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Ultimate Asia Hotspot List

Ultimate hotspot guide Asia

Looking for amazing hotspots in Asia? See this video and decide what you want to read! I made an easy list for all the places in the video and linked them. Enjoy and have a great trip! If you have tips for other travellers please help each other and leave them in the comments!

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Ultimate Asia Hotspot List

Links to the full articles full of tips! 

  1. Boattour – Sihanoukville – Cambodia
  2. Most Dangerous Hike in the world – Mount Hua Shan – China
  3. Great Wall – Beijing/ Peking – China
  4. Bungee Jump – Chiang Mai – Thailand
  5. Rocket Launcher / bazooka shootingrange – Phnom Penh – Cambodia
  6. Circular Train – Yangon – Myanmar
  7. Thakhek Motorbike Loop – Laos
  8. Cycling in Bangkok – Thailand
  9. Cycling Don Det /4000 islands – Laos (must read -> laundry scam)
  10. Cycling Mandalay – Myanmar
  11. Dalat Waterfalls – Dalat Canyoning – Vietnam
  12. Sunset Pagodas Bagan – Myanmar
  13. Buying a motorbike in Vietnam – Complete motorbik tour through Vietnam
  14. Boat tour – Halong Bay – Vietnam
  15. Hot Air balloon – Vang Vieng – Laos
  16. Long beach – Koh Rong – Cambodia
  17. Pakse Motorbike Loop – Laos
  18. Downhill Mountainbike – Chiang Mai – Thailand
  19. 3-day trekking Kalaw / Inle Lake – Myanmar
  20. Vinpearl Amusement Park – Nah Trang – Vietnam
  21. Quad riding – Mui Ne – Vietnam
  22. Tubing – Vang Vieng – Laos
  23. Seven Island Boat tour – Ao Nang / Krabi – Thailand
  24. Sleeping at the monastery – Hpa-An – Myanmar

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Ultimate Asia Hotspot List
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Paul Ram

Written by Paul Ram · updated 24 January 2025

I am Paul from Amsterdam and I have been writing GoBackpackGo since 2013, from my own trips through 32 countries and 1,000+ days on the road: backpacking in Asia (2014 and 2023–2024), road trips in Australia and New Zealand, and bikepacking trips in Europe.

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Tags: Bagan, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, City Cycling Tours, Dalat, Don Det, Halong Bay, Hike, Hiking, Hpa-an, Inle Lake, Koh Rong, Mandalay, Mui Ne, Pakse, Sihanoukville, Vang Vieng, Xi'an, Yangon
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Outdoor and sports enthusiast. Since 2013 I’ve been backpacking, bikepacking and motorbiking through more than 30 countries, and writing about it on GoBackpackGo. Everything here comes from my own trips, routes and real costs.

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