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What's your name?
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My name is Heng Ah Helm, okay A city famous for street food, welcoming people and crazy traffic
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And today I'm throwing myself straight into the chaos to find out if Saigon is actually worth visiting Ah,
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there we go, Ho Chi Minh Nice Thank you so much bro Okay, thank you.
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Okay.
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Maybe you can do it?
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Okay.
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Thank you so much.
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Have a nice day.
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Bye.
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Well, that was one way to kick off the vlog.
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Welcome to Vietnam.
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It's my first time here and I figured, you know what?
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Let's just start off here in front of the Ho Chi Minh statue.
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I mean, how could I not, right?
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I arrived here three hours ago, give or take.
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So I figured in this vlog, I'm just gonna give you guys like my first raw impressions.
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I legit came here from Sweden, right?
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So I flew from Sweden to Bangkok and then to Ho Chi Minh City, right?
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I haven't slept.
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I pulled an all-nighter.
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Kinda tired, but the excitement for being here kinda carries right now.
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So let's just do this until I crash, right?
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For my first time here, I want to try the local food, meet the people and get a real feel for Vietnam.
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Seems pretty straightforward, right?
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Well, Saigon had other plans.
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I can't sit here?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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No?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, I'm allowed.
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Oh, but even if I pay?
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Yeah.
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But before things get way out of hand, let's just walk around and take this place in.
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Okay, so first raw impressions of Ho Chi Minh.
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I mean, this city is a lot, all right.
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It reminds me of Bangkok.
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It reminds me of Bangkok a lot.
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I don't know the traffic here might be a bit more crazy.
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I never thought I would say that but yeah, it is hectic to say the least.
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Did I mention I haven't slept yet?
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Anyways, I'm excited to be here, you know, because I feel like it's a nice switch up from Thailand you know, it's been there so much.
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So this still feels very new and exciting for me, you know.
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We're on a mission to find food.
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I would love to find some banh mi, all right.
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That is one of the two main dishes.
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I know here it's banh mi and foe, so let's find either one of those.
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What a contrast!
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Oh my god!
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So on this side, you have these lovely ladies.
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No, I'm not interested, thank you selling cigarettes and glasses
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and other touristy stuff i guess
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and on the other side you have gucci that's crazy contrast not gonna lie i don't know much vietnamese
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but i do see a sign
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that says banh me you know what i'm sold i'm
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so sold for that right now this is my first time having I'm eating banh mi Yeah,
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yeah Let's go Is that meatball?
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Let's try meatball Yeah I'm Swedish So that could be interesting Vietnamese take on Chili Sure,
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let's try How much?
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Can I sit down here in here?
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Yeah?
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Okay, perfect.
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Thank you.
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Okay, this feels very local all of a sudden.
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Nice!
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This is kind of what I want.
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Hello?
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Do you have water?
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Water?
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Water?
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Hello?
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Water?
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Water?
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How much?
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5,000.
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Okay, you can have.
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One is okay.
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One.
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Okay, thank you.
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You can keep, keep, keep.
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Alright, first bite, here goes.
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Mmm. That is delicious.
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Let's see, we got some onion, we got the meatball salad, cucumber, I think.
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A little bit of everything, some sauce in there as well.
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Hits the spot bro.
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I was so hungry man.
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Big question though, does it taste like meatball and was it spicy?
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Kind of hit now, the spiciness.
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Got some kick to it for sure.
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Doesn't taste much like the meatballs I'm used to.
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But with that said, I kind of like it though still.
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Can I have another bunny?
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Barbecue.
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Barbecue?
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Yeah.
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One.
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What's the sauce in it?
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The sauce?
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What type of sauce?
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Dad.
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Dad, what's this?
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What's this?
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What is it?
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No chili this time.
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Better wait.
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Good sign.
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Yeah, yeah.
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This for you.
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You can keep.
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Keep cheese.
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Enjoy.
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He deserves a good tip for these bands.
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Like, maybe got a better look over there when I recorded in the stall.
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Let's give the barbecue a go, alright?
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I...
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I'm not here for you. For you.
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This one was good as well.
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I'm so messy right now, but I don't care.
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I feel like văm is definitely gonna be a staple in my diet whilst I'm here in Vietnam, you know.
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Plenty of protein, I like that.
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Next up is Vem Thanh Market, Vietnam's most famous fake market.
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But behind all the fake stuff, this place is also packed with Vietnamese food.
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And that's what I'm here for.
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I mean, obviously they have a bunch of like fake stuff, right?
