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Ho Chi Minh City Travel Guide

June 27, 2014 By James Clark 7 Comments

Ho Chi Minh City Travel Guide

Travel Notes > Vietnam > Ho Chi Minh City Travel Guide Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam and the unofficial business capital. If you love chaotic cities with a buzz and want to visit a city that is transforming into a modern Asian metropolis then this is the place to be. […]

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Little Saigon – Melbourne

January 20, 2014 By James Clark 5 Comments

Little Saigon - Melbourne

After having spent nearly a year in Ho Chi Minh City I returned my home city of Melbourne for the Christmas holidays. While it’s always good to go back I knew I would be soon be having some Vietnamese food withdrawals, so I made my way to one of the Vietnamese districts. There are three […]

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Where I’m At: January, 2014 – Ho Chi Minh City

January 8, 2014 By James Clark 9 Comments

Saigon Food Wander

Greetings from Saigon. I’ve just returned to Vietnam after a few weeks back “home” in Melbourne. It was great to go back after an absence of a year and a half. I like noticing what has changed after being away for a while, and it was weird to hear the Australian accent everywhere. Wow, do […]

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Where I’m At: August, 2013 – Ho Chi Minh City

August 14, 2013 By James Clark 12 Comments

City Hall at night - Saigon

Language and moto mayhem in Ho Chi Minh City It’s been a month since I got back to Ho Chi Minh City so it’s time for an update. Heads Down In The Hoch After months of non-stop travel it’s been great to unpack and stay somewhere I love for a while. In the last month […]

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Where I’m At: July, 2013 – Ho Chi Minh City

July 17, 2013 By James Clark 9 Comments

Back in Ho Chi Minh City

[Greetings from Saigon] After three and a half months on the road I’m happy to report that I’m back in Ho Chi Minh City. I left at the end of March this year to begin a trip that would take me around Asia, Europe, and North and Central America. This trip included meet ups with […]

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Where I’m At: March, 2013 – Ho Chi Minh City

March 27, 2013 By James Clark 23 Comments

Rush hour in Ho Chi Minh City

I arrived in Ho Chi Minh City last November with a three month visa, half wondering if my nomadic ways would keep me in a city for that long. Turns out I ended up extending my stay to four months, which is the longest I have been in one place for years (perhaps I am […]

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Iconic Saigon war photo locations revisited

February 14, 2013 By James Clark 40 Comments

Burning Monk

There are some cities in the world where I can’t help but think about its troubled past. I lived in London for two years where its ugly post-war buildings are a constant reminder of the blitz. I have spent several months in Budapest where you see plaques everywhere inscribed with 1956. Ho Chi Minh City […]

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Ridiculously skinny buildings of Vietnam

January 15, 2013 By James Clark 21 Comments

Skinny Buildings - Vietnam

[A tall and skinny building in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.] Spend any amount of time in Vietnam and you will soon notice that there are skinny buildings everywhere. Some are so slender that they barely look like they could fit a double bed across. Don’t ask me how they would get a double bed […]

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Where I’m At: November, 2012 – Bangkok, Otres Beach, Ho Chi Minh City

November 28, 2012 By James Clark 7 Comments

Bangkok with bloggers and boats After making my way to Malaysia I was planning to head to Indonesia. Instead I have ended up back in Bangkok (again!) after getting an invitation to attend the Royal Barge Procession rehearsal. [Not an actual barge] This event is only held every few years so I couldn’t pass up […]

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Cost of living Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City for $724 a month

November 20, 2012 By James Clark 68 Comments

Ho Chi Minh City Hall

[Ho Chi Minh City Hall] Here at nomadicnotes.com I keep a cost of living tally for when I spend a month at a time in one location. I had heard from some online business friends that Ho Chi Minh City (AKA Saigon) is the new hotspot for online entrepreneurs, so naturally I had to go […]

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