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we're spending the next 3 weeks in Vietnam  from Ho Chi Minh in the South to the insane  

Limestone wonders in the North and the Hawaii  style Seaside in the middle so join us as we  

take in the breathtaking wonders of Ninh Binh and  to be honest that is the biggest hack to get this  

entire place by yourself find some delicious  traditional foods in Hoi An but when I tell  

you those Banh Mi were so good we went back for  seconds today and discover the unusual island of  

Phu Quoc to make our incredible time in Vietnam  more accessible we've combined all of our travel  

vlogs into one Vietnam Mega Vlog with some extra  never-before-seen bits mixed in along the way so  

sit back with your drink of choice as we explore  our favorite country to travel to of all time and  

we're going to start by telling you why it ranks  as our number one Southeast Asian destination  

When people find out we've traveled to  45 countries together we inevitably get  

that one question and although we've  seen some epic places from the snowing  

in Canada to the the deserts of Peru we  pretty much always have the same answer

Vietnam today we are back in the largest  city of our favorite country to travel  

and we're going to be spending the day  showing you exactly why we love it so

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so today is going to be a mix of doing  the things that we did 2 years ago that  

we love and doing some things that year one  Jordan and Emily just would never have done  

but we're starting the day with one of our  favorite things about being back in Vietnam

[Music] one of the reasons that we love Vietnam  is their undeniable and quite unique Coffee  

Culture not only are there lots of different  variations to try but everyone seems to hang  

out at the cafes and all along the streets there  are these tiny tables and chairs where you can  

sit watch the world go by and probably enjoy  your way too strong Vietnamese coffee um can  

we please get one iced coconut coffee one coconut  coffee and one of the yogurt with coffees please  

so two coffees we weren't really  getting anything cheap per se we  

were kind of get the signature ones  110,000 Vietnamese dog which is like  

s Australian dollars roughly not bad  yeah for like a coffee place [Music]

[Music] starting your day with coffee doesn't  seem unusual in fact probably most of the world  

starts their day by having a coffee but in  Vietnam it's different 2 years ago when we  

were in Hanoi we tried egg coffee for the first  time and I was pleasantly surprised as weird as  

that sounds it was quite good so today I wanted  to get something similar but I didn't want to  

do the same thing so I've got yogurt coffee  I can't even s is it that big oh my God Che

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it's probably not for me the uh like sourness  of the yogurt really comes through in a not so  

pleasant way the bitterness of the chocolate  brings out the sourness in the milk that's  

the worst part of both of those things I'll  probably get egg coffee next time okay [Music]

the yogurt has the flavor of Greek yogurt  you know no sweetness quite Punchy wo and  

then that is quite strong coffee on top enjoy  So Kong Cafe is actually known for its coconut  

coffee which we had 2 years ago in h and I  couldn't resist getting another one it was  

my favorite of all of the coffees that we  tried in Vietnam it's almost like a frappe  

but instead of ice or water it's coconut  milk maybe I don't actually know but it's  

this really unique frappe consistency quite  strong coffee and then a nice sweet coconut  

hint if you're going to get any coffee in Vietnam  this is the one to get but get it iced [Music]  

time to go explore than you have a nice day  when we were here 2 years ago it was after  

that whole Global pandemic thing so a lot of  places were still shut but we've heard that  

one of them has reopened again also how call us  with it's artwork just in the apartment building

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those classic 920 Bells it's still under  construction which is very unfortunate  

but the bells still go I just am  quite confused about the timing

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one thing I did not expect to fall in  love with when we started traveling  

was the different architecture that we see  everywhere and here in Vietnam it's super  

unique it's like this Gothic Renaissance French  influenced architecture and we wanted to come  

to this Cathedral because when we were  here in 2022 it was under construction  

apparently it's still going for another 5  years luckily our next stop is right next

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door we actually came here 2 years ago  and sent a postcard to my mom sorry  

Mom you're not getting one this  time it's going to someone else

this option I think this one's  quite cute artwork but this one  

has a dog on it and she'll like that dog one dog

one oh I don't need a bag thank you so much  there's not much room for riding but I feel  

like that's okay what should we say auntie yeah  ni maybe put a DE up there yeah this might be her  

first ever letter yeah in her whole life in  her whole life okay decisions were made shut

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up yay I don't know if it was the Builder's  intention to make this a massive tourist  

attraction but they definitely have there's  so many people here it is also way more fun  

than it should be sitting down taking a  moment and riding out a postcard and then  

sending it to a loved one so highly highly  highly recommend completely agree but now  

I feel like we've worked up an appetite random  question but has Tilly ever received a letter  

in the post yet love you bye hopefully  she hasn't and that's her first one ever

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wow inside of that post office sorry I went  like that like yeah I'm going to be sweaty  

for the whole time wearing Vietnam all right I  think we said this last time but the inside of  

that post office looks like something out  of Harry Potter totally like the iron and  

The Archers and wooden the wooden boxes on the  side that I think you go in to like maybe write  

your letters or something so it's private I don't  know what they're for yeah who would go in there  

wow part of me really wants to wait in here and  let Emily freak out trying to find me it's a bit  

mean and it's hot do you go in there what's in  there it's it is where you privately write your  

letters nice I would do that for a postcard  but also like everyone who handles a postcard  

can read it so it's not like it's a private  thing anyway that's true and it's really dark  

in there anyway all right yeah hungry we already  said we're hungry I'm having a good day me too  

I love Vietnam Vietnam do you remember we were  walking down this way and we met the sweetest  

old man do you remember him he was so happy and  laughing well this I guess I'll be on my way

now you just give me a [Music]

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did you want to look for a yeah

actually these have been fine these  yeah I feel like it's less busy Okay  

so one of my other favorite things  about Vietnam is just how nice the  

people are here and I just spent  10 minutes sitting down with this  

sweetest Vietnamese man we got to know  each other he was singing me some selon

SEL that's way oh it's so nice here I  love it and it's just so welcoming and  

kind where else but Vietnam where else  but Vietnam now I'm really hungry last  

time we were in this epic City we made a  pretty Ordinary video and at the very end  

of that we had a barn me it was incredible  I don't know if it's just because it was  

the first authentic B me experience we've  ever had but I cannot stop thinking about it

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so weird being back

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[Music] thank you I cannot believe  we actually found the exact same  

place it looks different but it is definitely the

same food has got to be one of the most important  things to us when we're traveling and that is why  

Vietnam has won so much of our love little bit  of a story time with this one obviously we made  

that video last time loved it so much but people  started asking where exactly it was and we did  

know the name of the shop or if the shop even  had a name so we literally Googled our hotel  

went into street view and followed the steps  we took to get there and took a street view  

of it there and that's what we've been sing  people to let them know so we really weren't  

sure this place would still exist and it does  look different to the original video but it's  

there do you want to try it first obviously a  few things I'm going off that makes me think  

this is still the same place it's across the  street from a fruit place which I remember last  

time cuz I almost order to fruit juice two  is the pork crackling it looks Sensational  

so crispy on the outside the wooden chopping  block looks super familiar they're chopping  

it fresh slicing up the barn meat loading  it up and then they drizzle it with this  

gorgeous sauce that I'm convinced must be the  drippings from when they cooking the pork and  

I think that that is the secret sauce that makes  this so memorable I am really worried because as  

you can probably tell I've built this up quite a  lot in my [Music] head yeah smells amazing oh my

gosh

crunch mm it's quite a bit spicier than I  remember but that is divine the sauce that  

they put in there has just Co everything  everything and honestly the pork crackle  

is what makes it it is so crunchy that you can  hear it through the bread oh this time where  

we're staying in Vietnam is District 1 which is  the super popular tourist area and apparently  

the best Banh Mi in Saigon is right around  the corner from our hotel so I think we're  

going to go try that tomorrow before we check  out and we'll let you know how it compares

yes

please that's look at that you can have  more you had like nine butts I've had

one

10 it is really good I think it was just that  bir was chili it wasn't chili at all after

that you one Jordan and Emily got it absolutely  correct that was incredible like the juice that  

they put on the bun on the pork like seeped  into the bun and made it like soft and and  

the little bit of spice actually added  so much to it I honestly we'll be back  

here again I know I've been known to put some  mayo on some stuff be it generally over excited  

happy positive person but when I tell you  those bun M were so good we went back for  

seconds today I just can't believe it because  I feel like your memory things are always  

exaggerated and better than they potentially  were you look back with rosecolor glasses but  

this lives up to it I'm telling you there's  one recommendation you take from us in hoochi  

Min it's to try these and let us know in the  comments what you think I'm putting it in the  

description I'm putting it everywhere I can't  even remember what I was going to say a dollar  

20 and it cost it was 20,000 Vietnamese Dong which  is like a120 Australian like 80 cents American we  

got one to split you know you build things up in  your memory as well like it's always better in  

your memory cuz look back with rose color glasses  but for that to still be that okay anyway have we  

mentioned we love Vietnam this video is like  a love letter this is all right on to the next

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one one of the things we love most about travel  in Vietnam is the sheer affordability and how  

much value you get for your dollar here as a  tourist but the next thing we're doing we've  

actively avoided in several cities because it's  very expensive and unfortunately Saigon is the

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same and 20 minutes later and $350  later we are all the way across

town I'm see 500 it's 40,000 we have

yes please thank you you take the and then  you take a drink at 79 in game 81 and keep  

