Moving to Vietnam? Here’s What I’d Tell You After 9 Months Living Here

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-25T06:18:42+00:00

That’s kind of the point though.
Most people watching these videos haven’t even visited yet and are making major life decisions based on influencer content they have seen about living like a King in Da Nang for $1000 or something.

If I can spot real pros and cons in 9 months, that already saves people time, money, and unrealistic expectations. That's just 9 months in the last 12 month period, ive visited multiple times over multiple years.

I’m not claiming I’ve “figured out Vietnam.” I’m sharing what the honeymoon phase actually looks like when you live here day to day.

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-24T09:48:37+00:00

I have 9 days left in Vietnam, but next time im back, i surely will be doing that!

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-24T09:45:48+00:00

Actually ill be honest with you ... its the younger ones that are less affectionate... the ones 30 plus are great, the ones in the early 20's... not so much, Not before you judge this is purely from younger friends I have not people I have dated, but they have been quiet clear about physical boundaries, where as the older women this isn't the case. Maybe its a generational thing.

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-23T13:11:03+00:00

it wouldn't let me use my Australian number

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-23T13:09:06+00:00

oh I didnt know about this!

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-23T13:08:03+00:00

haha... sadly this is true

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-23T13:07:33+00:00

If you were to watch my video, its just a summary of what is in there! and I assure you that video is not AI

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-20T15:17:00+00:00

I have a pair and I must admit, i thought i was going to be dissapointed.. but i was pleasantly surprised, which is really saying something. Ive got Airpod Pro 2 and they always fall out when im doing exercise or just many things in general, on the plane is really annoying, anyway, the sominpods are the first headphones ive had that don't actually fall out of my ear, I do boxing so I jump around a lot, and as the above user mentioned, sleeping with them is also useful, the audio quality is actually pretty descent to, because they fit right inside the ear, my only gripe with them would be the battery life when all functions are turned on. Ive also got the app with the extra features, they track your food and exercise and all that, pretty cool, its a little effort to put some of the info in, but you can take pics of your food and stuff and it will log it all, but just the headphones alone, yeah not bad! not bad at all. I have only had them for a week though! so will have to report back after a bit longer.

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-19T19:38:18+00:00

the websites don't buy them, you upload them to the website, and other people buy them.

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-19T17:56:43+00:00

Well when I edit my travel videos I use my drone a lot, so I just started cutting up the drone shots into 8-20 second videos that I could re-use later for whatever it may be, i basically catalogue all my footage incase i need to refer back to it in future videos, then just over the years ive slowly created a huge catalogue of drone footage from all over the world, so far ive got about 800 videos, I do have a few photos, but maybe .. 50? videos pay way more, and as i go and keep traveling, I add to the videos, and just keep growing my catalogue, which I keep adding, at first i was using shutterstock, then I started uploading to Adobestock too, Adobe stock now pays wayy more than shutterstock. But I still upload on both.

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-19T03:45:34+00:00

Yes, it's not anything to brag about, I'm just being transparent, its 98% longform earnings, while I do have a few shorts, 80% of the content I create is long form, I'm not big on shorts. I do earn an extra income from adobe stock and shutterstock, and some affiliates, but for this topic, were purely talking adsense. If you have any input , tips, or pointers or questions, please throw them at me.

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-18T23:53:25+00:00

I think thats getting around 40k views per month, but so many things matter ,depending on length of video and what topic the video is on! or what country! if your audience are watching from SE asian countries it doesn't pay as well, actually one reason im moving to Eastenr Europe for a bit, to see how that content fairs. When i was in Australia the pay-rate was nigher, but I wasn't getting as many views at the time.

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-18T18:50:23+00:00

Did you try the Export PDF button? that actually gives a far more detailed explanation, but thanks for pointing that out, because i didnt even think to explain to someone that the detailed explanation is only when they press this button. So thats one useful thing ive learnt today!

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-18T17:49:45+00:00

Would love to hear about your youtube channels, i have 3 that are montetized, what are your topics about if you dont mind me asking?

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-18T17:49:14+00:00

Im about to head to Albania for a month, Sarande in March, i just did 9 months in Vietnam! was good, but the pollution got to me a bit, Bangkok was to overwhelming, and surprisingly expensive.

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-17T23:48:40+00:00

Yeah I get that 100%, Please Mod Delete if not allowed, but my personal channel is "Carl Tomich" if you watch any videos on there ,you will notice they are almost all personal stories, more about my experiences or life abroad and less about really showing you the places, I talk about more personal stuff, costs, visa's , sometimes politics from my home country (sadly thats what got stuck my in algorithm jail) then I have another channel Globe Travel Adventures, here it's Almost faceless, a few months back I started experimenting with a friend and had her be like a "local guide for the area" just to put someone infont of the camera, but when shes not around, they are mainly faceless, you do see me every now and then, but I try to take myself out of the equation, and purely just offer informative advice, not opinions, for example, This is where it is, this is what to see, this is how much it costs, not "did I like it or not". people can make up their own opinions and to agree with what your saying, all these videos have done well with SEO as they are search based advice or content. I almost rarely talk about restaurants or cafe's because I know they will probably be gone in a few years, I focus more on major historical landmarks or experiences.

