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Mabul, Malaysia

Duration: 4 days, 3 nights Island:Pulau Mabul, Malaysia Language: Malay / English Currency: Malaysian RinggitPulau Mabul is the stepping-off point for divers who have come to dive Sipadan, a world premiere dive site renown for its abundant macro sea life.  The island...

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Koh Lanta, Thailand

Duration: 5 days, 4 nights Destination: Koh Lanta Language: Thai Currency: Thai Baht  Koh Lanta is the largest quiet island retreat I have visited in all of my island vacation destinations. I visited Koh Lanta on a solo trip during the off-season, A.K.A rainy...

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Koh Phi Phi, Thailand

Duration:  3 days,  2 nights Destination: Koh Phi Phi, Thailand Language: Thai Currency: Thai BahtEven in the dead of winter, as many people hunker down for the long cold remaining months of winter, the island life in southern Thailand is in perpetual swing. With...

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Koh Lipe, Thailand

Koh Lipe is small and well suited to serve one very specific type of travel – the tiny island retreat. The island has everything the tropical island retreater longs for without gouging the wallet – well-stocked all-inclusive beech bungalow resorts, a central walking street with small shops selling trinkets, souvenirs, swimming suits, diving and snorkeling equipment, and plenty of restaurants preparing fresh grilled seafood, dive shops, local tours to nearby islands, and plenty of white sand beaches.

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Man Mo temple – Hong Kong

Hong Kong is well known for its skyline and ultra-modern metropolitan status. However, tucked within those polished, gleaming towers of steel and glass are these marvelous relics of the city’s long religious history. Stepping into some of these old-world temples feels as much like what I suspect time-travel into the past must feel like.

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