Thea thank you so much like we said observation  towers is something we usually avoid but this  

one was too good to ignore not only that we  upgraded from just seeing the view having a  

package yeah we got sold we don't have no  idea what's included apparently we got a  

photo shoot on the way in which we did not what  expect new thumbnail wow okay 79 Sky View we're  

going to fly up in the clouds a I forgot to  put the Drone up you do that after oh wow

ooh it's gone quite fast I think oh my ears  are popping it's like the bur Khalifa one  

where you're like I never did that too expensive  we didn't do it no I'm sorry [Applause] [Music]

is that how high we are right now [Music] yeah  so when I knew I wanted to do an observation deck  

and go up somewhere really high and look over the  city I started researching and I found something  

called the bit Financial Tower that was built in  2010 and when it was it was the tallest building  

not just in hoimin in all of Vietnam  so I got really excited about it then  

I dug a little bit deeper and I found  this place landmark 81 which absolutely  

smashed bit Finance Tower this one is 460  something M tall and incredible [Music]

so the tickets to get up here cost about  30 Australian per person but then you can  

upgrade for about $3 more and you get a  bunch more included you get a drink a VR

experience two photos print out and like a freaky  Skywalk Oh my legs are like jelly already go go  

go go go I would say I'm not sure if you points  are worth it for us cuz that's quite expensive  

and $60 is over half of our daily budget but if  you are going to do it upgrading to the combo  

package is definitely worth it cuz it's only  $3 more and you get all of that extra stuff if  

you're on a vacation or a holiday here and it's  like one of your only stops definitely do it  

you're doing a long-term Budget Travel Maybe not  maybe not the views are incredible like 360 can  

walk around and it is just super clear today and  it really puts into perspective how big this city  

is we have one more thing to explore on our  love letter to Vietnam but that's better at

nighttime that's crazy

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this is new and H Street it is a really cool  night time is that only night uh it's I don't  

know a really cool pedestrian street here in hosi  Min it's like 60 M wide and it is just alive at  

night with people selling things food all the  shops the lights it's so pretty they also do a  

bunch of performances here I don't know whether  it's like obviously time of year is going to  

dictate what's here but I've seen things online of  like big dragons and all sorts it runs all the way  

from like this super beautiful European historical  government building all the way down to the river  

we decided we would walk here tonight instead  of getting a grab and the walk here was quite  

cool like I we don't go out much after dark but  we should I think they do especially here just  

all of the lights and the people all out cuz it's  cooled down so much after the rain but I have had  

such a great great I have had such a  great 24 hours priding This Love Letter to

Vietnam today we're exploring the tropical  island of Phu Quoc at least that's what we  

thought we were doing this is not at all what  we expected we flew to the island anticipating  

Sun vibrant beaches and a bustling tourism Hub  but if you've seen our channel before you know  

that travel doesn't always go to plan we've like  4 minutes to check in I don't think we've ever had  

a reject Landing before th storms basically  every day and in this video we really mean

it if you've seen our last video you know that  we love Vietnam I love Vietnam Vietnam we've  

actually been here before and spent an entire  month adventuring from the south to the north  

we've also recently decided to set ourselves  the ambitious goal of visiting 100 countries  

in the next 2 years just plump I was thinking  that's an easy one to pack King my guys it's  

just one flight oh pretty good with a girl like  that you're probably thinking why would they  

spend more time in a country they've already  been to we've actually got something called  

the Redemption list it's effectively a list of  everywhere we've been but things we've missed  

in those countries one of our favorite and  also most frustrating things about full-time  

travel is you can visit a country for as long  as you want and never see everything [Music]  

oh this isn't him that's not him [Music] either  just 20 minutes and we'll be at the airport I  

don't think Vietnam had these last time we  were here but there's all these electric  

vehicles that you can get as grabs such a  good initiative and the car is super quiet

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we have like 4 minutes to check

in might be in the other section

think you don't stop me for the Drone get it

after hectic how was bedum two people were  sitting down in the middle of the wallway  

after all of that hecticness and drama  our flight was delayed for half an hour

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okay got a little bit of time to tell you what  the plan is and it is a rough plan we literally  

booked the flights in the accommodation about 14  hours ago the whole idea of this video and the  

next few weeks in Vietnam are going to be doing  the things that we didn't get to do last [Music]

time allies V Q 4 5 the part  for change to Gate [Music]

14 right we didn't go to F walk in year  one of travel because we had a really  

tight budget we were literally catching  buses and trains everywhere we went and  

we would like to thank you for flying with [Music]  

B walk is going to be lasting for another 30  minutes to an hour we will be diverting to  

canel to uh wa off the weather once again we  apologized for the delay thank you for your  

patience did you hear that we're diverting to  out to wait out the weather walk I don't think  

we've ever had a rejected Landing before  that was crazy even all my years I used  

to be a flent for four years I never had one  that was my first wow ladies and gentlemen we  

have landed at K International Airport K City  it is a safy requirement that you remain that  

we your about fast until the sign has been  St off okay let's try that again [Music]

ladies and genten welcome to F  International Airport F City the  

local time now is half 4 p.m. and the  outside temperature is around 29° C  

we would like to thank you for traveling  with us today look forward is your today  

has been dramatic our 1 hour flight quickly  turned into into 3 hours but we have finally

landed got some new DS we are staying at the  on Lang Beach which in our admittedly short  

and very very quick research is meant to be  one of the best beaches on the island and a  

little bit more calm than the main city but it's a  20-minute taxi to get there perfect Island weather

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we have not had a good track record for getting  into places H you mean we got to the complete  

wrong apartment after the first apartment not  having rooms available came to the hotel they  

have no rooms John's not finding this quite  as funny as I am at the moment on hotel number  

two hotel number two sale number two the gra off  where the hotels said they were they are not here  

attempt number three for hotel number two on night  number [Music] oneome thank you made it to the  

right hotel but it does have a different name on  the door and our flight got delayed this time and  

diverted hopefully the next one's better and we  had a lovely little mudw walk to get here cuz the  

driver for some reason even though he had Google  Maps going he was ignoring it but to be fair even  

if he came down on the road I think you're meant  to it looks like it's flooded at the moment rainy  

season also there's no one at reception I just  messaged them on WhatsApp but it is silent here  

very yellow lighting but this place was only like  $15 a m I think with breakfast included 10 us and  

look how spacious that's so good pool vi yeah  so quiet thank you so we were meant to get in a  

couple of hours ago which meant we would be going  out for lunch instead of dinner right now it also  

means that we have had breakfast and a bit of gum  and that's it so I'm starving hello hello you do  

want to be friends you do you want to be best  we can be best we don't fight each other though

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[Music] places we probably should have checked  the weather before booking flights to the islands  

in full transparency this is currently  our second full day here and this is the

weather thunderstorms basically every day  so this video is quickly turning into how  

not to travel F walk in Vietnam not only were our  flights diverted and it's been raining the entire  

time we've been here we're the only people that  we kind of see in the entire town now apparently  

the whole electronic grid is down for the entire  day it's just bad timing it's just bad timing but  

it's our last day here so we can't say no we are  going to explore anyway and hopefully the power  

comes back on at some point how beautiful  is this hotel though it's just [Music]

us 15 bucks a night making a deal but even  though it's not great weather and even though  

things aren't going to plan we're going to have a  good day and we're going to be positive and we're  

going to look on the bright side deal deal it's  also rainy enough that we're going to switch to  

the GoPro let's go I don't know how the audio  is it's a 20 minute walk to the beach [Music]

truth be told that was our third direction  of trying to get to the beach the universe  

does not want us exploring through walk  okay new plan we going to get to a road  

somewhere and then we're going to order  a grab and take us to the place that's  

meant to be like the Europe side of Phu  Quoc me to be really really beautiful

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and about 15 minutes later we've made it  to Grand world there's more people out  

on the streets than we thought there would be  there's a lot more than yesterday and this is  

like a crazy bamboo structure to welcome us and  look there that looks like qu this is so weird

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they have like Jurassic Park themed music playing

constantly really puts you into that Jurassic  Park mindset I can't wait to get into all the  

buildings one of the most popular things  to do on the island of Phu Quoc is to go  

to Vin wonders which is the theme park here  it stretches over 50 hectares and is actually  

the biggest theme park in all of Southeast Asia  I'm pretty sure Grand world is part of that but  

this place is free entry the VIN wonders  theme park looks amazing and incredible  

but it is very expensive and we thought  we're not going to make the most of it in  

this weather so this is a good compromise  for us this is crazy it looks like Venice

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some of the shops here are suffering from the no  power but some have their own battery powered but  

either way it is dead here and when you compare  this to the actual Venice very different they've  

literally got the same Bridges you see in Venice  over the canals so from what I've understanded  

this was built through the Vietnamese government  and private companies investing millions of  

dollars to make it and make it like the new hub  for everyone all tourists to come here and relax  

it's so weird because it's themed not Vietnam it's  like come to Vietnam to not really be there but  

yeah Co happened as they opened or oh and now we  have a bit of a global recession so I don't know  

really really tough start it's quite an eerie  feeling being here because it's really cool and  

clearly quite new but there is just no one here  yeah it's like I don't want this to happen but it  

feels like it has the potential to end up one  of those like themed ghost towns that you see  

on YouTube all the time it's almost a ghost town  just us being here even though we're walking down  

like these huge streets completely by ourselves it  looks like there are apartments up above each of  

the shops so even though the shops are closed like  people are living here as well let's go to London

it look like I'm at London

totally we've been walking for about 10 minutes  through Venice London and now Mallorca and I  

can't help but feel like an eerie sadness I  don't know if it's ever really been fully up  

and running and I genuinely feel sad for small  businesses that were probably told here's a  

great investment opportunity have your spot in  this awesome neighborhood buy an apartment and  

it's just like there's no one here there's so  many closed businesses I would say over half  

of the shops are shut and I don't know if that's  because it could be because we're here in the off  

seon it's an odd time of day like middle of the  day maybe I know one street is the night market  

so maybe that does all open at nighttime but it  is just bizarre we are it feels like we are the  

only ones here after five plus attempts we  finally made it to the beach Ready Step On