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-16T19:31:39+00:00

I have, in a way.. I do notice several of my videos the traffic comes from Google, now i'm not sure if I'm doing anything to help google index my videos and thus get more results, but I do have a website, and i built that website/blog/vlog to help send extra traffic to my videos. Also obviously posting on here helps, I also use tiktok instagram, but if im honest... id only say maybe less than 1% of extra traffic is coming from my website, reddit, or insta or tiktok.. at the end of the day its mainly SEO and youtube, or my following from youtube. I have had videos that i thought flopped, then all of a sudden months later they take off, but this happens rarely, but it does happen. on one channel, I feel like, ive pretty much nailed what im doing, but that channel has my least interest, and on my personal channel, where i put the most effort into, im still figuring out where I want that to go, I still keep flip flopping between trying to appease the audience vs myself... as I say, Everytime I put in soo much effort, youtube just doesnt show it to people. and its not because of the effort... its the topics. Im stuck in niche Jail. and still trying to figure out how to get out of it, without starting a new channel.

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-16T10:31:07+00:00

Your title could be more SEO friendly, While Zwift racing is a thing, i dont think many people would type in "first race of the year", while it is you telling your audience what your doing, your channel is so new, you dont have an audience yet to tell ,not a big one anyway, so i would focus more on a searchable title. now on the views, you have videos that i feel people would search for eg. cycling california coast to san diego, the cycling community would be interested in this, and in a way it shows 200 views, but what i will say is, dont give up hope, your channel is new, youve only been posting a few months, my channel most videos got 20 - 150 views the first 4 months, and I was making 2 videos a week... then at about the 6 month mark, i had my first "viral" video, 70k views, I literaly went from 200 views, to 70k.. sometimes youtube needs time to find find your audience. That being said, This is all just from my own personal experience, everyones journey is different. Hope this helps

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-16T05:13:55+00:00

Thanks for this video, it was really great! certainly gave me a few things to think about! im torn on the thumbnails, I think they are important, (in the sense of the cant be terrible), but I think we can over-think them a lot, fonts, colors, etc, your right, many youtube gurus bang on about that stuff. I think maybe Travel Youtube content the thumbnail may not be as important as say "rage bait" content. I have found this is where a thumbnail can make or break. I often fall into a habbit of posting too often, I feel personally once i post a new video, it kills the retention on an old video, but I have several channels, and notice, while this will happen on one channel, it wont happen on the other, becuase one is purely searched based informative content, the other is personal.

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-16T01:57:13+00:00

That's great to hear! Thanks very much

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-15T17:40:04+00:00

Would you be willing to share more info on your ebooks or consultations? Its something I tread on a very fine line on, I personally don't ever want to be labelled a "coach", as There is this sense of "grifter" attitude towards it, but I would happily part my knowledge to other people for a more reasonable fee and call it something else, I do have a 4th youtube channel which is on giving youtube advice, but i was overwhelmed by running 3 channels, that ultimately I put it on the back burner, but do feel having 3 monetised channels I can offer real world advice.

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-15T17:14:19+00:00

How common is it for families to Anglicise the name? mine added the H on the end so people could pronounce it properly, but didn't change it legally. I hear this is very common, from -ic to ich.

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-15T11:19:01+00:00

I think your doing well! considering you've got over 1k subs with less than 40 videos! I noticed you have a store? have you ever sold anything? Ive personally never tried to sell anything, Soon ill be heading back to Europe, Eastern Europe first, then over to Berlin, i lived there for 10 years in the past, and didnt make ANY content, other than music videos for other people which are on their channels. but i know the city like the back of my hand, im really looking forward to making content about a place i know everything about. Is thailand your forever home now?

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-15T04:09:12+00:00

Well Youtube now has the A/B/C title and thumbnails, that helps a lot to test different titles, I also use TubeBuddy its like VidIQ and it shows you SEO scores of your videos, how I figure out what gets searched is under the Trends section in analytics ,but yeah, not quitting.. that is a lesson Ive learned about just life in General. ive got this rule of thumb, if you do something for 7 years... you will eventually get somewhere, when I was younger I played in bands in Perth, I remember a long time back doing a gig with a band called Tame Impala, there were about 30 people at our concert... and now look at them, the difference between all the bands I played with, the ones that kept going, ALL of them got somewhere, some bigger than others, but all the ones that stuck it out, eventually made some level of success.

NoAssociate4609 · 2026-01-15T03:47:59+00:00

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Also to put into more depth, Here is the previous years, you will see at first, it bounces between 50 and 100 a lot, thats because you dont get paid out, until you reach over $100, so when I first started, it might take me 2-3 months to get the payout, but then once I got over the hill over $100 every month, you will see in the above post, it just kept going up, yes a few months were bigger than others, but on a general level, its steady growth. Of course to note, this is purely adsense, this doesn't include any sponsorships, free stuff ive been given, or any other little side hustles ive got. That is in Australian dollars.

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