u/cyprusnikos

I'd just arrived back in Vietnam to call it home for the next few months. One thing I always try to do when I travel is connect with both locals and other foreigners. I've also made it a bit of a personal motto to try and find positive stories hidden inside negative ones.

>I made a little video from our ride around Hanoi. Keeping up with everyone on scooters while filming was definitely a challenge 😅, but I hope it gives you a little glimpse into what these Friday food runs are like.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dsh9nRjNuM

A few days after arriving, I came across a Facebook post from a young woman from Burkina Faso. She shared the first bad experience she'd had after living in Vietnam for two years. Thankfully, the overwhelming majority of people responded with compassion and sympathy, but as with most things online, there were also plenty of trolls and hateful comments. After spending months riding across West Africa, where I was shown incredible kindness everywhere I went, I genuinely felt bad reading it. Honestly, I don't think I could have crossed West Africa without the generosity of the people there. Seeing the negativity directed towards someone who was simply sharing her experience was what prompted me to reach out. So I sent her a message and invited her for a coffee. I simply wanted to hear her story and learn about her life in Vietnam.

What happened next was something I never expected.

Her name is Farida. She speaks Vietnamese fluently, has built a strong local community, and works with Vietnamese businesses exporting Yamaha motorbikes to Burkina Faso. Instead of letting me buy her a coffee, she invited me to her Vietnamese business partner's café, where they ended up buying me coffee instead. As we chatted about my journey across Africa, she introduced me to some connections at Yamaha Vietnam, who were kind enough to pass my story crossing Africa with my XMAX on to Yamaha Japan. Afterwards, her Vietnamese friends insisted on taking all of us out for lunch and wouldn't let me pay for that either. I honestly came thinking I might brighten someone else's day, but somehow I walked away having received far more kindness than I intended to give, along with an amazing connection I never expected. It also reminded me that one bad experience doesn't define a person or a country. Farida contributes to the local economy, respects Vietnamese culture, speaks the language fluently, and gives back to the community.

Before we left, she told me about a volunteer group led by Ms. Pham Thuy from Global Language Centre (GLC). Every Friday evening, they ride scooters around Hanoi delivering food, clothing, and other essentials to people in need using donations from local businesses and supporters. She asked if I'd like to come along the following Friday, and of course I said yes.

I didn't do much besides contribute a little, ride along, and film some of the evening, but it was one of those experiences that reminds you how much kindness happens quietly in the background every single week. You could really see how much people care about looking after those less fortunate here in Vietnam.

One thing that really stood out to me was that they even stopped to bring food and clothing to a British man who has been living in Vietnam for years and had fallen on difficult times. Nobody cared where he came from or what his story was. If someone needed help, they were included. That really stuck with me because it reflected exactly the kind of generosity I experienced while travelling across Africa. Kindness didn't have borders there, and it didn't seem to have borders here either.

Sometimes social media feels full of negativity, but this entire experience only happened because I decided to send one message to someone I'd never met. That single message led to a new friendship, introduced me to an incredible volunteer group, connected me with Yamaha Vietnam, and gave me another reminder of why I love travelling. So often the best experiences aren't the ones you plan.

Only in Vietnam could one small negative moment lead to so many positive ones. 🇻🇳

>Ps: I recommend looking Ms Pham Thuy and her organization Global languages center GLC up on Facebook, it's a fun evening if you would like to join.

Hey everyone, where can I find the craziest/busiest intersection or roundabout in Hanoi?

Mọi người ơi, cho mình hỏi ở Hà Nội thì ngã tư hoặc vòng xuyến nào đông đúc và "điên" nhất vậy? 😄 Muốn tìm chỗ có giao thông tấp nập nhất để quay video. Cảm ơn mọi người!

Had a nice meetup over the weekend in Hanoi!

Thank you to everyone who joined us last weekend for our Workaway & Couchsurfing meetup in Hanoi! It was a really nice mix of locals, foreigners, and travelers. If anyone would like to help organize another meetup in Hanoi next month, please send me a message. I'd also love some suggestions for a nice place where we could meet next time!

Cảm ơn tất cả mọi người đã tham gia buổi gặp mặt Workaway & Couchsurfing tại Hà Nội ngày hôm qua! Đó là một buổi gặp gỡ rất vui với sự tham gia của người địa phương, người nước ngoài và các du khách. Nếu ai muốn cùng tổ chức một buổi gặp mặt khác ở Hà Nội vào tháng sau thì hãy nhắn tin cho mình nhé. Mình cũng rất mong nhận được gợi ý về một địa điểm đẹp để gặp nhau vào lần tới!

