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20 May 2026
thailandKoh Lanta Travel Guide: The Andaman Island That Trades Crowds for Coral
Koh Lanta sits south of Krabi in the Andaman Sea — long enough to have a proper road, small enough that most of it stays quiet. Long Beach stretches 4km without jet-ski operators; the national park at the southern tip costs 200 baht to enter and is almost never full.
Henrik Vinter
19 May 2026
japanKanazawa Travel Guide: Kenroku-en, Seafood Markets, and a City That Missed the Bombs
Kanazawa escaped Allied bombing in World War II — its industrial base was light enough not to be a priority target. The result is one of the best-preserved pre-Meiji urban environments in Japan: a geisha district, a samurai neighbourhood, a functioning morning fish market, and the castle garden rated among Japan's three finest.
Henrik Vinter
19 May 2026
vietnamDa Lat Travel Guide: Vietnam's Highland City for Coffee, Waterfalls, and Cooler Weather
Da Lat sits at 1,500m in the Langbiang Plateau in the Central Highlands — cool enough for a sweater in January, warm enough for a t-shirt in April. The French built a hill station here in 1907; the Vietnamese kept the villas, added strawberry farms and coffee plantations, and made it the country's most popular domestic honeymoon destination.
Henrik Vinter
18 May 2026
japanOkinawa Travel Guide: Japan's Subtropical Islands, Explained
Okinawa Prefecture consists of 160 islands spread across 1,000km of ocean between Japan and Taiwan. The main island has traffic, Shuri Castle, and the most US military bases outside the continental United States. The outer islands have some of the clearest water in Japan and almost no one on them.
Henrik Vinter
17 May 2026
vietnamDa Nang Travel Guide: Beach City, Dragon Bridge, and the Base for Central Vietnam
Da Nang is Vietnam's third-largest city and the most useful base for central Vietnam — 30 minutes from Hoi An, 2 hours from Hue, with its own beach (My Khe, 30km of flat sand), an international airport, and a city that has rebuilt itself almost entirely in the past 20 years.
Henrik Vinter
17 May 2026
japanKamakura Day Trip Guide: The Great Buddha, Coastal Temples, and When to Go
Kamakura is 50 minutes from Tokyo Station and contains 19 major temples, 5 major shrines, and a 13.35-metre bronze Great Buddha that has been sitting outdoors since the wooden building around it blew away in a 1334 typhoon. It is the easiest and most rewarding day trip from Tokyo.
Henrik Vinter
16 May 2026
thailandSukhothai Travel Guide: Cycling Through Thailand's First Kingdom
Sukhothai was the capital of Thailand's first kingdom from the 13th to 15th centuries. The ruins — 193 temples spread across a 70 km² historical park — are best seen at dawn on a bicycle, before the tour buses arrive and while the mist still sits over the lotus ponds.
Henrik Vinter
15 May 2026
vietnamNinh Binh Guide: Tam Coc, Trang An, and the Karsts Without the Boat Traffic
Ninh Binh sits 90km south of Hanoi at the edge of a karst landscape — limestone mountains rising from rice paddies, river caves accessible by rowing boat, and one of Vietnam's most complete ancient imperial citadels. It is often called the inland Ha Long Bay, which understates how different it is from Ha Long Bay.
Henrik Vinter
15 May 2026
vietnamHanoi Travel Guide: Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem Lake, and a Capital That Moves Fast
Hanoi is Vietnam's capital and has been a city for over 1,000 years. The Old Quarter — 36 streets originally organised by trade guild — is still the commercial centre, still chaotic, and increasingly expensive. Hoan Kiem Lake sits at its edge like a pause button. The food is worth the trip by itself.
Henrik Vinter
14 May 2026
thailandKoh Phangan Travel Guide: Beyond the Full Moon Party
The Full Moon Party is real and it is worth doing once. But Koh Phangan is also a 168 km² island with a national park, a dozen quiet bays, a functioning yoga industry, and some of the best seafood in the Gulf of Thailand. Most of it has nothing to do with buckets and neon paint.
Henrik Vinter
13 May 2026
icelandIceland Northern Lights Guide: When to Go, Where to Go, and What the Forecasts Mean
The aurora borealis is visible in Iceland from September through March when the sky is dark and solar activity is sufficient. It is genuinely unpredictable beyond 48 hours. A week-long trip gives a high probability of at least two or three good sightings. The difference between a green smear and a full-sky display is solar activity and clear skies — both outside anyone's control.
Henrik Vinter
13 May 2026
philippinesBohol Travel Guide: Chocolate Hills, Tarsiers, and Panglao Island
Bohol offers one of the more varied day circuits in the Philippines: geological formations unlike anything else in the region, the world's smallest primate, a river lunch, and a dive beach within 20 km of the ferry port.
Henrik Vinter