GaryGw
American expat in Vietnam
Forum posts
2
About me
American
Speaks English, French, a little Thai
Registration: 08 February 2025
About
Occupation
I am Retired.
My expat journey
Vietnam
USA, USA
Military Flightcrew Contractor on KC130
Flight Engineer
Flying, Tanking, the people I worked with.
Winters.... .brr
Gulfport, Mississippi, USA
C130A Flight Engineer and A&P Mechanic for Fire Fighting and Oil Spill operations covering Southern USA.
Flight Engineer
Remoteness, Ease of work, working in locations around the world.
Limited flying
Mueang Chonburi District, Chon Buri, Thailand
Diving Instructor working for local PADI center
RICE MSDT
Availability of everything, at a great price. The weather, people, food, and never ending array of things to see and do.
The bad name it has earned, and how other destination in Thailand are equally as bad, if not worse than Pattaya. Having gone back in 2024, it has become inundated with Chinese and Indians, which has made it way less attractive. The traffic is insane too.
Christchurch, New Zealand
Support National Science Foundation
LC130 Flight Engineer
Spend 6 months of every year for 3 years in Antarctica (which isn't in the database for this app), and had our maintenance base in New Zealand. If we needed a major inspection or repair we flew the 8 hours from McMurdo to Christchurch to get it done.
Great location. Period. Only 1% of the population have been to Antarctica. The scenery, and flying was insane.
Algiers, Alger, Algeria
Worked for Southern Air Transport based out of Algeria N.Africa supporting US State Dept and SECDEF tasking in Africa
Contractor C130 Loadmaster
The flying, location, people I worked with, and for.
Nothing
London, England, England
Born and raised in the UK. To many locations to name
Military brat. Father was RAF
Living on military installations had a lot of benefits
Weather, politics.
Activity
Spent a few days in Nha Trang and heres what I found. by Dannyroc3
Last week we took a flight near Nha Trang and then a shuttle bus into Nha Trang.I will give a few things I found/ experienced incase anyone else is considering going.The first thing I noticed was the huge number of Russians. In some areas there were ...
@Dannyroc3 Have been living in Nha Trang since March 2025, and have a signed lease until Sept 2026. I agree with you regarding the Russian population in Nha Trang, and is predominantly in a few areas too. Where I live, which is close to the sailing ... Read More
New members of the Vietnam forum, introduce yourselves here - 2025 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Vietnam forum? Don't know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on your ...
Hi. Am a UK/US Expat, retired US military Veteran, and am in Vietnam with my Viet born wife who escaped here in 1981, and moved to CA, US. We have been back before, the last being 15 years ago, but now we are exploring multiple options of if this is ... Read More