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But they also have a lot of food stalls.
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So perhaps we can try some more food.
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I'm not that hungry, but I could do it for the video, I'm not gonna lie.
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I still need to try some pho.
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Hi!
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Hi.
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Okay.
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I'm not gonna lie, every stall looks more or less the same.
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Okay bro, like, tell me, you have...
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It's my first day here in Vietnam?
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Vietnamese very good, I have bun cha, Vietnamese very good.
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Pho, Pho.
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Pho.
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Okay, let's try some Pho. Is it here?
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Thank you.
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you.
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Is the best Pho here?
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Water is okay.
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Water?
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Okay, great.
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It's good?
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You like it?
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The food?
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Yeah, it's good.
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Great.
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What did you order?
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Sorry?
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What did you order?
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I ordered some pho.
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Ah, pho.
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Polanta.
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Polanta as well?
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Nice.
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Beef, yeah.
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Beef, okay. And where...
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How do I eat?
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Beef.
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Beef.
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Ah, okay.
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Ha ha.
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I'm gonna have it.
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It's hot now.
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Ah, okay.
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Thank you.
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A lot of impressions here.
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Jesus Christ, man.
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It's just...
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The base is good.
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The base is good.
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Let's try the chicken as well.
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I like it.
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Have you tried?
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No?
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Have you tried foe?
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No. Huh?
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Chicken?
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Yeah.
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Have you tried foe?
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No?
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You should try.
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Very good.
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What's your name?
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Robert.
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Robert.
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Sweden.
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Sweden?
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Yeah.
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First day here in Vietnam.
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First day?
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Yeah.
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I come from India. From India.
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Where in India?
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This is my birthday.
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First day.
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First day.
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Nice.
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Do you like it?
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Enjoy your trip.
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Very nice.
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Oh my god.
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This place is like over stimulation I would say.
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It's kind of fun you know because when you're from a place where nothing happens as much I guess,
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it's kind of nice to just flip everything.
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Kind of chase the other side of the coin I guess.
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You see something completely different.
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It was delicious.
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Highly recommend.
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Action, yeah.
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Action.
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Hello!
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Hi!
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Tell me, tell me, where should they come?
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Where to come?
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Komodiyaha.
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For me Komodiyaha.
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Yeah.
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You from Vietnam?
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Huh?
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You from Vietnam?
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Where you from?
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Sweden.
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Sweden, yeah.
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Sweden, yeah.
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I make a blog here in Vietnam.
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blog, youtube, tiktok
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now you are on video Yeah, yeah.
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Now what for me would you do?
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Are you doing the balance?
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You? In video.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Thank you.
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Bye-bye.
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Tomorrow, come back?
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Maybe.
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Haha, yeah.
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If you're wondering about the fake market side of Benton, I actually filmed a whole separate video where I test my bargaining skills and try to get the best prices.
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One is coming soon, so there you go.
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There's another good reason to subscribe.
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Oh man, now the real tiredness is starting to kick in.
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I feel like I could have a coffee, but it's also a little bit late for that.
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Like, Vietnam is huge for coffee.
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But, I think we'll save that for tomorrow.
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Yeah, sounds great to me.
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And now, I want to see the modern part of Ho Chi Minh.
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Like the Landmark 81 area, which is like the tallest building here.
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Let's go.
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Ugh, driver has arrived it says.
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It's very easy when there's probably one million bikes in the city.
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Where are you?
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Honda Lead.
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Let's find a Honda Lead.
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Is it that guy maybe?
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I don't know.
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Ugh. And they call.
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I can't answer.
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I'm like on an e-sim.
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It doesn't work.
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Yeah, yes.
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Thank you.
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Okay?
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Yeah, me, yes.
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Let's go.
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Okay, let's go.
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Whoops, sorry.
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Heavy boy.
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Okay, okay, wait, wait, wait.
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Okay, okay.
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Okay, this is not on and my phone...
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Okay, it's okay.
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What do I do for contact at least?
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Oh, Jesus Christ.
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Maybe, yes, help.
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Thank you, man.
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Okay, enjoy your day.
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Bye.
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Oh man, I was so scared there to drop my phone or my mic that I'm recording on, right?
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It was fast, bro!
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And on the ride, I was trying to close the zipper.
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It was open.
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Anyways, we made it, right?
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We're alive.
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We're fine.
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We didn't lose anything.
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Here's the tallest building in Vietnam.
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Right here, like this.
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There we have it.
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I think there should be some type of park in the nearby area.
