What the Pho! FIRST DAY in Vietnam! 🇻🇳

In the first episode, let's give our viewers a proper experience of Hanoi by having a good breakfast. Missy, are you not going to show your chopstick skill? See, these are nice chopsticks. This looks like beef. Look at the meat guys. Missy, what's my new name? Wen. My new name has been revealed to me. It's Wen. Today, Wen and Missy are travelling to Vietnam. So it's a big day for the channel which is still called DC Traveller. Even though my name is Wen, I'll have to check with YouTube how frequently I can change the channel name. So we are travelling to Vietnam. Missy, even though we are going outside of India, I think you won't feel very far from home. Because Vietnam is very much like the northeast of India. Or so we've heard. So now we are going to find out, tomorrow when we reach there, how similar or different it is from the northeast of India. Join us to find out. In the last few series, if you've watched us, you've seen that in the first episode, we normally start from wherever we are. And then we reach the place at the end of the episode. And then the vlog ends. And then you get to see that place from the second episode onwards. But this time, we are not going to show only our journey in this episode. This is episode number one of the Vietnam series. So probably the first half of this episode we'll keep for our journey. And maybe after 10 or 15 minutes, you will see us in Vietnam. So keep watching. Always faster than me. So we reached Guwahati airport in 4 hours. Exactly 4 hours. Without traffic, it is supposed to take 2 and a half hours. Now we have checked in our baggage. Done the security check. And we also learned that our immigration will be done in Kolkata. When embassy has arrived in Kolkata. And now, it's 6.30. Our next flight is around 9.30 or so. So we'll get done with the immigration. And then, we'll have our dinner also. Missy has still not gotten used to this. We are getting ready to get out of India. To go out of India, we should say. Get out of India does not sound right. Immigration is done now. Our passports are stamped. Security check is also done for the international flight. So now, we are all set to go. We will actually go out before we did the immigration. But because this is our first time doing all this. We decided not to take a chance. And go out of the airport just to have food. Because then after coming back in. We would have to search for the immigration counter and everything. Although, it was not hard at all. Missy, we are leaving India now. Time to go. After 30 minutes, we'll be out of India. Now, this flight is about 4 hours. We'll be reaching Hanoi. According to India time, around 2 in the morning. And it will be 3.30 in Vietnam. Just posted the last selfie from India. For our Instagram channel. If you are not following our broadcast channel. DC Traveler Insiders. Then go to our Instagram page. And you can follow to get the live updates. Now, we are really tired. We left Shillong at around 10 in the morning. And now we'll reach Hanoi. In, I think, about 4 hours from now. And then we have to wait for the bus. Before that, we have to exchange some currency. We have to buy a SIM card. We'll show you everything. And then we have to go out and wait for the bus. The first bus to start. So, that's bus number 86. That goes from the airport to the city center in Hanoi. We don't know the timings of the bus. But we assume that at 3.30 when we reach there. It won't be running. So, probably we'll have to wait till 5 or 5.30 or so. We'll see. And you will know everything. Now, we are planning to sleep. Get some sleep. So that tomorrow we are fresh for you guys. See you in Hanoi. Nguyen and Missy are now in Vietnam. Now, we will exchange some currency. Look for a SIM card. And then inquire about the bus. Because we want to go by bus. We don't want to take a cab. And we are done with immigration now. Got the baggage. And looks like we are the only flight that arrived right now. Look at the airport. The whole thing, there are the immigration counters. The whole place is empty. There is only one belt where the luggage is coming. And that's ours. And now, we go out from here. The time right now is 5 minutes to 2. Oh no, again, that's India time. Here, the time is 5 minutes to 3.30. And we are yet to exchange the currency. Which we'll do after we go out from here. I've watched so many vlogs of Vietnam. That I just knew that you go out of the airport, you take left. That's where we came out from. We took left and then we get the bus stop here. Bus number 86. Now, while we were exchanging currency, which we did. And we bought the SIM card as well. It's activated instantly. They put the SIM card in your phone. Press some buttons and done. So yeah, bus stop. Now we are here at the bus stop. We learned while exchanging the currency, we asked the person there. What time is the first bus? And they said the first bus is at 6. Yeah, so now, Missy, what's the time now? 3.46. 