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✈️ CITY HUSTLE → ISLAND LUXURY 🌴

A Rice Bowl Travel Signature Journey

Seven days of Hanoi energy, followed by ten days of tropical luxury on Koh Lipe, with Bangkok bookending the adventure.

🇻🇳 CITY HUSTLE Scooters • Cafés • Markets • Street Food • Culture
🌴 ISLAND LUXURY Beaches • Turquoise Water • Snorkelling • Relaxation
DAYS 1–7

🇻🇳 HANOI

Start with one full week experiencing the energy and character of Hanoi.

🛵 Old streets • ☕ Coffee • 🍜 Food • 🏮 Markets • 🌃 Nightlife

NEXT → ✈️ FLIGHT
EXPLORE HANOI

🇹🇭 BANGKOK

Fly from Hanoi to Bangkok Don Mueang and change onto your southern Thailand journey.

✈️ HANOI → DON MUEANG
BANGKOK

🇹🇭 HAT YAI

Take a domestic flight south towards the gateway for the Andaman coast.

✈️ DON MUEANG → HAT YAI
HAT YAI

🚐 PAK BARA

Continue from Hat Yai towards Pak Bara Harbour, the departure point for the island.

🚐 HAT YAI → PAK BARA
PAK BARA
🚤 PAK BARA → 🌴 KOH LIPE

Leave the mainland behind. The city adventure becomes an island escape.

🚤 BOAT TO KOH LIPE
10 DAYS

🌴💎 KOH LIPE

Your luxury island chapter.

🌊 Turquoise water • 🏝️ Beaches • 🤿 Snorkelling • 🌅 Sunsets • 🏨 Luxury Hotel

🌴 STAY — 10 DAYS
FIND YOUR LUXURY HOTEL

🚤 KOH LIPE → PAK BARA

After ten days of island luxury, take the boat back to the mainland.

🚤 RETURN BOAT

🚐 PAK BARA → HAT YAI

Travel back towards Hat Yai Airport for the flight north.

🚐 TRANSFER
1 DAY

🇹🇭 BANGKOK

One final day in Bangkok before returning to Hanoi.

✈️ HAT YAI → BANGKOK
ONE DAY IN BANGKOK

✈️ BANGKOK → HANOI

Finish the journey where it began.

✈️ RETURN TO HANOI
🍚 YOUR COMPLETE RICE BOWL JOURNEY
🇻🇳 HANOI → ✈️ → 🇹🇭 DON MUEANG → ✈️ → HAT YAI → 🚐 → PAK BARA → 🚤 → 🌴 KOH LIPE → 🚤 → PAK BARA → 🚐 → HAT YAI → ✈️ → BANGKOK → ✈️ → 🇻🇳 HANOI
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