VIETNAM IS MENTAL - My FIRST day in Ho Chi Minh City 🇻🇳
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- Опубліковано 22 бер 2023
- My first day in the crazy city of Ho Chi Minh /Saigon in Vietnam. This is my first day experiencing the crazy life in this Vietnamese city trying local food, coffee and trying to cross the roads. The upcoming Vietnam series is full of so much adventure and I am so excited to finally get these videos shared! ENJOY! YEWWWWWW!!
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i wish i had this guy's confidence to just walk down a road casually talking to a camera...
Ahaha I’ll be honest I’m not always super confident with it, but just have to hype myself up and go for it at the end of the day!
Vietnam is a safe country. You can do anything freely
@@Joelfriend : Traffic in VN looks quite chaos and dangerous in foreign eyes for first time been there, but it is quite safe if you just go casually following with traffic regulations…Have a nice trip in VN!
@@prohyori783 lol yeah right. I almost got mugged guy was gunning for my camera
@@mattnguyen1672 Saigon and Hanoi gotta be careful with petty theft other than that, feel more free in VN than the US....
ในฐานะที่เป็นคนไทย เวียดนามเป็นประเทศที่น่าสนใจ และน่าไปเที่ยวสักครั้งในชีวิต
you should not go to Vietnam, because you will be overwhelmed by delicious food, great history, beautiful scenery, cheap prices, super friendly people, diverse culture, and finally really dangerous when you Vietnamese love
vietnam is very fun, and I was there last month.
It’s so much fun, a great country to visit!
My first day in Ho Chi Minh City tomorrow! Thanks for the tips 🙏🏻
Hope you enjoy it! It’s a crazy city! Thanks for watching!
How’s it go
Best way to describe Vietnam is organised chaos. I found that the last 10s of the red light means green and the first 10s of a red also means green in Vietnamese lmao
Ahah loved that - organised chaos it really is!!
Second this. It looks chaotic but somehow it works
Lol you are right 😂
I am so excited for your Vietnam videos!! Such a wonderful country. Safe travels Joel!
Thank you! So excited to share them too!
@@Joelfriend But Northside and Hanoi are real Vietnam. They are the root and the original of ancient Vietnamese. Go to there and feeling the realest about Viet traditional culture for real, bro.
I can’t wait to visit the north too!! The furthest north I made it was Hue. So much to see in VN that you really need a long time to see it all. I’ll be checking out Hanoi on my next trip for sure.
Keep up good work. Enjoy your time in Vietnam. Love your video.
Great video, can’t wait for the next ones
well done mate, looking forward to the rest of the series!
Thanks a ton! Appreciate it!
I loved your vlog so much, it really inspired me and now I am binge watching all of your videos! I just posted my vlogs from Ho Chi Minh as well, it is such a magical city!! I can't wait to see your next videos!
I'm in Nha Trang. I will be heading to Dalat and Ho chin Minh city in the coming days. For my travel vlog hopefully 🙏
Nice video, thanks for sharing. From Switzerland with 💕
Thanks for watching!!
Hello, thank you for coming to Vietnam !
Thanks for watching I love Vietnam!! 🇻🇳
Hey mate - am currently riding a motorbike from Saigon to Hanoi, have done around 1800km so far. You are allowed to turn right even if the traffic light is red haha, and some people do run red lights when going straight but it’s not that common. Would 100% recommend riding a bike during your trip here - it looks like chaos in the cities but it does just work somehow!! Have a good one
For sure ahah! My month in Vietnam is almost over and I did ride a motorbike, was good fun! These videos are always a few weeks delayed! Enjoy the trip!
Be careful, many people makes sudden turns or street crossings
Hi Guys, we are looking to ride a motorbike from Ho chi to Hanoi..do you have any rental recommendations?
@@brickstotrips 100% would recommend Tigit. Have had no problems with my bike at all and they’re a nice group of people. Also really helpful UA-cam videos and advice on routes on their website. Have a great time
@@thom9432 brilliant thank you so much! They look amazing! 😊
10:54 Hey bro, this is where I used to go jogging everyday. But now, I am living in Korea. Your video makes me miss Vietnam so much. Enjoy your trip and good luck to you~~
Just smashed that like button. Awesome vid, mate. Keep going!
