Saigon, Vietnam - 25 August, 2017

Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts.

Here is the pick of travel reads from around the web for this week.

~ James

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“The city of Abuja, often touted as Africa’s fastest growing city, was conceived in 1976 in response to the growing chaos and inefficiency of Lagos, Nigeria’s old capital city.”

Tripadvisor's Hanoi eating recommendations - things you should know

“TripAdvisor’s list of Hanoi’s best restaurants reveals a lot about the world’s biggest and most influential travel website. What about the impact?”

Shanghai Metro: keeping world’s longest mass-transit rail system on track

“What it takes to run one of the busiest, safest, most punctual and affordable subway systems on the planet.”

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Indonesia: Becoming an instant millionaire might be a thing of the past

“The Indonesian government is now making moves for redenomination of the currency, which may shave up to four zeros off the rupiah.”

Qantas: non-stop Sydney, Melbourne to London, New York by 2022

“Qantas wants to begin non-stop flights from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to London, New York, Paris and Rio by 2022.”

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News related to future Southeast railways.

Construction on China-Thailand high-speed railway to finally begin in October

“Following years of delays and disputes, construction of the long-awaited railway connecting Thailand and China is set to begin shortly. But for real this time”

Work is well underway on the Laos section of the railway connection China and Thailand, but there have been years of false starts in Thailand. Is this the year it will actually start?

Who rode it better?

This week saw two videos doing the rounds of crazy motorbike riders in Thailand and Vietnam.  This is circus-level skills here, but as they say in the school yard, it’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt.

The first rider is in Thailand is having a leisurely conversation on his bike.

Bangkok (click for the video).

The second rider (stander) is a shorter video so we have no idea how long he was standing for. This has a ghostly air to it, like it was some sort of apparition.

Danang (click for the video).

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Lunch in Saigon. I went with a friend, who wrote about an important rule for eating lunch in Saigon.