Five Examples Of Hanoi Tourist

We are not your obnoxious American traveler-type either. We are not assigning our opinion to people or an entire country — just what we saw and experienced first hand in Hanoi. Our perspective, our opinion, and our feelings.

I hesitate to criticize any country that has opened its borders to me, so for any readers, please understand that our experiences were just that — experiences. I didn't like the whole trash and plastic problem they had on the island. Also when to Phu quoc which had super friendly people.

I tried to tip them and they didn't want to take more money even when we received get service. Most of the time I found the Vietnamese were very honest and super friendly. We started out in SAigon and loved it. Yes they will probably charge you a bit more as foreigners in the south maybe 1-2 bucks more but heck it doesn't make much difference to us does it?

I am vietnameE American traveling to Vietnam for the first time. I was also scammed by the hostel that I've stayed in Hoi An. I enjoyed Hanoi tourist information's weather, though. They are arrogant, disrespectful, and impolite, especially the people in Hanoi.

I was quite surprised by the behavior of the locals. I visited Vietnam couple of months ago and. All of this is yours on a visit to Hanoi!

Buy fresh fruit from one of the women selling on the street but know the exchange rate and walk away if the price seems to steep to you. Learn about the relationship between the French and the Vietnamese. Go say hello to Ho Chi Minh but remember to take off your hat, no hands in your pockets and look respectful.

Visit the American Prison (the Hanoi Hotel to us). Learn the proper technique for crossing the street (go slow and don't stop). Marvel at all the outdoor pre-wedding photo shoots.

Have your photo taken wearing the cross-shoulder fruit hangers. Eat as much pho as possible. Eat the street food (but stay away from those vendors who's food is in the proximity of dog or any other animal's feces).

It is a fascinating city and it is best, I think, to approach a visit as the adventure it is! I hope you give Hanoi another chance! As a white person in Hanoi you're being scammed pretty much all the time, it's just that sometimes you might not know it, or you don't want to know it. The worst part of it is that when you actually do pay attention to the behavior of the locals, you'll notice that after they charge you three times as much as the others, they'll laugh about it in Vietnamese in front of you.

There are both daytime and overnight sleeper trains between Hanoi & Lao Cai, and on the sleeper trains you can choose between the normal Vietnamese railways sleepers or a whole series of privately-run sleeping-cars of a higher standard aimed at tourists.