A boy backpacks travel to Vietnam for the holidays, a two-day tour guide to Ho Chi Minh

I went to Vietnam during this holiday and stayed in Ho Chi Minh City for a day and a half. Let me tell you about my strategy and experience:

1. Regarding Vietnam visas, there are separate paper visas/electronic visas/visas on arrival. I got a separate paper visa in advance through an agent in China. If you plan to enter Vietnam with a visa on arrival, you must also get a landing approval document in China in advance. Without the approval document, China will refuse you boarding.

2. I queued up normally for customs clearance with a separate paper visa. I didn’t give tips, nor was I asked for tips. I passed customs smoothly.

3. There is no need to exchange Vietnamese dong and US dollars in advance. There is an ATM after landing and passing customs. You can withdraw cash directly with UnionPay cards. BIDV has the cheapest handling fee, and a handling fee of US$1.5 is charged for each withdrawal.

4. After leaving the airport, you must use Grab to take a taxi by yourself, and don’t take a black car! I got cheated out of 500,000 yuan by taking a black car

5. Ho Chi Minh City has many attractions, and you can visit them all in one day. Recommended one-day Tour route: Pink Church → Book Street → Notre Dame Cathedral → Central Post Office → Museum → City Hall → Grand Theater → Coffee Apartment → Saigon Riverside Sunset → Double-decker Bus at Night → Pham Ngu Lao Street

6. I recommend you to take a Saigon River cruise to watch the sunset in the evening, navigate to Saigon Waterbus Station, and then take a double-decker bus at night after the cruise, navigate to the LV store, and you can see the ticket seller at the door. These two itineraries are what I feel are more fun after a day of shopping

7. Don't buy fruits from carts on the roadside! The boss specially brought me a fresh mangosteen to try, but I bought a bag and found that most of them were bad

[Some feelings]

The former Saigon and the current Ho Chi Minh City have an indescribable sense of separation. Some places have tall buildings that are as prosperous as Shanghai, while some places are dirty and messy. I can't imagine that this is the largest city in Vietnam; some small shops look shabby on the outside, but they are very exquisite and interesting when you walk in.

There are more motorcycles here than in Bangkok, and people give way to cars is their unique order. There are cafes everywhere, and the coconut coffee is delicious. The temperature is 40 degrees, and I sweat profusely after walking two steps. I can't stand it.
Maybe it's because I just went to Japan and Thailand not long ago, and my expectations are quite high, but there is still a gap between the actual Travel experience and expectations. Although there are pitfalls, I also met a lot of nice people, such as the security uncle who took the initiative to help me take pictures in front of the pink church.

Good experience, bad experience, are all experience. This is the meaning of travel.