last time on delightful travellers we said goodbye to our home in Thailand we so enjoyed our time in
the country but sadly it's time to move on in this video we returned to Vietnam we were here
last year and we just knew we had to come back to see more of this beautiful country I'm Anna
and this is Trevor and this mini series we'll be exploring the south of Vietnam make sure to
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well it is official we are back in Vietnam let us welcome you to Ho Chi Minh City last year we
came to Vietnam but we did not get down to the South but we did fall in love with this country
immediately and knew we had to get to Ho Chi Minh City so here we are so while we're here in
the south of Vietnam we plan on doing four videos and for those of you that followed us over from
Thailand don't worry we are going back there after Vietnam and this place we're standing in
is beautiful you have a very big statue that way with some enormous buildings huh yeah so this is
kind of like one of the main squares here in the city and then right behind me is I guess
City Hall here in Ho Chi Minh do us a favor guys if you're excited that we're back in Vietnam hit
the like button because that really helps us out a lot of you watched when we were here last year
in the north so now we're in the south in this massive city and what a start right here smack
dab in the center so we are starting things out in district one which is the central part of Ho Chi
Minh City and this is a massive massive City it is the biggest city in fact in Vietnam there's about
9 million people in the city itself and about 15 million when you account for all the surrounding
areas it's just so huge it is not however the capital of Vietnam that is Hanoi guys look
at this place it's absolutely beautiful you got this massive Fountain behind me you got the crazy
traffic of Ho Chi Minh City and you got the sky Rises now if there's anything you might have heard
about this place is that it has two different names there's Saigon you've probably heard of
that one and there's Ho Chi Minh City now Ho Chi Minh city is the official name Saigon was the name
before the war and coming in here we just weren't sure if it was like should we say politically
correct to call it Saigon we were just saying Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City but feet on the
ground but we hear all the Vietnamese people and all the signs say Saigon so you can call it Saigon
as well speaking of Ho Chi Minh there's actually a statue of Ho Chi Minh behind us he was actually
the president of North Vietnam from 1949 to 1969. I got some facts off the internet for you he was
one of the most influential communist leaders here of the 20th century so one thing we didn't expect
coming into Saigon was just how pretty the city is there's so many different colonial buildings
mixed in with the giant skyscrapers I love it one thing we did expect when we came in was the sheer
amount of traffic we had prepared ourselves we've been to Hanoi and people actually told
us that it's actually is worse here in Saigon and I don't know if that's debatable but the traffic
is pretty crazy it's really fun to compare this city to Hanoi and by the way if you guys didn't
know and we already said it in the video we have been in Vietnam before so it's your first time
here maybe we'll link to the playlist but why don't we try to show them a little bit of the
traffic all right well this is just a little taste of it huh yeah something to prepare yourselves for
it even when you're at a crosswalk don't offer you let's try to note yourself out
so you kind of go we're nudging our way no not stopping not stopping not stopping not stopping
let's go thank you there we go that's kind of how it is everywhere you go it's like that huh
it's true take a look at this beautiful building believe it or not it's not a train station which
would have been my first guess if we were just walking by but it's actually the Saigon Central
post office a post office I know who knew that is definitely not what I expected so what's really
cool about this is one of the main things to do in the city so let's go in and check it out [Music]
besides the fact that this is over the top beautiful inside something else really cool that
you can do here you can come and buy a postcard and then send it home how cool is that so you
can see people behind here like writing a postcard yeah now this is unique first time we've ever seen
this yeah I wonder how much it costs to actually send a postcard from Vietnam to Canada there are
so many different postcards to choose from here there's also tons of different souvenirs so it's
not just about this beautiful space that you can come into no question for you guys have you ever
seen a more beautiful post office in the world I challenge you leave us a comment below and let
us know also what's cool right next to us here these are like phone booths or something like
that and there's like a whole lot of them these are unique as well so this beautiful building
was constructed between 1886 and 1891 it is in the gothic Renaissance and French style and a
fun little fact for you this building is often attributed as being designed by Gustav Eiffel
the guy that designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris however it was a totally different from a French
architect that designed this building well you know us we are hungry already and we stopped
in to get one of these delicious things I'm sure some of you know what this is if you don't this
is a bon me sandwich and they're one of our favorite sandwiches in the entire world we
had them last time we were in Vietnam but more in the north and a little bit of the middle but this
time now that we're in the South we just had to try them yeah and I think we're told that
bought me sandwiches come actually originally originated here in the South exactly because
we're doing being a little bit more authentic by having it down here however it's raining off and
on a little bit and we're gonna go to the Super famous place that's highly highly recommend it's
like the number one place to get bunnies here in the city but I'm not sure they had
an inside so we're a little bit worried about getting rained on so we found this cute little
