lifestyle
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Expat Life in Ho Chi Minh City for $800 a Month: My Real Cost Breakdown
Can you actually live comfortably in Saigon on $800? Before I moved to Ho Chi Minh City, I kept asking myself one question: can you actually build a comfortable life here as an expat on less than $800 a month? Not a short stay or a few weeks of travel, but real everyday life with
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The Tools I Use to Live Abroad | My Full Digital Nomad Setup
A lot of you have asked how I actually manage to live abroad full time and what my setup looks like in real life, so I wanted to put everything in one place instead of answering it in pieces. In this post, I’ll go through how I travel with just one backpack, how I stay
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Hue Day Trip from Da Nang: Is It Worth It or Overrated?
Everyone talks about Hue… but is it actually worth doing as a day trip from Da Nang? After spending quite a bit of time living in Da Nang, I kept hearing the same line again and again: “You have to visit Hue.” The ancient capital. The imperial city. A place packed with history, old architecture,
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Living in Hoi An, Vietnam: Cost of Living, Rent, Food & Expat Life
Living in Hoi An was never really part of my plan. After spending a lot of time in Da Nang over the years, I had visited Hoi An more times than I can count. But for a long time, I saw it the same way most people do. Beautiful, yes. But also crowded, touristy, and
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Chiang Mai Coffee Culture: Why Cafés Become Part of Your Daily Life
Coffee quickly became a big part of my daily routine in Chiang Mai. It didn’t take long to notice that the Chiang Mai coffee culture is something special. This city truly runs on cafés. They’re everywhere. Not just in the popular areas, but tucked into quiet streets, hidden between apartment buildings, or sitting on random
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Social Life in Da Nang: What It’s Like Going Out Without Spending Much
Da Nang is one of those places where you don’t really need to “plan” your social life as an expat. If anything, the real problem is deciding what to actually do in a given evening. It feels active in a very natural way. Not forced, not overly organized, just constantly moving in the background. A
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Coffee in Da Nang: Why I Ended Up Spending $60 a Month Without Regret
I didn’t expect this to happen. But somewhere along the way, living in Da Nang quietly turned me into a coffee addict. At first, it was just one cup in the morning. Then it became two. Then it turned into a daily routine of trying new cafés, finding favorites, and building my own little rotation