Together woo this beach is gorgeous the sand  is beautiful like really thin small tiny grains  

there's like a bar area heaps of different  seating options this would have been a really  

cool part of the park and maybe in summer it is  like honestly we we just don't know this oh you  

can go we wanted to come to Phu Quoc and we've  been to Phu Quoc now this is not at all what we  

expected we had pretty clear expectations of what  we going to experience here and a ghost town was  

not on the list not at all I think we were just  picturing summer tropical beaches nice Sun we  

have had none of that sometimes travel plans  don't go to plan so we apologize for that but  

at least you got to see maybe a different side of  Fu walk I think that's what makes travel fun yeah  

you never know what you're going to get and always  look on the bright side like this would be better  

if it was full of people and all of the shops  were open but also we've had it completely to

ourselves let go back to our completely  alone Resort yeah our private Resort if  

we have to of course just as we made it back  to our hotel the sun came out so we jumped at  

the chance to get in the pool trying to make  the most of the sunshine we ended up back at  

the kamama restaurant for some overpriced but  delicious beer and pizza to celebrate going  

to new places the next morning we made our way  back to the airport for a long but thankfully  

less eventful travel day from Fu walk to deat we  made our way here for a very specific reason 2  

years ago we came to Vietnam and completely fell  in love with the food to be honest it's most of  

the reason that we've come back but Vietnam  was only our third country on this trip so  

what if our memories of Vietnamese food was more  nostalgic rather than truly accurate yesterday  

we flew from Phu Quoc to Da Lat and today we're  going on an epic Vietnamese food tour to find

[Music] out just across this road is the  Da Lat night market we actually stumbled  

across this this morning when we were  walking around the town and it was so  

busy there were people selling fruit and  vegetables and clothes and everything you  

can think of but then we realized that  at exactly 5:00 they Chang from a day  

Market into a night market and it becomes fully  pedestrianized Food Heaven so this is our first

[Music] stop it looks like the market is  split down the road evenly one side is all  

food stores with little plastic chairs sitting  out and the other side they're still set up but  

it looks like it's all clothed plus it has just  gone 5:00 p.m. and it is already [Music] packed  

strawberries have to be the most popular fruit  here in Da Lat we've seen strawberry ice cream  

these perfectly white ones in a box that honestly  look like they're chocolates and little plastic  

cups like this fill to the broom with them  this is Du luck or shaking strawberries and  

she put all the strawberries into a jar with this  sauce and this powder shook it all up and here we

go ooh wo that is intense it's  quite spicy and salty but then  

you have the sweetness from the  strawberry coming through as well  

I love that this is like a on thee-o  treat so healthy you say spicy yeah

yeah we've seen a lot of different quality  levels of strawberies walking around some  

have looked like movie Set quality and some  have looked really bad but I think we kind of  

split the middle here some are good some not so  good that is super weird you're right spice to  

start probably not my thing it's like as  soon as the strawberry enters your mouth  

there's a flavor you're not expecting cuz you  think it's going to taste like strawberry but  

it's spicy it's interesting that  sweet salty combo can't go wrong

what do you have sugar perfect okay so no  judgments but as we were walking away from  

the night market we saw other strawberry  cups those ones look Heap sped up and it  

turns out there is a chili version which  we had or a sugar version he B basically  

has all of the cups pre-made with cut  up strawberries in them spoons in about  

a tablespoon of sugar shakes it up with  another cup on top and here we have a nice

treat better obviously it's CED in Sugar oh it  takes it from like an interesting snack to a  

really nice dessert that feels kind of healthy M  I'll try no these strawberries look so red they  

look like that Marino cherries you get in an old  fashioned oh yeah not even exaggerating 100 times  

better than the other ones it's actually like a  royal show candy treat yeah they should do this  

more so simple adopt this Australia this Market  literally stays open until 5:00 tomorrow morning  

but we need to move on our next St we were going  to stay at the night market but when I was doing  

some research I came across a place that had all  of these super wholesome five-star reviews so of  

course that's where we had to go this place is so  unassuming it's literally a garage like there's no  

attempt to make it look restaurante it's just a  little old lady super nice cooking out the front  

she's so methodical in how she does it it's one  by one one by one the same system every single  

time I'm really excited to try something it feels  Uber local she has remembered everyone's orders  

and how many they're having and it's bringing them  out in like stages so no one goes hungry for too  

long it's so cool I'm so pleased we came here as  soon as we walked up she just said two and then  

pointed to some seats for us to go sit in some  people cleared out and she's moved just closer  

to the front I love that she's just taking charge  she's like this firry it smells so good [Music]

so this is Vietnamese Pizza it is a rice paper  sheet topped with a bunch of things we have two  

flavors coming one with cheese one with something  else I don't really know but it looks like there's  

egg on top and then this spicy maybe seasoning we  also have a sauce which Jordan tells me might be  

spicy so I'm going to abstain from that they put  the rice paper Grill on charcoal and it gets this  

beautiful color then what's really fun is you have  some scissors and you get to cut your own pizza

slices a thank

you thank you oh I think that's the cheese one  that is so good the egg is cooked perfectly on  

top it's YY and spicy and salty super  Savory and crunchy it like turkey Pizza  

remember that no it's so thin the rice  paper I like it cuz it's super crunchy  

there's something about crunchy it's not  a flavor but it should be right for the

cheese that is super tasty I can see why you  like that so much it's pretty much all crunch

I wonder what the uh stuff on top  is really curious because the rice  

Patty obviously is so thin and then it's  cooked over these CH grills it becomes  

super crispy and like blackened but not  too much on the bottom I also I'm pretty  

sure I saw sesame seeds on the bottom but  whatever they're doing it's working [Music]

actually I might have another one I love that  it's just toilet paper is your napkins so this  

place was absolutely jam-packed of locals when we  came in here we to sit all the way at the back and  

now everyone's eaten and left and it's really  just us left it's a shame now that we finished  

we are leaving but that was surprisingly really  really good not that surprising I I thought it  

looked good but it exceeded my expectations  I should we will leave the location for this  

place in the description because if you come to  Da Lat you have to eat here I'm pretty sure her  

name is Auntie DIN and she's been in service I  think for 20 years and yet it is so unassuming  

in here so much better than getting at the market  know how much it no hope it was not expensive 1 2

3 thank you so much have a nice time thank you  that was amazing that was delicious we'll see  

you tomorrow of course we had to start the day  with coffee but because we're here in Dap we  

wanted somewhere that was serving Da Lat beans  because they are grown here something about the  

temperature makes the coffee amazing we came  to a super popular Cafe and ordered two coffees  

one black and one with cream neither of them have  arrived the way I was expecting the black coffee  

is almost like a table drip coffee with a little  candle and the cream is ice cream plus we got two  

other mugs I'm pretty sure filled with coffee  for no [Music] reason what's not to love is ice  

cream and coffee for breakfast to the shop we've  actually come to is called black garlic I'm pretty  

sure I read there's something in the Brewing  process that involves garlic and and we get  

like a little bit of garlic on the side as well  but I'm really curious to see if I can actually  

taste any of that in the Brew itself it's so fancy  I don't think I've had a I've copied this fancy

ever can't taste any garlic at all that is  strong Vietnamese coffee and like stronger  

than normal strong Vietnamese coffee it's  almost too hot for me at the moment maybe

[Music]

unless you are a fan of strong coffee and  I mean strong I would recommend getting the  

cream because the ice cream melts and it makes  it this creamy sugary deliciousness but o I  

feel like my eyes are bugging out after having  just a couple of sips of the black ones [Music]

and our next stop KFC just kidding we  wouldn't go to KFC bye-bye you having

[Music]

fun the B

oh yeah one yeah yeah one Ser thank you come  after about a 15minute walk into the suburb  

area of dant we've come to a place called  arat and that's because they're supposed  

to have one of the best band cans which is  mini cakes or can cakes in English I'm not  

really sure what to expect but if online is  anything to go by it might be similar to what  

we had in La this place is super cute there are  heaps of chairs where the the only ones in here  

and a beautiful mural painted on the back of the  wall that honestly looks real like it does look  

like a building the people look fake but it looks  like the real building do I think it's cuz of the

roof at the front of the shop there's these three  huge silver things and in them there's all of  

these Circle rounds that they just get filled  with the egg batter and all of the toppings  

on top plus we got this super cute oh I think  it's filled with a sauce that we dunk them in  

they look nothing like what we got in L bang at  all so I don't know what I saw online but these  

are different there's four different options  here and we went for the chicken and beef one  

ooh weird but good yeah not bad is it's what you  expect like it's an egg M it's like a frittata  

in a crunchy casing and the sauce that came on  the side is filled with scallions fried onions  

beautiful so it was 48,000 Vietnamese Dong and  it comes with eight we almost got one serving  

each so really glad we didn't so it's like it's  almost like a rice paper cup with uh an egg like  

a frittata frittata and then in that whatever  you choose yeah okay very simple but really  

delicious they got served on this wooden basket  and what's really cool is the mural inside here  

shows I guess the original way of making these on  a clay pot over an open fire that would be pretty

cool bit of a rookie error on our part we  didn't have enough cash so I'm going to  

sit here as collateral while Jordan goes on  about a half hour journey to an ATM whoops

[Music]  

motorbikes are fun we got a motorbike  back ooh the next food we're getting  

we have technically had before  but not the Da Lat way but the  

shop is about a half an hour away and  we're going to take the scenic route

[Music]  

there is a huge Lake in the center of  deat so we've come to walk around that  

one of the most popular things to do here  is an Alpine Coaster it's almost like a Lou  

and we were so close to going but Jordan was  double-checking the prices this morning and it  

out you have to pay like an entrance fee  and then pay for the ride as well so it  

was just outside of our budget for doing  something like that I think if we were in  

Switzerland obviously the price would probably  be tripled if not more but the views would be  

insane there I might consider it a bit more  plus this is a food tour we're not meant to  

be doing experiences so instead we'll sit by the  water and wait until we're hungry again [Music]

[Music]

we were Googling where to go for the next  dish and this is one of the top rated places  

on Google Maps it is very loud but the  owner is super sweet we walked in and he  

just said bu me J ma I said yep one please  and now we're sitting out the front waiting  

out the front we've got incredibly busy road  there's Road works and just an insane amount  

of motorbikes and then in here there's local  music just blasting which is nice Ambience  

I guess they try to drown that out but for  our purposes not not great just get into the  

party [Music] buds so we have had bar me before  it is one of our favorite Vietnamese dishes but  

in theat and I think throughout the country  there is a version of it called bar me Jan

