By subject
Topics
The same posts, sorted by what they are about rather than where. The regions are on the map.
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Road trips
Motorbike loops and long days out, with the road numbers and the honest timings.
Around Cam Ranh bay by motorbike: the peninsula loop · The Hon Heo peninsula road: Doc Let to Ninh Van by motorbike · One long day north of Nha Trang: salt, Doc Let and Dai Lanh
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Islands and bays
The three big bays and the islands you can still reach, legally, in 2026.
Is the Nha Trang four-island boat trip worth it? · Van Phong Bay: the huge bay nobody has heard of · Ninh Van Bay without a Six Senses budget
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Beaches
Where I swim, where I do not, and which beach suits which month.
Kitesurfing season in Phan Rang: My Hoa and the wind months · Mui Dinh: dunes, the lighthouse walk and the jeep question · Hang Rai at sunrise: the coral shelf, tide and moss months
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Seasons and weather
What each month is actually like, from two years of getting it wrong.
Kitesurfing season in Phan Rang: My Hoa and the wind months · Ba Ho waterfalls: the season that makes or breaks the trip · Khanh Hoa's fruit calendar: mango, durian, grapes, by month
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Living here
Rent, visas, the motorbike question, the neighbourhoods, and what nobody tells you.
Staying past 90 days: how visa runs work from Nha Trang · Shopping like a resident: Nha Trang markets I actually use · Renting or buying a motorbike for a long stay in Khanh Hoa
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Culture and history
Cham towers, a Vauban citadel, salt, memorials, and the people who were here first.
Cam Ranh town itself: an afternoon in Ba Ngoi · The Raglai of Khanh Vinh: what is polite, what is for sale · Van Phong Bay: the huge bay nobody has heard of
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Food and drink
Dishes in their home towns, fruit in season, coffee, and what a fair price looks like.
Cam Ranh town itself: an afternoon in Ba Ngoi · Shopping like a resident: Nha Trang markets I actually use · Cam Lam mango country: the orchards between airport and city
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Getting around
Roads, passes, boats and buses, as ridden rather than as advertised.
The Hon Heo peninsula road: Doc Let to Ninh Van by motorbike · Renting or buying a motorbike for a long stay in Khanh Hoa · The Nui Chua coast road: Cam Ranh to Phan Rang the slow way
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Mountains and waterfalls
The cold side of a beach province: passes, plateaus, pools and the hikes to them.
Mui Dinh: dunes, the lighthouse walk and the jeep question · Ba Ho waterfalls: the season that makes or breaks the trip · Following the Cai river upstream from Nha Trang