Travelfish #448: Vietnam On Two Wheels

A great site turns ten, plus a week of procrastination                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 [Open in browser]( [Travelfish #448: Vietnam On Two Wheels]() A great site turns ten, plus a week of procrastination [Stuart McDonald]( Aug 1 [Comment]( [Share]() Hi all, This week I’m leading with a nice piece on [Vietnam Coracle]( celebrating ten years of being online (and on two wheels). I had a coupla coffees with the site’s founder Tom a few years back in HCMC, and it has been great seeing the site go from strength to strength. Well done! If you’re Vietnam-bound and prefer to be on two wheels, his site belongs in your bookmarks. In honour of ten years, the pics this week are from Vietnam—on two wheels! A minor content note, I’ve removed the vaccination and state of Asia charts for now as the needle isn’t moving much on that front. If/when the situation changes, I’ll reinstate them. Cheers Stuart Altitude Getting a bit of air in Dien Bien. Photo: Stuart McDonald. --------------------------------------------------------------- ⭐️ Story of the week  - [10 Year Anniversary of Vietnam Coracle]( from Vietnam Coracle --------------------------------------------------------------- 🇲🇲 Burma - [Four Executions]( from Dari Mulut Ke Mulut - [Dengue Worsens Under the Junta’s Watch]( from Frontier Myanmar ($) - [Myanmar Junta Extends State of Emergency]( from The Irrawaddy 🇰🇭 Cambodia - [Police to Inspect All Foreigners’ Housing to Combat Human Trafficking]( from VOD - [Rise in Thai Air Routes to Siem Reap Fuels Travel Hopes]( from The Phnom Penh Post - [Sambor Prei Kuk Temples Analysed]( from The Phnom Penh Post [Ad: Phnom Penh’s Penh House, from US$62 per night. 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Click here for the details.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🇻🇳 Vietnam - [Vietnam’s ‘Coral Grave’ at Nha Trang Bay a Wake-up Call on Climate Change Destruction]( from SCMP ($) - [Exploring Chợ Quán Asylum, Saigon’s Oldest Prisoner-of-war Camp]( from Saigoneer - [Trouble for Vietnam's New Passport]( from Vietnam Weekly Random other stuff - [Tourist Traps in South-east Asia: Fake Orphans and Floating-market Scams]( from The Straits Times ($) - [Fleets of Airbnbs in Region Run by Management Companies, Out-of-town Owners]( from The Traverse City Record Eagle - [Barcelona Targets Cruise Ships in Its Latest Fight With Tourists]( from Bloomberg ($) - [Visiting Venice? 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