Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - 22 September, 2017

I’m back from my trip to Europe which finished in Berlin. If I was going to base myself in Europe then Berlin would be on the short-list. For now I’m happy to visit whenever I can. 

I’m back in Vietnam for a week, and I have some more travels coming up over the next 2 weeks. Follow me at Instagram for more details.

Here is this weeks latest posts and best reads from around the web.

~ James

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