Ps: I’m here for about another month and a half, would love to organize a motorbike meetup or ride out if anyone is keen! There is a Yamaha Revzone to Sapa next month in Hanoi I was thinking to join.

Thank you to everyone who joined us last weekend for our Workaway & Couchsurfing meetup in Hanoi! It was a really nice mix of locals, foreigners, and travelers. If anyone would like to help organize another meetup in Hanoi next month, please send me a message. I'd also love some suggestions for a nice place where we could meet next time!

Cảm ơn tất cả mọi người đã tham gia buổi gặp mặt Workaway & Couchsurfing tại Hà Nội ngày hôm qua! Đó là một buổi gặp gỡ rất vui với sự tham gia của người địa phương, người nước ngoài và các du khách. Nếu ai muốn cùng tổ chức một buổi gặp mặt khác ở Hà Nội vào tháng sau thì hãy nhắn tin cho mình nhé. Mình cũng rất mong nhận được gợi ý về một địa điểm đẹp để gặp nhau vào lần tới!

Ps: I’m here for about another month and a half, would love to organize a motorbike meetup or ride out if anyone is keen! There is a Yamaha Revzone to Sapa next month in Hanoi I was thinking to join.

Last night I organized a Workaway meetup in Hanoi and invited both Workawayers and hosts, along with a few people from other travel communities.

Vietnam is such a great country for Workaway. Some of the best hosts I've ever had, and I've genuinely never eaten so well while on a Workaway!

Since I'm not often in big cities, it was also a good chance to try out the Events feature. I think it's alot of fun, especially in bigger cities where there are enough Workawayers and hosts around to make a meetup possible. It definitely has potential, but I think it could still use a few improvements.

Workaway actually asked me to pass on some feedback, so I'd love to hear what other people think. If you live in a larger city, it would be great if you could try organizing a simple coffee meetup or something similar and share your experience.

A couple of things I'd like to see improved:

• Increase or remove the limit on how many invitations you can send.
• Make the whole event process work inside the app instead of sending you to the website.

It was a really nice informal meetup. A few local Workaway hosts came along and ended up meeting travelers who were looking for a place to volunteer, which was really cool to see.

If you've used the Events feature already, what worked well, what didn't, and what would you change? I'll pass any useful feedback on to the Workaway team.

My membership was just about to expire this week, so I thought I’d see if I could host a little meetup here in Hanoi and get a feel for how active the community still is.

>Kind of an annoying update: a lot of people are only opening the messages from their “Requests” folder now. When they finally read it, it shows as if I just sent the message, so they’re asking me about the meetup this weekend. Since I wrote “this Sunday,” it’s actually pretty confusing. I guess it’s better to always include the actual calendar date, because depending on when someone opens the message, they have no idea when it was originally sent. 😳😂

I didn’t rely only on Couchsurfing though. I also created the event on Workaway and Couchers, another guy shared it on BeWelcome, and we posted it in a few Facebook groups and on Reddit as well.

In the end we had a decent turnout, and honestly the other apps helped a lot. But for the people who came through Couchsurfing, it was surprisingly difficult. First of all, almost everyone had problems finding the location. Quite a few people had to message me personally just to get the address because navigating to the event location inside Couchsurfing was a challenge.

The other thing I noticed was that a lot of people replied to me days later. Most of them were Vietnamese locals who had used Couchsurfing for years but have recently found themselves stuck behind the paywall. They told me they had trouble checking messages, replying to messages, or even seeing messages and event details properly. Sometimes stuck from receiving a message or limited to opening it daily. Communicating was a challenge!

I just found that really unfortunate. After years of building up the Couchsurfing community across Southeast Asia, many of the locals who helped make it what it is now seem to be locked out of participating. Often messages got lost in requests, or seen only several days later.

The good news is that quite a few people ended up trying Couchers, BeWelcome, and Workaway after the meetup, so at least something positive came from it.

I’d actually recommend that anyone who still has a Couchsurfing membership and lives in a major city try hosting an event. If you get a decent turnout, it’s a great chance to introduce people to Couchers, BeWelcome, and the other free alternatives. It seems like a lot of people are looking for somewhere else to rebuild the community.

