I've mentioned this in other videos about beach cities of VN and it's a pretty good thing in my mind. Vietnamese come out early, around 6 - 7:30am to exercise on the beach or swim in the ocean. Then they go home, have breakfast and off to work and school. They stay out of the hot intense sun during the daytime, leaving it empty for us foreigners (who will soon find out how hot the sun is). Around 4:30pm after a long hot day of working and schooling, the locals go back out to the beach to exercise and swim. The few food vendors sell their food. I personally love that communal access to the beach where rich and poor locals can enjoy their god given benefit. I've visited a fair number of countries with glorious beaches but many of those have become the exclusive enclaves of high end resorts and their snooty foreign guests who balks at seeing normal locals in "their" beach. That may not be the case in Australia and I'm hoping that's true. It's just a healthy and balanced/equitable way of life. As an aside guys, I think it's a great idea you rented an automatic scooter and not that image-based beat up mountain motorcycle that is hard to drive in heavy traffic, not to mention quick to break down. Having said that, if you're riding 2, the automatic scooters will struggle in mountainous roads. Take care and thanks for the video.
I’m a resident of Nhatrang. I would like to adjust a very small of your information: “Vietnamese come out the beach very soon, around 6:30-7:00”. In fact, Vietnamese come out to the beach from 4:00 AM to swim, do excersie, jog…
Nha Trang city is so big, alive, modern & clean!! It is my favourite beach city in vietnam!! It is very much similar to Gold Coast in Australia but everything is much more cheaper!!
You are dumb, Goldcoast doesnt have mountain range and island . It all artificial beauty with luxury 5 star hotel and modern apartment, a well design city with tree line. An ugly Sheila put on a beatipful make up, wear fashion clothes, Iphone 13, and design hand bag to fool all the man. Vietnamese like you eating rubbish doesnt know anything. Any foreigners want to talk rubbish about Vietnam , we blow them away.
A lot of places in SE Asia come to life at night because it is so hot in the daytime. Also in places that are very affordable I always look at the price difference of rooms that include breakfast vs ones that don't bc if I am staying very central to many places with food it's usually cheaper and better quality if I don't eat at the hotel.
Following your vids a week now, half Vietnamese/ Filipino here, been to nha Trang a few times already, missing vietnam so much!! Goodluck guys on your journey!!
I wanna go to Vietnam so bad. My dad fought in the war and it would be like everything coming full circle for me to touch down there. Going to Singapore and Malaysia in December, hopefully Taiwan and Vietnam soon
My adviced for you dont come to Viet Nam. The people are very intelligent , they crack your mind open and you feel ashame of yourself . Viet Nam open up to the world for 3 decades, hundred of million of people travelled to the country for holiday. Your father serve in Vietnam but he never take the family there . That mean he doesnt have any love for the country or the people. The only reason you want to go to Vietnam because you cant find true love in your life. Vietnamese people very agressive amd rude, they only care if you have the money to pay for it or not. They dont need you to say hello and thank you.
Just looked at prices at the Libra Hotel for August, cheapest room is AUS $44 a night so your $30 a night sure is Covid prices. Still so cheap though compared to anything in Australia. I think we will go to.the Panorama Hotel though, similar prices but have balconies with their ocean view rooms. We are planning on a full week in Nha Trang. We can't wait.
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My Vietnamese wife and I stayed in Nha Trang for 6 months, about 12 years ago and lived 2 streets back from the Lotus statue on beach road. We were thinking of buying a house there but the speed of development put us off. But it was a great place to chill, go for scooter rides to the hot spring baths, or up in the Hills we found Doctor Pasteur's wooden half way rest stop cabin on one trip. Beaches north and south were great day trips and maybe a beer or three at the brew pub on the way home. The brew pub had a pool so you could get both sides wet. Kids sleep in the afternoon when it hot, and I'm a big kid so I'm laying on the bed now. Then the whole family jump on the scooter and take a ride along beach road, maybe stop for an ice cream, drink etc., the ride home puts baby to sleep. I live have way between Saigon and Vung Tou, grow lots of fruit and along with 8 or so locals we have a pot luck supper. Each will bring a dish and dipping sauce for that dish, now these can be pretty wild and take about 4 beers to cool the mouth. Luckily we each person brings a slab of his choice of beer. My choice is Saigon lager the same as you were drinking on the beach. I had to teach them UK drinking habits, no ice in the beer, no cheers for every sip, no bottoms up with anybody who does put ice in as there's only a thimble full of beer in there. Thanks for posting and I hope you enjoy your time in Vietnam.
Let me recommend the Pho at 107 Hồng Bàng, the place is called Pho Bach Dang. Visited that Bao Ngon restaurant and mentioned your video sent me there. Great food, great service.