M Sho mine which is bar me with meatball soup  I've been calling it like a deconstructed bar  

me I have no idea what to expect though  all I know is Bread soup meatballs  

yeah I'm pretty sure from the research I've done  it's a pork meatball in a hearty broth with the  

bread on the side and you dunk it sounds amazing  sounds like a meatball sub from Subway but like  

10 times better wow thank you perf perfect  thank it absolutely passes the smell test it  

actually smells like Italian meat I'm assuming  we just cut the birad open and put the meatballs  

in like we make a b me or do we we dunk I think  get dunk we dunk it's [Music] toasted that is a  

super hearty soup outside and the bread is so  fresh I think this was baked this morning let  

me get some meat [Music] for this is going  to be your new favorite bar meat the meat  

is so tender it melts in your mouth and then  the crunch from the bread delicious [Music]

the broth is delicious there's a tiny bit  of spice to [Music] it it like falls apart  

in your mouth but inside it is just like  a burst of flavor it's like the broth but  

then times two this is my new favorite  bun me we might need to order another

one that was delicious it's like a perfect  lend between two of my favorite Cuisines  

Vietnamese and Italians one thing that always  freaks me out in places like this though is we  

don't know how much that was so John's going to  go pay and fingers crossed it's not crazy how  

much was it I was 25,000 Vietnamese Dong or $150  Australian on to the next [Music] [Applause] place  

all right this was not part of the plan but  we saw it on line so we're going in this is  

crazy can we please get two saon be thank  you go around on thep yeah and outside on  

the and the garden yeah you can find a  way a if we can find a way it is a maze

place even the stairs are crazy we had heard  about this place in Da Lat there's a hotel in D  

lovingly referred to as the crazy house you can  actually stay there I was so close to booking  

us there cuz it's not wildly expensive  and there's all these different themed  

rooms what was getting me close to booking  is there was a kangaroo room but it's kind  

of freaky cuz there's this huge kangaroo  statue like staring over your bed but the  

same architect that designed that designed  this bar I bought the beers asked if we  

could go upstairs and she said I think  you should go downstairs into the maze

first what you're going to have to hunch so much  wa go what how do you keep something like this

clean what the so it is a proper maze you can go  up there or down there do you remember the tunnels  

in Budapest yeah except that was like real freaky  like someone was going to jump out of you you're  

inside of a mouth at the moment if you're inat  you have to come here this is crazy she kind of  

giggled when she let us in here and said if we can  make it through there's like a garden at the end  

so I don't know if this maze is intentionally  meant to be hard you are so blue imagine being  

drunk in here I'd be lost in a heartbeat imagine  being drunk in here with a bunch of people like  

you turn the corner and there's people there's so  many little cocoons that you could go sit down and  

have a drink in this must be the first little  bar area maybe the second who knows we are so  

higher up than I thought what level are we on I  think we made it to like the third level but I  

definitely saw more stairs going further up so  I guess we'll check that out after we're going  

to sit here and have our beers it is raining  but we got a nice view of the city and a bit  

of cover not bad nice like surprise for a food  tour day we genuinely weren't planning on coming  

here but as we walked past the rain started  so it's like the universe was telling us go in

[Music]

this way sure unless it goes down yeah  good we did it wa this is crazy this  

Garden is hectic there's so many levels  up and again it's like a a maze going up  

it just keeps going and going and going  we did it it we made it to the very top  

of the maze bar now the rain stopped so  back to the food tour Freedom that was

good there are two pretty unusual things about  me one I really like to soak in the tub and two  

I never grew out of my fondness for milk so when  I heard that the last meal that we were getting  

in the lab was a milk drink I was pretty excited  you know when you're a kid and your parents give  

you a glass of milk with dinner no matter what  Jordan has never grown out of that he still if  

he can Will have a glass of milk with his dinner  it is the weirdest thing I'm a growing boy so we  

read online that when it gets late and a little  bit cooler here in deette the locals like to have  

War milk and pastries and they dip the pastries  in the war milk as like a nighttime snack it is  

not night yet so we only found one place that  was barely open and managed to get this but  

I'm really excited to try the only issue is that  it's not regular milk it's soy milk and when you  

say warm soy milk even I'm a bit like so you  might notice a theme throughout some of these  

Foods here in Da Lat and that is that they are  very warming or comforting and that's because  

the temperature here is generally a little bit  cooler than other places in Vietnam and I read  

online as the temperature begins to drop it's  apparently a simple but beloved drink that's  

associated with warmth and relaxation after a  day of exploring so this is the perfect way to  

end a food tour apparently you can get like a  condensed milk version or just a sugar version  

of this we had a bit of a language barer  so I don't know what we got it's raining ah

quick I really like it it's like warming and  comforting and as the rain comes down I feel  

good on the inside because of this let's trying  to quickly try it we can go home yeah I kind of  

get it it's like the Vietnamese version of milk  and cookies if I'm honest I knew I was going to  

enjoy a Vietnamese food but I had no idea that  Da Lat would have so many unique Foods vers the  

rest of Vietnam like there's so many specific  to Da Lat things and I'm sure you can get them  

in other places but they're just ubiquitous here  anyway what are we doing next hopefully next time  

you see us we'll be trading in the rain for some  sunshine on a beach to get to Vietnam's Tropical  

Coast we got what we like to call a catfish bus  see you looking at these videos probably think  

that this looks unbelievably comfortable and don't  get me wrong they are better than normal buses but  

they are not as comfortable as you think they are  luckily it was only 4 hours and we made it to a  

train we were going to film here but we love this  town so much that we decided to disconnect for a  

few days and celebrate Emily's birthday with our  toes in the sand also we have been here before and  

we did make a vlog it's a bit older but I'll link  it here tonight we are catching an overnight train  

in Vietnam it's currently about 6:00 and our  first class sleeper train leaves in 30 minutes

just checking

out the whole journey should take about 11 hours  we're leaving from here in N Trang heading 500 km  

North and if all goes to plan we should arrive in  dang at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning you can book  

these tickets online but we came here yesterday  and booked in person and that's for two reasons  

the first is it actually saved us a little bit  of money in Booking fees and the second is we  

guaranteed ourselves the bottom bunk which we know  from experience is fast period I am super grateful  

that we ate before we came here cuz generally we  just assume that there's going to be some sort of  

food option at the train station turns out in  the train there is a cafe that sells some ice  

creams and a mini M with some potato chips train  se22 is arriving on track one fire one saf please  

do not cross the tracks in the station and this  absolutely necessary if you need to cross the  

tracks please follow any instructions of the  way we [Applause] start oo we're looking for

13 hello hello how are you this is us wow this  is so much better than the last Vietnam train we  

got as you can probably tell I don't think we're  going to be alone tonight so I want to do a super  

quick tour while we're not interrupting other  people's sleep this is first class which might  

seem odd given that we have to share a room  I think you normally think first class means  

at the front of the plane something private in  Vietnam trains that is not the case so we have

these you know decently thick mattresses  the sheets look really clean Decor 10 out  

of 10 doesn't that look like it's the window and  you're just driving past a sunset there little  

foot things you have to be quite flexible and  don't wear a skirt cuz if you're up on the top  

buk it's a bit of a workout we have the two bottom  bunks it looks like we get a pretty plushy pillow  

doesn't smell super clean it's okay a comforter  which I would say I can't imagine using but on  

our last train the air conditioner was blasting  so I was freezing a lot of the night might need  

this it looks like everybody has their own little  NightLight that has a USB charger as well super  

handy a cute little desk this is a benefit of  having the bottom bunk we get to use this top bunk  

looks like they get some storage above and all of  the switches so they're in charge of the lights I

think you know want a bus you normally  have one of those little air conditioner  

controls turns out there's not air  conditioning in here there's just 50 of

those I don't know why that's so funny just  turns out there is also Hooks and Hangers in  

case you need to hang some things a bin and proper  Outlets so we could charge our laptops if we want  

to there is also a quintessential southeast Asia  thing and that is shoes inside shoes I'm assuming  

these are actually for you to take and wear  to the bathroom cuz it is kind of annoying to  

have to put on your sneakers every time you want  to go to the bathroom cuz obviously you're not  

going Barefoot right de don't do that I used to  hate when people did that on the planes so this  

is the first class option as Emily was saying  but it is a four birth there is also a second  

class option which is six birth and a second class  seated option which is literally like a bus seat  

for the entire 11 hours and please don't do that  one that one would hurt so much but over the last  

couple of years they have actually introduced  like a private VIP class they're calling it and  

it's a a cabin just like this but only two vs and  we couldn't come to Vietnam for a second time and  

do all these different trains and not experience  that so our next leg is going to be in that super  

expensive super luxurious private cabin bye-bye  money please watch our YouTube videos we need to  

get that money back if you know us you know  that that we love train travel and I'm super  

excited to be comparing tonight's experience to  what will I'm sure be a better experience in a  

couple of days time it is 6:29 right now so the  train should leave in about 1 minute which means  

we might be alone for the start that's some  pretty clouds I know from a very very brief  

introduction this train looks magnitudes better  than the last train we took I just in Vietnam  

there are different train types like government  run ones and more private tourist ones but this  

is the same level that we took 2 years ago and  it feels infinitely better right we had dirty  

sheets I'm pretty sure and she like yelled at  me for asking for clean ones you remember that

yeah while we stopped I thought I'd run to  the bathroom so it's quiet and you canar  

hear me for a super quick toilet tour it  seems like there is one Western and one  

squatty puty almost per Carriage our Carriage  technically doesn't have one you have to cross  

over to the next section to be able to access  the bathroom there is a toilet a bedet a a bin  

toilet paper and a sink with running water  as well as a little mirror it is quite wet  

in here because of the pet but honestly it's  really not that bad it doesn't smell too bad  

yet there is a window so that should open and  help with the smell during the night pretty  

good wow you have to press and hold the flush for  8 seconds all in all I'd give this a C+ maybe a B