Ayyyy thank you so much I appreciate just you man! 🙌🏼 yewwww
I am heading to Vietnam at the end of the year, and I will make sure I watch all of your videos.
Thanks for your tips.
Have fun! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for your videos, please take care ♥️♥️♥️🌹
The city thats lives 24/7...Love it!!!
Banh Mi is traditional breakfast for us and many other things like “Hu tieu , xôi , phở , …” banh mi is one of them
Ahh right that’s great loved having Banh mi for breakfast!
@@Joelfriend not for breakfast only mate, any time of the day absolutely! At least in the North!
Chinatown is very big, you're not on the right commercial centre of CHinatown, it should be the Binh Tay market and Hai Thuong Lan Ong street....and people take nap around 12-2pm, so expect anywhere to look dead around those hours.
Keep up the great content Bro 👏 definitely good scenery 👌
Thanks 👍 So much incredible scenery in Vietnam to show!
@@Joelfriend cảm ơn bạn rất nhiều đã chia sẻ hình ảnh chân thật về đất nước con người VN
Haha, interesting for the word "Barn of me", Joe. A good way to call our Bánh mì.
😂😂😂 my pronunciation is terrible,, I apologise
I just subscribed to your channel two minutes ago . Hope you will enjoy your trip in our country . Stay safe my friend .
Wow that's amazing 👍👌❤️🇻🇳
A great country still!
always have a good laugh with people first get to VN, especially in Saigon.
I just returned from Vietnam, watching your vlog, I wanna try doing a solo.
District 5 is still the largest Chinatown in the world, the reason it has lost its Chinese character was in the 1980's, the government allowed/forced the Chinese to move out of Vietnam as boat people, this way, they could clear up the Chinese influence a lot, those unfortunately could not get out have to simulated, including speaking more Vietnamese than Chinese. Those Chinese store/restaurant names for business in district 5 were removed, only Vietnamese allowed. That was my observations back in 2006, first time I returned. This time, things changed for better, I saw a few Chinese store/restaurant names showed up in District 5, more Chinese speaking Chinese on the street. So, you are still right about the largest Chinatown in the world.🤣😅
Have more fun in Vietnam 👍
One thing to add is the Vietnamese gov didn't forced Chinese immigrants to flee Vietnam out of nowhere.
In 1978, the Rouge Khmer, after committing a genocide on their own Cambodian people, invaded the southern part of Vietnam. Vietnam fought back and went on to invade Cambodia to completely get rid of the Rouge Khmer regime. In 1979, China, who was an ally with the Rough Khmer, invaded the northern part of Vietnam to release pressure for the Rouge Khmer in the south. Vietnam then pivoted and mobilized army go to to the north to fight the Chinese.
After those conflicts, Vietnamese gov asked Chinese immigrants to either renounce their Chinese citizenship, or leave the country. Most Chinese in Chinatown at the time still considered themselves Chinese and still had Chinese citizenship. So a large number of them left Vietnam for the US (maybe other European countries as well). The ones who stayed had to accept to be more "Vietnamese" than Chinese.
Trung quốc đã cố cài cắm lực lượng người Hoa vào Việt Nam để thao túng nền kinh tế. Gây những tác động xấu và âm mưu muốn biến Việt Nam thành chư hầu. Việt Nam nhận ra điều đó và đã tống cổ bọn người Hoa do chính phủ Trung Quốc cài cắm ra khỏi Việt Nam nếu không chịu nhập quốc tịch Việt Nam 😊
the algorithm suggested you. Looking forward for more videos!
Welcome to Vietnam. I could hear the crunch of the bread of your delicious Banh M. Always traffic. Chinatown super tiny [ not sure who told you it’s 1 of the biggest in the world ] Hong Kong is 1, no surprise and Bangkok is ##2. You went to Bui Vien when it was a ghost town. Gets slammed from 12AM to 4/5 AM.Hope you go. Absolutely loved every minute
Ahaha does Hong Kong really count as a Chinatown though? I read it online! Ahhh good to know yeah it was definitely a little early! Thanks man!
