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Pee after you get off the plane before getting in line through custom. It takes 1 to 2 hours to get thru.
No need to take much! You can practically get everything and anything over there! I loved it! And can’t wait to be back
Scammer
I will be called Gordon Bourdain. Love Vietnamese peoples and their food.
to take cash
I had no idea you could buy prescription glasses at a fraction of the cost in the US. It was such a fun find.
Start taking probiotics a week before and during to protect your stomach.
Don’t pack too many clothes & pairs of shoes. Be prepared to get addicted to coffee….especially the iced versions. Use Grab for transport. What might look like a dodgy entrance/alley way to your accommodation won’t be. Embrace wearing the glad wrap style rain ponchos. Join in with the locals & their activities – hubby joined a group of guys training for Da Cau (foot badminton) in HCMC & it was honestly one of our favourite interactions with the locals – so much fun. They were just training at an empty parking lot/concrete pad & it was ace! Find a favourite coffee shop/bakery & go there every morning for brekkie – they will remember your order after the first day. Don’t plan too much, leave some wiggle space in your itinerary.
To know that the airport Hanoi only offers wlan on the land side and e.g. not at the luggage band!
Stilll standing waiting in Hanoi?