The intersection you got to at 22:08 is where a busy nightlife scene takes place including the roads leading off of it in all directions. It's a very vibrant and interesting scene with both lots of Vietnamese locals and tourists drinking at the dozens of street bars. Also there are several discos in the area.
Hanoi is probably my favorite city I've ever visited. It's alive and real . It's far more traditional than Ho Chi Minh City and far prettier too. So much of the city is really attractive and interesting and even spooky but I felt rather safe exploring. Plus, the people are so welcoming. I ate worm meatloaf near the old city gate. Gabriel, I was so afraid you would skip Hanoi. Try their coffee. I'm not a giant coffee fan but I loved it there. I think I could live there some day. Have fun !
Vietnam is the food heaven. Even Anthony Bourdain fell in love with Vietnamese foods. All Chefs around the world like Gordon Ramsay come to Vietnam to try Vietnamese foods as well as learn to cook some of their dishes. Did you try Vietnamese's Egg coffee, coconut coffee, back and white coffee, or ice coffee yet?
We absolutely loved the food in Vietnam!! We don't care much about chefs, celebrities or whatever reviews. Just go out there and getting lost finding some amazing home food restaurants...so delicious!
I have visited 4 major cities during my recent visit to Vietnam, starting from Hanoi, Da Nang, Nha Trang and finally Ho Chi Minh. I definitely like Hanoi far more than Ho Chi Minh (or Saigon). Weather was more pleasant in Hanoi.
Also I don’t know if you’ve used this service yet but Grab is like the Uber of Vietnam and you can get very cheap rides throughout the city either in motorbike or by car.
You don't be bored in Vietnam...so much different in each region in term of landscape, climate, people, dialects, culture, beliefs. Should you visit Saigon, its vibe is in much larger scale. Thanks for sharing your authentic video. Great work!
@Tuan Thai well, there are many places with dirt and trash, but that can change! and also there are very nice and clean places. with a little bit of effort we thing the government and the people can educate new generations to care more about the environment. If people like you make other people aware of the problem, it will start changing soon!
@Tuan Thai I got what you mean as lot of things need to be changed. However, I look at things in different perspectives and try not to compare. VNese are very hard working people since no support from government by all mean most of them have to find ways to make money to support their family, struggle to get their daily meet for survival. The vibe or chaos from street scenes are evidents of all that. The country has just recently opened door to outside world including tourism. I hope people are learning and improving every day to catch up with basic standard, more importantly the government should be more organized and proactive in their part....
This city is amazing. Don't forget to visit the train street in old quarter and wait the train to come by. There are several times the train passes through the city.
Oh my! Sensory overload. I'm surprised there aren't more collisions or accidents. It doesn't seem like honking one's horn would really help that much since they are going off constantly! As I continue to travel vicariously through you, Gabe, I thank you!
At 23:20 you were walking back in the direction of the Lake. You'd made a fairly big circle. My hotel was on Pho Hang Bac Street and you passed it about the time you wondered aloud if you were getting turned around.
I like the abundance of colour everywhere and the friendliness of the people. On the other hand, the deluge of motorcycles with their exhaust fumes . . . Not for asthma sufferers!
@@GabrielTravelerVideos I feel like Vietnam has it all, some good beaches, great food, great scenery, great weather, its cheap, friendly people, lots of history. I think you could spend a few months here...maybe longer
I was in Hanoi 6 weeks after you and the heat and humidity were brutal. The city is fascinating and I was with a group of French folks. We later visited many of the former French Indo-China War battlefields. I missed Dien Bien Phu and plan to return to see it.
We were lucky to bump into these ladies selling sticky rice from their baskets early in the morning in the old quarter of Hanoi and it was the best!!! I love Hanoi. Pho Hang Thiec, is where my grandfather had his hardware business and where my uncles still own the house.
lol I got that same rain jacket, been using it a lot lately, its been raining a lot here in Los Angeles. Still amazes me what they can carry on a Scooter or bicycle.
Quite the clumsy ballet of traffic. I'm surprised there aren't more incidents...what a traffic cluster****. But it's good to know people are the same everywhere. Everybody has their face in their phone! Another great video Gabriel. Hanoi has that kind of authentic, gritty feel unlike Tokyo. Keep 'em coming man.