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I think, you know.
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I guess there's only one way to find out.
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But hey, I figured while we're here, let's check out the Vietnamese mall for the first time.
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It feels very mixed, you know.
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On one side you have like Uniqlo, we also have like Dior, Armani, you have cars, you know.
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I guess there's something for everyone in here.
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All right, Let's just not drag this whole mall part out.
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I feel like when you've seen one mall, you've seen them all.
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Knock my eye.
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But it was fun to see.
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That was inside the tallest building here in Vietnam.
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I mean, around it, it's pretty cool to see all of these like, I don't know, apartments, I guess?
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I say it's apartments.
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It's definitely apartments.
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Like what else would it be, you know?
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That's pretty cool to live here.
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I love tall buildings and just walking around like this little square here
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Feels like you're in Hong Kong all of a sudden
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I'm legit wondering how many traffic accidents there are here in Vietnam
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because I'm gotten so comfortable with crossing now Like I'm checking my phone here for
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The maps so I walk in the right direction and here we are.
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Here's the park.
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Oh my god Nice.
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Let's check this out.
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What a beautiful park man.
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I mean just look at this.
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Wow.
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Check this out.
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Kind of wasn't expecting this in Ho Chi Minh City, you know.
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Whole field here like completely open, you know.
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Nah, that is so nice.
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People are having like picnics and stuff like that.
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It's a place to come and hang out.
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What do I see over there though?
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Can you walk up in there?
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That would be a crazy man.
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I'm looking in the viewfinder now and wow, what is that sky bro?
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Ho Chi Minh City, you surprised me, I'm not gonna lie.
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Nojku daivon kan.
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Observation house regulation.
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Do not visit the observation house if your heath is not in a good condition
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or you have a history of high blood pressure.
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Heath held.
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I think I'm fine.
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Wow, okay.
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That is a view.
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Let's just call it for what it is.
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Excuse me, can you take a picture of me?
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Oh yes.
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Thank you so much.
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If you think it's better, let's try that.
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Great, thank you so much.
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I appreciate it.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Feel like I'm truly doing the most here with my day, but I've been awake for 28 hours now.
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I'm getting ridiculously tired, but you know what would be really nice right now?
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A massage.
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Can I find a massage in this area?
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Let's find out.
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Oh my god, it's like it's meant to be.
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Hello, do you do drop in here?
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Do you do drop in?
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No?
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Book?
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Drop in or book?
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You can wait for a few minutes.
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A few minutes?
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Okay.
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Okay, thank you.
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I'm not gonna lie, I can't remember the last time I was this tired.
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But I got the massage survived day one and at
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that point I thought I had seen what Saigon was all about Turns out it was just a warm-up
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Good morning from Saigon Vietnam day two, baby.
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Let's go.
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I feel like a new person today I'm not gonna lie woke up this morning Didn't know where I was.
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I feel like
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that is like a good indicator of a good night's sleep i slept for like 11 hours give
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or take so yeah feeling refreshed and ready to go
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welcome to the crib by the way this is where i'm
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currently staying still awaiting my friend who's stuck in spain all right good yeah this place is massive all right
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so got two bedrooms two bathrooms a kitchen huge leaving area
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living area what is it called in english i'm not even
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sure anyways went for a morning workout at the condo gym
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it's like a pretty solid condo gym right you know we
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have a smith machine you have like a cable cross like dumbbells
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and stuff like that
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that is not to take for granted all right it's like
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this is actually a huge struggle with traveling me trying to
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find like proper gyms in the area i'm staying in
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and takes a lot of time and effort so i'm really happy
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that i just can kick off the day within the condo i living all right
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and then you have this like nice rooftop pool as well as a steaming room
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so i feel like this place has it all anyways it's around 1 p.m haven't eaten yet
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and there's this restaurant next door right like connected to the
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building straight up you know it's a famous like chain restaurant here in vietnam so i figured i'll I'll show you guys.
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Let's go.
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Okay, so I am literally outside the colonel now, and I'll show you how close this restaurant is.
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Okay, so he's passing the security here, and we have arrived.
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And here's a photo shoot colonel as well.
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Nice.
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Hello.
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Is there a line outside now, or one person?
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One person?
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Yeah.
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Wait, give me a minute.
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I checked your table.
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Here?
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Okay, perfect.
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Thank you so much.
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And you can take your bag to the basket.
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Oh yeah, okay, perfect.
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Thank you.
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See the menu for you?
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And it's by the menu by Facebook.
