Trying to find someplace not too crowded to go during the upcoming holiday. Doesnt have to be far, but motorbike ability and/or naturey setting would be ideal. And affordable price getting there, being there, etc.
So far airfares are double normal, which makes sense since its a holiday, but dont have to take plane for this trip.
Mostly we dont wanna spend a fortune or spend oodles of time in crowds or traffic at beg of end of trip.
Thanks in advance,
Steph
PS have been to Halong Bay, Nha Trang, Mai Chau and a few other places already.
travelgoddess posted about 10 months ago to Other. Viewed 45 times. Answered 5 times.
Consider a trip to Qui Nhon as a less visited alternative to Nha Trang. For a bit of adventure, travel to Dong Ha in Quang Tri. There's not a great deal to do in town, but it is ideal for bus or moto day trips to Lao Bao. The mountain region and countryside near the Lao border is like another world.
Plane tickets are needed, but if your travel budget permits, look into some relaxation time on Phu Quoc Island.
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If you're looking to escape the crowds, I would recommend heading to the Cao Bang area near the Chinese border. It's a bit of a hike, but well worth it -- the scenery is stunning as you head out of town and up into the mountains. Thac Ban Gioc is a waterfall about a 2 hr drive from Cao Bang, and it's really nice -- spans the Chinese-Vietnamese border.
Ba Be is also a nice little getaway that's a bit off the beaten path. It's probably going to be a bit more popular w/the other roadtrippers, but we had friends who were there last year and said it wasn't too bad during the holiday weekend.
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We were thinking about Ba Be. Will break out the map and see what we can do. Also would love to go to Phu Quoc, always forget that as an option, will check out fares. Appreciate the advice.
Steph
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Why dont you try Ninh Binh.
100km from Hanoi. you can go there by bus or motor-bike.
The place is nice and the price is good, better than Hanoi. A hotel room price ranges from 5$ to 15$ per night.
More about details:
It is a nice place with a lot of landmarks like Tamcoc-Bichdong (Tamcoc looks like a natural tunnel that go through 3 mountains, you can hire a boat an row in there watching the paradisal scenery, its pretty cool, Bich Dong is a small cave not very interesting, but from the plot you can have a pretty nice panorama of the place, its just like 'inland Halong Bay'), I really love it. Besides, there are PhatDiem Cathedral (a small stone-made cathedral), Baidinh Temple (considered by many as the biggest temple in South East Asia), VuaDinhVuaLe, Cuc Phuong Botanical garden (Biggest in Vietnam), ancient capital Hoa Lu, VanLong Landscape...
Feel free to ask me more if you need help.
Minh.
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Just a heads up about Phu Quoc; it gets quite busy during holidays with rich government officials and wealthy families from Saigon!
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