Day in the Life | 2 Americans Living In Vietnam Countryside 🇻🇳

Day in the life of two Americans in rural Vietnam. You kind of have your basic needs met. Food about a dollar. Coffee less than a dollar. We usually just eat rice or rice noodles. We're paying $30 each person. We don't even have a stove. We're the only foreigners in this area. They want to integrate you into the community. A lot of people say life is not easy for locals. What do you say about that? No, I feel really comfortable here. Yes. All right. You like what? Reboating new. That's great. Supermarket shopping in Vietnam. We take our shoes off here to get in the house. We got the food, but our table is gone. The food over there. You do realize how little you actually need to be happy and to have fun. Hey, everybody. I'm Ross. I'm going to show you the apartment. Follow me. I paid $60 to rent the apartment, but I got a roommate, Corey. Say hi. Hey, how's it going? Basically, I was texting him. I was like, hey, man, I moved to rural Vietnam. So a little bit outside of the city of Da Nang. And he's like, well, how did you get there, blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, come check it out, man. If you want, you can room with me or in this place nearby. So it just kind of all fell in place. And we were both kind of wanting more of an authentic experience and practice the language more. The basic amenities go on in. So this is where Corey sleeps. He didn't have a mattress for a while. Slept on the floor. How was that for you? It was fun, actually. So now you see, we got the fans. Again, we're paying the total of $30 each person. So we don't even have a stove. We just have this tea kettle that heats up water for instant noodles. And then we'll just go have lunch and stuff outside. Funny thing about the bathroom is the shower's right there, right by the toilet. And then just the water goes down there. Simple living, I think they call it. And just space to have the bed, you have the fan. I moved to the countryside because I got an English teaching gig here. It's a lot calmer. It's a lot simpler. People say hi to you. Oh, also, it's 86 degrees out, but we wear a jacket and a hood because it blocks you from the sun. It's not the hustle and bustle of the city, but it's more relaxing and calm. Yeah, let's go. So you guys, a lot of people come here at 6 AM to the cafes. Vietnamese people tend to wake up really early. We're here at like 8. That's another thing that's great about living here, is you kind of have your basic needs met. Like right now, we're getting a coffee. It's going to be less than $1 a piece. And because it's not the city, you're not pounded with all these restaurants, all these clubs, all these things to do. It's more of a peaceful, chill experience. And then when you go to the city, we go for a specific purpose. They give you rice tea with a lot of the orders. And a lot of times, if you stay a long time, they'll keep refilling it. Cafe au lait, condensed milk, and starting the day. Stay and play. I think she's saying that we can come back. Ah, okay. Cảm ơn. We stayed for about an hour, a little over an hour. And she was just like, come back, you can come back and play. You're not getting rushed out. So now we're going to get some breakfast. I don't know what it is, because it's about 9.30, but people kind of eat whenever they want here. So there's not a whole lot of options because we're in the countryside. So we usually just eat rice or rice noodles. All the places have free water and or tea. So let's see what they got here. So you can't drink the water in Vietnam. Cory made a good video about that. But you can drink the tea. So on top of the food being about $1, $1.50, the tea and the water is free. So vegetarian noodles, we got like some green onions there. And I guess you're supposed to put the salad in with the noodles. We learned from Kyu, our friend that's a local. When you take the chopsticks, just wipe them off a little bit. Or spoon, same thing. And we got some chili sauce there. Let's eat. The crazy thing is we're the only foreigners in this area. I haven't seen one other foreigner here. But the perks of that is the people, I guess, are a little more welcoming. They're a little more curious to meet you. A lot of times, kids saying hello, adults saying hello, welcoming us, treating us to dinner, to lunch. They want to integrate you into the community. So they're really nice to us here. This lady, she gives us the whole picture of that rice tea. She's like, you can stay as long as you want. So yeah, again, you just feel like you can chill at a cafe, be as you are, come as you are, and enjoy. It seems like we're upgrading every time. We're like regulars here, so she keeps treating us better and better. At first, we didn't know if she liked us, because they're not so, hello, welcome to our restaurant, but we're at our cafe. And we're like, I don't know, maybe we're bothersome. And then one day, she smiled at us and started talking to us. So she knows we like to stay