Complaining about the new app and the downfall of Couchsurfing was a common theme for the night 😳😂

I think people should give the Couchers and Bewelcome a try, see what you like. I’d also recommend Workaway if you like volunteering. They now have a meetup and events feature for travelers as well, which is pretty handy.

Here’s a 3 months bonus if you decide to join:
https://www.workaway.info/en/invite/CYPRUSNIKO

P.S. One thing I really liked was combining all the different platforms. We even had a few local Workaway hosts come along, and it was great being able to introduce them to travelers who were looking for volunteer opportunities. It ended up creating connections that probably wouldn’t have happened if we’d stuck to just one app.

I'm not usually the type to get involved in internet drama, but this one has been bothering me (post because from Asheville).

>If anyone here is friends with Adam Johnson or his girlfriend Van Mom, I'd like to invite them to join me and the young West African woman for a coffee so we can talk things through face to face and hopefully put this behind us. He knows where to find me.

I'm currently in Vietnam, and I have a friend from West Africa who's been living here legally for the past two years. She works with a Vietnamese company, speaks fluent Vietnamese, volunteers every week with a charity that distributes food to people in need, and has genuinely built a life here. She learned the language, contributes to the local economy, and by all accounts has made a real effort to integrate.

She recently shared a bad experience she had while travelling. Whether it was a misunderstanding or not isn't really the point.

What got to me was one particular response from a man from Asheville, North Carolina who lives in Vietnam and runs a business called Johnson Racing Media.

>YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JohnsonRacingMedia/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnsonRacingMedia
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keeptwistin

He sent her a vulgar, abusive message that was completely out of line. I called him out publicly for it, and afterwards I noticed he started removing or locking down parts of his online presence, including social media accounts.

The reason this hit me personally is because I just spent the last year riding my motorbike across West Africa. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done, but I honestly wouldn't have made it without the people of West Africa. They took me into their homes, fed me, helped fix my bike, translated for me, and treated me like one of their own.

So seeing a young West African woman who has made the effort to respect the country she's living in, learn the language, contribute to the community, and volunteer her time get treated like that really frustrated me.

I completely respect that people can have whatever opinions they want about immigration in their own country. What I struggle to understand is someone holding those views, then choosing to move abroad and become an immigrant themselves while spending their time attacking other immigrants. If that's not hypocrisy, I don't know what is.

As far as I can tell, this guy enjoys living in Vietnam because it's affordable and has built a life there with his girlfriend, yet spends his free time attacking other foreigners online and telling them they don't belong. It just seems like a bizarre way to spend your time.

I honestly don't care what someone's political views are. People can believe whatever they want. But once you start directing hate and abuse at individuals, that's where I think you've crossed a line.

>Sponsors in North Carolina
Takis
Roc'n Oven Pizzeria
LeapFrog Landscaping
CR Laine Furniture
Kubota of Asheville
Thin Red Line Firearms LLC
Longworth Bail Bonds Inc.
Ronald Dale McNeill
-1 Tree Service
Carolina Custom Golf Carts
Anytime Heating Cooling Repair
Jason Herman Insurance Agency LLC
Fernando's Pressure Washing
Fernando Madrid
Dynamic Shock Service
Ryan Competition Carbs
RD Specialties
Dougs Fleet and Auto Glass

What also surprises me is that he appears to have built a decent YouTube channel with sponsors based in NC. It seems like a strange thing to risk over posting hateful comments online.

I'm curious what people back in North Carolina think. Does this kind of behavior reflect badly on Americans living overseas, or do you just write it off as another internet troll?

I'm not usually the type to get involved in internet drama, but this one has been bothering me (post because from Asheville).

I'm currently in Vietnam, and I have a friend from West Africa who's been living here legally for the past two years. She works with a Vietnamese company, speaks fluent Vietnamese, volunteers every week with a charity that distributes food to people in need, and has genuinely built a life here. She learned the language, contributes to the local economy, and by all accounts has made a real effort to integrate.

She recently shared a bad experience she had while travelling. Whether it was a misunderstanding or not isn't really the point.

What got to me was one particular response from a man from Asheville, North Carolina who lives in Vietnam and runs a business called Johnson Racing Media.

>YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JohnsonRacingMedia/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnsonRacingMedia

He sent her a vulgar, abusive message that was completely out of line. I called him out publicly for it, and afterwards I noticed he started removing or locking down parts of his online presence, including social media accounts.