3.46, yeah. Now, there are so many taxi people here. And they are quite polite, let me tell you that. It's not like what we've seen in India. That you go out of the airport and they run behind you. And almost like grab you. To pull you to their taxi. They are not doing that. They insisted a couple of times. But then once we said we want to wait for the bus. He was like, okay. So, yeah, there are many cabs here. And they also use Grab, which is this mobile app. But we don't want to do that. Because we told you guys that we want to travel like locals here. We want to experience the local life. Now, of course, the locals don't go from airport to the city every day. But then taking the public transport is the idea. Okay, guys, our bus is here. It's going to the location where we want to go. Which is near this lake. I'll just show you the address. Where is it? Yes, yes. Okay. So this is the bus, guys. Where do we sit? Let's sit here. So we can get the view. For our viewers. And we have some other people also joining us. They are also from India. You guys are not coming? Coming, coming. This bus has AC also. So what we've heard is this bus is supposed to cost around $2. But we'll tell you the exact price. I didn't see the bus number 86 written over it. But this is the stop for bus number 86. I showed him the address as you saw. So this bus is taking us there. Let's see how much they charge. I thought so. So he's taken Rs. 100,000. Rs. 100,000 means Rs. 50,000 each. Which means, let's see. Rs. 170. $2. So just as we thought. Now we are off the highway. Into the interiors. This is real annoying. Let's go now. Before we get off the bus. I want to tell you something. Missy is going crazy. Looking at the people who are carrying so many plants on their bikes. I'll show you. Missy you captured it on phone right? I'll put that footage and show you. Missy is just flabbergasted. Seeing those. Missy notices plants and flowers a lot. We are going to click lots of pictures here. Not just portraits. I mean such unusual things that we see. We'll take pictures of that also. So if you are not following us on Instagram. Then this is our Instagram. You should follow. Not only for pictures but for live updates also. Especially on our broadcast channel. And now we are very close. Only 4 minutes remaining. To where we are going. And see how dark it is. Even though it's bright and sunny. Actually. But there are so many trees here. That it's like it's about to rain and it's so gloomy and dark. But not to worry. It's actually very sunny. Now you can see. So this area I think is already all quarters. That's where we are going to stay. That's the city centre. So if you come to Hanoi. Then you should take a stay in old quarters. So everything. That is there to see in the city. Or nearly everything. Is in walking distance. Let's go and see. And we have arrived. At our stop. Let's see how far. Does it show? Walking distance? It's 18 minutes walk. 1.3 kilometers. Oh wow. Look at that. Guys this is Hanoi. This is Vietnam. I want to have pho also. We'll have pho before we reach hotel. Or you want to sleep? You want to sleep first? So we'll drop Missy to hotel. We'll check in. We'll see the hotel. And probably. Nguyen will come out. To have pho. Alone. Let's have now. See there is one. See it's very traditional also. I don't think it has pho though. In the first episode. Let's give our viewers. A proper experience of Hanoi. By having. A good breakfast. The way to cross roads. In Vietnam. Is very simple. It's as. It's the same as. How you cross in India. Just show your hand like this. And cross. Let's have some pho. We'll have one pho. Pho? Pho. How? One. Money. 50,000 and. And 20, 70,000. How much? 70,000. We'll sit with the locals here. They brought another stool also. Very busy. Very busy restaurant. They didn't give us chopsticks. Okay guys. Let us. Click some pictures here. It's a nice background also. With locals. So we'll. We'll first click some pictures. Show you the pictures. And then we'll start eating. Are you not going to show your chopsticks skill? See these are nice chopsticks. This looks like beef. Look at the meat guys. And I'll tell you. On the screen. How much is. 70,000. Vietnamese Dong. 50,000. Was $2 right? 50,000 we paid for bus ticket. For one person. So 70,000. So it's like little over $2. For this. Magnificent looking. Pho. Are you going to eat or not? Hot. It's too hot right now. It's too hot. But it's tasty already. Pho is rice noodles guys. It's rice noodles. So there is minced. Beef it looks like. This looks like. This is also beef only. Yeah. It's all beef. There's no spiciness. There is salt. Rice noodles. This broth has. A very nice taste. But I can't tell you. What all they have put. Do you know what these green leaves are? Whatever it is. It's very tasty. I think we should have some pickle there. Put it. What is this? It's vinegar. And. We'll find out what it is. Maybe garlic. Push it. Garlic and vinegar. It's very good. It took it to the next level. Really. Try it now. This is next level now. Good thing we got only one pho. Because