U were lost a few times. If you are standing with ur back to Hoan Kiem facing Hang Dao, the old quarter is from that street to the left and all left of that street. U actually walked down some of them in the beginning.
What a vibrant place! I’m always scoping out places online for where I might teach English in a few years and live fairly cheaply. Hanoi looks like a good contender. I’ll have to research more. Certainly it looks like an incredible city to visit! 👍🏼✌🏼
YT Viewer I’ll check it out. I was teaching English in 1990 in the PRC. I’ve lived overseas. It’s safer being in most countries where guns are not legal and prevalent. I worry more about getting shot in the US than I’d ever worry about getting hurt in other countries. People VASTLY overestimate dangers for women overseas and it’s largely from ignorance and never having lived overseas themselves.
Thank you very much your video . Ha Noi is my city .my home far from there 10km. I living in Greece. I miss Ha Noi. I hope you enjoy your time in Ha Noi.great!
Just started watching, hope you try egg coffee. Its famous and from Hanoi. Also beer hoi. When I was there in 2014 beer hoi was 6k for a glass. 10 cents roughly.
Funny, I just got back to my hotel room a few minutes ago. It was a nice scene by the lake. Do you live in Hanoi or traveling here? I think you said before but I forget.
Hanoi is a great city...i love strolling around there ❤️ Don't miss out on the cool Nhat Tan Bridge after sunset. Pasing over the bridge by car or bike is like being in the movie Blade Runner.
I understand that the locals try to ask for a higher price, but would it kill you to spend more than a dollar or two?? These people are trying to survive. Survive is totally different than "making a living". Don't be cheap!
Hey Gabriel we saw you in Hue having a drink by the river! Cool videos my kids like the channel. We were just living in Hanoi enjoyed watching those streets again.
Wowww what a nice busy city of Hanoi Vietnam nice local People and markets foods, thank u so much sir Gabe keep safe Godbless u from solid fan viewer from the Philippines sir vhin 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🙂🙂🙏🙏🙏👍👍👏👏👏👏👏🙂🙂🙏👍👍
In Hanoi you should try Bia Hoi (local beer). Unfortunately those places serving it around the old town are gone low by numbers, probably due to increased rental prices.
You were totally inside the old quarter, the French quarter is next to the old quarter and next to the Hoan Kiem lake. When you see the Opera house, legend metropole hotel or some nice villas, you will definitely be sure that you are inside the French quarter. The vibes there is more chill, and relax than the old quarter, maybe because there arent many bussinesses and shops in the French quarter
We don’t call it the French quarter. Why do you insist on following them to give the area this wrong name? Stop trying to be a western ass kisser. There’s no such thing called French quarter in Hanoi or China beach in Danang. Foreigners need to be corrected not the other way around.
another fantastic video! these videos make me feel super nostalgic because my trip to vietnam ended right before yours began. what a great country. also, i think you would have a great time in china. it is a bit more challenging in certain ways than vietnam (we went from china to vietnam overland), particularly the language barrier and maps apps/internet not working properly.......but it is seriously an adventure. some incredible things to see there as well. we only were in the south, though.
Hope you didn't end up at the bottom of the lake. ...lol. Enjoying your videos. Always wanted to go to Greece and Italy but with everything that's going on in this world I just don't feel comfortable doing it. So I enjoy it thru you. Hope you're enjoying it as much as you appear to be.
I love your vlogs, walk and talk at the same time and keeping the camera from not moving all over the place is a real skill . @ 9:31, you ended up at the bottom of the lake and you didn't drown? lol
The donut lady sellers are very persistent and funny. $2 is pretty high even though it is a big bag, one piece is probably around 5 cents or 1,000 dong.
Absolutely that bag is never 50000. Unfortunately in Hanoi you have to be haggling all the time. In small cities you nearly always get the local price because they don't deal with tourists all the time. Still really like Hanoi hope you tried the bia hoi
Best to keep a notepad with you so that you can write down numbers, if say you want to bargain prices down. Since everyone understands numbers when written down, rather than spoken in the VERRRY THICKLY accented English, writing numbers down is always the way to go. Now, when you do so, please remember to use periods rather than commas like we do when we write numbers, higher than say 1,000. ;)
FYI - I never saw those coolie-style hats during my 2 stints of four months each in China. But the chaotic traffic with the problems of crossing the street definitely remind me of China as well as older streets of older Chinese cities’ neighborhoods.
