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Where I’m At: November, 2020 – Nha Trang edition

November 1, 2020 By James Clark 1 Comment

Greetings from Nha Trang! Here is the November 2020 edition of Where I’m At – my monthly summary of where I’ve been and site news. Where I’ve been Saigon View this post on Instagram Wamdering the streets of Saigon at night. A post shared by James Clark ✈️ (@nomadicnotes) on Oct 28, 2020 at 5:39am […]

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Notes on Ha Long – the city by its namesake bay

October 22, 2020 By James Clark 1 Comment

Ha Long is the capital of Quang Ninh province in Northeast Vietnam, and as the name would suggest it’s also the main city of Ha Long Bay. Ha Long Bay is one of the most popular destinations in Vietnam, yet most people visit straight from Hanoi. I visited Ha Long Bay on my first visit […]

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Notes on Phan Thiet – Mui Ne Beach, Phan Thiet city, and riding along the Binh Thuan coast

October 9, 2020 By James Clark 6 Comments

Phan Thiet is the capital of Binh Thuan province, located in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. The main drawcard of Phan Thiet is the beach that runs from Phan Thiet city to Mui Ne town. The beach is marketed as Mui Ne, even though only a small section of the beach is in […]

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

October 1, 2020 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Greetings from Saigon! Here is the October 2020 edition of Where I’m At – my monthly summary of where I’ve been and site news. I haven’t been blogging much here lately, but I still publish a weekly travel newsletter with updates not featured on the blog. The newsletter includes a round up of the best […]

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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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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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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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