Pushers, Prostitutes and Pilates | Saigon Really Never Sleeps | 5AM Ho Chi Minh City
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
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Step into the captivating chaos of Ho Chi Minh City's early morning hustle and bustle with me as I take a stroll down the infamous Bui Vien Street. Known as a hotspot for backpacking tourists, this vibrant strip comes alive even before the crack of dawn.
In this raw and unfiltered journey, I navigate through the neon-lit streets, encountering a kaleidoscope of characters and experiences. As the city sleeps, Bui Vien Street pulsates with energy, offering a glimpse into the city's nocturnal underbelly. Amidst the throngs of revelers and late-night partiers, I'm approached by street dealers peddling their wares and propositions from ladies of the night, a stark reminder of the street's gritty allure.
But just a stone's throw away lies September 23rd Park, a tranquil oasis amidst the chaos. Here, amidst the tranquil morning mist, I witness a different side of Saigon. Elderly locals gather for their early-morning exercise routines, engaging in Tai Chi, Pilates, and even morning jazzercise, creating a stark contrast to the debauchery just moments away on Bui Vien Street.
Join me as I delve into this clash of cultures, where the lines between night and day blur, and the city's dichotomous spirit is laid bare. From the neon-lit streets of debauchery to the serene tranquility of the park, this is Saigon as you've never seen it before. Prepare to be captivated by the raw authenticity and vibrant energy of Ho Chi Minh City at 5AM. Saigon really never sleeps, and this is its pulse at dawn.
these early morning walks are amazing. why? no one else does them. it shows a different part of Saigon. Keep them coming.
Ha - thanks, yeah it's a very unique place in the early am hours. I'll be back there soon and shoot another one or two. Thanks for the feedback!
Best time for walk no sun Asia get hot by 8 am hahaha I do Moring walk too less people and fresh and quiet worth it
I just found your channel and I got to say I enjoy watching your content!
Thanks for the encouragement! I plan to keep at it for a while. Stay tuned.
Absolutely dead bubbly at 5;30AM [ no surprise ] Enjoyed your fast walk
Saigon is great at that hour!!! Thanks for watching.
I'm in Saigon for a few days. Could you please recommend a few cool places to visit? Also what is the best place to enjoy the Saigon river that snakes through ho chi minh city?
@hasanmir Hey thanks for hitting me up. You can go to the Renaissance Riverside hotel lobby elevators (behind the big check in desk) and hit the 21st floor to go right up to the pool bar and get a view of the Saigon River. Or from the observation deck at the Bitexco Financial Tower (that will cost you about $10). Or take a Saigon river cruise if you're with friends (about $20 each). Or just take a stroll along the promenade at Bach Dang Wharf around 7:30 pm and watch the riverboat cruises go by. What other things are you looking to get into?
Unique! Good to watch and learn from your video.Thank you.
It's a fun and interesting city!
I have been to Taka Plaza and the park numerous times but I didn't know about their history, what took place and what became of today. Thank you for sharing. Godspeed!
If there's one thing about Vietnam that's different than other countries is the storied history of the place and the people. Thanks for watching!
Great Video. Thank you for posting.
Stay tuned!
morning workouts happen all over asia i believe. seen them in Thailand, S Korea, Taiwan.
Love your content continue boiii
Thsnks brother. I'm gonna be bringing it more consistently!
The whole time I was watching, I wonder when will someone on moto bike snatch ur camera 😁. Good clip
Haha thanks. I was ready for that too. Lot of sticky fingers in Saigon.
Thumbs Up! Excellent Video! 😊💫💥💢💯I like Vietnam!
I Love Vietnam!!!
@@FollowBrando I'm travelling to Saigon in February 😎🥰
Let me know when you get here - I'm happy to meet up.@@Thomas1980
I love the vibe of your walk.
It's a fun walk going down that street sober! The clubs are loud and annoying but the people watching...!
Great video. Thank you.
It's an interesting and fun city! Thanks for watching.
