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Top 15 Valentine’s Day Destinations in Asia

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We're counting down the days to Valentine's day, the idea of traveling to some of the best Valentine's day destinations with your partner can be appealing, especially if you're a couple who looks forward to an adventure together rather than exchanging physical gifts on this romantic day.

After publishing a post on romantic destinations in Europe, I've put together some tips on planning your Valentine's day getaway, along with some of the best destinations to visit on Valentine's day in Asia. So, where are the best places in Asia to celebrate Valentine's Day with your beloved ones? What do you need to prepare for your Valentine's getaway?

In this opportunity, I've put together some of the best place recommendations for Valentine's day, according to some fellow travel bloggers. So, keep reading to smoothen your plan to spend your Valentine's day with the special one!

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The 5 Best Countries for Retirement

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A lot of us envision a life outside of our home country when we finally call time on our working life. After decades of toil and with the kids now all grown up, it makes sense to live out your autumn years in a land you’ve always dreamed of exploring.

When it comes to moving to distant lands to enjoy our retirement, however, it’s not always a case of wishes coming true. Unless money is no object, you have to balance the deep-seated desire with some reality.

What this means is we need to be practical when choosing places to retire because the best doesn’t necessarily equal ideal, especially when factoring in the overall cost of putting down roots.

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Where to Stay in Ho Chi Minh City: A Complete Guide

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Visiting Ho Chi Minh City? Vietnam’s largest city has a lot to offer, from interesting museums to some of the country’s best cafés and restaurants, most beautiful colonial architecture and much more. 

Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon, is a huge city with several different districts, meaning it can be hard to work out exactly where you should stay. The guide below covers all of the city’s best districts, hotels, apartments and other accommodation options.

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Vietnam-Cambodia by Land: Ha Tien to Kampot with Champa Mekong Express Bus

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Ever since I started planning out my Vietnam itinerary back home, I knew that I wanted to leave Vietnam for Cambodia by land through Kampot. And not the usual Ho Chi Minh City-Phnom Penh route that people often use for their Indochina travel. 

However, as it turned out, I couldn't find any transportation option from Chau Doc to Kampot online. Going to Ha Tien first was my only way in order to get the bus ticket to Kampot, since most of the transportation options from Chau Doc to Cambodia go directly to Phnom Penh.

After staying overnight in Ha Tien, I took Champa Mekong Express Bus from Ha Tien to Kampot and I'll share the review of my journey with them here! 🙂

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Review: River Hotel Ha Tien, Staying Overnight on the Way to Kampot from Vietnam

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When I decided to cross the border from Vietnam to Cambodia, I had several alternatives with visiting Phu Quoc being one of them. Eventually, I decided to skip Phu Quoc since I just came back from Bali a few months before. As a result, I stopped by Ha Tien instead on my way to Kampot from Chau Doc.

I created a brief itinerary about some places to visit in Ha Tien, but I ended up not going anywhere except for dinner because the weather was too hot and I found out that Grabbike wasn't available in the city. So yes, if you want to get around the town in Ha Tien, the best option is to take a taxi.

But since I was traveling solo and on the budget at the time, I decided to just stay in the hotel where I stayed overnight there: River Hotel, Ha Tien.

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