I think there's a misunderstanding here. I'd say Saigon's Chinatown is one of the biggest (if not the biggest) Chinatown in the world by population. Not by geographical border. There's about 500,000 ethnic Chinese living in Saigon. And they don't concentrate in one distinct small area like in Manhattan or San Francisco. They spread out across District 5, District 6, District 10, District 11. Because they don't concentrate in 1 distinct area, it's hard to see how "big" it is. So yeah, not biggest in "town" wise, but biggest population wise.
Now, Bangkok has about 1 mil Chinese people, but they're not all ethnic Chinese. That population includes Thai, who are Chinese descendants. So we can't really tell the real ethnic Chinese population their.
About Hong Kong, I'm not sure why it counts as a China town. Aren't they all Chinese there? And yeah, legally, they're not a part of China until 2045, but that's only on paper. In reality, We've all seen what happened there.
Welcome sir, hope u had a gud time
that Pho looked so good
Thankyou bạn đến đất nước chúng tôi giới thiệu món ăn vn . Chúc bạn thành công trong công việc ❤
Welcome to Vietnam ❤🎉
Great video! Vietnam is on my wishlist!
Don't you think about visiting brazil someday? There are so many beautiful places here, you guys should come!!!
Take care
100% we would love to visit Brazil we are going to South America this summer, so potentially Brazil too! 😊
han hanh den viet nam
Them big balls on this guy hahaha, crossing street like a boss! Brave soul/organ donor hehhehe. That was a nice watch! Are u traveling solo to vietnam? top 3 things u love so far, and 3 things u dont like so far? I will be in vietnam for the very first time in my life in may, CANT WAIT!!!!
Love your contents, keep up the good work
It still looks the same. That was 25 years since the last visit. Back then, exchange was only 8000 dong to 1 Singapore dollar. Still don’t agree with the heat, but otherwise the food is delicious. Should have the coffee luak drip as long as you don’t mind it’s made of beans excreted from weasels. 😂 coffee black is aromatic. Remember to try the bun Bo hue with the snails and congealed pig blood. I remembered trying porcupine, wild boar in a hot pot. And if you’re adventurous, there’s country dormouse that tastes like fried chicken, the locals like to tease tongue in cheek “rat” to scare you…enjoy your adventures. Cheers.
That's guy make your coffee meet in Ben Thanh Market is my Friend 🌹🌹🌹 Welcome My Country 🎉🎉🎉
Hello Joe, loving the video and the hat. I am going vietnam next month, how did you get from the airport to the city??
you can take a taxi (Vinasun is recommended) and should be on the left after your exit door. Take a bus to Ben Thanh( i think it's located at land B, just across the road after the exit ). or Grab
i am vietnamese but living in UK now . love your video ❤️ hope you have a great time there ! cheers mate 👍🏻
No way thats awesome! Thanks for watching!
Wellcome to Vietnam❤
If you like traditional bread and the useful information is that the more expensive bread is, the more it is not like the original Saigon bread, just a variation with lots of pate and filling for foreigners, like 2 traditional loaves. . merge into one. And of course the price will be quite high and so will the coffee, they have a recipe made by machine, unlike sidewalk coffee, each alley has many different flavors.
of course refer to one of the most famous youtubers if you are a foodie it is mcfarlin ! Welcome to the world of Vietnam
❤thank you ,we're love your video, and you so cute.
The famous banh mi spot you were probably looking for is Huynh Hoa.
Wonderful video again
Do you use a microphone with your Gopro when you're in the streets ?
Nope, just a little sponge to stop any wind!
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Very much.
Welcome to Viet Nam, bro. Hope you can spend time traveling to Danang city as well. I can say for sure that Danang is the best place in Viet Nam to enjoy.
Going there this week, any where you would recommend?
VIETNAM is the safer country in the world and the Vietnamese people are very kind the food is heaven and cheap , the traffic is the only downside but there is nothing compared to the west we have high DEATH rates on the road and murder compare to the west VIETNAM is Angeles place to live.