The reason this hit me personally is because I just spent the last year riding my motorbike across West Africa. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done, but I honestly wouldn't have made it without the people of West Africa. They took me into their homes, fed me, helped fix my bike, translated for me, and treated me like one of their own.

So seeing a young West African woman who has made the effort to respect the country she's living in, learn the language, contribute to the community, and volunteer her time get treated like that really frustrated me.

I completely respect that people can have whatever opinions they want about immigration in their own country. What I struggle to understand is someone holding those views, then choosing to move abroad and become an immigrant themselves while spending their time attacking other immigrants. If that's not hypocrisy, I don't know what is.

As far as I can tell, this guy enjoys living in Vietnam because it's affordable and has built a life there with his girlfriend, yet spends his free time attacking other foreigners online and telling them they don't belong. It just seems like a bizarre way to spend your time.

I honestly don't care what someone's political views are. People can believe whatever they want. But once you start directing hate and abuse at individuals, that's where I think you've crossed a line.

>Sponsors in North Carolina
Takis
Roc'n Oven Pizzeria
LeapFrog Landscaping
CR Laine Furniture
Kubota of Asheville
Thin Red Line Firearms LLC
Longworth Bail Bonds Inc.
Ronald Dale McNeill
-1 Tree Service
Carolina Custom Golf Carts
Anytime Heating Cooling Repair
Jason Herman Insurance Agency LLC
Fernando's Pressure Washing
Fernando Madrid
Dynamic Shock Service
Ryan Competition Carbs
RD Specialties
Dougs Fleet and Auto Glass

What also surprises me is that he appears to have built a decent YouTube channel with sponsors based in NC. It seems like a strange thing to risk over posting hateful comments online.

I'm curious what people back in North Carolina think. Does this kind of behavior reflect badly on Americans living overseas, or do you just write it off as another internet troll?

I'm not usually the type to get involved in internet drama, but this one has been bothering me (posted here because from Hickory NC).

>If anyone here is friends with Adam Johnson or his girlfriend Van Mom, I'd like to invite them to join me and the young West African woman for a coffee so we can talk things through face to face and hopefully put this behind us. He knows where to find me.

I'm currently in Vietnam, and I have a friend from West Africa who's been living here legally for the past two years. She works with a Vietnamese company, speaks fluent Vietnamese, volunteers every week with a charity that distributes food to people in need, and has genuinely built a life here. She learned the language, contributes to the local economy, and by all accounts has made a real effort to integrate.

She recently shared a bad experience she had while travelling. Whether it was a misunderstanding or not isn't really the point.

What got to me was one particular response from a man from Asheville, North Carolina who lives in Vietnam and runs a business called Johnson Racing Media.

>YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JohnsonRacingMedia/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnsonRacingMedia
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keeptwistin

He sent her a vulgar, abusive message that was completely out of line. I called him out publicly for it, and afterwards I noticed he started removing or locking down parts of his online presence, including social media accounts.

The reason this hit me personally is because I just spent the last year riding my motorbike across West Africa. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done, but I honestly wouldn't have made it without the people of West Africa. They took me into their homes, fed me, helped fix my bike, translated for me, and treated me like one of their own.

So seeing a young West African woman who has made the effort to respect the country she's living in, learn the language, contribute to the community, and volunteer her time get treated like that really frustrated me.

I completely respect that people can have whatever opinions they want about immigration in their own country. What I struggle to understand is someone holding those views, then choosing to move abroad and become an immigrant themselves while spending their time attacking other immigrants. If that's not hypocrisy, I don't know what is.

As far as I can tell, this guy enjoys living in Vietnam because it's affordable and has built a life there with his girlfriend, yet spends his free time attacking other foreigners online and telling them they don't belong. It just seems like a bizarre way to spend your time.

I honestly don't care what someone's political views are. People can believe whatever they want. But once you start directing hate and abuse at individuals, that's where I think you've crossed a line.

>Sponsors in North Carolina
Takis
Roc'n Oven Pizzeria
LeapFrog Landscaping
CR Laine Furniture
Kubota of Asheville
Thin Red Line Firearms LLC
Longworth Bail Bonds Inc.
Ronald Dale McNeill
-1 Tree Service
Carolina Custom Golf Carts
Anytime Heating Cooling Repair
Jason Herman Insurance Agency LLC
Fernando's Pressure Washing
Fernando Madrid
Dynamic Shock Service
Ryan Competition Carbs
RD Specialties
Dougs Fleet and Auto Glass

What also surprises me is that he appears to have built a decent YouTube channel with sponsors based in NC. It seems like a strange thing to risk over posting hateful comments online.