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We have a screen here.
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You can scan it on the other side.
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Great.
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I am going for...
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Let's see here.
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the pizza like that and what you can do is like do half
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and half so what we do we go for the Milano salami chorizo margarita pizza sounds delicious
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and then we add let's see here let's go for some spicy beef kebab pizza let's go boom there we go
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perfect thank you so much sorry it's very hot or okay thank you Wow,
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that looks amazing, not gonna lie.
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Right, since it is very hot still I figured we'll try the appetizer they just came out with just minutes ago, right?
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I'm gonna do this with a fork and knife because I don't want to get messy, alright?
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They also suggested to try it with some honey so let's do that.
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Alright, something like And let's dig in.
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Yeah, the honey was great and the pizza crust is like, I mean, not too thin, not too big.
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How I like it, you know?
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All right, let's go ahead and try the pizza, right?
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So this was the salami pizza.
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So let's try that first.
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Wow, okay.
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That was great.
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So tomato sauce is hitting, alright.
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That was so good, man.
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Alright, let's try the kebab pizza as well.
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So kebab pizza is like a huge thing back in Sweden where I'm from.
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So let's see how deep the meat's kebab pizza holds up, alright.
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Okay, yeah.
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Damn, that was really good, man.
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It's different, but I like it.
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The kebab was like slightly spicy, but not like overtill, right?
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It's like a good level of spiciness, right?
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For someone like me who's perhaps not the best with spicy food.
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Would I recommend coming here?
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100%.
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Give it a go if you're in Vietnam, man.
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Okay, so I just ordered a Grab bike.
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No, I haven't learned anything from yesterday.
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but I found this cool function with my phone because I get
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so much criticism in my comment section whenever I travel to some place I don't know the language of
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which is pretty much the entire world besides English speaking countries
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and Sweden whatever I've done this okay look hello Xin chào
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Xin chào that's how you say hello in Vietnamese isn't that like a League Legends character?
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It's like been 10 years since I played.
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Xin chào, Xin chào.
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Okay cool.
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How do you say thank you?
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That's a good one as well.
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Thank you.
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Oh, kam on ban.
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I got some practice to do but that is very solid if I have some conversations, if I, you know, struggle a bit.
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Grab should be here like any minute now.
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Hey bro, what's your name?
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What's your name?
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Hia, nice to meet you.
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You from here?
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Nice, nice.
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Bye bye.
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I gotta say, riding one of these motorbike taxes here in Vietnam is like one of these must-do things here, to be honest.
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I don't care if you're scared or riding.
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This is like a cultural experience.
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Hello.
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What's your name?
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What's your name?
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What's your name?
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My name is Hno.
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Nice to meet you.
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Nice to meet you.
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Where are you from?
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Sweden.
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Sweden.
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Yeah.
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Have you been?
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Yeah.
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Have you been there?
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Yeah, yeah.
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I realized I never told you guys where I was going, but that right there, the pink church, and we used to ride.
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I'm not going to try to ruin her shop down here.
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Oh okay Hey Thank you so much.
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Thank you.
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Have a nice day Oh, okay This all of a sudden feels very local, right?
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This is quite a difference from the District 1 shenanigans.
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I guess this is also this request.
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Oh, actually I'm not sure if this is still District 1.
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I have no clue to be honest.
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But I'm looking for a place called Kong Cafe which is right here.
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That wasn't too hard to find.
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Excuse me.
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What is your most popular order here?
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Most popular?
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Yeah?
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First paper and coconut ice bread.
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This is a signature and restaurant.
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Okay.
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So this is my second day here in Vietnam.
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Vietnam and I just want to try like some famous Vietnamese coffee like they have egg coffee okay sorry again
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it's not popular here in Vietnam is it is this iced coffee yes okay I'll have
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that yeah I'll have that one sure can I ask you about your outfits looks cool the the outfit yeah
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ah nice so I saw you can have the view of the church in here or upstairs nice yep
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Oh, let's not drop this.
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All right.
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Steady now, steady.
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Oh.
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Nice.
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This is like the second floor.
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I guess you could sit here technically, but we're going up one more.
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Looks like this.
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Nice.
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I see some people working there and stuff like that.
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Oh, okay.
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All right.
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All right, here we have it.
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no one outside hey man are you a photographer?
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No?
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Oh, there we go!
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The church and we have the coffee.
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Bit of traffic down here as well.
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What a view man.
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It is beautiful out here.
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Oh, juice.
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Yeah, that just happened.