minus it is 6:53 and we haven't left yet  according to our tickets and everything  

that's available online we should be getting  into dang at 5:55 in the morning but we're  

already running late so I think to make us  interesting we're going to put a clock on  

we should get there in 11 hours hope that graphic

Works Ando you C and rest and and [ __ ] and  cola and beer uh chips chip no chip no chip uh  

how much 40 40 yes thank you so much what  did you oh thank you that was such a nice  

surprise everything happened all at once and it  continues we took off I was in the bathroom a  

lady with a food cart came by so Jordan got  us some miscellanous fruit that apparently  

is mango I don't know what that is I asked she  said it's mango and I said but what's that and  

she just smiled said should we make the [Music]  beds I do feel like that's thicker than the last  

train as well W I'll be the first to admit  that I have recency bias and I think maybe  

my excitement got the better of me that we were  alone in this cabin for a while it looked a lot  

newer than what I had expected turns out it's  not as clean as I thought there are some hairs  

on the sheets which makes me think that they  don't get changed between people the toilet a  

pron reflection and me going back to actually use  it definitely is like a c or SE minus probably a  

c minus I think I'm still being nice trying to  be harsh so you have the right expectations all  

right now what do we do I don't know what is  that kind of looks like guava guava might be

ah don't think it's meant to be that hard and dry

[Music]

oo it's quite sour money must it there is  plenty of room for bags in here even if we  

had two guests that also had rolly bags  like us I have rearranged my section so  

I have my rolly bag around here and then  my backpack and then I'm going to have my  

handbag the closest to my head because of my  anxiety if someone opens the door during the  

night they'll take my rolly bag the bag I care  least about then if they're still going for my  

stuff they'll get my backpack the bag I kind  of care about by then I should be awake and  

like getting them before they get to the  one I really care about my handbag [Music]

[Music] it's only the 8:00 got  a nice early teethbrush always  

hits well I'm going to do some night time  exploring before we settle in the [Music]

bed that's definitely new I had no idea there  was like a restaurant cart on board there's a  

full menu and everything you can order from and  it kind of look and smell good kind of wish I  

spoke Vietnamese cuz they look like they were  having a really good time I'm going to try to  

back of the train all right I found the second  class sleeper which is the six bunks but I think  

I only got to the carriage that was the workmen  people that are on the train where they sleep  

and I can't get any further so I couldn't get  through a cing class but it is getting bumpier

jeez apparently some of the cabins  have hot and cold water you could  

just like get twoa noodles and cook them yourself

what did you find found the dining car o  and I barely got any shots of it because  

every all the workers were like what  are you doing here I but it got super  

Rocky on my way back I was like yeah  what's the restaurant car like smells  

good that's nice no one spoke any  English yeah and I didn't speak of

vietnames I'm not that hungry anyway we ate dinner  beforehand yeah I didn't think that there'd be a  

restaurant car no that's better than you at the  same time the VIP like two sleeper cabins came  

in seems like they had a reband we still don't  have roommates but I think it's late enough now  

that we're going to turn the lights off try  to get some sleep hopefully not be woken up

immediately I guess unless anything eventful  happens we'll see you in the morning [Music]

[Music]

[Music]  

please it's 5:35 and we're getting very  close this whole journey was a private  

cabin for us no one came in but every  time we stopped the announcement was so  

loud and every time it went off I was like  oh this will be the time someone comes in  

and no one ever did we should back up how  are you so energetic cuz trains are fun

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]

morning we just got woken up with a very classical  music potentially the Vietnamese Anthem then the  

sweet lady came and knocked on the door  and confirmed what we believed to be true  

that these sheets do not get switched out they  just get folded up for the next person [Music]

it's a

penguin no thank you and we've officially made it  to dang we were scheduled to arrive at 5:55 and it  

is 6:11 now so that's pretty good despite leaving  like half an l l that's not bad they made up  

time for sure I would say the bed themselves are  thicker than I remember and I got some pretty good  

sleep on them but we woke up every couple of hours  for the announcement of the next stop which was  

really loud it genuinely felt like every time  they played it they turned it up a notch like  

during the middle of the night I swear it was  the loudest thing I've ever heard there was also  

a point where it felt like a washing machine  like it was a really rough I quite like that  

though like rocks been to sleep not for me and  we have the cabin all to ourselves every time  

the announcement went off that we were stopping at  a new station I was like this is it this is when  

someone comes in also I need to invest in some  form of eye mask that has like headphones cuz I  

don't like sleeping with my big overe ones but I  sleep better with them and I just had my t-shirt  

over my eyes so it was very makeshift anyway  our journey does not stop here we're actually  

catching another bus or taxi or something to  Hoy an another couple of hours down the road but  

we're not going to film it let's go get a [Music]  coffee we've been in Vietnam for a while now just  

zigzagging around the south of the country and  one thing that stuck out to me the entire time  

is just how affordable it is I actually decided  to look it up and it is consistently ranked in  

the top three most affordable countries  to travel to so to put that to the test

today we have challenged ourselves to spend  $100 exploring the city of hoan in Vietnam we  

want to explore the Oldtown eat some food get  a good coffee but you can't count any budget  

without including the hotel so our spendable  money is already down to [Music] $75 poan is  

split into two areas the ancient Oldtown with  all of the beautiful architecture restaurants  

and bars that's where we stayed last year  or 4 km away is the beach and that's where  

we're staying this year very relaxing very  stop and drop not as much going on here so  

to get into the old town we could either walk  for 50 minutes pay for a grab or not bad yeah  

ready yeah you're left or right okay I'm going  okay I'll come with you okay this is so fun  

so these bikes cost 70,000 dong each or a$1 140  for both that's about $8.30 Australian leaving  

us with like $66 ride should take about 20 25  minutes and we'll be in the Oldtown [Music]

[Music]  

these bikes are super old school like they're  reminding me of the bike I used to have at my  

grandparents house you pedal and you pedal  and all of a sudden the bike is just going  

as fast as it can so your pedals don't matter  anymore you're doing all this effort and it's  

not actually paying off it is extremely hot  to today but we have ended up in an area where  

we're just surrounded by rice Patty fields  and water buffalo which is so cool I think  

it's still like a 10-minute bike until we get  into town though and I cannot wait for a coffee

[Music]  

this is so pretty we're officially in

[Music] Oldtown look how you are oh my

goodness that was a brutal riding a lot harder  than I expected but we were stopping all the  

time in the sun to like put up the Drone and  get camera shots and yeah it wasn't hard like  

it wasn't hilly or anything like that just hot  and sweaty perfectly flat almost the whole way  

from here to the beach and then as soon as  we got into town it got so busy it was quite  

intimidating so we kind of put the camera away  because we were just focused on Surviving but we  

have made it to Oldtown where you can see the  famous architecture and the yellow buildings  

here apparently they painted them yellow because  it's meant to be a local tradition of like Royal  

and luck and financial benefit but other  people also think that it's mainly to just  

keep the temperature down inside which  makes a lot of sense to me what yellow  

reflects the heat apparently wow I didn't  know that probably not as good as like white  

but yeah it's more aesthetic it looks cool  yeah we've locked the bikes up I think we're  

going to have a little walk around town  before we go to our first paid activity

[Music]

for those of you that have seen our videos  in the past you might notice this one looks  

a little bit different that's because I  made a very expensive mistake a couple of  

days ago and our main lens for our main  camera is not working anymore it's going  

to be fine it's in at the shop getting  fixed hopefully right now if it can't  

be fixed that's like $2,000 so spend as much  as you want on holiday is what I'm trying to  

say we're not counting the camera repair  in the budget because that is unforeseen  

accidental circumstances that no one should  feel bad about right I feel bad about [Music]

it love that exploring the town was like a free  Mark for us today but we're on to the next thing  

which is not free one of my Fondest Memories from  being in a hoyan the first time was we got to try  

egg coffee here and we sat at the cafe for so  long enjoying the coffee and I really want to go  

back and have another one but Vietnamese coffee is  extremely strong and where we're going now I think  

we're going to have about five of them for the  budget we could have easily gotten a single coffee  

each maybe a nice iced coconut coffee for the heat  but because we've been to hoyan before we were on  

the lookout for something we have never done and  that's when we came across a coffee making class

so we get to learn how to make Vietnamese  coffee today I think we get five it did blow  

out the budget slightly because there was maybe a  mishap with booking we thought we found a cheaper  

discount turns out it was an American dollars  not Australian so we paid a little more than we  

should have long story short this is costing about  $40 for both of us but I do think lunch is going  

to be on the cheaper side Welcome to our coffee  making glass and welcome to our family business  

my name is link everybody today my family would  like to show you how to make vietamese coffeee  

the first one that is the black coffee and then  white coffee and then the egg coffee saled coffee  

and coconut coffee Five Coffee in 2 hours that's  why I recommend you don't ring all of them just  

the ring a little or have better because I'm worry  if you finish my cup of the coffee today and you  

will fall down here egg coffee is a Vietnamese  classic and one that we were super interested  

to learn how to make turns out it's an egg yolk  concoction with a bunch of different sugars and  

condensed milk you whip it up and try to pour it  into your mug bloody wind next you take a shot  

of strong Vietnamese coffee add it to the mixture  before filling the outside bowl with hot water as  

it turns out this helps get rid of that eggy smell  and slowly Cooks the egg mixture and it's probably  

no surprise that with all of those sugars this is  delicious you did it's going to blow everywhere

next up we're on to Emily's favorite the  coconut coffee this one felt like a science  

experiment me spending you need coconut  cream whipping cream condensed milk and  

then it's shaken over ice and poured whip  the black coffee until it becomes nice and  

foamy in texture and then add it to the top  delicious okay we kind of lost the filming in  

there and we were more focused on the coffee  making course we got to make five different  

coffees salt coffee coconut coffee coffee egg  coffee condensed milk coffee and classic black  