I much prefer Phu Quoc weather. I had some regrets for not going north of Nha Trang but they disappear even more with this video. I felt so miserable with bad weather in Laos, i m good without it for a good while.
The conical hat is only for women and all Vietnamese women learn to make them themselves and they can begin wearing them at age 16. A authentic conical hat will have 16 rings around it and those that don’t are cheap knockoffs. Traditionally Vietnamese men will judge a women’s intelligence by how nice her hat is.
Hey Gabriel! I’ve never seen this asked or answered in any of your videos but do you happen to have a favorite place to travel? Also, what has stood out to you as the most beautiful place you’ve ever been? I’m curious as you’ve been all over
I love all your videos. One day I'll go to Vietnam in my travels. But, I will avoid Hanoi. Just seems to chaotic and claustrophobic to me. I'll stick to some of the other areas you explored there.
It seems, and it is! But we think it's a part of the country that needs to be explored too! And it's goot to 'suffer' the hectic city to indulge yourself later to the countryside, the mountains or the beach area! Really!
With your videos i really getting a good impression of a city i have an anxiety of travelling i am afraid to leave my comfortzone please can you give me some safety tips so i can overcome my fears. I went to Morocco but as soon i ve been there i shut down afraid to leave my hotel ending seeing nothing.
love this trip. thanks for posting. very interesting. i 've been to several cities down south different times 50+ yrs ago. nha trang was really nice,great beach.
Do your home work mate! The crafts or guilds of each area gave the names to the streets of the quarter, so that most streets acquired names starting with hàng ("wares"), such as Hàng Tre street ("bamboo wares street") and Hàng Đồng street ("copper wares street"). Hang Can for stationery, Hang Dau for shoes, Hang Buom for candies and wine, Thuoc Bac for tools, Cau Go for women's accessories, Hang Gai for silk, Hang Hom for lacquerware and bamboo, Hang Bac (Silver Street), Hang Ma (Paper Offerings Street), Hang Nam (Gravestone Street), and Hang Gai (silk and paintings), Hang Son (“Paint Street”) which has been renamed “Cha Ca”, Hang Mam is the union of two old streets: an eastern offshoot called Hang Trung and the original Hang Mam. The name is derived from the various kinds of mam, or fish sauces, that are produced and sold here, as well as other sea products.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos No you didnt! You just said about the old quarter being 500 yrs old, u turned into food street spoke to a guy outside a hole in the wall (their food shop) and asked is this the old quarter? He thought u wanted something to eat, he didnt understand English. But u never spoke about the names of the street and what the sold 500yrs ago. Many of the 36 streets dont sell the original wares. Ur saying Hoan Kiem was terrible.
@@shivaghazal Check at 14:08, I explained how different wares were sold in different sectors of the Old Quarter and that's where the names of the streets come from.
vietnamese cuisine is very refined, one of the best in the world. One of the best memories of my trip in Vietnam
My wife is from Vietnam. Been there 3 times. Never get tired of it...
buy her on the internet?
The intersection you got to at 22:08 is where a busy nightlife scene takes place including the roads leading off of it in all directions. It's a very vibrant and interesting scene with both lots of Vietnamese locals and tourists drinking at the dozens of street bars. Also there are several discos in the area.
Hi Gabriel! Thanks for taking us back to the amazing Hanoi! oooh man! we miss the food there! and the kidness of people!
Hanoi is probably my favorite city I've ever visited. It's alive and real . It's far more traditional than Ho Chi Minh City and far prettier too. So much of the city is really attractive and interesting and even spooky but I felt rather safe exploring. Plus, the people are so welcoming. I ate worm meatloaf near the old city gate. Gabriel, I was so afraid you would skip Hanoi. Try their coffee. I'm not a giant coffee fan but I loved it there. I think I could live there some day. Have fun !
Those worms are not from the ground. Believe it or not. They are farm raised.
Hue is more traditional than Hanoi.
swampzoid agreed!!
Your Vietnam blogs are fantastic.More please.
