Traveling from Bangkok to Saigon, Vietnam

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I decided to go to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for a few weeks, with a main mission to eat, and to make a video about some of the top things to do in the city. Heres my first travel vlog, traveling from Bangkok to Saigon, Vietnam. After eating a delicious lunch cooked by my mother in-law, we then caught a taxi to Don Muang Airport, which is Bangkoks second, smaller airport that deals mainly with budget airlines. We flew with Air Asia this time, and our flight was just under 70 for a one way ticket to Saigon. The flight didnt take long, and soon we got off the plane in Saigon, ready to explore. Our first step of the journey was to catch a taxi to our hotel. But before leaving the airplane, I withdrew some money from an ATM, located near the luggage claim. So if you need to pull some money right away, there is a Citibank ATM at the Saigon airport. Make sure you take a legit taxi when you arrive in Saigon. From what I heard, there are many fake taxis and many rip off taxis, but I didnt have a problem. I just chose one of the reputable companies, and then followed our route on my phone GPS, and I think it was alright - I think our bill came to about the normal price for taking a taxi in Saigon from the airport. Our first hotel in Saigon was at Bizu Hotel, located in the backpacker district of Pham Ngu Lao street. I would say that the hotel was alright, but I wasnt a huge fan of the area - Im not a big fan of main backpacker streets. Anyway, we stayed here for the first few days of our time in Saigon, since we had pre-booked, and then we moved to a different hotel called LeBlanc Saigon, which I would highly recommend, and youll be seeing more of it in future Vietnam vlogs coming soon. After checking into our hotel in Saigon, we got ready to walk around. Immediately as you start walking around in Vietnam, youll notice the sheer quantity of motorbike scooters that dominate the roads. Its almost ridiculous how many bikes there are and crossing the street you just have to start going, and all the motorbikes will weave around you. We first walked through one of the central parks in Saigon, and then continued walking and walked through the famous Ben Thanh market. The market was just about closing when we walked through, so we continued walking, but we all began getting really hungry. Since we were so hungry, and since I hadn't had time yet to research and write down all the restaurants in Saigon that you recommended to me when I asked in a different video (but many video of your suggestions coming soon, we just stopped in at the nearest restaurant we could find, called Xoi Ga Number One, or number one sticky rice and chicken. I really didnt know all that I was ordering, but we ended up ordering a mixture of different Vietnamese foods, some of which I had tried before and others I had no idea what they were. The food was quite good, and since we were hungry it really hit the spot. Our first day, traveling from Bangkok to Saigon, Vietnam, was a great day. The flight went smoothly, we got checked into our hotel, and we walked around just a little bit, before finding a restaurant for dinner. Everything went well, and many more food adventures in Saigon coming soon
Date: 2019-08-19

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Brett Ladin
Hi Mark (and fans there of, I love your Vlogs, especially Vietnam. I will be traveling to Ho Chi Minh City in June, and taking much of your advice. One bit of help I would like from anyone on this page would be recommendations of a 30 or so hotel in District 1. my main concern would be room security. I don't want to have to carry all of my stuff with me every day. I have lived in Bangkok for a few years, and know that nothing is 100%, but if there is a general consus of one place being safer than another, I would take it. Thanks for your help, Brett
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Huynhnhu Le
Mark, if u have a chance I recommend you go farther down to the southern Vietnam which is delta mekong. It should be a wonderful trip for u to enjoy food. You can enjoy fresh air and fresh food at the same time, especially going to float market, tropical fruit orchard, or rural restaurants. There are some amazing natural food that im sure u have never tried them before. Definitely you will have a fantastic unforgettable trip there, i think. :)
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Hi5CEO
U eat like a Thai who always dipping ridiculous amount of whatever sauce u have. How can u really tell whether the food is delicious or the sauce? It totally ruins the real taste of food that the chefs work so hard presenting it. It is funny to see Thais pumping ketchup as much as a bowl of soup in KFC for fried chickens. You are not making your blog for Thais. So please be more civilized about food tasting. Thank you bro
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Goh K K
Ho Mark, Glad to watch all your clips. What catch me to your attention is you are blessed with a clear, distinctive and perfect speech of English. I like your simple and patient way of narrations with your humble expression. Of coure, not to mention your unique way of food expression. Good luck to you, brother, and your family in Thailand.
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Hoang Linh Nguyen
Hi Mark Wiens. Your food tour in Vietnam was interesting. But why did not you come to Hue city? You didn't know or there no any recommendations for you? There are, I mean Hue city, many delicious and special foods that you just cannot image. You should come there, trust me, you should.
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Doan Vanassa
I'm vietnamese (saigonese) but im also Vietnamese foods lover. my family and i didnt come back there even once, since five years we came to the usa. i love your videos a lot because they bring me much much much of best memory. cant wait for your next videos: )
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Trinh Ngoc Khanh
For about 33 you can stay the night at 3 star Tan Son Nhat hotel on Hoang Van Thu street near the airport, and the hotel is absolutely beautiful, elegant and luxurious. What a pity you paid 25 to stay at a hotel which must cost you just 15 for a night.
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ken ang
that's almost the first thing most locals tell me to do, take the official taxis LOLthe other taxis have meters that runs like a stopwatchbtw, i don't really eat a lot of local food there (i travel there for work once every 2-3 months, but i like their baguette
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Michiel Stroo
Thanks for the great video, makes me wanne go back to Saigon again. Only the start seeing the airport makes me bit sad. I will see it live next monday makin it the end of ouer annual se Asia holliday. For now just enjoying Koh Kood for the time left.
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