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Pool and Main Building

La Veranda Resort

Located on Phu Quoc Island off the South of Vietnam, La Veranda Resort is built in the style of a French colonial mansion, with tropical gardens.

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Park Hyatt Saigon Pool Dusk

Park Hyatt Saigon

Located in the heart of downtown Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon as it’s known to the locals, the Park Hyatt Saigon makes a great base to explore the city.

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South Vietnam Phu Quoc Fishing Boats

South Vietnam. Discover unforgettable memories.

In this South Vietnam travel review, Rupert Parker revisits Saigon, the Mekong Delta and Phu Quoc.
I first visited Vietnam almost thirty five years ago, when it was still a destination off limits for most Westerners.

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HOSHINOYA Fuji

HOSHINOYA Fuji Hotel Glamping Resort

The HOSHINOYA Fuji Hotel is not so much a glamping experience as we know it in the west, more of a luxury rustic retreat in a delicious red pine forest.

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Exploring Honshu beyond Tokyo

Exploring Honshu beyond Tokyo. Immerse into Japan’s serene countryside.

The colourful chaos that is Tokyo with its high rises, nightlife and neon is stuff of legend, but no more than an hour outside of the city, Japan’s countryside is another world entirely. Andy Mossack goes exploring Honshu beyond Tokyo.

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Spectacular Mysore Dasara Festival

Even on normal days the palaces and colourful markets of Mysore, in southern India, tend to make a big impression on visiting travellers. During the ten-day Mysore Dasara festival caparisoned elephants, tribal dancers and traditional musicians are just a handful of the photogenic sights that make the city

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