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How to Spend 7 Perfect Days in North and Central Vietnam
While trips to Vietnam often follow a well-blazed trail between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the captivating Southeast Asian country wows with ancient towns, natural wonders, lively markets, historic attractions and palm-fringed islands. You could spend months meandering between hill stations in the north to the waterways of the Mekong Delta in the south, but it’s still possible to pack plenty into a week — think exploring fast-paced capital Hanoi, followed by a boutique cruise on Hạlong Bay and hiking Vietnam’s tallest peak to getting pampered at the country’s first all-spa inclusive resort on its laid-back central coast. A top choice for intrepid travelers, here’s how to spend seven perfect days in North and Central Vietnam.
Celebrating The Unique Biodiversity Of Channel Islands National Park
On an uninhabited island off the coast of Southern California where pygmy mammoths once roamed, I trekked along sandstone cliffs and up a steep footpath into one of the rarest native pine forests in the United States. Dwarfed and gnarled by the fierce winds, the endangered evergreens with freakishly large pine cones were so mesmerizing that I almost missed seeing a fox that is found nowhere else on earth.
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