I'm curious what people back in North Carolina think. Does this kind of behaviour reflect badly on Americans living overseas, or do you just write it off as another internet troll?

I'm not usually the type to get involved in internet drama, but this one has been bothering me.

I'm currently in Vietnam, and I have a friend from West Africa who's been living here legally for the past two years. She works with a Vietnamese company, speaks fluent Vietnamese, volunteers every week with a charity that distributes food to people in need, and has genuinely built a life here. She learned the language, contributes to the local economy, and by all accounts has made a real effort to integrate.

She recently shared a bad experience she had while travelling. Whether it was a misunderstanding or not isn't really the point.

What got to me was one particular response from a man from Asheville, North Carolina who lives in Vietnam and runs a business called Johnson Racing Media.

>YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JohnsonRacingMedia/

He sent her a vulgar, abusive message that was completely out of line. I called him out publicly for it, and afterwards I noticed he started removing or locking down parts of his online presence, including social media accounts.

The reason this hit me personally is because I just spent the last year riding my motorbike across West Africa. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done, but I honestly wouldn't have made it without the people of West Africa. They took me into their homes, fed me, helped fix my bike, translated for me, and treated me like one of their own.

So seeing a young West African woman who has made the effort to respect the country she's living in, learn the language, contribute to the community, and volunteer her time get treated like that really frustrated me.

I completely respect that people can have whatever opinions they want about immigration in their own country. What I struggle to understand is someone holding those views, then choosing to move abroad and become an immigrant themselves while spending their time attacking other immigrants. If that's not hypocrisy, I don't know what is.

As far as I can tell, this guy enjoys living in Vietnam because it's affordable and has built a life there with his girlfriend, yet spends his free time attacking other foreigners online and telling them they don't belong. It just seems like a bizarre way to spend your time.

I honestly don't care what someone's political views are. People can believe whatever they want. But once you start directing hate and abuse at individuals, that's where I think you've crossed a line.

What also surprises me is that he appears to have built a decent YouTube channel with sponsors based in NC. It seems like a strange thing to risk over posting hateful comments online.

I'm curious what people back in North Carolina think. Does this kind of behaviour reflect badly on Americans living overseas, or do you just write it off as another internet troll?

I'm curious what both Vietnamese people and expats think about this.

For some context, I have a friend from West Africa who has been legally living in Vietnam for the past two years on an investment visa. She works with a Vietnamese company exporting products back to her family's business, speaks fluent Vietnamese, has built a really supportive local community, and volunteers every week with a charity that distributes food to people in need. (I'm actually joining them tonight.)

Recently she had a bad experience while travelling in Vietnam. It may well have been a misunderstanding, but it was the first negative interaction she'd had in two years here, so she shared the experience on Facebook.

What surprised me wasn't the incident itself. It was the comments that followed.

Most online trolls are easy enough to ignore, but one person in particular stood out. He's an American from North Carolina who runs what appears to be a legitimate racing media business and YouTube channel called Johnson Racing Media. He lives in Vietnam with his Vietnamese girlfriend, yet spends his time posting hateful comments, telling other foreigners to leave Vietnam, and according to several other people, has also sent them abusive private messages.

>Here's his YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JohnsonRacingMedia/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnsonRacingMedia

Everyone is entitled to their own political opinions, including views on immigration in their own country. That's not really what bothered me.

What I found strange was the hypocrisy. He regularly posts about how much he loves living in Vietnam because it's "safe" and because there are supposedly "no Muslims here" (which isn't even true, as Vietnam has Muslim communities and mosques). At the same time, he's telling other foreigners they don't belong here.

It just seems odd to me that someone who has chosen to build a life as a guest in another country would spend so much energy attacking other foreigners and spreading hate online.

I'm genuinely curious how Vietnamese people see this. Does this kind of behaviour stand out to you, or is it something you mostly ignore? And for other expats living here, have you come across people like this before?

Hey everyone!

I'm based in Hanoi for the next couple of months and thought I'd see if anyone wants to meet up this Sunday.

We'll be at Cộng Cà Phê in Trích Sài at 5:00 PM. Anyone's welcome, whether you're a biker, overlander, traveler, or just want to grab a coffee and chat.

