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Travelogue: Mai Chau

Normally, travelers to northern Vietnam always visit SaPa, a small town in the northwest mountains of Vietnam, known for amazing terraced riced paddies and great hiking. But during my time in Hanoi, the weather was supremely uncooperative – rainy, cloudy, and foggy. I didn’t want to make a 20-hour round trip just to see fog, so I opted to visit Mai Chau instead – a small SaPa-like mountain town 4 hours southwest of Hanoi.
Mai Chau - panorama rice fields 1 Mai Chau - panorama rice fields 6 Mai Chau - panorama rice fields 7

Mai Chau was a great town to just relax in, but there’s not terribly much to do, so this will be a photo-heavy post.

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Travelogue: Hualien and Taroko National Park

To be honest, there’s not terribly much around Hualien (花蓮)- I found it notable mostly for being the nearest city to Taroko (太魯閣), which has a reputation for being one of the most beautiful places in Taiwan. And it lives up to its reputation:
Hualien - Taroko panorama 2 Hualien - city panorama

This is going to be a photo-heavy and text-light post.

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