HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM | 15 UNIQUE THINGS TO DO + PHU QUOC ISLAND
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- This video captures our month of living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and includes a guide of things to do in Ho Chi Minh City.
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0:00 - Intro
0:14 - Saigon Oi Cafe
1:13 - Vietnamese Pho
2:05 - Central Market
3:21 - Banh Mi
3:49 - Ben Thanh Market
5:30 - Phu Quoc Island
11:23 - Tao Dan Park
12:59 - Admire the skyline
13:56 - Dam Sen Water Park
16:17 - Bui Vien Walking Street
19:38 - Tan Dinh Church
20:54 - Turtle Lake
21:46 - Saigon Central Post Office
22:20 - War Remnants Museum
23:31 - Vintage Stores
24:12 - bloopers
Our friends Charlie, Conner, and Matt met up with us for a few weeks in Ho Chi Minh City, and we all took a weekend trip to Phu Quoc Island. Phu Quoc is actually off the coast of Cambodia, in the Gulf of Thailand… but is a Vietnamese Island! On top of that, it’s really pronounced (Foo-Quop) 🤷🏽♂️
This island turned into much more of an adventure than we imagined. While it is fairly underdeveloped, it created an opportunity for us to see Vietnamese culture up close.
Our apartment for the month in Ho Chi Minh was directly off of Bui Vien Walking Street, one of the most famous streets in Vietnam.
The bars and clubs blast music (louder than enjoyable) until 4 am every night, but the city view from our rooftop and proximity to every cool area in Ho Chi Minh was well worth it.
In a lot of the transitional clips you can notice the craziness of Ho Chi Minh City traffic, thanks to its endless motorbikes and lack of traffic laws.
Bikes are constantly using the sidewalks, and more than most places in the world, you really have to pay attention while exploring the city on foot. However, I will say that the bikes do an outstanding job of dodging pedestrians!
Bui Vien walking street was literally outside our building. We were also about a four minute walk from Central Market, an eight minute walk from Ben Thanh Market, and a fifteen minute walk from Nguyen Hue Street featuring the Cafe Apartment building.
Than Dinh Church (also known as the pink church) and Dam Sen water park were some of the further day trips from our apartment, but still were really easy to reach with public transportation.
We do want to mention that Dam Sen water park was truly a hilarious experience. First, never have we been the only people at a public water park to speak english, and NEVER have we been down body slides that got your heart pumping like these ones did.
We truly stepped back a few decades and experienced the thrill of old, non-reassuring water slides haha! Even the little things like the water park cafe basically only selling full chicken thighs and rice gave us a reminder to enjoy the present moment, because this was one of the most unique experiences we have ever had.
There are numerous locations featured in this video that didn’t make our actual list of 15 unique things to do. They include Tippy’s Mexican Food, Swenson’s, The Hungry Pig, Ho Chi Minh City Hall, Nguyen Hue Street, a few temples, and Ho Chi Minh Tower! We recommend adding all of these things to your list as well if you are visiting Ho Chi Minh City.
The parks throughout Ho Chi Minh City were likely our favorite. Turtle Lake is a park more than a lake, considering you don’t swim in it! But it was a really cool roundabout in the middle of the busy city, and it was fun to hangout and take videos and pictures there while walking on the connecting platforms over the water.
Tan Dao Park was our true favorite though, and it was huge! Right in the middle of hustle and bustle, it somehow felt like an escape to nature. It is clear how well maintained and preserved it is, as some of the trees are hundreds of years old. There is walking paths, sport courts, a wide diversity of flowers and birds, Vietnamese statues, and an overall zen vibe.
Remember, Ho Chi Minh City is home to almost 10 MILLION people. There is no shortage of things to do. The best strategy going into a trip here is to do some research and build your own list of what you wish to see, but also just do A LOT of walking, and you will stumble across unique people watching opportunities and random things to do almost every block.
Hopefully this video can help people add a few things to their Ho Chi Minh City travel list, and give some perspective on what day to day life looks like in the city.
Lastly, we must say that Vietnamese food is delectable! We lived off of Vietnamese street food for many of our days, often spending less than $5 for both of us to eat dinner. Prioritize your own version of a Vietnamese food tour, and don’t be afraid to try things you otherwise wouldn’t have. Our favorites were many variations of Banh Mi and Vietnamese Pho.
Living in Ho Chi Minh City was amazing. Next we head to Northern Vietnam for some truly unique adventures!
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great video! its almost like I'm there with y'all!
Thank you, that is definitely a goal when making these!
Vidieo đẹp tuyệt vời. Thanks vì đã chia sẻ. 👍❤️
Thank you so much :)
Love the video! I was so shocked to see someone just kick the fish and the man casually training his eagle in the park😂
It was the little things like this on every corner in HCM that made it so interesting! 😂
Very cool to see content of the day of life that those around the world experience. Watching this makes me want to visit especially for the food. Wow!
the food was actually so amazing
Those flowers are getting ready for the Luna new year
yes!
This is such a cool video and it showcases so many things to do and eat.
It was beautiful days in Saigon city
Pineapple beer?😮❤
It was so good!
Love it! Going on adventures & repping Pyramid Realm 🙌🙌
Thank you for all the free merch 😁
tag trevoh chalobah & devante adams !
Welcome to VietNam
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Xin chào bạn tôi là người việt nam🇻🇳
1:18 this is not phở . it 's bún riêu
Thank you for this info! That place was so good.
*40.000 dong for a Banh Mi street vendor is quite expensive, as far as I am concerned. At my place, with 20.000 dong, you can literally have a big-size Banh Mi with a loath of meat in there.* 🤔
Ông đi so khi du lịch với quê ông
hello
Hi!
Xin chào
Hi!
It´s not pho you ate. Looks like more banh canh or bun rieu
Yeah we realized later at this specific place we had bun rieu. It was really good, & so was all the pho we had at other places. People should try it all!