spot a little bit more but when we say fire in higher end a little more pricey it doesn't matter
we're just gonna try this guy I'll go first I have a pork shoulder barley or pork belly one
you're right I was eyeing the pork shoulder but let's just go guys let's do it [Music]
oh yeah that's the stuff right there the sauce we chose for this is called spicy garlic and
it has a kick I love it with the pork on this in general it also said the pork was kind of soaked
in coconut water that's interesting on its own but um the thing that we always love about these
is the bread Vietnam knows how to do these kind of baguette sandwiches this bread is awesome what
did you get I went for it chicken there were a couple of different chicken options I went for
the lemongrass chicken also got that spicy garlic sauce I see some herbs on there there might be
some red chilies yikes and maybe some cucumber as well wow so yours sounds entirely different
than mine you go ahead and try it I'll hold this up so they can kind of see the stuff by hand is
uh trying it out looks good smells good question is that's a good sign my friends wow that is so
good it's definitely worth paying a little bit extra to come here and try this the chicken is
absolutely tender with lots of herbs in there like it's not definitely not just lemongrass because
it's soaked in uh definitely some like spices I want to say like turmeric or cumin or something
like that because it's got loads of flavor we have the extra herbs on there that sauce that chili or
I guess it's spicy garlic sauce is incredible this is one of the best bunnies that I've ever had yeah
I just love that we're still sitting we're sitting outside you can kind of hear the traffic behind us
the camera setups right here in front of us I'll show you a clip of that this is awesome we're so
happy to be back in Vietnam well maybe one of the reasons our food was so expensive is because it's
literally right beside this which is one of the biggest tourist attractions here in District One
in Saigon this is the Notre Dame Cathedral I think it was actually built or designed after
a smaller Notre Dame in Paris but as you can see it's under construction yeah it's uh yeah
it's really under construction it's almost like a piece of art there's that much scaffolding on
there no yeah so there's not many people it looks closed definitely closed not many people going up
there but it's still a thing to do so the post office was right there we ate kind of over that
way but it's still really pretty here huh it is a really pretty spot they have lots of Flowers
and Things lots of traffic around as well as you can probably hear and see so this cathedral was
constructed between 1863 and 1880 and it got us wondering a little bit more about religion here
we don't talk about religion on the channel ever but it is kind of interesting we went to Google
just to kind of look a few things up and I'll just quickly go through them because I think you might
find it interesting as well in 2010 there was a study most of the Vietnamese people practiced
exclusively folk religions 45.3 percent 16.4 percent of the population were Buddhists I thought
there would be more 8.2 percent were Christians so that's interesting given there's all kinds of
these Cathedrals around the country and about 30 percent were unaffiliated to any religion at all
so atheists so right next to the cathedral and the post office you're gonna find book Street which in
theory could potentially be my favorite Street in the whole world so if you guys don't know she's
a big reader so this is right up her alley but I don't know if we've ever come across a book
Street on our travels have you guys ever seen a book Street no I love this idea yeah it's really
neat there's lots of different shops here way more than I thought when you told me there was a book
street I was expecting like five shops so what I read about it is basically like a whole bunch of
bookshops some coffee shops and book publishers all together on one street found someone eyeing
some books whatsoever uh here these I'm pretty sure are all in Vietnamese so probably not for
me I do Wonder though what are you eating I'm sure some of them wonder what you're reading as well oh
a lot of the time honestly I read a lot of just like why a and a lot of fluffy things I think as
we're so busy all the time and sometimes I just want to like sit on the beach and read something
really easy and really mindless but I did read a book recently called I must tray you it actually
takes place in Romania I do actually sometimes like to read historical fiction this was kind of
why a sort of but it takes place in Romania during right before the Revolution so it was really
really interesting to read how about a place that we've been before of course it was uh fiction but
historical fiction is always fun seeing all these coffee shops is making us want some caffeine but
we're not going to stop into this one that you see now we're going to take you over to
an entirely different part of the city we're going over to District Two it's so different than here
we can't wait to show you welcome to District Two it is much more quiet and tranquil over here you
wouldn't even think you're in the middle of the city still yeah so there are some busy streets
but nothing compared to district one but then you have these quaint little side streets I don't even
know if you can call them almost alleys they're very nice really really beautiful as well yeah
no we really wanted to stay in this area because we did start out in District One by staying over
there and it was just a little busy for us we we just came from there and we like it but it's a
great way if you you know it's your first time to Saigon which is what is for us but we spent a few
days over there gets you acquainted you get to see all the like the touristy stuff and really see the
center of the city but then you get to come over here and see a totally different size so you'll
probably notice it's really green here oh we got a vehicle going by it is a little challenging with
cars we've been down here with a grab a couple of times they do manage to do it but it's definitely
a tight squeeze yeah I mean I feel like if I laid down and put my arms out I'd mostly cover up the