I moved out of vn when i am 17 yrs old- now i am 40yrs- you are better than me when i went back there- i used to ride motorcycle around the city that time but i can not even pass the street when i went back there. You are very confident using the camera on the street 🎉wish i can do that😅
I'm currently staying in Vietnam. I just had my first night here next to the airport. Moving to district 1 tomorrow. Seems like it's more of what I'm looking for. The area near the airport is not as developed as I thought it would be and not nearly as many sites to see
need to bargain!!! :) start with half the price then up to 3/4.
Im from melb fingers crossed im there may 2023
Love Vietnam from India ❤️
It’s a great country!
❤❤❤❤❤việt nam
Thats the best phở place in Saigon!
Vietnam - Southeast Asia, still developing & many parts still poor. It’s chaotic but nothing dangerous. And NOTHING DANGEROUS IF COMPARE TO MANY AMERICA CITIES!!
Vietnamese ppl is BEAUTIFUL, SMART & FRIENDLY, EASY GOING WITH & BLENDING WELL WITH OTHERS CULTURES.
Vietnam have great foods - almost every dish have well amounts green veggies & herbs!! ❤❤❤
Weather is great too 🎉🎉🎉
Oke 😂😢
Joel is lovely
wellcome to Việt Nam
Traffic in Saigon is crazy
It’s absolutely mental!
I went back to Ho Chi Minh City in 2017 from Canada. I did not know how to cross the street I need to ask a local Vietnamese lady to help me to cross the road.
the bikes coming on those lanes because in the law allow bikes to turn right at red, and also cars will turn right on their green (so it'll intersect with pedestrian crossing), just gotta watch out for those but it is way less traffic than the red man.
Viet Cong hat 😉 wow…fascinating, beautiful city. Thanks for sharing your adventures in Vietnam…
Ahaha oh yeah! Thanks for watching Jeff!
In addition to calling the Viet Cong hat, Vietnam is also called the hat ear beo. love you guys so much.
thanks
I tried and don’t really like the places that rate the Best online. I mean it’s good but nothing special about that except too meaty for me. There’s times I feel the regular bánh mì they sell at a stand on the street side tasted better. There are many different types of meats for bánh mì too! Also it will be interesting if you have a friend take you inside many small long alleys in the city you will discover where all the people you see from the street comes from!
In Vietnam, you gotta learn how to ride the bike. It's a whole new reality. But if for safety reason, Grab bike is good enough. For food, don't try to custom order, just ask for the same thing that most people eat.
In the next video I try riding a bike for the first time in Vietnam!! Ahaha thanks for the advice!!
“Hello can I help you?” Joel : “no not really” 😂
Banh Mi is Yum 😋
Believe in the chaos!!🤣
I thrive with the chaos! It’s anazing
The woman carrying big large Rice cracker that you just saw when crossing the street in beautiful Saigon city
heloo, vietnamese here, the thing about red light and green light in my country is that vehicles can turn left/right from the nearby roads into the road which is currently on red light (like most of the time), so you should be careful even when you are allowed to cross the street, the traffic is crazy but we rarely crash
Hello friend I wish you a nice and happy day
Wellcome to vietnam ...... wellcome to my country ....
Thank you! So excited to be here!
@@Joelfriend hey you ... if you have time and do you want to make experrience for about the food .... i want to invite you to come my bussiness street food .. ..... i m selling the noddles for breakfast vietnamese call it the name hu tieu mi gio heo .... noddles pork .... i will make it free for you .... im sorry ... my english not good . I just learning english by myself on youtube . .. i just want to improve my speaking skill . If you come to me shop i will take you go to market local if you want to see something and understood culture local and i used to live at hoc mon town .... this place not too much the foreigner to come visit . Very local .
+1 subscribe, keep it up and do what you doing greatest mate
Welcome to my homecity 🤗
It’s a great city!!
Vietnam is a tropical country rich in beauty and hospitality. Vietnam is a country with a special culture. Another special thing is that Vietnam’s food is delicious and cheap 🙂🙂🙂
Not really
Yeah but may be unclean
Hello wellcome to vietnam. Do you go to phan thiet city?
I'm travelling to vietnam this coming june. How much does it costs you riding bike?
Good camera work though, cheers.
I enjoy your videos but quick tip for tourists to Vietnam.
