Greetings from Quy Nhon, Vietnam! This is my third time here, and it still feels like an under-the-radar destination. To give you an idea of what it’s like, I wrote about it on my first trip in 2018. I am here to do a construction report for Future Southeast Asia.

I’m working my way through the railway guides of Southeast Asia, and this week’s feature is Malaysia.

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