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Connla Stokes

48 Hours in any Southeast Asian city, other than the one you (an expat) live in….

~ An insider’s guide to a male expatriate’s conscious and subconscious thoughts as he explores [insert the name of any Southeast Asian city…

Sep 1, 2022

Sep 1, 2022

Phường 19

A year ago, an American expat messaged me on Instagram: “Is Phường 19 in Bình Thạnh your ’hood, too?”

Jun 21, 2021

Phường 19

Jun 21, 2021

The man who leans in ‘real close’

Pandemic, or no pandemic, you guess the man who leans in real close has always leaned in real close.

Oct 26, 2020

The man who leans in ‘real close’

Oct 26, 2020

Our magical, humdrum Hanoi lives

Sometimes I get to thinking about those rare old times of early 21st century Hanoi. How about you, buddy? Nah, I’m not talking about the…

Oct 2, 2020

Our magical, humdrum Hanoi lives

Oct 2, 2020

I am not going to Danang in the morning. No one is.

I am not going to Danang in the morning. No one is. Vietnam’s Most Live-able City™️ is a no-go zone. Because, “COVID-19 flare up.”…

Jul 27, 2020

Jul 27, 2020

Love in the time of highly infectious respiratory diseases

Your father has sent an email. It begins: “You probably saw this but I see the World Health Organisation has issued a global alert warning…

Jan 28, 2020

Love in the time of highly infectious respiratory diseases

Jan 28, 2020

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Dec 9, 2019

Dec 9, 2019

Is this the real life, or is this just fantasy?

The year is 2003AD, the month is February; the time just after eleven a.m. You are in a rented house on the non-colonial-side of the…

May 10, 2019

Is this the real life, or is this just fantasy?

May 10, 2019

How to live in Hanoi — a dated story

It was 2002.

Dec 26, 2018

Dec 26, 2018

A tightfisted foreigner’s personal history of using lesser known items of currency (coins and…

Do you remember the time coins were introduced to Vietnam? For a very, very short period it felt like ‘something’ for a country with one of…

Oct 1, 2018

Oct 1, 2018

Connla Stokes

Connla Stokes

All-purpose-writer. Made in Ireland, living in Vietnam. Features: http://t.co/rC7XnVOcKm Short stories: http://t.co/nWsw8PxVF5

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