When the cold starts to creep in, head across the Pacific to Vietnam, a country whose main source of income is tourism. The Southeast Asian nation has pristine yet uncrowded beaches, amazingly cheap eats, and boasts its number one export, coffee. From trips to an old Buddhist state to shopping for hand-stitched silk clothes, there are plenty of ways to take on the country after leaving your beach-side bungalow.

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