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[Photos] Con Dao: From Prison to Paradise
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 July 2018 10:00
- Written by Lee Starnes. Photos by Lee Starnes
Fast earning a place on travelers' radar, sleepy Con Dao is home to pristine beaches, ornate rock formations and some of Vietnam's best diving. Pair these natural attractions with the island's troubled past, filled with French tiger cages, a gruesome network of prisons and gracefully aging colonial-era buildings and you have plenty of reasons to make the trek from the mainland to this tiny island destination.
[Photos] Photographers Capture Firefly Season in Japan
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- Published on Friday, 13 July 2018 16:00
- Written by Saigoneer.
For Hanoians, the arrival of summer usually equals either raincoat season or swimming pool season. But, for a select group of photographers in Japan, with summer comes fireflies and a chance to capture nature’s raw beauty.
[Photos] Nature Takes Over Abandoned Chinese Fishing Village
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- Published on Thursday, 12 July 2018 10:00
- Written by Saigoneer.
On tiny Gouqi Island, one of the 394 Shengsi Islands at the mouth of China's Yangtze River, lies Houtou Wan, a long-lost fishing village which now sits abandoned.
Urbanist Getaways: Discovering Serenity in Bhutan – The Other Hermit Kingdom
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- Published on Saturday, 07 July 2018 11:00
- Written by Alex Sinclair-Lack. Photos by Alex Sinclair-Lack.
Only a handful of pilots can manage the treacherous flight into Bhutan’s tiny international airport. As the plane tilts for the final descent, passengers gather by the windows — smartphones recording in white-knuckled hands as the wings skirt the valley walls.
[Photos] Flycam Photographers Capture Vietnam's Mesmerizing Landscapes From Above
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- Published on Saturday, 30 June 2018 08:00
- Written by Saigoneer.
From lush, green tea plantations stretching towards the horizon to islets dotting the ocean blue, flycam photography captures unique angles of Vietnam's landscapes in crisp, vivid images.
Urbanist Getaways: Exploring the Izakayas of Japan
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- Published on Friday, 29 June 2018 09:00
- Written by Lee Starnes. Photos by Lee Starnes.
“I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road,” Dostoyevsky writes in his 1879 novel, The Brothers Karamazov. “There one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.”
[Photos] Time Stands Still on Sri Lanka's Colonial-Era Trains
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- Published on Wednesday, 27 June 2018 11:00
- Written by Lee Starnes. Photos by Lee Starnes.
The train from Colombo to Ella rolls along Sri Lanka’s undulating hills on a set of uneven tracks. Aging passenger cars, hot and crowded, click-clack past a patchwork of verdant tea plantations and quiet hill towns on their slow trek toward the country’s interior.
[Photos] Cool, Calm and Collected: Life in Cau Hai Lagoon
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- Published on Saturday, 23 June 2018 08:00
- Written by Lee Starnes. Photos by Lee Starnes.
Forty kilometers southeast of Hue, Cau Hai Lagoon is among the largest freshwater lagoons in Southeast Asia. Tucked between the East Sea and the mountains of central Vietnam, its placid waters are home to a small fishing community, while local farmers tend to the verdant rice paddies that stretch out to meet the water’s edge.
[Photos] Towering Brick Kilns in Vinh Long Form Mesmerizing 'Red Kingdom'
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- Published on Friday, 15 June 2018 15:00
- Written by Saigoneer.
In the Mekong Delta, ancient clay deposits give rise to robust communities of terracotta roof tile and brick makers.
[Photos] Exploring Dala Township on the River Yangon's South Shore
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- Published on Wednesday, 13 June 2018 15:00
- Written by Chris Humphrey. Photos by Chris Humphrey.
Only a 10-minute ferry ride from central Yangon, Dala is a blur of motorbike horns, trishaw drivers peddling scams and old ships rusting on the riverbank.
[Video] A Mesmerizing Timelapse of Mui Ne From Above
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- Published on Wednesday, 13 June 2018 12:00
- Written by Dana Filek-Gibson. Photo courtesy of Rufus Blackwell.
It’s safe to say that Rufus Blackwell has a soft spot for Vietnam.
