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Vinhommes in Saigon is one of the best kept secrets with a nice large park next to the Saigon River. Enjoy the pictures. Apartments are still available for rent and…

Saigon is experiencing more bad air days with PM 2.5 levels above 150 AQI. Below is a photo from my apartment to Phu My Hung. Notice that the Phu My Hung Bridge on the…

Spent a couple hours at thus garage in District 5. They were installing various mods to large bikes including exhausts and passenger bars. I was there to attach a mud…

Last Thanksgiving I experienced the worst traffic jam in Saigon. I was taking a GrabBike to District 1. The driver decided to go via Ton Duc Thang street. It was the…

Yep, I moved up to a motorcycle, finally. Been riding a 2017 Kawasaki Z300 since mid-October now. Been very interesting riding a large bike in Saigon. It was not easy in…

Well, we all been waiting for this since the summer now. Saigon Sports Club finally upgraded their Crossfit box for Crossfit Q7. The new upgrade includes 21 Squat racks…

A couple weeks ago I flew to the US from Vietnam. Normally I would fly EVA Air but this trip I decided to try ANA, All Nippon Airways. I have flown with Japan Airlines…

A couple times a week I like to get some banh mi from a street vendor near H1 on Hoang Dieu Street in District 4. Since this is my first morning back from the US, I…

Since I started working outside in 2013, I got to see the development of CrossFit firsthand. In Kazakhstan, I was a member of Reactor CrossFit and CrossFit Bruteforce in…

Nearly 11 months ago I took my first air quality reading in Long An about 30 km south of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I was surprised that I got an AQI reading of 41…

The Xiaomi Air Purifier 2 currently seems to be one of the most popular air purifiers in Vietnam. Costing only 2.6 million VND, this makes the Xiaomi Air Purifier 2 a…

Last week, Saigon woke up to unhealthy air measuring 156 AQI at the US Consulate or roughly 65 micrograms. This gave me an opportunity to test my SmartAir Original DIY…

Last week I visited the Berru Turkish Restaurant in District 7. It is hard to believe that it has been over two years since I last visited Berru. Mr. Cem, the owner, is…

Edited on: January 31, 2020. If you are a weightlifter, such as myself, finding a good gym in Saigon can be challenging. Until the summer, 2014, I actually struggled to…

Four the last four years, one of my main staples for dinner was grechka, buckwheat barley. It was an inexpensive protein easily bought in Kazakhstan and China. When I…

After four years out of Vietnam, I have finally returned "home" to Saigon. There have been much changes to the city. Development seems quite higher than when I first…

Today I took a look at the site statistics for SaigonNezumi.com. No surprises, the traffic is way down. When I check the yearly traffic since 2012, I was a bit…

Visited my gym a bit early to be welcomed by this lock. This is actually one of the best locks to use with ebikes as well. Bike lock to secure door in Shanghai The gym…

This can be frustrating when trying to get an ebike out of a parking area. Yesterday I got blocked again by the ebike on the right. Second time in one week. What is more…

These things are also heaters. Ok ones at that. Air conditioner and heater in Shanghai