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DAK NONG: TET HOLIDAY 2021 (THE YEAR OF THE OX)

In a typical year, I take advantage of the long holiday that Tết offers to travel abroad. But, life has been everything but ordinary since the COVID-19 breakout in Wuhan and its halo effect around South East Asia. Especially in Vietnam, as the Government took early actions and closed the borders in February 2020. Since then, no one could get in or out of the country. As you expected, this year, it was impossible. Considering the travel restrictions currently applied, I planned to travel domestically and explore more of my country of residence. My first attempt to plan my holiday involved a week-long motorbike trip to Ha Giang - in the extreme North of Vietnam, near the Chinese border - along with eight (8) friends. But, this plain got ditched with serious complications involving a scam from a tourist agency in Hanoi (post coming soon…).

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THE RELOCATION STATE OF MIND

Here I am, back in Ho Chi Minh City for the third time. Although, this time is not only for a short business trip. In fact, I recently accepted a position based in the megapolis I have learnt to love over my first two visits here. How did I end up here, and what happened since my last post? I know it's been a long time since you've heard from me, but in my mind it all happened in a split second. Things seemed to have happened so fast that I must take a step back and reflect on the series of events that brought me to relocate to yet another country in three years only.

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