Comments on: Vietnamese Encounters

By: Bubbles

Bubbles — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:26:51 +0000

In reply to khaye88. Hello Khaye88, Thank you so much for this, i will be leaving first week of May kaya ako nagtatanong tanong, salamat ulit sayo.

By: khaye88

khaye88 — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:38:22 +0000

In reply to Bubbles.

Hello Bubbles,

I’ve been to Vietnam roughly 2 years ago, you don’t have to fill out anything in the Philippines, there will be an immigration form but it will be given to you sa airplane na before you land sa Vietnam

Travel safe…!

By: Bubbles

Bubbles — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:55:39 +0000

Hello Miss Nina, i really love your site. I wanna ask some tips, i know u been to Vietnam before kasi me and foreigner boyfriend plan to visit vietnam and ako lang mag travel pupunta doon mag isa at mauna lang sya a day before bale sunduin na lang ako sa Ho chi min airport..i want to ask bilang isang membro ng “bilateral” member country sa asia at free visa.. ang tanung ko maliban sa free visa meron pa bang kelangan na e process bago pumunta doon kasi sa dinig ko meron pang necessary to fill up some form at Vietnam embassy in manila prior to my flight. thank Nina and more power!!!

By: Natalie - Turkish Travel Blog

Natalie - Turkish Travel Blog — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:25:02 +0000

The Turks are sometimes like that as well. I think if it was my first visit and I was traveling solo then it would put me off, but from the sounds of it, you were able to take it on the chin.

By: nina

nina — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:20:25 +0000

Glad you enjoyed it! I do plan on going back and giving it another try. And mainly because of Cua Dai beach (as if we don’t have enough gorgeous white beaches in the Philippines!)

By: carlo

carlo — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:51:47 +0000

oh yeah forgot to mention: if vigan and siem reap had a child, it would be hoi an 🙂 glad we made this trip to central vietnam. just hated jetstar pacific’s 2.5 hour delay on the flight to danang. i actually appreciated cebu pacific’s much improved reliability. haha.

By: carlo

carlo — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:47:57 +0000

hey nina!

we’re back and we loved hoi an. thankfully no makulit people naman or extra “helpful” people on scooters. it was very touristy and picturesque. took a lot of pix with the missus. i didn’t enjoy the central vietnamese food though. i guess i liked the food in saigon more. but the international cuisine was great. the tuna melt ,chocolate croissant and home made coconut and lemon grass ice creams at cargo club were very good. italian food at good morning vietnam was delicious too. i guess we took a break from vietnamese food here before returning to ngon in saigon (part2 hehe)

so officially we both love vietnam already. despite my earlier observations about their enterprising people. 🙂

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By: Sophie

Sophie — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:18:38 +0000

Even experiences that are annoying then and there, become great stories afterwards. Besides, travelling would be a bit boring if everything went smoothly and everyone were nice all the time, no?

Great post.

By: Camden Luxford

Camden Luxford — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:35:57 +0000

Whoops sorry I almost missed you Nina! Great post, adding it in now.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:15:10 +0000

very nice write up! I love the way you write 🙂 I haven’t had any bad experiences so far but I remember my finacé saying that he was corned into a rug shop twice while he was in India! It was pretty scary daw and I am very thankful that nothing bad happened to him.

By: carlo

carlo — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:36:41 +0000

haha. wow! what an honor to be mentioned in your blog. (this is me right?) haha. thanks for being diplomatic. i think my exact words were “makulit”. beware in ben thanh market, the ladies will poke you on the shoulder for you to visit their stall. argh. yeah i notice in vietnam, they’re very competitive. they really don’t take no for an answer. plus, they understand when you say “mahal” they’ll counter “no, not mahal!” can’t help but compare with the really nice cambodians. oh well. wish us luck. we’re off to saigon and hoi an this weekend. i’ll stay clear of friendly folk offering a ride on a scooter haha. hope to meet nice vietnamese people on this trip.

By: magnetic-rose.net

magnetic-rose.net — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:09:23 +0000

oh lol this reminds me of the time a group of con artists tried to take us for the old tuktuk-and-gems scam. we came across them on a busy street corner while holding a map — that was probably our biggest mistake.

so anyway, they said that tuktuk rides were discounted on that day from 150 THB to 10 THB for a tour which would culminate in a quick stop at a gem store. we knew something was up at the mention of the word “gems” but we decided to go along for as long as it was still okay with us.

we went to about three temples where other locals tried to chat us up when we finally ended up at the gem store — and the store owners didn’t went to let us in because we looked like locals with no cash! on top of that, the tuktuk driver left in disgust — without getting paid!

so yeah, we scored a free tour, didn’t have to buy any gems, and pissed off a gem scam circle — fun! if there’s a lesson to be learned from this, it’s that if you keep your wits about you, you can turn a negative experience into a positive 😀