Vietnam is the food heaven. Even Anthony Bourdain fell in love with Vietnamese foods. All Chefs around the world like Gordon Ramsay come to Vietnam to try Vietnamese foods as well as learn to cook some of their dishes. Did you try Vietnamese's Egg coffee, coconut coffee, back and white coffee, or ice coffee yet?
We absolutely loved the food in Vietnam!! We don't care much about chefs, celebrities or whatever reviews. Just go out there and getting lost finding some amazing home food restaurants...so delicious!
Visit real food markets and you may get more picky.
I have visited 4 major cities during my recent visit to Vietnam, starting from Hanoi, Da Nang, Nha Trang and finally Ho Chi Minh. I definitely like Hanoi far more than Ho Chi Minh (or Saigon). Weather was more pleasant in Hanoi.
Been to Vietnam several times in the last 15 years and I’m still amazed on what they carry on their scooters !
Also I don’t know if you’ve used this service yet but Grab is like the Uber of Vietnam and you can get very cheap rides throughout the city either in motorbike or by car.
Yeah! Grab was super useful for us!
We used über in Hanoi. So cheap and easy!
You don't be bored in Vietnam...so much different in each region in term of landscape, climate, people, dialects, culture, beliefs. Should you visit Saigon, its vibe is in much larger scale.
Thanks for sharing your authentic video. Great work!
True! That's why we got a 3 months visa, to explore as much as possible!
@Tuan Thai well, there are many places with dirt and trash, but that can change! and also there are very nice and clean places. with a little bit of effort we thing the government and the people can educate new generations to care more about the environment. If people like you make other people aware of the problem, it will start changing soon!
@Tuan Thai I got what you mean as lot of things need to be changed. However, I look at things in different perspectives and try not to compare. VNese are very hard working people since no support from government by all mean most of them have to find ways to make money to support their family, struggle to get their daily meet for survival. The vibe or chaos from street scenes are evidents of all that. The country has just recently opened door to outside world including tourism. I hope people are learning and improving every day to catch up with basic standard, more importantly the government should be more organized and proactive in their part....
It's mind boggling the amount of traffic and pedestrians. Interesting to see that sidewalks are for the motorcycles, crazy...
What a busy, beautiful city!
This city is amazing. Don't forget to visit the train street in old quarter and wait the train to come by. There are several times the train passes through the city.
Oh my! Sensory overload. I'm surprised there aren't more collisions or accidents. It doesn't seem like honking one's horn would really help that much since they are going off constantly! As I continue to travel vicariously through you, Gabe, I thank you!
At 23:20 you were walking back in the direction of the Lake. You'd made a fairly big circle. My hotel was on Pho Hang Bac Street and you passed it about the time you wondered aloud if you were getting turned around.
You're making me want to go back to Vietnam now! 😁
Only Jews can afford to travel the world without a Job.
you win the best bs comment of the day.@@SonsoftheEagle
I like the abundance of colour everywhere and the friendliness of the people. On the other hand, the deluge of motorcycles with their exhaust fumes . . . Not for asthma sufferers!
I spent 3 weeks in Vietnam... didnt even scratch the surface, dying to go back soon.
Yeah that's where I'm at, three weeks isn't enough time to get deep into Vietnam.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos I feel like Vietnam has it all, some good beaches, great food, great scenery, great weather, its cheap, friendly people, lots of history. I think you could spend a few months here...maybe longer
No doubt.
Just left there and I agree Vietnam is awesome cant wait to get back there.
Hey Gabriel! Thank you for this new video and for giving me the possibility to see interesting parts of the world! Greetings from Italy!
The conical hats are commonplace.
They are protective of water, sun and wind, sometimes, as well.
I was in Hanoi 6 weeks after you and the heat and humidity were brutal. The city is fascinating and I was with a group of French folks. We later visited many of the former French Indo-China War battlefields. I missed Dien Bien Phu and plan to return to see it.
We were lucky to bump into these ladies selling sticky rice from their baskets early in the morning in the old quarter of Hanoi and it was the best!!! I love Hanoi. Pho Hang Thiec, is where my grandfather had his hardware business and where my uncles still own the house.
lol I got that same rain jacket, been using it a lot lately, its been raining a lot here in Los Angeles.
Still amazes me what they can carry on a Scooter or bicycle.
