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Pulau Pinang (where Pulau means island) is an island off the northwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It was listed by UNESCO in 2008 as a World Heritage Site. Most inhabitants of the island live in Georgetown, the biggest – and capital – city on the north-west of the island. Founded in 1786 by British trader [...]

In the morning we had a normal bus to Hue –  the former imperial capital – which took about 5 hours. We got dropped in the backpacker-ish district on the south east of the Perfume river. Hue is best known for its historic monuments, which earned the city a place on the UNESCO World Heritage [...]

Hoi An is a city on the coast of the South China Sea in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is home to approximately 120.000 inhabitants. In 1999, the old town was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO as a well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port of the 15th to 19th [...]