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didn't drop it in the stairs I guess that's something, right?
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Man Vietnam's worst influencer right here.
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F* me, man Now I need to wash my hands as well I spilled all the good stuff on top here,
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but cheers to that I guess Hey Do you mind when I talk around here?
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I guess that's fine.
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I am so sweaty bro.
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Jesus Christ man.
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Do you come here often?
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Occasionally.
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Occasionally?
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You live here in Horshimin?
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No, I live in the east side of the city.
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East side?
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Yeah.
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So it took a while for me to ride my bike in.
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Ah, I got it.
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Where it's pretty hard isn't it?
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Huh?
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It's pretty hot, isn't it?
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It is.
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It is.
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It's soaking hot.
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And now you spill my coffee here.
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It's my second day here in Vietnam.
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Oh, okay.
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It's the second time here now?
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No, it's the second day.
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It's like the second day ever here.
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So people told me I have to try a Vietnamese coffee, you know.
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So it's going to have a first sip here.
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at around like 1 p.m there was much more people in this area really and the weather was much hotter
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yeah it's still it was soaking hot i have to say
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the coffee was great though i have to say coffee was
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great can you take a picture of me like with the church it's possible can you like with my phone
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well yeah I can
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but I don't really trust my nah you just want something
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to send to my mom you know I don't know where to stand right maybe like that
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thank you bro I appreciate it yeah you spin here such a short time right I I haven't spoken to
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that many young people here in Vietnam yet, right?
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How do you think it's like, how's the language like overall?
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Do people speak English here or what is it like?
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Well, I think if you travel around the city, I think there's a lot of young people now,
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especially from high school, they can have, you know, conversational.
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Right.
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They can be very conversational.
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Right.
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But because a lot of people, we have a lot of foreigners from the outside of the country.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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So a lot of people can, you know, if you ask them for their direction, I think a lot of people can do that.
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But for going, you know, to introduce you to the history of the city or something more than that, you're gonna have to look for someone else.
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What's your name?
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My name is Duke.
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Duke?
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Yeah.
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How do you spell it?
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I say D-U-C.
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D-U-C.
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Duke.
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Right.
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Nice to meet you.
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Yeah, thank you man.
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Gotta go now.
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Gonna try to find some local food in the area.
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I think it's the market.
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The market?
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Yeah, back in the west.
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So I think you can find some really good street food.
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Street food?
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I'll go and check it out.
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Thank you so much man.
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No problem.
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Oh my god, I think I've never seen traffic like this in my entire life.
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This is insane, man.
604
Anyways, the guy mentioned a market, so I'm just gonna try to cross here without dying.
605
Like that.
606
Down there, I guess.
607
Only one way to find out.
608
Jesus Christ, man.
609
Like this is insane though like I am used to Bangkok
610
But this this takes it to a whole new level all fruit Whoa look at this kind of like alleyway here.
611
Let's go in here seems cool.
612
Oh, it's a market Huh Hat how much
613
30 000.
614
This is 40.
615
40. I want that one.
616
You buy one.
617
One yeah.
618
I want this one okay.
619
Can you hold hold this one?
620
Okay okay.
621
Like that yeah.
622
I found the money.
623
You say 30?
624
Now you're a vlogger now.
625
Okay, thank you.
626
Have a nice day.
627
Now we were wearing this hat. Is this culturally inappropriate?
628
I have no idea, bro.
629
A lot of people sit down and eat here.
630
That looks really nice.
631
Can I sit down here maybe?
632
Somewhere.
633
I feel so stupid right now.
634
What do they sell here?
635
No English menu of course. Is it drinks?
636
Maybe it's drinks.
637
I'll have a look around here.
638
I kind of want food.
639
I just had a drink, right?
640
Hello.
641
Is this good food?
642
Good food?
643
Good, good.
644
Is it faux?
645
I eat here?
646
Yes.
647
Thank you. Which one you recommend?
648
Beef noodle soup.
649
This one.
650
Water?
651
What?
652
This?
653
Okay.
654
Do you come here often?
655
Do you come here often?
656
Do you come here often?
657
Do you come here often?
658
I'm really trying here with the translation.
659
F* this is hard.
660
I'm gonna check the kitchen here.
661
See how they are cooking this up for me.
662
Can I see?
663
Now they're gonna cook over here I think.
664
Ah, this is the soup.
665
Beet noodle soup.
666
This for me?
667
Okay, I think that is my dish.
668
I hope.
669
That looks good man.
670
Ah, for me.
671
Thank you.