entire yeah then you get scooters mixed in and someone's usually has to back up or move out of
the way I think Little Joe pivot jigsaw puzzle before we show you more of what's around here we
feel like we need a little pick-me-up and we're so stoked to be back in Vietnam mainly for the
Vietnamese coffee that might be the reason and the only reason we came back oh the only reason one of
them but it's a major one we love the coffee in Vietnam we found a coffee shop and one thing we
love about Vietnam is just see types of coffees that you can get definitely has some of the best
like range of coffees this one is a coconut coffee and it's made with like basically ice so it's
almost Blended like a slushie there's coconut milk in there and there is of course coffee
mm-hmm I can't even begin to tell you guys how delicious this is it's a travesty that
this has not made it outside of Vietnam I've literally never seen one on a menu anywhere
else maybe there is one somewhere but I've never seen it it's so cold it's almost like hard on
the teeth because it's so cold but delicious especially on a day like today where I don't
know if you guys can tell but I'm dripping and sweat it's quite humid a little bit hot
but the coffee is absolutely perfect there might be sweetened condensed milk in it there is that
seems to come in a lot of uh different types of Vietnamese coffee so I wouldn't be surprised if
that's in there but really what you taste is just a great combo of coconut and coffee
oh you guys I'm gonna call it right now this might be the best coffee I ever had it's just
so interesting and so unique it's so good on a hot hot day absolutely love Vietnamese coffee you guys
now here's the thing we have to bring this up if you're following along in our whole travel lives
and on our Channel you might know that we've been talking a lot lately but living in places we've
been spending a couple months at a time in some places sometimes we just max out as many days as
we're allowed on our passports to be in a certain country but here in in Saigon in District Two I'll
tell you this is a place I think we could live for well say a month I'm sure you can extend your Visa
but the maximum we get I think it's like 30 days when we get that Visa but there's something about
this place it's a perfect balance of like things to do there's restaurants cafes fast internet
so we can work and we can still easily get to different parts of the city so so far this has
it all and we're really itching to do some kind of big city living at some point so far we've
been living on Islands throughout the world and that's been awesome but one of these times we're
going to have to just kind of stay put in a city for a while we're now up at our favorite area of
District Two I think it's official we found the Brooklyn of Saigon huh I think I think we have
it's very very friendly Street yeah it's not the best walking Street in the world but there's not
too much traffic there's not really any sidewalks they're getting across so many cool places yeah
there's absolutely everything here from like craft breweries there's different coffee shops jewelry
stores boutique pet shops you name it it seems to be here yeah right beside us there's a American
comfort food American comfort food there you go so we can say we entirely came across this place by
recommendation of Vietnamese people so we want to thank you guys for helping us out we love it when
you guys leave us comments and recommendations and when we get to meet you in person and you tell us
you know you should go to this area because that's how we found this place then we started looking
on a map and literally I started like finding all these restaurants and coffee shops and like craft
beer places and I had all the issues to look at my map on Google Maps because it's got all these
like little flags all over the place it had all the ingredients of the things we like yeah if you
haven't figured it out already this is the kind of expat area of the city district 2 is where most
of the foreigners are and they work here and of course you're going to find Vietnamese but loads
of Vietnamese people here too but I think it's where they expect seem to congregate as well the
place we're staying at here is called sen Boutique house and it is a gorgeous little boutique style
apartment complex you can see our room now it's absolutely perfect it has everything that we
absolutely need and the best part is it's only a 10 minute walk from where we are right now this
is the spot we keep coming coming back to we take you guys to it but that's why I put the b-roll on
the screen just now because we'd have to walk back and then walk back here again but you get the idea
as always you you guys usually ask us where we're staying we'll put the link in the description if
you want to stay there get this it's only like forty dollars a night to stay there in that
beautiful place when you have all this right here so I think we're probably gonna sign it off here
there are a lot of craft beer places and if you know us you know that how much we love craft beer
so we're probably gonna hop in there figure out where to eat there's also like some great Mexican
restaurants around yeah how cool this how awesome this neighborhood is now before anyone gets mad
at us we're going to eat some Mexican food don't worry in the next video coming up we're going out
on a Vietnamese street food tour at night all over the city we cannot wait cannot wait to share the
video with you guys yeah I think that might there might be some fun surprises coming up in that
video too yeah there's there's gonna be a lot now if you guys got this far in the video it's Trevor
and Anna delightful Travelers we're we hope you're excited for this four part Series in Vietnam we're
so stoked to be back here we got some big big ideas and then after that as he said we're
gonna sitting perhaps in different areas this time and hopefully we'll have better weather
and the most important thing hit subscribe click the like button share the video heck
leave us a comment just let us know what you thought but for now it's off to get
some food all right guys that's it from Saigon wishing you delightful travel see you soon
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