https://www.scmp.com/rss/505845/feed Patrick Scott is a travel writer based in Ho Chi Minh City. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com On a bus rumbling along a road in southern Cambodia, past rice fields and stands of coconut palms, 30-year-old musical protégé Nou Samnang stares intently at the fingers of the master, Mon Hai, fluttering over the tiny holes in the upright bamboo pipes. Nou Samnang is seated inches from the dignified, dexterous 67-year-old Mon Hai, trying to match the sounds to the finger placements just above the wooden mouthpiece, producing sounds somewhere between a harmonica and an accordion. Songs played on... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3234663/how-masters-traditional-cambodian-instruments-are-helping-heal-land-still-recovering-horrors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3234663/how-masters-traditional-cambodian-instruments-are-helping-heal-land-still-recovering-horrors?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Sep 2023 03:15:09 +0000 In the dim light of a half-moon, we peer down onto a forest-fringed bay from an overlook at the Con Dao National Park ranger station on Bay Canh islet. Surf is pounding the shore and the setting is framed by clouds in a starry sky and glowing squid trawlers on the horizon. Bay Canh is ground zero for sea turtle nesting and overnight tours in the 16-island Con Dao archipelago, off Vietnam’s southern tip, and despite the current impossibility of international travel, we number 40: three tour... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3093453/sea-turtle-watching-con-dao-vietnam-huddled-around-nest-we?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3093453/sea-turtle-watching-con-dao-vietnam-huddled-around-nest-we?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Jul 2020 09:30:15 +0000 After weeks of pandemic hibernation in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, South African native Kim Gordhan somewhat reluctantly boarded a flight with two girlfriends at the beginning of May and headed to the former port city of Hoi An in the country’s Central Coast region. They were given the green light to travel during Vietnam’s four-day National Reunification Day and May Day holiday as, days before, the government began lifting restrictions on movement and allowed tourism businesses to start... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3083320/how-tourist-hotspot-vietnam-adjusting-attract-locals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3083320/how-tourist-hotspot-vietnam-adjusting-attract-locals?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 May 2020 09:00:08 +0000