Vietnam: conclusions and tips

• 16 days;

• traveled by plane, bus, bed-bus, motorcycle, bicycle and boat ;

• 1 boat cruise;

• 1 cooking class and some new recipes 😉

• 1 blue Chinese lamp bought as a souvenir 🙂

• No scarfs bought this time 🙁

What I liked MOST

• The food. I LOVED Vietnamese food;

• Kind people;

• Good prices for backpackers;

• It is very easy to travel around;

What I liked LEAST

• Too many tourists (and tourists stalkers);

• The weather. I was not lucky with it (no blue skies 🙁 )

• Motorbikes everywhere.  Crazy traffic. The pollution;

• Not as exotic as its neighbor countries.

Useful Information :

• Domestic flights are very cheap, especially if you book them in advance, and save you many travel hours on the road;

• Vietnamese charge you at the beginning 3 times the real price just because you are a tourist. Negotiate, negotiate and negotiate everything;

• It seems there is a general overbooking problem with night buses so do some research on forums before buying something and “fight” if necessary to get what you booked at the departure time;

• Vietnam is a very touristy destination so if you are heading to its main destinations, especially in important dates, book well in advance.

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