One of them couldn't even make it up the mountain to Dalat so we had to pull it up with a rope. When we got to Saigon the bike shops wouldn't even buy our bikes off of us. I was offered 50 dollars for mine. Overall these bikes are junk, and your better off test driving ...
Kris was kind enough to drop me at a place I wanted to visit after the conclusion of our tour instead of the pick-up location. He also was very hospitable in picking up a few snacks impromptu in case some of the shops weren't open at the time ...
The rest of the trip down the eastern side of the island was much easier. We passed Baan Ting Rai a small collection of shops and local restaurants and finally the Chinese village of Baan Koh Jum at the southern tip. This is the most tourist-orientated part of the island with a few to...
b)ID required. You’ll need to leave some form of ID as deposit. Many rental shops ask for your passport. If not then they’ll require some photo ID that you don’t want to lose. Finding a place that will only accept a photocopy is getting much harder. The reason is too many peop...
With a gas station, a decent hotel and some shops, this spectacularly located little settlement is the ideal (and the only) place to break your journey on the Western Ho Chi Minh Road. Given the chance, I’d highly recommend staying at the Trường Thành Hotel for a night before ...
Food & Drink: You’re never far from something to eat or drink on the Beach Bum Coast Road: wherever you are, there will be shops, cafes, soup stalls, street food vendors, eateries or restaurants. Of course, seafood is the highlight – there are excellent quán hải sản (...
another popular stop. This sharp increase in tourism in turn gave rise to a burgeoning trade in all manner of roadside attractions, including teepee-shaped motels, frozen custard stands, Indian curio shops, and reptile farms. Meramec Caverns near St. Louis began advertising on barns, billing its...
"Nice place and clean Good people and Friendly Location IS near thé beach You Can fine find restaurants and shops Koh payam island IS a quiet place where you could stay longer than you program... You Can rent..." 25. I Residence Hotel Sathorn Show prices Enter dates to see...
Any rental shops you’d recommend that have very early opening hours? Google is my friend of course but the Tom stamp of approval means extra. Staying in District 1. Thank you for all your hard work — your blog is indispensable! Reply ➥ Tom says: February 14, 2017 at 6:14 PM Hi...
available in many shops, hotels, tourist offices, and stalls. A massive road-building program has made circumnavigating the island by motorbike relatively easy Duong Dong is really two places: to the south, along the beach, is where all the resorts and tourists are: this is known asLong ...