good morning from Vietnam today we are doing a $50 challenge here in Hanoi we
have $50 between us to spend on anything we want so we're gonna see what we can get
Hanoi is the cheapest City in Southeast Asia so I think our money is going to go a very long way
Amelia has just landed in Hanoi and it's her first time in Vietnam and I'm just so excited to see her
honestly it's been well over three weeks now since I've seen it and that's the longest I've
not seen her in over two years that we've been you know dating I've got her live location I'll
grab so she's literally two minutes away so let's go downstairs and nothing makes sense
she should be here
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we are back together I just spent the last three weeks on a tiny tropical Thai Island
and this could not be more different this is my first day ever in Vietnam in Crazy Hanoi City
let's start the day by getting some breakfast there we go Fogo 40K sounds good let's go
here we go this is my first photo I don't know Vietnam it's going to be hot be careful
they're good noodles tasty I'm good it's very hot right now though yeah guys this is a very good for
a really nice broth and the chickens actually like incredible it was so
good I actually really enjoyed that [Music]
so we've just come to Aha Cafe I've got a coconut coffee and this honestly smells unreal
oh wow is it good that is amazing oh wow that's so sweet it tastes like ice cream but I've got an ice
matcher instead with whipped cream I want that that looks so good that's really good to be fat
you love your matcha don't you I love it I feel like one of the coolest things about being here
how is your first impressions of Hanoi it's all Vietnam it's busy as soon as I got off
the plane and was driving from the airport it was like Mayhem there were horns going
on for everywhere I was like whoa this is a big coat yourself we've just been watching
and we just saw someone like a bicycle bump into a scooter she's just got back on the
bike and carried on like nothing happened that was the first crash we've seen here
so after that coffee it is time to go to a very famous spot here in Hanoi [Music]
you did it yeah I'm not a fan of those roads we just went through some traffic and it's really
hard to know whether to stop or to keep walking yeah I'm finding it very difficult I've got to
grab Amelia and be like just keep walking at the same exact pace and you'll be all right
if you want to cross the street where am I going it's free go now go
now so we have just arrived at the train Street in Hanoi and look at this place this is crazy
this is a literal train but I don't yeah look it says now no crossing the tracks can you walk
along the side I don't think so we are walking around the side because we are determined to
sit on train Street there's another barrier here another security guard
can you get to the cafe you go around okay thank you so I think we have to go through
the cafes to try and get there so let's see this is a little bit of a mission now
our local just said go around the corner so we're going to try it we will find somewhere
we will find somewhere we are trying every every entry point every little Alleyway we're just
going for it we're going down a little Alley we're trying to find it because we're already on lap too
a bit creepy yeah this is residential so we've seen online you have to get locals
to take you in and this guy's taking these three guys in can we try there's no security
there's no security right now so we're just going we're going in
we're in [Music] we're walking through hello
one egg coffee and what do you want and coconut ah wow how much
two how much
got these sweet little Donuts do you want to try one yeah let's give this a go yeah
hmm quite quite crunchy like a hard outer shell I've got nothing inside oh we've been ripped off
I'm not even sure what's inside mine's just a fried Circle Put Some Sugar on but like a donut
but a bit more crunchy very crunchy doughy in the middle already there's nothing in it hello
I got chicks so if you want to get onto train Street you just have to be sneaky basically I
would recommend just waiting around the area when you see the security guards are away for a second
that's when you make your move and we've heard that if you find a local you can usually get
in with them so here we have the famous egg coffee this is literally I don't know I was
almost expecting like an egg thing on top but yeah it looks kind of mixed in and like quite
like gloopy like like and Amelia doesn't like egg so we're gonna make a try it I'm excited
for this I've heard very good things even though it feels a little bit like egg in a coffee okay
that is so good so there's a slight aftertaste of egg but generally it's
sweet like quite like frothy and it's tasty come on you've got to do it you've got
to try some egg coffee in Vietnam I'm really not a fan of eggs so we'll see
oh oh it's quite nice it's kind of just like frothy and thick like it just tastes
like thick coffee I feel like they've used egg whites to like make it like yeah she's gone for
a second sip that's quite nice honestly guys if I can drink this definitely give
it a go because it tastes really good this egg coffee was 45 and the coconut was 40.
we came out a different exit and then there was a fence there and there was security but they
kind of just ignore you if you're already on the street but if you're not then you
need to be careful I was not expected to see a Bentley here in Hanoi 120. [Music]
[Music] you got your shoes stolen
how much
50. no no no no okay okay [Music]
well they do look very clean maybe 20.