Vietnamese coffee it was all so much fun my  favorite is definitely coconut coffee but it  

was super interesting learning about all of  the history why salt coffee is a thing it's  

because Sailors back in the day were making  their way to qu in Vietnam they didn't have  

any water so they just used ocean water that  had salt in it and it tasted really good and  

it's not just a coffee making course  it is also karaoke party time in there

it was so much fun but now we need to eat OU

literally go go go go go I don't even  know where I'm going back to old to

[Music]

nice oh this is such a nice view so the  ancient old city of hoen is incredible to  

drive through the yellow building stand out so  much and it's just like picturesque everywhere  

apparently it's 844 UNESCO houses here it's  a mix of French architecture there's like  

old wooden Chinese houses and Japanese  shrines it's a really Melting Pot of  

cultures which speaks for the food as well a dish  we got here 2 years ago literally sitting on that  

River there we literally had it along here that's  so good that's like it is kind of like a cow soy  

that's different flavors a little bit less wet  has become one of our top three favorite foods  

globally naturally we've come here to get it  again it's 50,000 dong per person which will  

end up being about $3 each and brings our budget  down to roughly $16 left so we're not doing too  

bad we had to splurge and get cold drinks as well  cuz it is hot today considering our last spending  

challenge was a complete fail I think we're going  to have to call this a fail cuz of the weather  

I don't know how we spent so much money and got  so many things and yet this is a fail I'm happy  

with the fact that we're even getting this close  cuz I think this is already closer than we got in  

changai this is cow which is made of thick  rice noodles barbecued pork herbs and crud  

and it is delicious it's in this very simple  Savory pork almost gravy with soy sauce and  

it is just Divine in its simplicity so the first  record of cow was in the 17th century when Chinese  

and Japanese Traders frequented the hoyam port  they brought their own Cuisines with them and it  

turned into this dish like Jordan said last time  we were here we absolutely fell in love with this  

dish I think we ate it every single day we were in  hoan and we have been dreaming about it ever since

you know when you think about something for way  too long or you look back on something and you're  

never really sure if it's going to live up to your  dreams if you were to have it again cuz you could  

be looking back with rose-colored glasses or only  at the positives but this tastes just as good as I

remember M are

happy chopsticks

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going to

the all right we're officially fed I  think it's time we get watered in the old

town so we use this microphone when we're  filming we think it sounds great when it  

works but they've got these dials on the back  here the trouble is that these dials don't lock  

in so when we were on the bike in hoyen they  got completely changed to zero which means the  

rest of our audio sounds like this we ended  up running the audio through an enhancer and  

it came out sounding a little bit strange  sometimes we sound like we're underwater  

sometimes we sound like elves sometimes we sound  like aliens but to be honest done is better than  

perfect okay we made fing rack decision  ruin driving back to so we're going to  

and some fishes get fear maybe something to eat  and we broadcast this restaurant that we had a  

fear at last time we did so we had to come back  one of our strongest and Fondest Memories is from  

this restaurant it was me accidentally being  a bit of an idiot I said it another round but  

I said it kind of weirdly I always say it to each  other for the te now some has to come back and get  

another house uh fortunately Li is are a bit more  expensive when I remember thing lost every ear was

[Music] Happ we're just didn't sat here  reminiscing of ear year one memories and I  

just can't even imagine if we would have found  to us from two years ago we would not believe  

that we listed with tring and so on and trying  to be the hon countries which should C go that  

if you looking on Bank do really make sense to  set it's making me laugh because we're factual  

our own blogging set up because St and drop for w  that we're not going to talk about or think about  

because if we have to replace that there's no  way we're going to truth but we have $88 left  

and we could just sit here thinking about  all the good turns but instead we're going  

to go Sunway and try and spve the rest of that  money that without to in with them FR a beach  

and everything happened all at once who would  be and it wouldn't be at without someone trying  

to S some to ended up paying 7,000 a deck of f  something we spot this here this spee is for easy

quiet said is

somewhere in the asan sitting just of the  action while this beach is ruin us I think  

staying in the old town and I'm here for half  days is OB to get cuz we only had $1 left cup  

noodles for [Music] dinner we are about to board  the most expensive overnight train in Vietnam that  

we have ever booked Emily's still upset about  the tickets we're not getting any money back in  

this video we're going to show you exactly what  the cabin is like rate the amenities on board  

and compare this train with the less expensive  counterpart probably a c minus I think I'm still  

being nice ending with our final thoughts  on whether this train is worth your money or

not these tickets cost an eye watering $280  Australian dollar and if your first instinct  

is to jump into the comments and tell  us that it's cheaper to fly you are 100%  

correct but that would have involved flying  to Hanoi and then catching a bus down to  

been from there so really we're saving  money and effort attention pleas the  

train is about to arrive at theway  station on track one for passengers

with2 9 and 10 I'm so

confused h

not what we expected quite a few initial thoughts  this is essentially exactly what we did last time  

we've just paid for four beds instead of the two  like the decor is different all of the pictures  

online though these don't exist so you could  sit up quite comfortably whereas this like I  

mean I don't know how you're doing it my head's  touching the roof they do go up we're just we're  

not allowed to turns out that courage broke down  unexpectedly so this isn't what we booked or paid  

for and I said oh should we get like a refund  for the price difference and she's just like no  

so please like this video so we can try and make  some of the money back with what we earned from  

YouTube at least I'm not going crazy at least  our expectations were correct it's just they've  

had a malfunction and like I can forgive that it's  nothing's going to be perfect every time like she  

was so apologetic and like please sympathize with  us like it was so it was unexpected breakdown we  

didn't anticipate it so it's not their fault I'm  not going to be like oh no fix it so that explains  

this but we're going we left exactly on time for  the delay everything's going crazy while Emily  

comes to terms with our living situation I'm  going to try and explore the rest of the train

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and that's it pretty much us and the next three  carriages are very very similar The Branding  

changes so you don't have these fluffy white duvet  and pillows you have the standard really really  

thin stuff which don't look too comfortable and  then eventually you get to that six birth second  

class sleeper as you go down the Train the cool  automatic doors become manual doors and the really  

nice fancy looking single bathroom areas become  like dual vanity areas but that's pretty much the  

only change I think really the upgrade that we're  getting is all in the service so you can book  

this train the se2 train and there's multiple  different carriages you can choose from and  

that's because they have like the government run  Vietnam Railway train and then people like the L  

Express or the Orient Express or probably  not that one but one of the other expresses  

just hit your ride and they they all go together  because our Carriage broke down we're actually  

hijacking the lman express so this Carriage is  a totally different company to what we booked

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okay well Jordan was off exploring I did some  inspections of the room and it seems like it's  

pretty basic and pretty similar to what we did  the last time we do have very fluffy and cushy  

pillows I think they might have snuck these from  the broken down Carriage because not everyone has  

as nice big fluffy ones as this and a huge white  fluffy duvet again I think this was nabbed from  

where we were meant to be because not everyone  has something this luxurious everything's pretty  

clean the top bunks do have some of that black  soot on it that I think is falling out of the  

air event when we sat down we both thought it  felt quite hard and that is because instead  

of high quality luxurious mattress like we're  meant to have in the cabin we ordered they've  

just stacked two of the cheapy ones on top of each  other again I think they're trying to make do or  

make good because of the broken down incident  so I appreciate the effort but it's it's not  

uh doing what I think they think it's doing what  else we have a lovely little desk that you can't  

really use at all because it has this ornamental  bike on it so you can't actually use it if you  

wanted to get some work done you're not going  to get it done here we have an outlet bedside  

lamps I think that's it there's plenty of space  for your bags underneath the bottom bunks and  

above the door coat hangers little bedside lights  a cute curtains and plants they gave us some mugs  

for something they're really trying the biggest  difference of this cabin has got to be the fact  

that we can lock the door during the night  because no one else is meant to be coming in  

here which we thought they would be last time  which just will give us some peace of mind and  

hopefully will mean that we can sleep a little  bit better what's nice is that we booked the SE  

2 because it leaves in the afternoon from dang  does get in super early to ninin but it means  

we actually get to watch the Vietnam Countryside  go by so I think I'm going to just sit like this  

that's pretty nice wow fun yeah something to  be said for getting the afternoon train 100%  

get in the afternoon train where you've got  nice bed and you've got a view better [Music]  

the room also came with this little green  book and I was flicking through it and got  

to read about the cabin where meant to  be in two both compartments with airon  

large space luxurious interior design high  quality mattress cotton blankets sheets and  

cushions to make Travelers comfortable  this compartment passengers are served  

with drinks coffees and meals free of charge  security cameras are installed in the corridor  

and internet connection is also provided I'm  not sure if we're going to get any of that  

also says the menu that we should be getting  to choose from again I'm not sure if we're  

going to get this because it's a different  train well it's the same train but it's a  

different Carriage so I don't know I don't know  all right let what the world go by yeah [Music]

super quick toilet to a wall it's not Heap  busy there is a western style toilet it's  

so FY I really don't know if you'll be  able to hear me I feel like we're going  

through somewhere really creepy it's  really pretty though there's a window  

there's not very much to go through it's  not super modern or redone like the photos  

of the carriage we meant to be in look like but  it's a toilet that flushes there's toilet paper  

a bin the window op so hopefully it doesn't  get too too smelly even in here even though  

it's already wo it does feel quite spacious  and that's because there's no sink in here  

it's actually on the way back to the carriages  there's a little hand washing station which I  

think is a great idea there's also a bum gun I  learned that that's the term for the little hose

thing he did not like us in the  end I tried to ask how much of  

coffee was and he just gave them to  us and then he told us and they were  

too much what that meant to be included  yeah the book does say they're included

I am very curious what's going to happen with  this book here saying that we're supposed to  

get food included coffee drinks we did  actually go to the shop before we got on

board just in case cuz we had  no idea what was going to be  

on here so we do have snacks but I hope  we get fed that' be a nice surprise yeah

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I am pumped up I take back everything negative  we've said I feel like we've been complaining  

a little bit but the view news from this train  I was like sticking my head out the window and  

getting some shots it is stunning and I know  that's not dependent on what cabin you book  

is just the route of the train but having the  comfort of our own room to sit back and look  

at this Priceless I feel like you come to  a country to see a country yes it costs a  

bit of money but this is such a good way  to see the country no ragrets that's My  

