Tag: slow travel
Your knowledge of English could make your trip to Vietnam way cheaper
Vietnam is currently one of the world’s most up-and-coming travel destinations and not without reason. The place is incredibly beautiful, the people nice and has the most delicious coffee.
More direct flights from new places are increasingly connecting the capital, Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) and Hanoi, the more popular northern city from where thousands of tourists go on their Halong Bay tours. But large parts of the country are still waiting to be discovered and right now is a great time to go before everyone discovers the hidden gems. Continue reading Your knowledge of English could make your trip to Vietnam way cheaper
Indulge in slow travel through Vellur in Kerala
November 4 (TravelAndy): Kerala Tourism is promoting Vellur, a sleepy hamlet tucked deep away in the peaceful countryside of Kannur.
Visitors can experience panoramic vistas of green carpeted paddy fields and the centuries-old art and craft.
“A stroll through the flourishing fields lending your ears to the murmuring rice plants and bathing in the frigid waters of silver streams on a misty morning caters to the tastes of any ardent nature lover,” says the Kerala Tourism website. “Besides its natural charm, the village is renowned for its rich heritage and culture and Shaaliya Porattu, the folk art form, showcases this at its best.” Continue reading Indulge in slow travel through Vellur in Kerala
Give slow travel a chance
Once you are back from a two-week trip to Europe, it feels good to tell people back home you saw six countries, doesn’t it?
But the part about the trip you’d rather not dwell on is that you could not spend more than an hour at the Louvre because you still had to see Eiffel Tower, the Montmartre and five other places by the end of the day. You also tend to skip the part about visiting St. Peter’s Basilica but not finding enough time to go to the Vatican Museum to see Sistine Chapel.
In fact, you realise later that you spent more time travelling from one place to another than taking in a particular place, especially if you were doing the trip with a tour company that promised you the “highlights” of Europe. Continue reading Give slow travel a chance