I'm also hoping to organize a ride out sometime next month. Nothing too serious, just a fun day ride with other riders and overlanders, maybe explore somewhere outside Hanoi.

If that sounds like something you'd be interested in, come along on Sunday or leave a comment below. It'd be great to meet some more people in the local riding community.

ps: I posted the event on Facebook, Workaway, Couchers, & Couchsurfing.

Hey everyone!

I'm based in Hanoi for the next couple of months and thought I'd see if anyone wants to meet up this Sunday.

We'll be at Cộng Cà Phê in Trích Sài at 5:00 PM. Anyone's welcome, whether you're a biker, overlander, traveler, or just want to grab a coffee and chat.

I'm also hoping to organize a ride out sometime next month. Nothing too serious, just a fun day ride with other riders and overlanders, maybe explore somewhere outside Hanoi.

If that sounds like something you'd be interested in, come along on Sunday or leave a comment below. It'd be great to meet some more people in the local riding community.

ps: I posted the event on Facebook, Workaway, Couchers, & Couchsurfing.

Hey everyone! I'm based in Hanoi for the next few months, and this Sunday I'm putting together a relaxed meetup for Workawayers, hosts, Couchers, Couchsurfers, and anyone interested in this style of travel.

📍 Cộng Cà Phê, Trích Sài, Hanoi
🕔 Sunday, 5pm

Whether you're volunteering, hosting, travelling long term, or just curious about Workaway and alternative travel, feel free to come along. It's always great to meet fellow travelers, swap stories, share experiences, and make some new connections.

You can find the event on Workaway Events, Couchers, and Couchsurfing, or just send me a message if you'd like to join.

Hope to see some of you there!

Hey everyone! I'm based in Hanoi for the next few months, and this Sunday I'm putting together a relaxed meetup for Workawayers, hosts, Couchers, Couchsurfers, and anyone interested in this style of travel.

📍 Cộng Cà Phê, Trích Sài, Hanoi
🕔 Sunday, 5pm

Whether you're volunteering, hosting, travelling long term, or just curious about Workaway and alternative travel, feel free to come along. It's always great to meet fellow travelers, swap stories, share experiences, and make some new connections.

You can find the event on Workaway Events, Couchers, and Couchsurfing, or just send me a message if you'd like to join.

Hope to see some of you there!

Hey all! I'm based in Hanoi for the next few months and this weekend I'm putting together a small meetup for Workawayers, Couchers, Couchsurfers, and anyone into this style of travel. If you happen to be nearby, feel free to join us.

📍 Cộng Cà Phê, Trích Sài
🕔 Sunday, 5pm

Also, a weird thing I noticed with Couchsurfing lately (my membership expires soon and I probably won't renew): when I send messages to people, obviously they go in Requests and many say they never got a notification. But if I send a friend request first, they usually get that notification immediately. Once they accept, they can see the message without even having to accept the request. Seems like a pretty silly bit of functionality, but worth knowing if you're trying to reach people.

Anyway, if you're around Hanoi this weekend, come say hello!

Hi everyone!

I'm Nikos, a Workaway Ambassador who has spent the last several years traveling, volunteering, and overlanding by motorbike. After recently crossing Africa on two wheels, I'm now based in Hanoi for the next two months.

A few of us are meeting up this Sunday at 5pm near Trích Sài in Hanoi for coffee, travel stories, and meeting fellow travelers, expats, and volunteers. If anyone is keen to join, you're more than welcome!

You can find the event details on Workaway, Couchers, and Couchsurfing, or just send me a DM and join us. And if you're simply curious about this style of travel and volunteering, feel free to pop by and say hello.

Hi everyone!

I'm Nikos, a Workaway Ambassador who has spent the last several years traveling, volunteering, and overlanding by motorbike. After recently crossing Africa on two wheels, I'm now based in Hanoi for the next two months.

A few of us are meeting up this Sunday at 5pm near Trích Sài in Hanoi for coffee, travel stories, and meeting fellow travelers, expats, and volunteers. If anyone is keen to join, you're more than welcome!

You can find the event details on Workaway, Couchers, and Couchsurfing, or just send me a DM and join us. And if you're simply curious about this style of travel and volunteering, feel free to pop by and say hello.

It seems they added a post feature with upvotes and downvotes.

Is this why Couchsurfing was lurking and stalking on this sub? They wanted to implement a Reddit like feature?