this is huge. Huge portion. For little over two dollars. I hope I have cleaned the mess on my mouth. Nicely. The only thing. Wait. You see. The only thing. That is not so nice right now. Is weather. It's hot. It's close to 30 degrees now. And anything north of 25 degrees. Celsius. Is hot for us. So weather is not very good. But. Look at the people guys. Look at the people. How cute. And. They smile also. You look at them. And they'll smile. And I like the buildings. Not this one of course. But. I showed you the buildings from the bus. Even this you see. French architecture. Because there was French. Colonization. Here in Vietnam. So. A lot of the buildings. In Vietnam. Have influence. Of French. Architecture. How many minutes now? Fourteen. Fourteen minutes. Okay. And something about the pho guys. This pho. Is rice noodles. Not made out of wheat. The noodles that we are used to having. Is either. Made out of wheat. Or white flour. Which is worse than wheat. But noodles which are made out of rice. Are good. And. I think. That's why. Not I think. I'm sure. Because of the. Eating habits. The people here. Are very slim. Not only. In Hanoi. But entire Southeast Asia. Let me try. One cigarette. Of Hanoi. I'm not sure. If they'll give me one cigarette. One. Give me this one. This one I've not seen. The whole packet. One. One stick. How much? Twenty. See how. They always show the money. So that we understand what to give. Twenty. Give me the whole packet. Twenty thousand. Whole packet. Okay. Let's buy whole packet man. It's okay. I don't know if they'll give me. This is twenty thousand. Twenty thousand would be. A little less than one dollar. This traveler is not a fan of smoking though. But. I can't say I don't smoke. So. When we're here. We'll try. Yeah. Hold. Let me try Missy right now. I can smoke here right? No problem? In India in public places you can't. So we have to ask. We don't want to get in trouble. In a foreign country. Is this a women's cigarette? Come on. You speak English? Yeah. What's your name? Name. You don't speak English. I'll have to learn Vietnamese. To ask you what's your name. Vietnam. Okay. Only one for the camera. Hey. Kids watching. Don't learn this. Okay. When is doing it. Only because we are traveling here. But don't do this. Yeah. When you travel somewhere. Experience everything. Within limits. Missy wants to reach hotel. And I can understand why. Even I do. So let's walk now. I asked the woman. If I can walk. While consuming. This piece of work. Look at this. And it's okay. I love this country. Already. See how active people are. I'll come here. I'll play with them. Tomorrow morning I'm coming here. I'll play some badminton. With them. I'm sure they won't mind. This is the cathedral. You must have seen this cathedral. If you watched Vietnam vlogs. This is one of the tourist attractions here. In Hanoi. We'll come and visit the cathedral later. We will come here. Now we are very close. Our hotel owner. Has sent some pictures also. To give us directions. So let me. Look at the pictures. This is the one. This is the alley that we have to go to. I think I see that. So we have to turn. Left from there. Look at this. We'll come tomorrow. No, not tomorrow. We can come. Today also. There are so many eateries right here. It's very common. To go. Into these alleys. People live. In such alleys. Now. Let's look at the picture here. See. There is this board. Red board here. And we have to take. A left here. And then. Straight here. Let's go straight. And then. We have this one. We have to go here. This shuttle. Not here. Here. Sweating. Now. We have to go here. Wow. Such precise directions. Just keep going. And then. There is. A green wall. Okay. Let's. Find a green wall. And there we go. Look at that. You are almost there. It says. And the next picture. Next picture is nothing. Now it's. Okay. Let's ask them now. Hold it. Let me tell them the. Name of the homestay. Amor Fati Home and Travels. Amor. Amor Fati. Okay. Must be this one. Yeah. This is also the same. Homestay. Hold it. They have given the. Code also for this one. 99. I should beep it out. Okay. Somebody is coming. Thank you. Anybody here? Okay. I think we have to go to fifth floor. That's our room. They have given us the code also. Thank you guys. Thank you. Let's go missy. Okay. It's very very narrow. Hold it. Hold the phone actually. And our room is open. Wow. Look at this guys. Coming from that alley. You wouldn't. You wouldn't think that the room. Would be so pretty. But that's our room. They also sent the pictures of the room to us. We have AC by the way. So we'll start the AC. I think we can. Alright. Now we'll. End the vlog here guys. Well. There is not much of a view here. But the room is pretty decent as you see. You see the bathroom. Quite nice. Look at my face. Alright guys. I hope. You enjoyed. This. Episode 1. And this is just. The beginning. Of Vietnam series. Nguyen. And Missy. Will sign off. And we'll see you. In the afternoon or evening. From Hanoi. Signing off. Leave. Sleep now.