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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Food and drink
Dishes in their home towns, fruit in season, coffee, and what a fair price looks like.
Khanh Hoa's fruit calendar: mango, durian, grapes, by month · Ninh Thuan grapes and wine: an honest tasting · Khanh Son in durian season: the plateau nobody visits
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Seasons and weather
What each month is actually like, from two years of getting it wrong.
Khanh Hoa's fruit calendar: mango, durian, grapes, by month · Hang Rai at sunrise: the coral shelf, tide and moss months · Bai Dai in the wind season: kites, empty sand and the tide
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Road trips
Motorbike loops and long days out, with the road numbers and the honest timings.
Ninh Thuan grapes and wine: an honest tasting · The Dien Khanh countryside loop by motorbike · Ninh Van Bay without a Six Senses budget
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Culture and history
Cham towers, a Vauban citadel, salt, memorials, and the people who were here first.
The Raglai of Khanh Vinh: what is polite, what is for sale · Van Phong Bay: the huge bay nobody has heard of · The salt and lobster road: Cam Ranh bay's working shoreline
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Islands and bays
The three big bays and the islands you can still reach, legally, in 2026.
Van Phong Bay: the huge bay nobody has heard of · Ninh Van Bay without a Six Senses budget · Vinh Hy Bay: what changed between my first visit and my last
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Living here
Rent, visas, the motorbike question, the neighbourhoods, and what nobody tells you.
Nha Trang at five in the morning · Making a life in Nha Trang: cafes, gyms and people · The coffee habit: how Nha Trang mornings work
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Beaches
Where I swim, where I do not, and which beach suits which month.
Hang Rai at sunrise: the coral shelf, tide and moss months · Dai Lanh beach and the Ca pass: the north edge of Khanh Hoa · Doc Let on a weekday: the empty beach north of the city
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Mountains and waterfalls
The cold side of a beach province: passes, plateaus, pools and the hikes to them.
Hon Ba: the mountain where Khanh Hoa gets cold · Ba Ho, Yang Bay or Ta Gu? Khanh Hoa's waterfalls compared · Ta Gu waterfall: the hike, the guide and the leeches
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Getting around
Roads, passes, boats and buses, as ridden rather than as advertised.
The Nui Chua coast road: Cam Ranh to Phan Rang the slow way · A year on a motorbike in Nha Trang: licence, police, rain · A seven-day motorbike loop of Khanh Hoa, north to south