672
Ah, okay.
673
I have a feeling that this might be very spicy.
674
I could be wrong, but but I guess it's very hot.
675
Okay, let's try the soup base here first.
676
Oh, that is spicy.
677
Why am I shaking?
678
Yeah, it is good though.
679
I don't know what this is, but let's give it a bite.
680
It is some type of meat,
681
very solid Is that pork?
682
Maybe, I'm not sure.
683
Let's try the beef here as well I like it.
684
That was great.
685
That was actually great.
686
And the noodles as well.
687
Good.
688
I like it.
689
I wish I knew what this restaurant was called, but it's over there.
690
I rate it.
691
How you say tasty, delicious?
692
Good.
693
Good how you say tasty delicious good how
694
do you say it delicious in Vietnamese good bye bye bye
695
and this soup was great though i'm not gonna lie it's not like i'm clip farming here
696
or anything when you travel i feel like a big i feel like a big part of the experience is just
697
trying out the local food right you know what's your name
698
come nice to meet you yeah robert you from sweden again
699
sweden europe europe yeah far um second day here in vietnam And you're a vlogger?
700
Vlogger, yeah.
701
Make vlog.
702
TikTok.
703
Yeah.
704
How long do you live in the camp?
705
How long?
706
One day.
707
One day?
708
Yeah.
709
Three days?
710
Yes.
711
What should I see in this area?
712
What to do?
713
Say again.
714
What should I see in this area?
715
What to do?
716
Activity um
717
ah the church church and then go ahead in the last uh yeah yeah yeah
718
I go there okay nice take picture picture okay thank you hello I pay
719
30, 60 60 50 Oh yeah You keep For you,
720
you keep No This, for you No,
721
no You keep For you.
722
Bye bye.
723
Keep.
724
Thank you.
725
No worries.
726
Enjoy.
727
Bye bye.
728
Bye bye.
729
I feel like it's up to destiny how long I'll keep this hat for.
730
Oh my god.
731
Crossing the traffic here as well.
732
Oh there we go, my hat.
733
F* me man.
734
That is quite ironic.
735
Do I pick it up?
736
F*, it's red light as well.
737
Oh, oh, risking my life here for this.
738
I mean I guess he crossed here, right?
739
F*.
740
Like bro, how do you do this?
741
Like how do you cross this street?
742
Okay, I see maybe now.
743
Yeah, there's a bus.
744
I'm in the middle.
745
Halfway through.
746
Behind this person and we're...
747
Oh my God.
748
Like a local.
749
Like a local.
750
I'm a local at this point.
751
I wish I still had my hat on, but that was some local moods right there.
752
Jesus Christ.
753
I'm looking in and, you know, I'm not going to enter the church.
754
I don't feel like that is appropriate at all.
755
You know, like I might mess around a lot, but I have boundaries as well.
756
I don't cross certain lines, all right.
757
And this is one of them.
758
I think the play right now is walking one direction.
759
See where we end up, right?
760
Maybe we find some cool stuff.
761
I don't know.
762
Like sometimes I just don't have a plan bro Wow hello how much I ride
763
how much for you to drive me for 10 minutes
764
200
765
okay
766
wait wait i'm just gonna see okay okay okay okay Yeah, yeah.
767
Are we getting a ride from this gentleman?
768
Okay, I'm not even sure if I have the money for this.
769
Okay, yeah.
770
Wow.
771
I'm putting my life at danger once again for the videos.
772
Oh my god, yeah Oh my god,
773
this is wobbly Sweden, yeah What's your name?
774
What's what's your name?
775
Meet the goal meet the goal nice to meet you I have to go to Uribe and American.
776
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
777
Uribe and American.
778
Boom, boom, boom.
779
Oh yeah.
780
It's not going that fast, but quite the way to experience Saigon.
781
Are you from Ho Chi Minh City?
782
Oh, I like to go.
783
Yeah, okay.
784
You know Uribe and Uribe are good.
785
I stay district one.
786
Me.
787
I'm not sure what they ask, but I'm just sitting here reflecting on life, right?
788
Like 48 hours ago, I was back in Stockholm, in front of my computer, doing my thing.
789
Very mundane, very boring, and now I'm here in Ho Chi Minh City on a little...
790
I don't even know what to call this vehicle, but life can be different if you force it, right?
791
You don't have to be stuck in your bubble, right?
792
Go out there, explore the world, see what it got to offer.
793
The world's your oyster.
794
We can stop, okay?
795
This, this, this for you.