here, drink our tea, drink our coffee. Now we're gonna get some work done. University life. You do realize, though, how little you actually need to be happy and to have fun. We had our lunch. That's gonna take us to a little bit of a crash. There's nobody outside, the sun is scorching. Time for a nap. All right, we had our nap. I think we were out for about two hours, hour and a half at least. Got some more editing done, some more work. Now we're headed over to Q's house. She's the neighbor, she's the one that contacted me for this English teaching gig, and so she's inviting us to her house to maybe have dinner and karaoke. So let's go. It cools down a lot in the evening. That's why a lot of people come out in the evenings or the early mornings. Kids playing soccer in the streets, riding their bikes. Say hello to the audience. Hello. Hello, how are you? So a lot of people say life is easy here in Vietnam for foreigners like Corey and I, but they're not easy for locals. What do you say about that? No, not really, because I feel really comfortable here. Everything is easy for me when I live in here. So what are we? Nice to meet you. Hello, nice to meet you. Nice to see you again. What are we gonna do right now? I go to the supermarkets and buy some ingredients. No, no, no, no. Do you like to ride bike? Yes. All right, nice job. Yes. All right. Oh, I like report the news. You like what? Report the news. Your report the news. Report news? Report. I'm not sure what he's saying, but that's great. All right. Yes. Okay, bye-bye. Bye-bye. Ah, you said that you want to buy seven. Yeah, but that's okay. It's a new fruit. I've never had mangosteen. Bangkok. Yeah. Yeah, I thought I was getting seven. Five or seven. I got like seven. How many? 130. He wants to speak Vietnamese, but I don't know how to speak Vietnamese. Okay. Yes. All right, that was minimal. But we got the job done. Yeah, I think it's good. This is all rice. Ah. When I see a 12-year-old on a bike, I'm like, okay, I better try it. Okay, thank you. Bye. That's so cool. Look at that, man. Can you imagine being 12 years old and going around in that thing? So, supermarket shopping here in Vietnam. Mushrooms, got carrots, got garlic, bok choy. And Cory's got a recipe up his sleeve. I'm going to be a sous-chef for the night. No, I just found this on Google. So, this is a dollar, right? A little over a dollar. Let's try it. Ah. Oh, my God. It's a perfect place. We walked all the way here last time, right? I think we did. We walked all the way here. Yeah. We made it back. So, let's go. We take our shoes off here to get in the house. How old is she? Eighty-eight years old. Oh. So, it's kind of all of us in the kitchen at once. We're all kind of trying to cook with what we have. We got two big knives, no potato peeler, so we got to improvise a little bit. Cory, how are you feeling about your cooking abilities? A few things that we're not able to cook a good recipe. I think Cory can do it. Ah, Cory can, but me, no. Oh, shnake. It was a little scary there at first because we, uh, Cory had to run back to the supermarket. We forgot one bag. I don't know what's weirder. The fact that we forgot it or the fact that we forgot that we forgot it. We forgot the noodles. We forgot the beer. We got the noodles happening here. Vegetables here. Tofu. Okay. So, that's bok choy, carrots, mushroom, garlic, ginger, lime, onion, soy sauce, salt. And, uh, we got the food, but our table is gone. They put it over there. We're going over here. We're eating outside? Over there. Thank you. So, we lost the table, but we're bringing everything here. It's dark though, so you can't see it, but a nice little breeze is coming in. And, here we are. So, we have a table now, but now we don't have chairs. So, now we're going to go get the chairs. But once we get the chairs, the table is going to disappear. Alright, now we got the food upstairs. Now the chairs. The handcrafted, handcrafted chairs. Alright. Alright, we finally got the table set. They take the karaoke seriously in the village. You hear people just blast in the speaker. So, Q said it's still early enough to sing. Okay, let's eat, let's eat. Okay. Thank you. Alright, everybody. Welcome to a rural village in Vietnam. I'm Ross. I'm Kelly. You have to speak in the microphone, Kelly. Yeah. Can you speak in the microphone? Oh, who do we have here? Mr. Lacoi. Alright, welcome. And, we have... Dong. And, he's getting us set up. We're going to have an amazing concert for you tonight. We're going to sing a lot of hits. We're going to sing a lot of... The Bluetooth device is ready to pair. It's ready to pair. Well, everybody. That's a day in the life of two Americans living in rural Vietnam. Cory did most of the filming. Thank you. But, check out his Instagram, adventure.coy. The link is in the description. Because he actually gives a lot of really good details on culture, language about Vietnam. Thanks for watching, guys. Let me know what you think in the comments below. And, see you in the next video. Peace.