Very interesting and informative, full of bad ideas sound funny
That was a nice walk, seems very safe on the street at that time. We all got our path in this life, some dealth a different hand, i think u should blurrr their faces when editing, thinking of the dealer and that beautiful smily girl on the bike.
Ye u were probably late, vietnamese ppl start their day very early. Workout, meditate then breakfast before the sun is up, they avoid the sun as much as they can to avoid being tanned.
Yeah Vietnamese people don't like the sun very much. I try to strike a balance between turning out content and spending time editing. Blurring everything just makes me not want to produce videos enough to satisfy the youtube algorithm. But I hear you. I'll do my best going forward. Thanks for the feedback.
@@FollowBrando :please...No..No....kkk.... Blurring everything just makes me not want to watch your videos any more....kkk.....
@@poordaddrkids6189 I'm with you on that. I thought it was appropriately entertaining. I'm not sneaking up on anyone and I like to show the world as I see it. Well, maybe not some of the things that go down in Bangkok but other than that...
Luv how the girl pull up on u for a massage and the young dude try give u some stuff hahaha
Haha that's Bui Vien street for sure.
@@FollowBrando on my way to 🇻🇳 right now been 6 year since the last time I come let see if can work my magic over here 😈 Asia edition 😜
No one really sells fentanyl as coke, im sure it has happened before but its rare. They have completely opposite effects. Sometimes coke has traces of fentanyl because dealers will sell both and cross contamination happens. What he was selling probably wasn't coke though, it was probably meth or some kind of amphetamine
It was a joke but you're right on the money there with the amphetamine. If you know someone selling the real thing in Saigon, please advise!
will they grab your mobile? is it dangerous? take care
That has happened to friends of mine - having their smartphone snatched by a pair of thieves riding by on motorbikes. The joke is that the Vietnamese are magicians and they make s**t disappear.
Do they have guest friendly hotels in Saigon?
I've always had to sign my girlfriends into the Sheraton or Le Meridian. They were girls I knew staying the night so I put them on the room without any worry. If they weren't official guests I think the rule was they had to leave by 10pm or some hour.
@@FollowBrando So it's now like the hotels in Pattaya??
@@lakvindersingh4632 never been to Pattaya just Bangkok and patong. But the hotels will pretty much assume in saigon that any female coming into the hotel as a guest at night or anytime is a rental - whether she is - and want to see her ID.
@@FollowBrandothey be strict in some place low key 😅🇻🇳🤷♂️
Its must be very tried hard to wake Up this early time for any reason
You must have a friend go along with you to protect your phone which trying to filiming hahaaa
I'm not a big guy in the United States but in Vietnam I'm a giant. I'd have to see a dangerous person with a lethal weapon in Saigon to give up my s**t. If you get really drunk and aren't paying attention though, it's likely you'll get robbed on Bui Vien.
how many pushers are there is it threatening like they force you to buy stuff (i heard a story once )
On Bui Vien street anything is possible. It's a fun shit show to watch but I generally avoided the place. The bars on pasteur are a bit more chill.
so how easy is it to find boom boom, brother? 🤣
On Bui Vien Street you will get as many sales pitches for sex as you will for food, alcohol and nitrous balloons. In this video you see the desperate chick still trying to grind out an income at 5am. The market price is about 40 to 60 bucks. If you want to close the deal with your real Vietnamese girlfriend though she's gonna want you to buy her in iPhone Pro 256 GB.
Imagine walking like this in ghettos america. You might get rob, mug, stab or rape. Vietnam is very safe, you occasionally might get rob by passing motorbike but that's the most harm. Just be careful of your surrounding.
Apparently there used to be more purse snatching robberies in Saigon but I haven't heard of anything like that happening since I've been here.
@@FollowBrando Why snatch a purse when you can grab a phone. I dare you to hold your phone near the street and see how long it'll be until someone drives by snatches that shit right out of your hand.
@@afroabroad haha true. And you better lock up your motorbike. The Vietnamese like magic - They're always making things dissappear.