796
500,000.
797
Okay, okay.
798
It's okay, you can keep.
799
For you, for you.
800
I don't know what my life has come to, And I have no idea where I am right now.
801
But I guess this is the interesting part of traveling, right?
802
Bro, I felt too bad.
803
You know, he wanted 200,000.
804
I've happily paid.
805
I think I gave him 500,000.
806
Interesting smells around here, let me tell you that.
807
It's like, one side you have fresh bakery stuff.
808
Great prices.
809
Bun pizza pie, that sounds interesting.
810
And on the other hand, you have like the streets of Saigon, you know, so it's like that The contrast is crazy is what I'm trying to say here.
811
Hello Which one you recommend?
812
Recommendation Recommend no speak English.
813
Which one do you recommend?
814
This one right here?
815
Okay. Can I do a...
816
I recommend...
817
Chocolate.
818
Double chocolate.
819
Oh, this one too.
820
Okay.
821
Oh, okay.
822
This one?
823
One?
824
One of the two.
825
Okay, I think I have to try the bun meat pizza as well.
826
One.
827
Which one did you recommend here?
828
Double chocolate.
829
Double chocolate?
830
Tiramisu.
831
Okay, bun, tiramisu, I think one of those as well.
832
Water?
833
No. No?
834
Okay.
835
No water.
836
This, okay?
837
No. You can keep, you can keep. For you. For you.
838
Thank you.
839
Thank you.
840
Bye-bye.
841
Okay, bye.
842
Okay, I feel like we just continue with this food feast.
843
I need some water though.
844
I see a circle cake, so let's grab some water real quick.
845
I think I've got a spoon.
846
I would love like a fork because like I have one hand to work with.
847
Where's the circle cake?
848
It's over there.
849
Oh my god.
850
And we grab some Evian, of course, not sponsored.
851
Excuse me, do you have a fork?
852
Fork to eat?
853
No, not egg, no, just...
854
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, fork, yes.
855
Really all I need is a table.
856
Like I just need to place this somewhere.
857
I can't be standing, I need my hands free, right?
858
Like honestly, maybe I can buy a water at a restaurant and just sit down at a table.
859
Maybe.
860
I'm just looking for a place to sit down and eat my food.
861
Can I pay to sit in this restaurant?
862
This.
863
Can I eat him a bird?
864
Oh yeah, yeah.
865
So I just really...
866
I just need a place to sit down and I can pay just to sit down, if that makes sense.
867
You just need to sit down.
868
Yeah, yeah.
869
I can find a place to sit and eat.
870
It's not worth it.
871
It's worth it.
872
I just want to eat this, but I can pay to sit down.
873
Oh, OK, OK.
874
Oh, you have to buy anything with this?
875
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can pay.
876
Just to sit.
877
Wait, wait.
878
This is OK?
879
It's OK?
880
Sit down?
881
Sorry.
882
I can't sit here?
883
No?
884
Yeah.
885
Oh, but even if I pay?
886
Yeah.
887
No, okay.
888
Self-offer.
889
Okay.
890
Well, I'll try.
891
This is the park.
892
You can go to the park. Where?
893
Park?
894
The park.
895
Where is the...
896
Where is the...
897
The park.
898
Okay, you can already pay it up.
899
The owner of the restaurant,
900
you can sit here without paying anything.
901
Oh, okay.
902
I can sit here?
903
Yes, yes.
904
Oh, thank you so much.
905
Thank you.
906
Thank you.
907
Oh, yeah, I'm gonna...
908
Thank you.
909
Oh, yeah, yeah.
910
Oh, okay.
911
Let's try this food.
912
Let's try this food now.
913
So we got the banh mi pizza, right?
914
I think this was tiramisu, interesting Vietnamese style and whatever this is, right?
915
I think we'll start with the pizza.
916
And this guy is very talkative.
917
Oh, okay.
918
We'll do this with a fork and spoon here.
919
Mmm.
920
Mmm, not fair.
921
It's kind of like juicy in a sense.
922
I don't know how to explain.
923
It's like some sauce on this very different pizza from anything
924
else i've had i think it's like this oh there's some banh mi sauce you have on
925
so i guess that's why it's called banh mi pizza
926
that was good that was good definitely on the sweeter side can you show me oh your tattoo wow Wow,
927
look at that.
928
Are you a tattoo artist?
929
Ah, your arm.
930
Nice.
931
Okay, I guess we'll try the tiramisu next.
932
That's at least something I know what it is and know kind of what to expect.
