Eastward Ho: My Adventures in the East
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I’m Will, a teacher based in Vietnam. Originally, this blog was started in 2019 to share my trans-Siberian journey with my family. Now it’s evolved into me sharing Vietnamese history as I learn it through short travel-episodes. If you’re interested in the pre-twentieth century history of Vietnam, the cultures of the central highlands or the adventures an expat, feel free to have a browse.
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Recent Posts
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Lũy Bán Bích
You haven’t seen a bad school run until you’ve seen it in Tân Phú, Ho Chi Minh City. Each morning at seven the alleys clog with motorbikes pressing through like sheep herded through a narrow lane. I plan my commute to work to be very early to avoid this rush. Then I wait for school… Read more
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Beads in Jrai Culture
It’s been a while since I’ve written about the indigenous cultures around Pleiku, though I feel there is still a lot more to uncover. At the time of writing, I’m in Sarawak, Borneo for Tết holiday. One of the first things that stuck me here as a tourist is the beads. Among indigenous Bidayuh communities… Read more
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Saigon’s Tombs of the Tay Son War
Regular readers know the Vietnamese civil wars of the 18th century known as the Tây Sơn wars are one of my favorite topics. Now that I’m back living in Hồ Chí Minh City, it’s interesting to learn how many connections there are between this place and those wars, which it turns out is quite a… Read more
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Lương Văn Chánh: Phú Yên’s Founding Father
When I first came to Tuy Hòa, I had vague ideas about funding my travels by writing online. This was before ChatGPT, when copywriter might have been a viable option. I used this blog to practise, read a few guides, and produced some quite bad content including a piece about “hidden gems in Vietnam”, which… Read more
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Bình Định
Three days after the typhoon, I wandered down to The Social in Quy Nhơn, an expat hangout I’d assumed would still be closed—the street had been pitch black the night before—but it was suddenly lit up like a Christmas tree. We hauled wooden armchairs onto the pavement and sat there in the warm, dry evening,… Read more
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