About Me
As you’ve probably noticed from the title and domain name of this blog my name is Kham Tran. I’m Australian Vietnamese born Chinese (I know, it’s a bit of a mouthful), I’m in my early 30s and currently living at my home in Melbourne. I’ve just recently moved back from London, England where I spent a bit over a year working and travelling Europe.
My background is Chinese. My grandparents migrated from China to Vietnam where both my parents were born. I was born in Cholon, Vietnam in 1978 but left for Australia in 1979 before my first birthday.
I speak English as well as Chinese (The Diojiu dialect and a little Cantonese) and some Vietnamese most of which I learnt from spending a year living in Saigon from July 2006 until August 2007. One of the reasons for going to live in Vietnam was that when I first came to visit back in November 2004 I felt that I owed it to myself to one day live a small part of my life there. A couple of years later I packed my bags and made the move with the plan to spend 6 months to a year in Saigon. I ended up staying for the full year and the experience is something I will never ever forget.
I created this blog as way for me to share my experiences, photographs and thoughts on just about anything that interests me. So make sure you leave a comment if you come across anything that interests you.
Here are some additional details about myself.
Name: Kham Tran
Star Sign: Leo
Chinese Sign: Horse
Nationality: Australian
Ethnicity: Vietnamese born Chinese
Occupation: Online Marketing Consultant
Hi Kham, I really enjoyed your website and we all had a good laugh at your bungy ride. Would like to see more photos of asian women with good legs (Chill wont mind) and i’ll get you to teach me how to design my website.
Thanks Rob! Ha ha yeah I’ve purposely kept those pics out
And yeah I’ll be more than happy to help you setup your own blog when I’m in back Melbourne.
Nice to meet you Kham. Join us at our next blogger’s meeting
Sure, count me in!
Hey Kham,
It’s nice discovering your blog. heaps of interesting pictures and stories. Are you working in SGN as well?
Hey Shaun, thanks dude. Yeah I am working here at the moment but just from home maintaining a few websites.
Hi, great blog! Came across it randomly and really enjoyed reading it.
Hi Kham,
I really like your blog! I wish I could pack my bags and move to Vietnam like you.
Hi Kham,
Stumbled upon your blog while I was reading some other blogs about Vietnamese food. Great blog by the way! I love the pictures that go along with your writings. Keep up the good work. I’ll be in Saigon for a vacation later this year too. Can’t wait to try out some of the spots I see on your blog, they all look so fun
Hi Kham, I enjoyed reading your about me section. I’m looking for unique friends from all over the world and you are very unique indeed. The Vietnamese blood that you have seems to have called you back to Vietnam. I hope I can visit your blog often. Anyway, will subscribe to your feed. Keep in touch.
Hi there,
I am visiting Vietnam in Jan and was just browzing the web for blogs of holidays. Yours is fantastic. How do you go about setting up something like this?
Thanks Lisa
I use paid web hosting and my own domain name for this blog but there are numerous sites on the web that will allow you to setup your own personal blog for free. Check out WordPress.com or Blogger.com.
Hey, quite odd that I came across your blog because I was actually looking up how to make banh canh
You seem to be a very interesting person. I wish I could just drop everything and go live in Vietnam for a year. I was born in Vietnam too, but left when I was 5 years old. One of these days I will definitely come back to visit.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I am Malaysian Chinese. Both my grandfathers came from China and both my grandmothers’ parents came to Malaysia much earlier. Anyway, I was in Vietnam recently. Check out my site… and nice to meet you.
Thanks for visiting my blog Kham. Your photos are very good! I like the landscape shots.
Hi Kham. I love your pics, you’ve got a great eye for composition. I also love the little stories that comes with them… very interesting indeed!
Hey bro, Hope you had a great Xmas and New Years! I’ll be keeping in touch more these days instead of hiding like a hermit for the last couple of years =) Hope to see you with the others when they come back to Melb. If not whenever you get back we’ll go out for drinks and a nice bite to eat =P My mouth’s watering already thinking of the XO pippies LOL. In the meantime just think of me eating it tonight since I got myself thinking about it that I now have to have it! Take care bro and hope to speak and see you soon!
Wow! Ur website is so wonderful Kham.
Especially for the pictures. Thx.
I’m back to check what you have being up to lately. haha. While you are in London (??), I have already gone back to my ancestor’s land twice. And I am planing 2 more trips back to the land of our ancestors for this year. Hope to meet up with you there. haha
Hi Kham, I came across your website while searching for Hao Phong restaurant’s (in Footscray) phone number to make a booking. Loving your website, I am a bit of a foodie too but too lazy to dedicate time and efforts to make a website like this.
I’ve already saved this link in my favourites.
Have fun out there.
Hello… Bro nice to meet u, I check you website, if you come my country you can see much place so beautiful.
Oke… Thanks.
Hi there, I came across ur site yesterday while searching for Mt Buller and i really liked what I saw here! Your profile makes me even like u more. I’m also a Chinese born in Vietnam and I lived most of my life there until this Jan. I’m now in Mel attending for college. I also like traveling (but I think less than you do). With all of that, I think (hopefully) we can make a good friendship! So tell me if you like what u see too! Keep taking good photographs man! I really like it! See ya and have a nice day!
Kham, it’s a pleasure to find your blog.
Hi Kham,
I found your blog when searching PHO and bookmarked already. I have been away from VN quite long time, your website made me crazy about PHO, BUN BO…
Thanks for sharing!
Vu from Japan
Hi Kham!
I love everything on your blog, the places, food, how you describe the places you’ve been. You seem to be a wonderful person too. You are a very good photographer, btw, I would like buy a new cam, may I know the model of camera you’re using?
Thanks,
Mitchie
Hi Mitchie,
You are too kind with your comments but thank you
I currently use a Canon EOS 450D with a couple of lenses: An EF-S 18-200mm 3.5-5.6 IS and EF 50mm 1.4. The majority of my shots taken from January 2009 were taken with this camera.
Most of my shots prior to this date were taken with my Canon IXUS 960IS.
Oh great that’s what I’m planning to buy.
Thanks for sharing and posting your amazing experiences and great shots. I wish I could travel the world like you do. ugh! 
God bless you!
Hello from Vancouver Washington USA! Wow on the way I fell into ur blog. Awesome pics!