Love you guys and love your down to earth honest personalities and that you don't pretend to know everything. Video logging your travel experiences and learning as you go along and sharing it with us in real time is just so refreshing. Fantastic! Keep it up and wish you all the best in your future as digital nomads.
I have a history with Nha Trang. I like to suggest that active and crowded at night is one way to do it. I personally prefer less of a crowd so during the day there is a chaise lounge available or not much of a wait at a restaurant. I like your coverage of the city. Good travels.
I too clicked on a link to you guys. This is the 3rd video so far, just wanted to stop and say, you've got a great touch/mix of content. The information is just what I need in travel vids, and the drone music combo is sweet. Very enjoyable watching you guys. Thankyou.
This is gonna sound kinda obvious, but Vietnam has a really low unemployment rate - so during the day most people are at work, uni or school. Also, it's so hot during the day, as you mentioned, most people avoid it. As someone who has called Vietnam home for a long time - I'm loving these videos.
Nah Trang looks pretty cool! It reminded me of a Vietnamese gold coast a lite bit! I've been to Vietnam but not to nha Trang so will add it to the list ✅
You guys should visit Tuy Hoa, it is my home town and further 100km up north from Nha Trang. It is peaceful town with crazy ass honest people over there. Nha Trang is still too expensive to enjoy your journey 😉
Agree completely, Tuy Hoa today is what Nha Trang used to be in the past. Nha trang is ruined by mass touris, mega structures and too noisy busy motor high way at beach front. Nut be aware if the corrupted money comes Tuy Hoa will be the same. They are now, in small scale, are starting the same ruining concept with building an awful wide high way at beach front.
People tend to be so judgmental when they first arrived and set their foot on the ground/ new travel destination without having yet to experience a thing or giving the place a chance to show you around its attractions, fun and excitement. IMO, if a person is so quickly judgmental about places they should just better off quit travelling to foreign countries. An individual with an open heart to different cultures/food/sceneries/lifestyles/locals and mostly respect for the destination they travel to, will always be the one who has the greatest time and experience. I travel a lot and dislike people who moan, groan, judgmental about the tourism places they visit.
Being following you guys since I found some of your bali vlogs! Love the content and editing. Also love seeing all the different food aswell. Every time I open up this RU-vid app, I see if you’ve posted a new video. Living your best life ✨
Vietnamese restaurant names are usually puns. Cuz Vietnam was under Chinese rule for like 10 centuries so the Vietnamese language has a lot of Chinese elements. And people usually use Sino-Vietnamese for poetry purposes. The one you get lunch is called 'Chuồn Chuồn Kim' and it has at least 2 meanings. First, the literal one: Chuồn Chuồn Kim = Damselfly. And the other one is can get a direct translation to Golden Dragonfly. Kim = 金 = Gold, Chuồn Chuồn = Dragonfly, by the way, they decorate the restaurant, especially the sign, I think it fits the theme. The bao place you guys go to later also has at least 2 meanings. Bao Ngon = Delicious Bao. That phrase is also slang to declare something delicious. 'Bao' = "covering the expense or guaranteeing something". Bao Ngon = Delicious Guaranteed. But this punch is only appropriate to Southern Vietnamese, Northern accent speakers won't really get the pun and also the slang if they don't talk to a Southern Vietnamese much. They will understand 'Bao' as slang for 'I will cover the expense' and that's the only meaning here. A small Vietnamese language and culture for you guys.
Many places are LIT at night. Isn't it terrific to see the difference between what does not happen before places get hopping and what happens after they are ... LIT? I love the fish sauce! It smells a bit off-putting when in the bottles before being added to food, but, when put in food, it enhances flavour beautifully, mightily! And, doesn't food always taste better when someone else is making it, for you? Question for you please: Is what I see at 02:43, cooling water misting? I have heard that some places have this in place of A/C.
Asians tend to be teeny-tiny people. There shoe sizes and at about US size 8, which is bloody awful for those of us with gunboats as feet (size 9 US). And, their heads are small, as well. I wear a man's XL hat, so you can imagine what I have had to face, shopping for head gear in Asian stores, here in Seattle. Oh, and those trimmed hedges in the Japanese looking garden are ... topiary, Lloyd.
Sorry to be such a comment hog: Vietnamese are very wise about sun exposure. They do not like being out in it, and it is unlikely that you will see any of them, let alone other Asians just "lying out" and sun-baking. They consider such to be a to-tal waste of time. Chinese and Japanese are the same way, I have discovered. Koreans prize paler looking skins, considering such to be a sign of beauty and status.
