this is crazy [Music] Good morning Vietnam today we are in the beautiful city of Hoi
An and honestly guys this place is stunning I had a little sneaky peek last night and
the lanterns are just beautiful this place changes at night and tomorrow is actually
a Lantern Festival and it comes everywhere like once full moons so it is only like 10
a.m but look this is the famous bridge in Hawaii like this bridge just here and look
at how many people there are there is so many tourists I guess that's the one thing you
get with a beautiful city like this there's going to be a lot of tourists I guess you
kind of have to accept it because it's beautiful and busy for a reason I've just met these
two and they've got suitcases I don't know why it's a bit weird but we're going to be
heading to this what's it called Papio I can't pronounce it obviously um but it's like a
rooftop breakfast place so we're gonna go there but we don't know the way so yeah we
are just walking and we don't know where so but it says okay [Music] so I have got this
cream cheese with pink salt coffee I'm really not sure about this I normally just like a
normal coffee like a cappuccino ice cappuccino but I thought you know I'm in Vietnam I might
as well try the local delicacy but yeah let's give this a go
salty really salty I can't actually taste any like cream cheese at all do you want to
try some sure you're not sure you don't want to try any it's actually really tasty I would
actually recommend it like very sweet and salty so I know you don't normally have salt
in your coffee but it's refreshing it's quite tasty I would actually get that again it's
good yeah yeah what is your opinion on pineapple and pizza it should be illegal and banned
from every country I tried as an Italian I try this so it's not like I am just denying
it I tried it and it just doesn't match I personally love pineapple and pizza I think
it's so good but um I don't think I'm gonna agree with me there's so many little different
Alleyways down here and it gets really small it's like you're almost in like an old ancient
town in Europe like this place just doesn't feel like you're in Vietnam until you hear
the beeping and then you know you're in Vietnam so let's give you a little bit of information
about hoyam because it's actually an ancient city and basically from the 15th to the 19th
century it was a big Southeast Asian trading Port so that's where you get loads of like
leather makers like suit tailors all that kind of stuff here the buildings are so different
and that's because there's a big mix of like Chinese shops and like the French Colonial
like influence here as well and so you just get such a big variety of like different cultures
and arts and stuff and just this is a beautiful city and it's got to be one of the most unique
beautiful cities in the world so we have just come into malt and I've been recommending
this place like a couple of times and basically this is like a herbal tea these two actually
recommended it so we're gonna give this a go so I'm not really sure about the process
but it's basically like flour some Leaf I don't know you guys probably know more than
me it's a herbal tea okay so let's give this a go it's ice ice herbal tea we've got it
fine little bamboo straw
oh that's really good like so good and it's really refreshing on this hot day as we're
in Hoi An I couldn't come here without getting something tailored so it's time to go to a
tailor and get something personalized but actually yesterday I already did the measurements
I've done all of that and today I've got to go for my first fitting to try on my soup
I actually went with a place called like bili Taylors and so far they've been really good
hoyan is one of the cheapest places in the world to get a tailor-made suit so if you
are here and you need a suit in the next year or so definitely recommend doing it so what
I've paid is 130 USD I mean other people have got a lot cheaper deals but I think I've got
a pretty decent quality one it's like cashmere wool in all honesty I don't know like I didn't
really bargain that much and I think it would they started off at 150 but I just thought
like it's never going to be cheaper than this in the UK so yeah let's just go for it I am
back from the fitting and I'm actually so pleased with the suit honestly I think it
looks pretty good like It's amazing And honestly they are so good in there because they actually
give you advice and they actually kind of know the style of what people wear in Europe
and for someone like me who never wears suits and doesn't really know anything about them
they're really useful so if you're like me and don't really know anything they are probably
one of the better places to go maybe I should get a personalized Vietnam hat that'll be
that'll be cool wouldn't it good morning from another day in Hoi An it is the Lantern Festival
today but first I want to go head to this like crazy coconut boat thing I don't even
know what it is but I've rented this bike because I wanted to be more authentic so I've
got the more authentic route here hello how are you
um so yeah that's what we're doing we're running this bike just for 30 000 for the day which
if I'm honest that's a pretty good price we've just come up to these little rice fields and
it looks so green it's actually stunning this is beautiful it's like like changu and Bali
absolutely green perfect time of the year for the rice fields stunning absolutely stunning
okay we've got a lady trying to sell me some coconut boats just tell me to turn right let's
have a look oh
[Music] it's time to go on the boat I think it's 150 000 each and I've got a lady lined
up that lady who met on the bike and said she'd give me a ride is that lady about hello
okay thank you whoa this thing is
I like my hat yeah I'll stick with my hat I'd wear this fruit I've never taken it off
in Vietnam well I have but so this boat is like super wobbly and I think I don't know
I've kind of seen them spinning around it looks quite fun but we'll see this has got
to be one of the most unique things you can do anywhere like it's just a round boat and
you kind of just spin yourself around look how you have the paddle it's like so strange