I didn't know you you took them off
it's okay thank you that guy just took my trainers and started cleaning them but to
be fair they were pretty dirty so you know they did need a clean but he did did just
take them so I managed to get the flip-flops because I lost them in Asian so obviously I
needed some new ones and that only cost 120 000 but you need to make sure you bargain in
Vietnam because obviously they're gonna whack up the prices really high and you're probably
never going to get the proper local price but if you bargain quite well then you'll
still get a really good deal so it's around lunchtime now and I want to get some food and
I want to show you buncha which is like one of my favorite things to eat here in Vietnam okay
we go thank you and some overly needles it's like jelly look at that so here we
have buncha puncher which is basically beef in this like sweet and sour sauce
um and you can put a bit of chili if you want a bit more power but it's so good you basically get
these like cold noodles you dip it in mix it into the sauce and then you just put it in your mouth
wow look at that is it like wrapped in seaweed yeah I think so almost like a little spring roll
come on we've just seen ice cream and that is a great thing to spend money on hello hello oh wow
come on so this one costs 45 000 but it looks so good doesn't it it's quite expensive but
I mean we've got the budget we need to spend the money this only costs 20 000 or 15 000. so we just
ordered this coconut by the lake because honestly it's so relaxing around here but this costs 65
000 and when we had it earlier it's 40 000 and I've seen them on the street for literally 20
000 so depending where you go like prices are going to vary a lot here in Hanoi this feels like
a little bit of a culture shock the traffic and everything is just crazy but there is this really
nice area in the city with this Lake and it's nice to just stroll around and just get some peace
how much you going Ikea ah yeah yeah 100. 00
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we're on a little ride to the other side of the lake set to save us walking because
we've done a lot of steps today haven't we our legs are a little tight oh yeah
this is pretty relaxing to be there I feel like you can absorb the chaos around us but
like you're not actually in it I feel a bit safe with this guy he seems like a good driver
thank you it is honestly getting pretty busy now isn't it towards like the evening sunset
time that's when light I swear it is rush hour here there's so many bikes so many people just
doing loads of different things chaos so here we have my favorite beer in Vietnam Saigon beer
it is the best in my opinion Hanoi beer is not as good and this is 30 000. can't beat it just
watching Street Watching seeing what's going on in annoying I love it cheers so we are back out
now and we are heading to the Hanoi Night Market because we're getting pretty hungry we want to
have some food maybe some Vietnamese food let's go see what good deals we can get at the market
at the moment it's mostly clothes but hopefully there's going to be some food because the hunger's
setting in isn't it yeah and the crazy thing is like usually when they have a night market they
shut off like from no like motorbikes on the street or anything motorbikes are just going
up and down aren't they we're in Vietnam so that makes sense [Music] [Applause]
it's crazy we are literally 300 meters away from
the speakers and I'll show you how loud it is when we get there
you'll get down when we leave this Market is crazy like nothing is off limits there's washing
up Liquid there's irons there's ions there's castles um literally anything you can think of
even that little game back there um they've got so we literally found like no proper meals at the
market so we're gonna try and find a restaurant to go eat some food at now oh my goodness
hmm [Music] so we basically ended up spending way more on those Burgers than we thought they
were like five times more expensive than what we spent on breakfast and lunch it was advertised
as 99k outside but they definitely weren't that inside we did have it in our budget so it's okay
so our total we spent today was 39.59 not quite the 50 challenge we were kind of expecting at
the start of the day but I just think we're so used to Budget Travel that we didn't even know
what to spend our money I think it just goes to show how affordable Vietnam is you can easily
travel Vietnam on 30 a day even less Sometimes some hostels are even just two dollars for a
night I'm not even kidding thank you so much for watching this video please hit subscribe if you
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