If you get to a world famous Banh Mi or coffee shop that you’ve seen a thousand times on social media, walk away. Influencers tend to piggy back other influencers.
Walk around a little and go to the shops that the locals are in, not the tourists. That’s where you’ll find the good food.
As Indonesian I'm pretty sure can fit into Vietnamese traffic culture😂
come here :)
I would of bargained for the hat 😂
3 Vietnamese foods you must try in Vietnam before you have a wife: Banh mi, Pho and Bun bo Hue
Wish I can recommend you a safe accommodation friend, some places they try to rieve your money
Your First day in Saigon city was wonderful day . Example you got to eat BANH MI " for $1, 62 and many wonderful things in Saigon later ...If compare to USA : " BANH MI " = about $8
Exactly such great value in Vietnam! I love it!
If you eat bread in Hanoi or Saigon, it costs 1.62$. If you eat in smaller cities it costs less than 1$ 😅 . I wish you a happy visit to my country
Is the beers on bars normally that low? I herd alcohol was expensive but maybe i was wrong
yes verry cheap we dont taxed beer and cigarette which i dont know why
walking across the street, just walk steady pace and they'll avoid you :)
Hey dude what camera u use for vlogging
Did you exchange money in england, the airport or in vietnam? Also is the evisa process easy and cost $25?
Hi guys .I'm from Vietnam and Where are you from?
Việt Nam!
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Cool video, can I ask how comfortable you are getting aound HCM alone compared to other places ?
i dont recommend to go to HCM if you cant stand the heat plus polution maybe go to the west of vietnam the air at there is more pure
@@anhkhoavlogs8206 Hi there thanks so much for your reply, for the aspect I should be quite comfortable, due to the nature of my country's weather+pollution ! Haha !
Wondering for safety wise, would it be fairly reasonable in HCM ? Thank you 😊
@@alastair6311 safety in HCM is not the best but can acceptable when traveling by bike dont bring out anything value there are some thief with motorbike will go near your vehicle to steal them and the second is scamming 1 dollar equal 20 thousand vnd and banh mi is around 15 to 25 thousand vnd you should asked them for the price first and then see if is worth it
@@anhkhoavlogs8206 thank you for the advice, I appreciate it and wish to visit HCM very soon ☺️
@@alastair6311 hope you have a lovely and safe trip to my country dont just go and eat banh mi visit our museum and other stuff 😂😂
where did you stay in saigon?
But Northside and Hanoi are real Vietnam. They are the root and the original of ancient Vietnamese. Go to there and feeling the realest about Viet traditional culture for real, bro.
Don’t worry I head up north later in the Vietnam series, and it’s AMAZING!!
Northern scum ❤
Can you guys northerners just shut up about it? Admit that the culture there is more traditional, not even the language spoken there is linguistically similar to the Middle and Old Vietnamese even though many people believe that it is (I'm not saying the Southern dialect is more similar either). If you want a full experience of the original Vietnamese culture, go to the North Central region. They retain many old cultural features there since they make less contact with the outsiders including the dialect. Modern Hanoi has changed alot and the people still claim themselves to be the root of the country. Sorry but it would be my pleasure if reunification didn't happen.
Hello Joel, Can you show your location on Google map or any type of map. I cannot recognize the new modern Ho Chi Minh City from the old dilapidated Saigon during the American War in Vietnam, in this jungle of residential, public, and commercial dwellings.
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$2.50 to eat PHO in Saigon city if compare here in USA is about $15.00
It’s amazing right, and it’s even cheaper outside of Saigon!
Eating pho for $ 2.5 in Saigon is still expensive! Usually locals only eat for less than 2$ with free iced tea
I hate some things in USA including PHO is about $15.00
a Banh mi here in Brisbane Oz is already around 10AUD, or 15, and the quality is... missing the real flavour
mãi yêu vn
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Biggest Chinatown in the world 🌎 is in saigon..
Yeahh!!
Just wondering, i found most vloggers say they will put info/location of shop/stall/restaurant down below (where?)
I always find info for their equipment, insurance…etc everything but the info mentioned in the video.
Did I miss something here? Or it’s just a saying, they actually don’t do it?
Any ideas? 😊
Việt Nam đi chơi ok