Guides
Step-by-step help on visas, housing, banking, healthcare and more.
21 guides
Ao Nang — highlights
Holding notes. The deeper guide is not written yet. If you need this city now, talk to us.
Langkawi — highlights
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Sanya — highlights
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Kuching — highlights
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Chiang Mai — highlights
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Hua Hin — highlights
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Ho Chi Minh City — highlights
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Hanoi — highlights
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Bangkok — highlights
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Kuala Lumpur — highlights
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Huế, when you live on this coast
The citadel, the hospital, the Hai Van pass, and the open question of whether you would live there.
Ba Na Hills if you live here
A hills day-trip from Da Nang. Ticket facts from Sun World, and the question of whether a resident should bother.
What Kuching actually feels like
Sam's own account of living in Kuching, Sarawak — what it feels like, who it suits, what people get wrong before they arrive.
Two places in An Thuong I keep going back to
Not a neighbourhood guide — just two places in An Thuong, Da Nang, that Sam has personally kept returning to, and why.
Eating in Hoi An
What to order, where the price jumps, and the cheap meal this page is still waiting on.
Where to live in Hoi An
Ancient Town, An Bang, Cam Thanh, Cam Nam: what you are choosing, without pretending the rent is stable.
The first month in Hoi An
Airport, a week in one neighbourhood, and the admin that is easier before you have signed a lease.
Getting around Da Nang
Grab, a scooter, the airport, and the two drives that matter: south to Hoi An, north over the pass to Huế.
Working remotely from Da Nang
Fibre, a SIM, and the cafe pattern people use when the flat is too quiet or the call needs a wall.
Where to live in Da Nang
Four neighbourhoods people actually choose between, what changes the rent, and the blanks only someone who lives here can fill.
Healthcare in Da Nang
Where people on this coast go for a normal appointment, and when they leave the city for a hospital.