@@FollowBrando As a Vietnamese, I see now less phone snatching in Vietnam. Smartphones are no longer valuable items in Vietnam. Because, samsung, apple, google, LG, xiaomi set up smartphone factories in vietnam. Vietnam has become the second largest smartphone producer and exporter in the world. More than 83% of Vietnamese people use smartphones and high-speed internet covers all cities and rural areas across the country, new living standards are improved, people with high incomes are increasing. There are a lot of second-hand smartphones that don't have high value, so phone snatching is less and less.
@@lexuanson1616 That's true. My friend just got her phone snatched a few months ago tho. Grip your valuables tight in HCMC!
Then what would be edm music
Saigon has fun all night long..
The bars literally don't shut down until you leave. I've had friends from Singapore not leave the bar for over 24 hours!
I am going to Ho Chi Minh in a couple months. Do you have a travel guide of sorts for first timers? I have visa and MC credit/debit cards, do atms work like normal? Oh I am nervous.
Hey thanks for watching. I don't have a comprehensive travel guide but I do have several videos from HCMC. Your Visa/MC will work fine, so will the ATM machines but they will cost you $5 per withdrawal. There's a currency exchange at this address in D1 that always gives a great rate if you want to swap out USD 135 Đ. Đồng Khởi, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam. If you use an ATM, use your card at a machine attached to a physical bank in case it gets stuck in the machine. That's happened to me and a few other expats in HCMC. You can go into the bank during business hours and have them fish your card out if you're lucky. Here are a few videos I did that might help guide your trip:
The fake markets have some good deals if you haggle a bit: ua-cam.com/video/zxAWwtQq2Bk/v-deo.html
The War Remnants Museum is definitely worth a visit:
ua-cam.com/video/MDZZ4_Y1ckI/v-deo.html
District 4 has the legit local food:
ua-cam.com/video/F-GX9Jk9qMs/v-deo.html
District 7 is like the Beverly Hills of HCMC if you want a more suburban experience:
ua-cam.com/video/HqKZUhUgU7Y/v-deo.html
Here's my $30/night apartment rental review in D1:
ua-cam.com/video/HqKZUhUgU7Y/v-deo.html
Kim's Tavern is a fun girl bar that won't rip you off:
ua-cam.com/users/shortswJcWIsUBS7s
I'd be more excited than nervous. It's a fun and very safe place. They might drive by on motorbikes and steal your phone tho -keep valuables in pockets and bags. Let me know if you have any specific questions and I'll try to answer.
@volemOrt
Same here, planning a trip to VN august/sep. this year, flying in to Saigon-out from Hanoi.
Like to share info's with me?
I live in Australia, and can make free phone calls to some 35 countries.
Cheers
@@FollowBrando
Thanks mate!
Found your links most helpful😊😊😊
@@norbertschmitz3358 Glad they helped. Plenty of Aussies in Saigon. Here's the address to 7 Bridges Brewing in D1/Japan Town - you're likely to meet other Aussie expats there: 15B/12 Đ. Lê Thánh Tôn, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 700000, Vietnam
@@FollowBrando
Thanks again!
Your advise is very much appreciated.
One question,
what is better?
Buying VN money overseas, like at home,...bringing $$$ cash to VN.... or just using local ATM's to withdraw money.
Cheers
wow the hair
nice hair.
I don't see any prostitution in your video
Street is honestly infested with Thao Dien's.
Ha that's good I never heard it used that way before.
Would like to suggest you to maybe changing the word "Prostitutes" to "Working Girls".
Always a pleasure to see the language police diligently performing a fine days work for the Ministry of Truth, I for one fully support "The Party".
@@RustyCohle I'd have to agree with George Orwell here. This is UA-cam not 1984. Or Canada.
I’m sad to see my home country having prostitution but I guess when you want diversity this is what you get. 😢
@@duy817 There's a red light district in every major city I've been to, Vietnam is no different. And it is much less of a thing in Saigon than in Bangkok and other cities.
@@FollowBrando true
Are you military?
Nope just have a similarly bad haircut.
too sketchy for me.
It's not bad in the afternoon and evening but at 5am yeah, the zombies are out.
👍
Thanks for the thumbs up!