"It's amazing what they carry on these motorbikes" Haha...for sure. I once saw a guy carrying a full sized refrigerator in Vietnam.
So many westerners on the streets. What a friendly and bustling vibe!!!!!
Quite the clumsy ballet of traffic. I'm surprised there aren't more incidents...what a traffic cluster****. But it's good to know people are the same everywhere. Everybody has their face in their phone! Another great video Gabriel. Hanoi has that kind of authentic, gritty feel unlike Tokyo. Keep 'em coming man.
Really enjoying your Vietnam videos I’m doing Asia for three months in November can’t wait !
I’m heading to Thailand for two months on Monday, then Indonesia and finally Vietnam in July, interested to see where you’ll head next!
Amazing, all i need for today's evening are popcorn and your video.
A and they protect the head from coconuts falling.
Wonderful video tour of the streets of Hanoi. Very nice!
Cool presentation Gabriel. After watching this video a have decided that Vietnam is a must to visit .
I am flying to Hanoi on 19 April and then on to many of the towns along the old French RC 4 and then, on to DIEN BIEN PHU.
U were lost a few times. If you are standing with ur back to Hoan Kiem facing Hang Dao, the old quarter is from that street to the left and all left of that street. U actually walked down some of them in the beginning.
What a vibrant place! I’m always scoping out places online for where I might teach English in a few years and live fairly cheaply. Hanoi looks like a good contender. I’ll have to research more. Certainly it looks like an incredible city to visit! 👍🏼✌🏼
Take a look at Edges Of Earth channel. He taught English and lived in the countryside of Vietnam. But as a female safety is your first concern.
YT Viewer I’ll check it out. I was teaching English in 1990 in the PRC. I’ve lived overseas. It’s safer being in most countries where guns are not legal and prevalent. I worry more about getting shot in the US than I’d ever worry about getting hurt in other countries. People VASTLY overestimate dangers for women overseas and it’s largely from ignorance and never having lived overseas themselves.
Great video, this is definitely a city of motorbikes.
Ciao... Gabriel... Grazie mille... For this video... Amazing... You have done a top job... Bravissimo... Like always... 👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
Thank you very much your video . Ha Noi is my city .my home far from there 10km. I living in Greece. I miss Ha Noi. I hope you enjoy your time in Ha Noi.great!
Just started watching, hope you try egg coffee. Its famous and from Hanoi. Also beer hoi. When I was there in 2014 beer hoi was 6k for a glass. 10 cents roughly.
I love your videos, thanks to them I'm traveling with confidence. I was in Cuba last year and going to Vietnam in a few days.
Excellent!
The motorcycles are crazy there, why all the side walks are packed with parked motorcycles leaving people to walk on the roads?
Great video! I'm going downtown later today for when the streets close up to make it an all-walking area around the lake =)
I'm going there right now, if you see me say hello.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Just left, didn't see you ;)
Funny, I just got back to my hotel room a few minutes ago. It was a nice scene by the lake. Do you live in Hanoi or traveling here? I think you said before but I forget.
looks like a nice place
It's called HOAN KIEM lake and means the small lake in Vietnamese. I stayed five minutes from the roundabout and fountain in your video.
Hanoi is a great city...i love strolling around there ❤️ Don't miss out on the cool Nhat Tan Bridge after sunset. Pasing over the bridge by car or bike is like being in the movie Blade Runner.
Damn bro! You've been everywhere! Every time I look up videos of different countries your channel pops up! haha
Sweet, that's good news. 👍
I understand that the locals try to ask for a higher price, but would it kill you to spend more than a dollar or two?? These people are trying to survive. Survive is totally different than "making a living". Don't be cheap!
Amazing Gabriel 😊 love all the shops and food, looks like you could walk forever. Thanks! Stay safe ❤
Did you visit St, Joseph's Cathedral? I attended Easter Mass there (despite being Protestant).
Nice footage about Vietnam street scene. Thanks for sharing.
Did you visit the city of Ghosts yet? It is the most beautiful cemetery ever.
I like how Denmark and the Netherlands are all bicycles.. Then south eastern Asia all MOPEDS
lol
this is why european are tall,, while asian are short..
@@RezaOLine lol. It's the heat. Climate differences and diet.
