Bizarre

It’s like, in the middle of this beautifully small and humble country, there’s this bizarre backpacker heaven. Small enough to walk/ride around, hard enough to access that there are basically only backpackers, cheap enough to spend months on end. The area is so beautiful and there is so much to do in the way of walking/ riding/ kayaking/ tubing/ spelunking and a tonne more. One of my favourite places in the world.

Cringe points include the friends bars (which can be a good or bad thing, but you’d be better off getting some real local food). And the array of what I like to call “Boozepackers” that aren’t really in it for the culture or the experience, but more just to get drunk in other countries.

Truely worth it. Bring travel sick tablets for the bus ride. But stay awake… the views of the towns and villages are AMAZING.