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Back to Saigon, 2008

In September 2008 the site's founder booked flights back to Saigon for November and set out to add more off-the-beaten-track places to the guide.

September 2008

The post is short. After handing in his notice and booking tickets, the author was returning to Vietnam in early November, over a year since his last stay in Saigon. He had been following Saigon blogs and photographers while away, and wanted to add more out-of-the-way places to the site, which at the time read like a Sinh Cafe itinerary for travellers short of time.

Since then

That aim is what the site is now: a guide to southern Vietnam, from Ho Chi Minh City out to the coast and delta. The site has been online since 2006; there is more on its history and who runs it on the about page.

If you are planning a trip, start with the Ho Chi Minh City guide, then the traffic notes so the first crossing of a busy road is less of a surprise.