, and a super busy 500-year-old city in the middle, with thresher sharks up … Read more
Palawan is a long thin province, almost 400 miles in length on the west coast of the Philippines. That’s a long way by car: El Nido is at the southern end of the island and to get to Coron you have to take a van for five hours, and it’s an island in its own … Read more
Over 7,600 islands, three major groups and a domestic flight network that concentrates virtually all flights on Manila or Cebu. For those who are visiting for the first time, they are likely to end up seeing airports if they attempt to see everything. The 10 locations are those that are worth creating a first trip … Read more
Ten days in Indonesia may seem like a long time until you map it out. The flight from Jakarta to Raja Ampat is not as short as that from London to Istanbul. The journeys that work have one rule: no more than two regions, and they must be traversed by a single flight or an … Read more