Vietnam

[shadow84]

Any nice food to recommend in D1?

 

[Henabi]

Any nice food to recommend in D1?

What you wanna try?

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[caytruc]

My sim card is also under someone else name. I bought the sim card from a market stall, but later went to vinaphone authorised centre to change to 4G. But now in the app, it showed a viet guy name. But as long can use, i don't bother.

1. if you lost the sim card, you cannot have it back (because it's not registered under your IC so nothing to prove), so you will lose all balance forever

2. if that unknown Viet guy some day went to the telco shop, showing his IC, then he can take back your number and he will get all of your balance on the sim card, you will still lose all of your balance forever

that unknown Viet guy does not need to know your number either, he just need to have his own IC and nothing else and still he will own everything

worse, that unknown Viet guy can even track your call records (because he is the proper and legitimate and legally-recognized OWNER of your sim card, while you are not)

 

[shadow84]

What you wanna try?

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I dun eat vege, so best is meat. i saw in mark wiens blog on some choices in D3/7. May go try them out.

 

[dannyruddin]

It's true
I am the unknown Viet guy.

1. if you lost the sim card, you cannot have it back (because it's not registered under your IC so nothing to prove), so you will lose all balance forever

2. if that unknown Viet guy some day went to the telco shop, showing his IC, then he can take back your number and he will get all of your balance on the sim card, you will still lose all of your balance forever

that unknown Viet guy does not need to know your number either, he just need to have his own IC and nothing else and still he will own everything

worse, that unknown Viet guy can even track your call records (because he is the proper and legitimate and legally-recognized OWNER of your sim card, while you are not)

 

[grapewall]

1. if you lost the sim card, you cannot have it back (because it's not registered under your IC so nothing to prove), so you will lose all balance forever

2. if that unknown Viet guy some day went to the telco shop, showing his IC, then he can take back your number and he will get all of your balance on the sim card, you will still lose all of your balance forever

that unknown Viet guy does not need to know your number either, he just need to have his own IC and nothing else and still he will own everything

worse, that unknown Viet guy can even track your call records (because he is the proper and legitimate and legally-recognized OWNER of your sim card, while you are not)

It's okay for me. The only people who called me on this vinaphone number are the grab riders. I don't put a lot of credit in it also. I just top up when i need to..

 

[Henabi]

I dun eat vege, so best is meat. i saw in mark wiens blog on some choices in D3/7. May go try them out.

Meat.... Go for Quan Oc, local style. Low table, low chairs, sit by the roadside.

Cheap food cheap beer.

You can order a whole table of seafood, clam, oyster, crab, prawn and probably use only one big blue note

Mark wiens recommendations are decent affordable local dishes. But most of it look like single person portion

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[pik4chu]

Not sure which thread to post, but I’m planning trip to Laos > Vietnam Hanoi down to HCM > Cambodia Phnom Penh siem reap OVER LAND.

Anybody done this route before can offer any genera tips? Still working on exact itinerary so open to suggestions

Is USD generally accepted or really need to change all these currencies? Change all in sg before going or at each stop? I’ll be at bus and train stns not airport so dunno if can change or not. Also thinking to use data passport as probably not worth getting so many SIM cards

Thanks! if there’s another thread for this pls direct me too

 

[shadow84]

Meat.... Go for Quan Oc, local style. Low table, low chairs, sit by the roadside.

Cheap food cheap beer.

You can order a whole table of seafood, clam, oyster, crab, prawn and probably use only one big blue note

Mark wiens recommendations are decent affordable local dishes. But most of it look like single person portion

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Going solo so portion is fine for me. Will try out Quan Oc seafood. Also saw like ayam penyet style in another blog, will try out also.

 

[Henabi]

Not sure which thread to post, but I’m planning trip to Laos > Vietnam Hanoi down to HCM > Cambodia Phnom Penh siem reap OVER LAND.

Anybody done this route before can offer any genera tips? Still working on exact itinerary so open to suggestions

Is USD generally accepted or really need to change all these currencies? Change all in sg before going or at each stop? I’ll be at bus and train stns not airport so dunno if can change or not. Also thinking to use data passport as probably not worth getting so many SIM cards

Thanks! if there’s another thread for this pls direct me too

Change to local currencies.
USD always keep as backup before you use your credit card or travellers notes

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[5star_pundit]

my vietnamese gf

 

[Henabi]

Going solo so portion is fine for me. Will try out Quan Oc seafood. Also saw like ayam penyet style in another blog, will try out also.

Explore the small lanes
The food stalls you find there are patronized by the local community since they were young. And it's great that you have the stomach to try such food. Many travellers I see in Vietnam just try the usual pho, banh mi, spring roll, bun cha

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[Henabi]

my vietnamese gf

Ermmmmm this vietnam travel thread... You post wrong place liao

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[shadow84]

Explore the small lanes
The food stalls you find there are patronized by the local community since they were young. And it's great that you have the stomach to try such food. Many travellers I see in Vietnam just try the usual pho, banh mi, spring roll, bun cha

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Are each district far from each other? Like 1 and 3?

 

[Henabi]

Are each district far from each other? Like 1 and 3?

This is the most useful map

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[shadow84]

This is the most useful map

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Thanks a lot.

 

[prisleongsing]

The best one in Vietnam is the Uber / Grab. Very easy to use and so affordable.

 

[grapewall]

The best one in Vietnam is the Uber / Grab. Very easy to use and so affordable.

No more Uber Liao... The new kid there is Go-Viet..

 

[Henabi]

Yeap go viet. Red uniform and helmet.

Now grab bike allows "flag down" at the roadside if you see some grab bike people lepar one corner.

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[grapewall]

Last few days of Oct, grab runs an aggressive promotion. grab bike to any distance (i think) cost only 10k vnd.