933
And I, west away.
934
One, two, three, four.
935
Ah?
936
Okay.
937
Okay, let's try this.
938
Oh.
939
Baby.
940
Baby.
941
What?
942
Baby?
943
This was really good, by the way.
944
If someone can translate in the comments, that would be greatly appreciated.
945
I really don't know what you're trying to say to me right now.
946
Mmm.
947
This wasn't great, Terramisu.
948
Mmm.
949
Lastly, this.
950
Whatever this is.
951
This I have no idea, straight up.
952
I can't remember what it said.
953
Okay, so.
954
Let's dive into this.
955
Almost folding my spoon here.
956
Let's see.
957
Probably gonna be some comments.
958
Just eat with the hands, man.
959
No. I have a camera that I can't
960
like mess with oh okay this was harder than yeah long video video tick-tock YouTube
961
okay now there we go huh ah thank you this is great okay I'll try with this
962
Oh my god
963
this was really good it tastes like I mean obviously some type of pastry
964
but almost like a cinnamon bun to be honest like this was great like
965
if a croissant had a baby with a cinnamon bun you would have this right i highly rate this
966
and my favorite i would have to give it to the
967
tiramisu what's your name your name oh yeah what's your name okay your name oh your name okay
968
what's your name robert muscle man strong I feel horrible like throwing food away but I'm so full right now.
969
You're needing so much food now.
970
You want?
971
You want?
972
You want this?
973
No?
974
No?
975
I need to throw.
976
Yeah, where?
977
Here.
978
Ah, you want?
979
You can have. For you. For you.
980
This?
981
Thank you.
982
Haha.
983
Yeah.
984
Yeah.
985
Yeah.
986
Okay?
987
Okay.
988
Okay?
989
Okay.
990
Okay.
991
Okay.
992
Okay.
993
Okay.
994
Okay.
995
Okay.
996
Okay.
997
Okay.
998
Okay.
999
Okay.
1000
Okay, thank you.
1001
And owner, bye bye, bye bye.
1002
Thank you.
1003
Oh, what a feast.
1004
I'm checking out, okay.
1005
I'm not sure if I can top that experience, so I think I'll end this log on a high note, alright.
1006
On the screen right now you'll find more Vietnam vlog stuff
1007
because by the time you're watching this I'm sure I vlog even more
1008
so click the video right here and I'll see you in that one
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Why Practice Speaking with This Video?
This video is a goldmine for shadowing technique practice, as it captures raw, conversational English in a real-world travel context. The speaker shares first impressions of Saigon—rambling, excited, and unscripted—mirroring how we talk in daily life. Practicing with this dialogue helps you master natural fluency, including pauses, filler words, and tone shifts. You’ll learn to navigate casual interactions, ask for directions, and describe new experiences—skills critical for real-life conversations. Plus, the mix of travel jargon and everyday phrases makes it perfect for building versatility.
Grammar & Expressions in Context
Let’s break down key structures to boost your speaking:
- "I figured, you know what? Let's just start off here...": The phrase "I figured" is a casual way to say "I thought" or "I decided," ideal for sharing plans. "You know what?" adds emphasis, making your speech sound more engaging.
- "It reminds me of Bangkok a lot.": "Reminds me of" is essential for comparing experiences. Use it to connect new places, people, or things to what you already know (e.g., "This café reminds me of my hometown").
- "We're on a mission to find food.": "On a mission to" adds energy to your goals. Swap it for "trying to" to sound more dynamic (e.g., "I'm on a mission to learn Vietnamese phrases").
Common Pronunciation Traps
Watch out for these tricky words and accents:
- "Banh mi": Pronounced "bun me," not "ban me." The speaker’s casual tone might make the "h" soft—practice stressing the first syllable.
- "Saigon": The speaker says it with a slight emphasis on the first syllable ("SIGH-gon"), not "say-GON." Listen closely to avoid overstressing the second part.
- "All-nighter": This phrase (meaning staying up all night) is often mispronounced as "all-night-er." The correct stress is on "all" and "night," with a quick "er" at the end.
Use this video with a shadow speak approach: pause, repeat, and mimic the speaker’s rhythm. A good shadowing site can help you slow down clips, but even repeating aloud will sharpen your pronunciation and fluency. Whether you’re a beginner or refining your skills, shadowspeak with this dialogue to sound more natural in real conversations.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | haven't slept · it's been · Have you tried |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was called · be stuck |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | area, which is · Cafe which is |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the best · the tallest · the most here |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.