You were in the Old Quarter the minute you walked away from the Lake.
Hey Gabriel we saw you in Hue having a drink by the river! Cool videos my kids like the channel. We were just living in Hanoi enjoyed watching those streets again.
No way, that's funny. Yeah I was sitting there with my friend Ellen waiting for our overnight train.
Wowww what a nice busy city of Hanoi Vietnam nice local People and markets foods, thank u so much sir Gabe keep safe Godbless u from solid fan viewer from the Philippines sir vhin 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🙂🙂🙏🙏🙏👍👍👏👏👏👏👏🙂🙂🙏👍👍
In Hanoi you should try Bia Hoi (local beer). Unfortunately those places serving it around the old town are gone low by numbers, probably due to increased rental prices.
You were totally inside the old quarter, the French quarter is next to the old quarter and next to the Hoan Kiem lake. When you see the Opera house, legend metropole hotel or some nice villas, you will definitely be sure that you are inside the French quarter. The vibes there is more chill, and relax than the old quarter, maybe because there arent many bussinesses and shops in the French quarter
Great, thanks.
We don’t call it the French quarter. Why do you insist on following them to give the area this wrong name? Stop trying to be a western ass kisser. There’s no such thing called French quarter in Hanoi or China beach in Danang. Foreigners need to be corrected not the other way around.
@@Lol-ok9kl So what do you call it exactly?
Chính Phạm it’s called quận Ba Đình and old quarter is Phố cổ.
Chính Phạm District Ba Dinh
the traffic here would drive me nuts
Great video 👍 Mr.gabriel thanks for sharing !!!!!!
Damn... I miss Hanoi
Also, sidewalks in Vietnam were not made for walking 😔
They can be used for traffic anytime of day and sometimes can be used for walking.
another fantastic video! these videos make me feel super nostalgic because my trip to vietnam ended right before yours began. what a great country. also, i think you would have a great time in china. it is a bit more challenging in certain ways than vietnam (we went from china to vietnam overland), particularly the language barrier and maps apps/internet not working properly.......but it is seriously an adventure. some incredible things to see there as well. we only were in the south, though.
number of 2 wheelers is amazing
Hope you didn't end up at the bottom of the lake. ...lol. Enjoying your videos. Always wanted to go to Greece and Italy but with everything that's going on in this world I just don't feel comfortable doing it. So I enjoy it thru you. Hope you're enjoying it as much as you appear to be.
Also thought I'd want to go to India but after seeing your videos i changed my mind. Seemed loud, dirty and crowded.
Nice video Gabriel 👌 ✌️
Pretty interesting how many tourists are there. I want to motorcycle Vietnam so bad and see the rural areas too!
I love your vlogs, walk and talk at the same time and keeping the camera from not moving all over the place is a real skill . @ 9:31, you ended up at the bottom of the lake and you didn't drown? lol
One of my superpowers!
i think the donut ball you ate at the beginning of the video is called banh cam.
The donut lady sellers are very persistent and funny. $2 is pretty high even though it is a big bag, one piece is probably around 5 cents or 1,000 dong.
How much is the real price for a bag?
Stop trying to be cheap. Western tourists now have the reputation for being cheap. 2000 is not even a lot for a poor Vietnamese.
Absolutely that bag is never 50000. Unfortunately in Hanoi you have to be haggling all the time. In small cities you nearly always get the local price because they don't deal with tourists all the time. Still really like Hanoi hope you tried the bia hoi
Best to keep a notepad with you so that you can write down numbers, if say you want to bargain prices down. Since everyone understands numbers when written down, rather than spoken in the VERRRY THICKLY accented English, writing numbers down is always the way to go.
Now, when you do so, please remember to use periods rather than commas like we do when we write numbers, higher than say 1,000. ;)
Nope. The honking would drive me crazy! Must be the after school rush to get home.
FYI - I never saw those coolie-style hats during my 2 stints of four months each in China. But the chaotic traffic with the problems of crossing the street definitely remind me of China as well as older streets of older Chinese cities’ neighborhoods.
I see, thanks.
I much prefer Phu Quoc weather. I had some regrets for not going north of Nha Trang but they disappear even more with this video. I felt so miserable with bad weather in Laos, i m good without it for a good while.