When I was in Vietnam, the beach in Hoi An was the only slightly busy beach during the day I found, only because there were more foreigners around. You won’t see any Vietnamese sunbathing. I am living in Thailand and my Thai girlfriend keeps out of the sun whenever possible, most Asian women want to keep there skin as white as possible!
@pancakestac nearly every cream in SE Asia and Indonesia contain whitening cream, it's pretty obvious why they stay out of the sun. This happens in India too for various reasons, usually due to where they sit on the socio economic scale. Meanwhile Australians sunbathe in the heat of the day to turn brown and we have the highest rates of skin cancer. Be happy with the skin colour you were born with.
Another great video. Informative. Good to keep & reference 👌 NEVER ever think we are sick of seeing DOG 🐕 LOVE Lloyd !!!💗 Love to know name of the crunchy pork belly place. I can’t understand when RU-vidrs grapple with name of a restaurant/ hotel/ cafe that they are frothing over …… just “film” the outside SIGN 🤦🏻♀️ It’s a no brainer You guys aren’t the only ones that do it 🤷🏻♀️ Side Life Trip ……he seems to be one of the only vloggers that does it. He always films the out side sign. And never has his face in camera , ever.👏Point of difference I suppose. Nha Trang looks fantastic 👍
Hey Guys, I really enjoyed this video because it brought back the good memories from traveling there and other places in Vietnam in 2004 to 2007. Thank you for being careful to name the restaurants and places you stayed for future travel possibilities. I liked the drone footage of the beach and the music that accompanied it. You have found a "sweet spot" in your editing to not jump from scene to scene too fast. Moving quickly between images seems to be a standard now, but I find it distracting when trying to explore a place from video. You inspired me to want to travel again and I used your one-month free subscription to Skillshare. Thank you and I wish you the best in your adventures!
Really grooving to the soundtracks on your videos guys! Shazamming all the tunes… Enjoying your tour of Vietnam, hoping to head over there in a few months, keep the content coming :)
What about showing the traditional vietnam iced coffee 👌 also seek out the waterfall and mudbath park in nah trang dont waste your time at vin pearl though
Im living in Nha Trang, welcome to cơm here. This city very nice with pupils is very kind, food so delicious. Chuon Chuon Kim restaurant with many food Vietnam. I want see you with my family and with dinner in here. Tks u so much.
Thank you for this great video. I am planning on going to Nha Trang next July/August with my family. Is the hotel you guys stayed at right on the beach? Sorry, if you mentioned it. Thank you.
Yep UV index is absurdly high in VN at mid day so pretty much everyone try their best to dodge the sunlight, even sunscreen doesn't help much at blocking that crazy amount of UV.
Nha Trang was always the main destination for Russians in Vietnam, with plenty of direct flights. Going round the more touristy bar/cafe areas, you'll normally see signs in Russian before English. I'd imagine there are far fewer now than there used to be, which would explain it being so quiet.
Hey great video mate, I use to live in Nah Trang 2000, 2001, I was working on the tour boats out too the island, Mama Linh tours. Great 1 year and 9 months of my life, I,d spend 10 weeks there and 4 or 5 weeks in Patong Beach with my girlfriend on and off. Yeh mate I always had the helmet problem. I always use to think what it would be like when I was out off the coast on a boat, yes I,d always think about in 10 or 20 years how much it has changed. It looks like the gold coast now crazy. I,ve been back to Thailand a lot but haven't been able to get back to Vietnam. Maybe next year. The Vietnamese people don,t like the sun so that's why you see them very early morning or late afternoon on the beach. It's just their way. If you get the chance try the BBQ Venison I can,t remember the name of the street but it's about 500 metre,s off the beach nearly directly behind the town hall. Just ask someone I,m sure they will tell you where it is. It's a must mate probably near the best meat I,ve ever tasted. Vietnam is very vibrant especially Nah Trang City. Also there is a very beautiful area about 20 km North of the city with a great waterfall and big Rock to jump from incredible experience and very cool water so refreshing. Anyway goodluck mate on your journey and maybe I,ll subscribe to your channel soon. Just keep giving me a reason to watch. Don,t be too bland like some other couples who just get boring afterwards and then we look for better videos. Cheers 🍻 mate.
@Lloyd & Mandy yeah at times now I,m just working in Australia, as I,m late 50,s. Although I still try to stay active and travel when possible especially. Around S.E.Asia probably because I have some great friends there. And I don,t like flying much further the 8 or 9 hours. 🍻
Soooo refreshing to see two good looking Westerners enjoying crispy pork bellies! None of this macrobiotic stuff i keep seeing in the cosmopolitan US. You guys ROCK!
