Cathay Pacific opened its 2026 Online Travel Fair on 16 October, and I will be honest about the geography straight away: this is a Taiwan-origin sale, not a Hong Kong-origin one. Bookings are from Taipei or Kaohsiung only. That still matters if you are flying out of Taiwan toward Hong Kong (or beyond on Cathay), or if someone in Taiwan is coming this way — Hong Kong is listed as a destination on the Asia table.
This was my 4th time visiting Vietnam, and first time visiting Da Nang. I spent most of 2023 traveling to the Philippines to see my family there, but a couple of times I was not able to find suitable tickets on my days off to go there, so I had a few chances to explore other destinations instead. This trip gave me 48 hours to explore Da Nang, Vietnam, a place I didn’t know much about before I went there, but I was very pleasantly surprised!
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