Credo no regrets mhm you have no regrets  Dad no like not even a single letter so  

yes we could have flown probably cheaper I do  think it would have been quite close because  

we have to check in our bags the prices were maybe  $50 difference in the end when we were calculating  

it but you do not get this when you fly plus  we get to make a fun video for you and and  

have this memory to look back on forever I think  that's worth it honestly if we get served dinner  

sitting like this I'm a happy man I mean you can't  do this on a plan without paying thousands of is

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[Music] thought I would put to the test what  having a private room is like in the sense  

of what we get out of it so for me if we have  a private room I would assume I can get some  

work done on the laptop which I have I would  also assume that I can have my standard hotel  

room nighttime routine so we're going to put  that to the test now step one pajamas done I  

know you could do this if you had a shared  room like you could just go to the bathroom  

and get changed but it's quite nice being able  to just do it in here next we're going to take  

off the makeup and I am giving the private room  a little bit of a head start because we're just  

going to use this which only requires water so I  could really do this [Music] anywhere I knew that

this as far as silence and noise cancelling  goes it's not great everyone's yelling in the  

hallway isn't in their rooms but I knew that  this cabin didn't have a sink in it when we  

were coming tonight which is why I packed this  rather than my normal oil cleanser because that  

would mean going to the bathroom luckily it  is like a separate hand wash station so it  

get points for that just not as many points as  if we had a sink in here cool that is my super  

quick nighttime routine on a train if a hotel or  a standard night was a 10 out of 10 I would rank  

this probably a five out of 10 not the worst it  could be like sleeping in my makeup but not the  

best it could be with a sink in here or an entire  bathroom in here hopefully I'll sleep better with  

that though I'm not going to brush my teeth yet  cuz we're still hopeful that we might get dinner  

turns out we did get dinner so the little book  has a menu of four or five different options  

that you can pick from but she just showed up  with some food so I honestly don't know what  

half of it is and peanuts it's room temperature  also room temperature the rice has been warmed  

recently I have no idea what this is we are really  grateful we do live really good lives the's not

bad quite salty it's just an expectation  thing like from the get-go we probably  

had two high expectations and that's because  of the price of the ticket you pay that much  

for a overnight journey in Southeast Asia  you think it's going to be a little bit more  

luxurious like but that's E I think as well  because the last train we had it was a cabin  

exactly like this and we were alone the entire  night and we paid half the price yeah less than  

half and it arguably was a wider cabin yeah this  one feels really tight like between here yeah  

really loud guy that goes around selling  drinks and stuff it was only 20,000 dong  

for a beer not bad yeah which really is not  bad and also the the massive bow buns that  

the woman was selling earlier they were in  the 20,000 too so if you didn't come on here  

with any food I'd probably get a beer and a bun  over this all right think it's time we rush our

teeth bathroom update for those that are  interested it's is dirtier there's a sign  

that says do not like squat I guess or  stand on the toilet seat and someone has  

very obviously ignored that sign I also very  selfishly use the last of the toilet paper  

that was currently in there luckily I do still  have a lot with me but I'm hoping it'll also  

get replaced also someone had a cigarette in  there and that was it like an entire cigarette  

but just on the floor so about a two of 10  just set her alarm for 3:30 everyone says  

niman is really beautiful so this should  be worth it such a heavy blanket yeah wow

luxurious actually really nice yeah  yeah ooh this is nice this feel a  

lot more luxurious than the last one right night

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[Applause]

made it's a Ninh Binh yay the early morning's not  fun but the sleep was okay it's 4:18 so we did get  

in late but we left late so that makes sense how  did you sleep s really good I think the cold room  

combined with the heavy blanket really helped I  think the heavy blanket kind of did most of the  

work there I didn't realize how cold it was in the  room until the next morning I picked up the camera  

and it was like wet from condensation for me it  was when I took a sip of water and it tasted like  

it had come out of the fridge yeah that'll do it  it was a little bit noisy but I slept pretty well  

too there's like Windows on the side that you can  pull down and stick your head out I don't know if  

you're supposed to but you can and I think people  in our compartment or in our carriage pulled their  

window down but didn't realize how to pull it  back up or something so it was open all night and  

we had that clatter all night but we were on the  other side of the carriage to that so not too bad  

I more meant the people that were like  yelling at midnight that's true I didn't  

hear Too Much yelling after I fell asleep  but I would say the Peace of Mind of having  

your own door that you can lock was  great Emily's still upset about the

tickets we're not getting any money back we saved  about $8 per ticket booking direct at the train  

station and at the time we loved that we thought  that was great but now there's no one that we can  

talk to and say Hey you sold us this and we got  this do we get any money back and I think that's  

the really big benefit of booking with companies  like one too Asia is you have that middleman to  

say what was promised was not delivered is  there anything you can do about it kind of  

thing again not to be grumpy not to complain  we got here it was it was a private room just

expectations good morning good morning

I guess the question of is that expensive  train worth it will remain unanswered because  

we didn't get it but we' made it to Ninh Binh  our accommodation here has let us check into  

a smaller room early before our main room is  ready and it's still like 6:00 in the morning  

so that's pretty nice of them haven't seen  any of Ninh Binh yet cuz it was Pitch Black  

on the way here all we know is Everyone  likes to ride bikes we see you tomorrow

good morning from the Epic town of Ninh Binh  Vietnam if we're being specific we're actually  

in the town of Tam Coc right next to Ninh Binh  Vietnam but it's equally as gorgeous this is  

a whole region of Vietnam we completely  missed last time we were here and today  

we're exploring it our first activity  starts at 7:00 and it's already [Music]

6:30 are we here too early there's literally no  

one here in the shops are all sh  Oh by boat only boat yeah just

boat okay thank you which rout do you  recommend ah okay thank you because of  

the high level of the water they've  had to adjust this looks more like  

tiet office so there are apparently three  different boat routes that you can take  

with all differing number of caves that you  go through or historical sites there's also  

a fourth option these days because the water  level is so high they had to change the route  

a little bit 250,000 dong per person to get in  the boat they usually wait till they're filled  

up with four before they go but because we're  filming and we want to try and fly the Drone  

without injuring people we got a whole bur to  ourselves for 1 million dog bye-bye money [Music]  

will you read online that this place opens  at 7:00 a.m. and we got here maybe 2 minutes  

before and there were already people  inside getting tickets and there are  

people ahead of us but we're completely  alone so get here early plus you beat the

Heat this is so romantic

byebye they're all so beautiful apparently the  police are monitoring who's wearing their life  

jackets but you can sneakily take them off  for photos if you want I'm not going to lose  

you so because of all of the weather recently the  waters are quite High which means that they can't  

access some of the caves so instead of having  three routs like they normally is it's one and  

everyone is doing it so I'm super glad that  we got here early in the morning when there's  

not heaps of people cuz everyone's going in the  same direction like we're not going to split up  

off I think the normal routs there's some  that are 3 hours and some that are 1 and  

1/2 the route that we're doing today is 2  and 1/2 hours nice there is so many boats  

like they are prepped for so many people this  would just be filled when it's busy [Music]  

so it seems like during this boat tour  you get to hop off and go through some  

little sites and caves I think  that's where we're going next Jack

it thank you I think we made  her on the other side [Music]

cuz there's lights on in the cave that makes  me wonder if that one when the water is lower  

you can go through or in all of the boats are  making fun of Jordan cuz when he hops on it

goes I hop on I feel like it was  quite smooth low center of gravity  

calm Jordan just hopes for the best Stomps on all  the ladies were laughing at him it was very funny  

so these Cliffs around here are built exactly  like how long bay and sometimes this place is  

referred to as the how long bay on land it's  old Limestone deposits from millions of years  

ago that have just been slowly whittled Away  by wind and rain leaving these just epic Cliff  

faces with green growing out of them and  it's just such a Jurassic Park sort of SE  

and I can see why it's like one of the biggest  attractions in Vietnam can't believe we missed  

it last time one of the biggest benefits of  getting up early and doing this is it's just  

really us like there are definitely other boats  on the water but they're so far away that we can't  

even hear them all we can hear is our paddles  hitting the water it's so nice it's so romantic

[Music]

[Laughter]  

apparently I look like messy we drove drove past  

went past a boat full of kids and  they were all yelling out messy

messy I don't see it that photo I kind of get  it dark hair beard messy wow wow we just emerged  

from the cave and it's even more Serene like  you can hear even less now I feel bad talking  

at this volume yeah seems to so these temples  almost all of them cannot be reached by any  

other way got away bug cannot be reached by any  way cannot be reached by anywhere these temples  

cannot be reached by so these temples we're going  to I just need you to not laugh once I'm just not  

going to cut this I'm going to leave so these  temples that we're going to almost all of them  

have only one way to reach them and that is  by boat so kind of feels like we're part of  

a select few but at the end of the day there's  thousands of people every day that do this boat  

so but with this timing like coming first thing  in the morning it does feel like we're are handful  

of people there's no one behind us yeah there's  one boat in front of us how did they build stuff  

like this nature did nature built that building  yeah sticks my guns I wonder what these flags

[Music]

are I think it's just your center  of gravity like a cat wow [Music]

[Music]

wow you better go first Cal good

I love that our drivers just kind of wait for us  there and they have like their own little little  

friends it's quite nice I feel bad like taking  our driver away from my friends I would love to  

speak the local language and hear with the gossip  and being like my people are doing this like these  

idiots they're filming themselves that was so  cool something about that Temple reminded me of  

Kung Fu Panda I think it's because of the Crazy  Mountains in the background and then just this  

intricate astonishing Temple that seems like it's  just been plopped there out of nowhere like the  

way that that was built breaks my mind to think  about and to talk about and to talk about this is  

crazy wow the echo this is this is our second  cave and it's 250 M long so long that they've  

had to put lights in so you can see where you're  going doesn't seem as hectic as the last one like  

dodging our heads gosh it's like 10 de cooler in  here as well what a shot that was cool [Music]

