Old Phnom Penh Airport to be Transformed into A Park kiripost.com/stories/old-...

I have started a new website at @railvietnam.bsky.social , so follow me there for more Vietnam rail content! This month I am getting the train from Da Nang to Hanoi to get more stock photos for this new site. Here is the rail bridge in Hue.

If you need a Sunday afternoon/ evening read... About Kipling, imperialism, a consequential British intervention in Vietnam -- and more. connla.substack.com/p/kipling-in...

More than a Powerful Symbol: The Importance of Lotus for Mekong Delta Women and Ecosystems saigoneer.com/saigon-envir...

In the mid 60s, the revered British illustrator Gerald Scarfe took his sharp eye – and sharper pen – to Vietnam, capturing the madness (and sadness) of war with dark wit and brutal honesty. Here’s what I found out about his time in Saigon and beyond. open.substack.com/pub/connla/p...

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote now for your favourite www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birdoftheyear

Hanoi breaks ground on metro line tunneling beneath Old Quarter e.vnexpress.net/news/news/tr...

Notes on Bao Loc – Like Da Lat as it once was www.nomadicnotes.com/notes-on-bao...

‘You’re going about your day and suddenly see a little Godzilla’: Bangkok reckons with a giant lizard boom www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Chiang Mai Metro System – Reviewing the routes of the 3 proposed transit lines news.futuresoutheastasia.com/p/chiang-mai...

Riding the rails: Malaysia rediscovers allure of train travel www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/g...

Revisit the Colorful, Diverse Universe of Multinational Xe Đò in 1990s Saigon saigoneer.com/saigon-herit...

From Indonesia to Nepal, anime pirate flag has become symbol of Asian Gen Z’s discontent www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia...

More covered walkways for Bangkok. "This covered walkway will connect the Lumpini MRT station to the Chong Nonsi Skywalk, spanning more than 1.6 kilometres." www.nationthailand.com/thailand/ban...

Notes on Sri Racha – The Little Osaka of Thailand www.nomadicnotes.com/notes-on-sri...

Good summary of what is happening in Indonesia

The Travel Wire: best travel reads #51 Sarajevo, Albania seizes its moment in the sun, a little walk across Tokyo, Turku, and more travel reads. www.thetravelwire.net/p/29-august-...

Future Southeast Asia Newsletter No. 280 - Singapore airports - Techo Airport metro study - Whoosh train debt - Penang's Silicon Island and Andaman Island updates - Bangkok riverside redevelopment - High-speed metro in HCMC news.futuresoutheastasia.com/p/27-august-...

Ho Chi Minh City man fined for transporting old car on motorized tricycle news.tuoitre.vn/ho-chi-minh-...

Chiang Mai deploys geese to tackle polluted moat www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...

The Travel Wire: best travel reads No. 50 - Taiwan the railway destination, - Old passenger ship hotel in Indonesia, - Hiking ancient Greek villages, - Afghanistan, - Less bad travel and more travel reads... www.thetravelwire.net/p/22-august-...

Building of the month August 2025 - General Sciences Library, Vietnam c20society.org.uk/building-of-...

African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Unfinished concrete structure turns into nature-filled tropical café in Cambodia www.designboom.com/architecture...

Singapore-style hawker centres are coming to Bangkok, such as this one that is planned for Lumpini Public Park. www.nationthailand.com/thailand/ban...

Notes on Bac Ninh: On the railway to China, the hidden ancient citadel, and visiting the Koreatown and Chinatown in this booming manufacturing hub of Northern Vietnam. www.nomadicnotes.com/notes-on-bac...

What Free Iced Tea Says About Ho Chi Minh City vietcetera.com/en/what-free...

An alternative to hiking Sapa: try this hill-tribe trek in Vietnam instead www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...

The elephant whisperer: one Thai woman’s lifelong quest to protect a rescued herd www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I made ChatGPT write a travel guide for me, just to see how much it got wrong. planetwhitley.com/why-you-shou...

When I travel around Vietnam by motorbike, I always like to relax at a hammock cafe (cà phê võng). Now that Vietnam is pushing hard to convert the nation to electric motorbikes, charging cafes with hammocks makes perfect sense dtinews.dantri.com.vn/vietnam-toda...

What Saigon looked like a century ago e.vnexpress.net/photo/news/w...

SE Asia Railways News 🇮🇩 Indonesia eyes US$53 B in private rail investments 🇱🇦 LCR doubles daily cross-border passenger services 🇲🇾 ECRL Genting Tunnel breakthrough 🇵🇭 Lucena-Calamba rail service resumes 🇻🇳Timeline of North-South HSR project southeastasiarailways.beehiiv.com/p/august-2025

"Guidebooks for China boomed from the 1980s to the 2010s. Then the Covid pandemic hit. With fewer visitors, and travel guides going out of print in the digital age, what are we missing?" chinabooksreview.com/2025/07/31/t...

The Travel Wire: best travel reads #47 - Guidebooks for China - Self-navigating cars in the Faroe Islands - Bruges - The tiny Australian town that became a Nepalese village and more travel reads... www.thetravelwire.net/p/1-august-2...

Malaysia and Singapore’s Art Deco legacy: Buildings that tell stories www.tatlerasia.com/homes/archit...

Finally an analysis that goes beyond the smaokescreen of the contested temples and asks "why now?" www.cfr.org/blog/real-re...

Greener streets, cooler city: How Penang plans to refresh Unesco-listed George Town www.malaymail.com/news/life/20...

Photos of the giant rats leading land mine detection efforts in Cambodia apnews.com/photo-galler...

Da Nang and Hoi An are now the same city as part of Vietnam's provincial mergers of 2025. With the merger, the new city should promote the current bus connection, improve bus stations, and start an airport and railway station bus service to Hoi An.

Nice of the mainboard of my Macbook to die while I am in HCMC where I could get it repaired in 30 minutes. Apparently it died of mouldiness, which doesn't surprise me considering this laptop lives in constant humidity.

How travel has changed in 20 years, notes on Surabaya, we won't see most of the world, puffins in Ireland, and more travel reads www.thetravelwire.net/p/18-july-2025

The new hotel plan at the old Narai Hotel site in Silom, Bangkok www.designboom.com/architecture...

Notes on Surabaya – In the midst of an old town renaissance www.nomadicnotes.com/notes-on-sur...

Da Nang to Hoi An by public bus www.nomadicnotes.com/da-nang-hoi-...

Jakarta Floods, Modern City's Reputation Instantly Fades www.kompas.id/artikel/en-j...

Hundreds form human chain to help Melbourne’s oldest bookshop relocate after more than a century www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Future Southeast Asia Newsletter No. 273 Makassar trip report North Bali Airport approved Vientiane BRT Makati Subway More land reclamation for Changi Airport Bangkok canal walkway and cycle path Saigon River Park proposal news.futuresoutheastasia.com/p/9-july-2025

Koh Kradan didn't need the extra attention: "Jurassic World: Rebirth was filmed in Thailand. Here are the featured locations you can visit" cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/travel/juras...

SE Asia Railways News (July 2025) - Whoosh HSR hits 10-million passenger mark - PNR set to revive Bicol-Quezon trips - JB-Woodlands train to end in 2027 - Thai Cabinet to approve ‘3 Airports High-Speed Rail’ contract - 5 firms eye Vietnam’s HSR project southeastasiarailways.beehiiv.com/p/july-2025