Vietnam is an exhilarating country to travel. Vibrant Street Life, exquisite food and epic landscapes are just the start of what you’ll find here. It is the perfect balance of cool urban culture with deeply rooted traditional values. In the cities, ancient pagodas sit just around the corner from sleek rooftop bars. In the countryside, life still follows the rhythms of the rice harvest and there’s always time for a coffee on the sidewalk. However you like to travel, Vietnam has treasures waiting for you. A land of staggering natural beauty and cultural complexities, of dynamic mega-cities and hill-tribe villages, Vietnam is both exotic and compelling. If you have the bills, Vietnam has the thrills and chills. Some require a little physical effort, such as motorbiking switchback after switchback up the jaw-dropping Hai Van Pass in central Vietnam. Others require even more sweat: kite-surfing the tropical oceanic waters off Mui Ne or hiking the evergreen hills around Bac Ha or Sapa. And when you’re done with all that adrenaline stuff, there’s plenty of horizontal ‘me’ time to relish. Vietnam has outstanding spas – from marble temples of treatments to simple family-run massage salons with backpacker-friendly rates.