it's kind of hard hard work I don't know why they invented it but it's pretty cool cool
the tourist attraction I've been given permission to do it myself oh
how'd you do it oh okay oh no no no okay let's go yeah yeah all good ah yes oh yeah okay
so we're gonna go into the mangrove things just over here giving it a go honestly these
guys are strong I'm so tired already but I've got the little wooden stick so when we need
to I can jump in and help out let's
go
let's go let's go yeah
I don't know what's gonna happen okay [Applause]
this is crazy oh
whoa
[Music]
I don't know what's going on in there in a party or something [Music]
[Music] thank you very much bye-bye thank you very much bye-bye bye-bye
that was awesome honestly highly recommend doing that and the lady was so much fun as
well I think she almost felt bad I was on my own so she was like giving me a good time
her name was Hui which is like flower in Vietnamese so pretty cool so guys we are on our way back
to the old hoyan town knew where I was staying and got to drop the bike off and then I want
to try and see what to do for this Lantern Festival because honestly I don't really know
what's going on again really pretty right field this place just is so beautiful like
so beautiful everywhere I love it
we've done a quick change and we're ready for the Lantern Festival and we're going to
meet born to travel Diaries and we saw them earlier in the video hey guys how you going
okay
so I'm gonna make the wish now and send the Manson to the now or the river I'm not sure
what it is
[Music]
we're now floating down the river and it honestly it looks so beautiful you can just you can't
really see much apart from like the little light lantern lights on each one
I think you get about a 20 minute ride around here and then you come off it's 150 000 for
the boat so if there's three of you it's like 50 each but if you just just yourself 150
which is not really too bad is it it's definitely busier here than like yesterday and the day
before I think a lot more people are in town for the Lantern Festival [Music] all right
[Music]
the boat ride was really cool but in all honesty they do the same thing every night I know
it's like the full moon and that's probably more what they do traditionally but it is
no different so if you're not here for the full moon don't worry it's pretty much exactly
the same I think there's a bit more going on tonight because of the because of the festival
but like there's lots of these wood things going on but yeah it's no different really
than every other night here in Hoi An so yeah don't worry if you missed the full moon [Music]
another day another bike rental 30k down the drain but we've got an absolute machine on
Wheels we are heading somewhere special today somewhere a bit different and the final kind
of check to see if this is one of the best places best cities in the world I reckon because
this place is beautiful but there's one thing I always love and that is the beach we're
gonna go check out
the beach is any good all right let's go it's a little bit Breezy today too oh we're getting
close see boundary area let's go to the beach we are not far from the beach at all literally
like a couple of minutes I'm so excited for this it's been since KO wrong in Cambodia
since we're near the beach and that's too long for someone like me I love it let's go
any moment now the beach should be here here we are I just dropped the bike off we're walking
on Sand but stay the flip-flops off looking a bit Brown the sound a bit like more golden
rather than the White Sands of Cambodia but this is looking pretty nice oh wow there's
waves a bit of Surfing Maybe that's cool let's have a look [Music]
we're on the beach in Vietnam in Hoi An does this place get any better we've got wave you
can I think someone said to me the other day you can search so like that's pretty awesome
but this beach is very very packed over there like super busy loads of sun beds but over
here there is no one but there is quite a bit of trash going on here and also there's
things that I went on yesterday on the little um what they call the coconut bonus so they're
pretty cool but yeah I might just sit around here by myself and go in the sea in Vietnam
this is awesome I think you and I both know what time it is it's time to go in
the sea
I'll be honest I didn't really know what to expect from the beach here in Hoi An but honestly
so this place is beautiful like it's such a big open beach there's so much space if
you just want to escape people from like the busiest streets and town of hoyan honestly
I love this place if that I was gonna live anywhere in Vietnam I feel like it probably
would be who I am you've got a bit of everything you've got some culture good food all that
kind of sort of stuff the other thing is when I walk past the sun beds I was and the guy
was like oh come come sit on the sun beds I was like how much is it and it's like 20
000.
that's so cheap that's what is that 70p I think that is 70p to sit on a sunbed which
is just insane and if you want to you can do some crazy War Sports obviously the jet
skiing this old um what's it called I've forgotten you get pulled by the boat I just forgotten
what it's called but yeah guys this this is an awesome beach I think I'm gonna head off
now go back to like the little town and just kind of soak it all in because this is my
last day tomorrow we're heading north up the coast on the high van pass and this was like
a Top Gear special like a couple of years a few years back anyway and so I'm so excited
to do that it's supposed to be a really beautiful Road and yeah it's gonna be it's gonna be
cool we're going to be heading to a QA which is yeah further up the coast and then on to
other spots of Vietnam
so I'm back in my hotel now I just took a shower refreshed and I feel so good um but
I have to pack because this room is an absolute mess like don't get me every time I get into
a hotel I just empty my bag and that's what's going on please hit subscribe right now and
I hope you enjoy the video I'll see you in the next one where we're doing the high van
pass Top Gear special here we go