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Hotel Review: Hung Vuong Hotel, Ha Long – Vietnam

September 19, 2020 By James Clark

Hotel Name: Hung Vuong Hotel Address: 25/4 Bach Dang, Hon Gai Port, Ha Long, Vietnam I stayed at the Hung Vuong Hotel in Ha Long, Vietnam. I booked online at the rate of 315,000 VND ($13.60 USD) per night, and I booked it for its price and location in Ha Long. There are two sides […]

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Flight Review: Bamboo Airways – Ho Chi Minh City to Van Don (the airport for Ha Long Bay)

September 18, 2020 By James Clark

Flight: Bamboo Airways QH 1970 From: Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) To: Van Don (VDO) I flew with Bamboo Airways from Ho Chi Minh City to Van Don (the gateway airport for Ha Long Bay). I searched for flights via Skyscanner, and on the day I wanted to travel Bamboo Airways was the only option […]

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Hanoi beyond Hoan Kiem – how the metro will open up the city outside the old quarter

September 16, 2020 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Hanoi is a city of over 8 million people that is composed of 12 urban districts, 1 district-level town, and 17 rural districts. Most visitors – including myself – stay in the old quarter in Hoan Kiem district, and visit Ba Dinh District (the political and cultural heart of Vietnam). With a new metro system […]

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Hotel Review: Hoa Binh 2, Phan Thiet – Vietnam

September 13, 2020 By James Clark

Hotel Name: Hoa Binh 2 Address: 139 Le Loi, Phan Thiet, Vietnam I stayed at Hoa Binh 2 hotel in Phan Thiet, Vietnam. I booked online at the rate of $10.16 USD per night, and I picked it for its price and location in the city. Phan Thiet is better known for the beaches of […]

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Where I’m At: September, 2020 – Saigon edition

September 1, 2020 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Greetings from Saigon and another edition of Where I’m At – my monthly summary of where I’ve been and site news. Subscribe to my weekly travel newsletter for more updates not featured on the blog, which includes a round up of the best travel reads of the week. Where I’ve been (or not) View this […]

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Notes on Ninh Binh – an abandoned backpacker street and the mega mansions that look like cathedrals

August 28, 2020 By James Clark 4 Comments

After visiting the Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex (the main attraction of Ninh Binh) I visited Ninh Binh City. I had read some reviews saying its not worth visiting, which just made me want to visit it more. To be fair it’s not a place you would choose to visit if you had two weeks […]

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Notes on Sam Son Beach – The hyper-local resort city in Northern Vietnam

August 21, 2020 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Sam Son is a beach city in northern Vietnam, 16 km east of Thanh Hoa City (which is 150 km south of Hanoi). It’s not the sort of place that’s listed in Lonely Planet (I checked my 2018 edition), and that’s fair enough. With hundreds of kilometres of beaches to choose from in Vietnam, you […]

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Scenic Ninh Binh – The Trang An Landscape Complex

August 13, 2020 By James Clark 3 Comments

The Trang An Landscape Complex is the name for what most people just refer to as Ninh Binh. That’s the official UNESCO World Heritage name, while in Vietnam it’s the more superfluous Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex. Ninh Binh is also the name of the capital city of the province of the same name, though […]

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Notes on Thanh Hoa – A provincial capital in the North Central Region of Vietnam

August 6, 2020 By James Clark 2 Comments

Thanh Hóa is the capital of Thanh Hoa Province, about 150 km directly south of Hanoi. Like Tuy Hoa on the South Central Coast of Vietnam, Thanh Hoa doesn’t get a lot of tourism traffic. I got a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hoa as it’s the closest airport to Ninh Binh. […]

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Where I’m At: August, 2020 – Saigon edition

August 1, 2020 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Greetings from Saigon and another edition of Where I’m At – my monthly summary of where I’ve been and site news. Where I’ve Been I’m in Vietnam where domestic travel has still been possible. I’m not entertaining or encouraging any thought of international travel, and as mentioned later this post it looks like there’s going […]

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Hi, I’m James Clark, and I've been travelling the world since 2003 while running a location independent travel business. Nomadic Notes is a travel blog featuring travel guides and notes from my travels.

I’m currently based in Vietnam, writing about transport and infrastructure in Southeast Asia.

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