Hi Gabriel, I'm sure you either going to Laos, Cambodia, Burma or the Philippines or maybe Myanmar.
Good guesses but nope! All places I've been to, this one is a new destination for me. By the way Burma and Myanmar are the same. :)
wow, that "donut" looks yummy! making me want to make donuts with frozen liquid sugar! lol! lovely!
I will be there in November! Thank you for the video!! You are the best youtuber!!
Good tour ! Enjoyed it !!
Wow, reminds me a lot of Bangkok. Cool video!
Gabriel - Head to Ho Chi Minh mausoleum while you are there. Interesting and you can also see his house where he lived during the war.
The conical hat is only for women and all Vietnamese women learn to make them themselves and they can begin wearing them at age 16. A authentic conical hat will have 16 rings around it and those that don’t are cheap knockoffs. Traditionally Vietnamese men will judge a women’s intelligence by how nice her hat is.
Wow, thanks for the insight, I'm Vietnamese and I never knew this before!
Cool.
❤ cool ❤ I've just learned something about Vietnamese conical hat culture.
Wtff I have never heard of this. This is the most bs thing ever
Motorbike Mania...... Safe Travels Gabe.. :)
Hey Gabriel! I’ve never seen this asked or answered in any of your videos but do you happen to have a favorite place to travel? Also, what has stood out to you as the most beautiful place you’ve ever been? I’m curious as you’ve been all over
Im moving to danang for work when lockdown is over.. it better come soon
I love all your videos. One day I'll go to Vietnam in my travels. But, I will avoid Hanoi. Just seems to chaotic and claustrophobic to me. I'll stick to some of the other areas you explored there.
It seems, and it is! But we think it's a part of the country that needs to be explored too! And it's goot to 'suffer' the hectic city to indulge yourself later to the countryside, the mountains or the beach area! Really!
I was going to say many videos ago don’t fall for the donut hustles or the basket ladies that try to take your pic with the fruit baskets lol
Yes, do a bus trip in Hanoi :) i would like to see where it takes you.
Loving your Vietnam videos
Been there ten years ago
With your videos i really getting a good impression of a city i have an anxiety of travelling i am afraid to leave my comfortzone please can you give me some safety tips so i can overcome my fears. I went to Morocco but as soon i ve been there i shut down afraid to leave my hotel ending seeing nothing.
love this trip. thanks for posting. very interesting. i 've been to several cities down south different times 50+ yrs ago. nha trang was really nice,great beach.
Loved Hanoi. Great city!. Better than Ho chi min IMO
hi gabriel hanoi one of my fav places i,ll be back
Great shot at 2:58
maybe Canadians could start the timbit hussle on the street corners here and pick up a few extra bucks ...
amazing video
Thanks.
Do your home work mate! The crafts or guilds of each area gave the names to the streets of the quarter, so that most streets acquired names starting with hàng ("wares"), such as Hàng Tre street ("bamboo wares street") and Hàng Đồng street ("copper wares street").
Hang Can for stationery, Hang Dau for shoes, Hang Buom for candies and wine, Thuoc Bac for tools, Cau Go for women's accessories, Hang Gai for silk, Hang Hom for lacquerware and bamboo, Hang Bac (Silver Street), Hang Ma (Paper Offerings Street), Hang Nam (Gravestone Street), and Hang Gai (silk and paintings), Hang Son (“Paint Street”) which has been renamed “Cha Ca”, Hang Mam is the union of two old streets: an eastern offshoot called Hang Trung and the original Hang Mam. The name is derived from the various kinds of mam, or fish sauces, that are produced and sold here, as well as other sea products.
I talked about that at 12:40 in the video.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos No you didnt! You just said about the old quarter being 500 yrs old, u turned into food street spoke to a guy outside a hole in the wall (their food shop) and asked is this the old quarter? He thought u wanted something to eat, he didnt understand English. But u never spoke about the names of the street and what the sold 500yrs ago. Many of the 36 streets dont sell the original wares. Ur saying Hoan Kiem was terrible.
@@shivaghazal Check at 14:08, I explained how different wares were sold in different sectors of the Old Quarter and that's where the names of the streets come from.
! What a honking happy place I love it 👍 meep meep
Small roads, designed and built long time ago. They should change to one way street :)