[Music]  

one thing I wasn't prepared for  is that a lot of the stops the  

islands there's a toilet break and  also some little convenience stores  

because it's getting hot we've treated  ourselves to an ice cream Breakfast of

Champions so this is only one of two options  when you come to Ninh Binh Vietnam the other  

option is actually in Tam Coc where we're  staying and we drove past it on the way here  

it seems to be a lot more touristy and  overrun is probably the right word for  

it you still lots of really really  good reviews but I've heard that  

this one the Trang an boats are meant  to be a lot more Serene and like this

[Music]

for the last 10 minutes or so it's  just been us on the river no other  

boats inside it's so Serene and peaceful  tranquil this is a great way to startop  

the day I think judging by how many people  there are up here we might be coming to the

end if the numbers on the side of the boat  are to be believed there's over 1,500 1,  

yeah is that what you saw 1,554 crazy  and we had bits of the river to just  

us so lucky this is also supposed to  be the less touristy one out of this  

one and Tempco maybe it's a bigger area or  something cuz that seems crazy oh wow good

without a doubt this has to be the best way to  start your day in nimbin But be sure to come to  

the trang an ones bright and early and not the  Tam coock ones I know we haven't done that but  

this was Sensational wear sunscreen bring a hat  and maybe wear some bug spray as well because I  

have been eaten alive go away bug wouldn't be  a tourist attraction without a forced walkth  

through of all the shops you can bus is at  I have a whole case for cabry milk chocolate  

crowds are picking up now oh I'm so glad we came  when we did yeah all right let's get something to

eat we were on the hunt for breakfast but as  soon as we came back to our hotel we realized  

that we were still early enough to get the  included breakfast and we're on a budget so  

we got the included breakfast but now some time  has passed and it is lunch time and we're off to  

find something vietnames is so on our way to  get lunch we actually passed the place where  

the tancock boats leave from as far as I know the  biggest drawer about it is that people steer with  

their feet oh thank you oh this is so needed it's  so hot today we also decided we'd ask the price  

just to give you guys information it's 250,000  dong per person to go up and back the same way  

but I believe if you pay for two you get a boat  of just two they also have a package it's 350,000  

per person that takes you up and back and then  gets you on a boat out to two more shrines and  

then back or something like that it's more of  a combined deal and you go through rice Pat  

look like this which look really cool but I I  think our is better someone come here and try  

this one and then we'll fight about it in the  comments or something anyway we've come to the  

restaurant that's right by where those boats  leave to get something that the internet tells  

me is very famous here I've decided to get  a dish we haven't ever tried I don't think  

in Vietnam called bun cha which I think is  fatty pork over a bed of rice noodles let me  

read you what Google says it's a Vietnamese  of grilled pork and noodles which is thought  

to have originated from Hanoi Vietnam buncha is  served with grilled fatty pork over a plate of  

white rice noodles and herbs with a side dish of  dipping sauce it is on so many signs throughout  

Vietnam I feel like I've seen it every second  restaurant has a sign saying we sell banar so  

it's been seeping in what's it called like  not osmosis it's that Focus movie where they  

show him the number all the time until he has  to do it that's what's happened to me in bun  

wow hello hello looks delicious thank [Music]  you yum I don't know how to eat this I'm going  

on Fork don't judge me but I actually Googled how  to eat this cuz I knew it came in two parts like  

the main dish with lettuce curvs pork and the  noodles and then a separate soup looking thing  

from what I understand I can just shove it in  my face and it's fine there's no real rules  

I think I'm G to put some noodles in  the soup to get flavor okay and get some

[Music] pork

wow yeah the soup adds like this  flavor Ki to it but the pork is  

incredibly juicy and tender but  has this charcoal on the outside  

which is one of my favorite flavors is  charcoal of flavor yeah you want to try

yeah oh yeah wow totally get the chal  really it's like falling apart it's  

that juicy had one bite so it might  be a bit excessive but I feel like  

that goes with my personality  new favorite food in [Music]

Vietnam is that how you  

how do you than you I like a new Vietnamese word  I said that wrong for sure it's easier when you're  

copying someone straight after what does it mean  oh delicious I don't know why this is the thing  

to eat when you come to Ninh Binh but most places  say online that you have to get some sort of goat  

meat I did read that the traditional thing is  goat blood soup I'm just I'm not I'm not quite  

there yet with my cultural eating so I just got  the goat meat on a skewer with some french fries

tourist very gy which are I think a standard  when it comes to goat meat but they've got  

like little Sesame Seas on top and the flavor  is got a little bit of spice a little bit of  

Tang to it it's actually quite nice I think  you'd like it great that's grabing that was  

so impressive was it you just say yum yum it is  Yum Yum okay it's like lemongrass or something  

on top quite good but I definitely prefer

mine that was delicious I feel like Emily  liked hers more than I like mine but I  

still liked mine so that just goes to  show pretty good place anyway we have  

one more big adventure to do in Ninh Binh  but that starts tomorrow tomorrow [Music]  

everywhere we've been in Vietnam everyone  has been up really early like way before  

us even when we're trying to get up early so we  assume we'd have no problem getting a ride just  

before Sunset but there's been no taxis at  all so we've walked into town keep tricking  

grab and these other apps to get rides and  finally we got one apparently he's on his way

[Music] thank you it's almost 6:00 a.m. and  we've come into the ticket office it cost  

100,000 Vietnamese Dong per person entry but  just after the ticket office there's a hotel  

that you could stay at I quickly looked at  booking.com and the prices aren't crazy and  

this would be such a fun place to stay  plus you could wake up super early and  

walk up here before anyone's probably even at  the ticket office Google does claim that this  

place opens at 8:00 a.m. I just happened  to read a couple of blog posts that said  

6 we were here before then and we got in  so who knows [Music] [Applause] [Music]

ohly freak that was hot and sweaty it only took  us 20 minutes but the steps are like some of them  

are huge first of all they're all very uneven  because it's rock and it I am so grateful we  

came here first thing in the morning cuz I'm  so sweaty imagine if this is the middle of the  

day in the Heat and with all of the other people  cuz we're up here alone so worth the early wake

[Music] up please excuse my intense sweat  there's one side done we're now going to  

the other side where the dragon is if  you come here I feel like when there's  

a fork in the steps you should go  left the dragon and then like the  

fields between the cliffs out from that  side looks Schmick and come to this side

after the amount of business this place would  get if it was open and when it does open is  

unreal they actually have a zip line so they can  get all their goods down and up without having  

to carry it all the way very smart I literally  feel like I'm in a SAA I'm sweating that much  

feel like if Barham still had a circus I could be  world's sweatiest man it's actually like dripping  

off it's disgusting sorry about this but we  got to keep it real I guess I think we've  

made it to the top of the other side there's a  section you can walk near the dragon step but  

as we were coming up we passed some people and  I said please tell me it's worth it and she just

went I do think these views  are pretty spectacular [Music]

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we've been here for a bit over an hour now  yeah hour and a half hour and a half yeah  

I'm bad and we've only seen a handful of  other people make sure you're setting your  

alarms for 5:00 this place opens at 5:00  a.m. if you check on Google it will tell  

you 8:00 a.m. that's that's a lie I don't  know someone just hasn't updated it maybe  

after Co yet but please don't update it  let's keep it between us so that people  

watching this video can also have it this alone  cuz it's Majestic it is I will say the boats  

were better views and less sweat but also more  expensive much more expensive little column a  

little column B can't believe we missed n bin  last time I know I'm so grateful we came back  

we are still missing things here like some of  the pagodas and awesome sites but we literally  

have to go back to Hanoi this afternoon so end the  video okay let's go get a cold drink please please

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to feel deep affection for
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes
go /ɡoʊ/ A1	verb - to move or travel
eat /iːt/ A1	verb - to consume food
drink /drɪŋk/ A1	verb - to consume liquid noun - a beverage
people /ˈpiːpəl/ A1	noun - humans
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - a point or period
place /pleɪs/ A1	noun - a location
try /traɪ/ A2	verb - to attempt
delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/ A2	adjective - highly pleasing to the taste
expensive /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/ A2	adjective - costing a lot of money
travel /ˈtrævəl/ A2	verb - to go from one place to another noun - the act of traveling
amazing /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ B1	adjective - causing great wonder
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ B1	adjective - insane or irrational
unique /juːˈniːk/ B1	adjective - being the only one of its kind
coffee /ˈkɔːfi/ A2	noun - a beverage made from coffee beans
food /fuːd/ A1	noun - nourishment
train /treɪn/ A2	noun - a series of connected railway cars verb - to teach or develop skills
Vietnam /ˌviːətˈnɑːm/ B1	noun - a country in Southeast Asia

Key Grammar Structures

• we're spending the next 3 weeks in Vietnam

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present continuous tense with 'are spending' to describe an action happening over a period of time.

• from Ho Chi Minh in the South to the insane Limestone wonders in the North

  ➔ Prepositional Phrases

  ➔ The phrase uses prepositional phrases 'in the South' and 'in the North' to indicate location.

• so join us as we take in the breathtaking wonders of Ninh Binh

  ➔ Subordinating Conjunction

  ➔ The phrase uses the subordinating conjunction 'as' to connect two clauses.

• find some delicious traditional foods in Hoi An

  ➔ Modal Verb

  ➔ The phrase uses the modal verb 'find' to express possibility or intention.

• those Banh Mi were so good we went back for seconds

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the past simple tense with 'were' and 'went' to describe completed actions.

• we've combined all of our travel vlogs into one Vietnam Mega Vlog

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present perfect tense with 'have combined' to describe an action completed in the past with present relevance.

• sit back with your drink of choice as we explore our favorite country

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood

  ➔ The phrase uses the subjunctive mood in 'as we explore' to express a hypothetical or desired situation.

• we're going to start by telling you why it ranks as our number one Southeast Asian destination

  ➔ Future Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the future simple tense with 'are going to start' to describe a planned future action.