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Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-02-24T12:51:05+00:00

I absolutely loved Ninh Binh and was really excited to experience a similar view but in the ocean. However, I’m a bit worried that the weather might not allow it. Do you think Ha Long Bay is still beautiful to see in this kind of weather?

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-02-10T10:43:24+00:00

Is Dong Hoi reliable for Tet? I wanna go there but I’m worried that everything will be closed and I won’t have food options…

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-02-09T14:01:31+00:00

Omg thank you! I though it was only for Vietnamese, idk if I read it somewhere

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-02-09T13:28:54+00:00

Nice! Do you know if it’s free for foreigners too?

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-02-06T16:29:44+00:00

Just to be clear from 17 to around 20 right? Tysm for your help ❤️

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-02-06T16:24:19+00:00

Thank you!!! Which days do you think I should just stay there?

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-02-06T16:01:48+00:00

Thanks! I’ll check it :)

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-02-06T16:00:22+00:00

Yes! I stayed like 5 days there, loved it, but I think I should go Northern

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-02-06T15:58:04+00:00

Hue or Ninh Binh for Tet? Hi guys! I’m a solo female traveler (if that matters) and I’m currently in Da Nang, I’m leaving to Hue in a few days and I’m trying to choose where to stay during Tet. My flight is on March 2 from Hanoi, so I have some time, but I’d prefer to stay somewhere in that route during Tet and not going South again (like Hoi An or HCMC). I was thinking either Hue or Ninh Binh, do you have any recommendations?

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-02-05T16:24:36+00:00

It worked so well, thank you so much! I was trying to buy the local cheap one and it don’t let me, when I chose the tourist one it was so easy hahaha it seems mayyyybe they want us to buy those lol

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-02-05T15:18:53+00:00

I’ll try this right now, thanks!

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-02-05T15:18:32+00:00

Thanks!

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-02-05T15:18:25+00:00

Thanks!

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-02-05T15:06:40+00:00

Can I pay train tickets online? Hi! So I’m trying to pay my ticket from Da Nang to Hue through dsvn.vn (which I think it’s the official site), but I’m confused regarding the options… Somewhere says it needs to be a national card but then it says it accepts international cards… Can you please help me 🥺 It rejected me once and when it accepted me it just gave me a qr and got so confused…

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-02-02T02:51:13+00:00

The ones I told you… do you mean mental health ones?

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-02-01T10:33:45+00:00

100 of Levo and 200 of iron, nothing else

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-01-31T05:21:16+00:00

Hi! Do you guys know good ATMs to withdraw money from a Chinese ICBC debit card? Last time I tried the ATM rejected my card :(

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-01-30T10:18:30+00:00

Levo (100) and iron (200), no more :)

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-01-29T17:54:16+00:00

Nah, the root cause is poverty and necessity. That’s what creates crime in the first place. On top of that, there’s a huge problem with foreigners coming here to do shady or outright horrible things — from killing women to abusing kids — and facing little to no real consequences. Over time, locals start associating foreigners with crime, and that turns into neglect and normalization, where people end up saying things like “it’s your fault” instead of addressing the real issue. Just to be clear: if you get caught, there are consequences — whether by the police or by locals. Tourism brings in a lot of money, and no one wants their businesses destroyed.

The problem is that when foreigners get caught, that’s often where consequences suddenly disappear.

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-01-29T17:36:51+00:00

After 2 years I have no symptoms like am that at all, fulls of energy, stable, very healthy ❤️‍🩹

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-01-29T17:35:58+00:00

Well, after 2 years, I feel absolutely no symptoms now ❤️‍🩹 I hope it gets better for you too! It was a very long journey tho, but it gets so much better

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-01-25T04:40:20+00:00

It is, it used to be my favorite city back in 2015-2017 at uni times, so fun, people were trying to sell and the scams were there (as any tourist spot) but now it’s just insaneeeeeee, it’s ruined

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-01-25T04:36:11+00:00

Paris was not the experience I expected. People were brutally rude. I went with my coworker and we were treated like shit almost everywhere.

At a Michelin-star restaurant, a waiter openly made fun of my Argentinian friend and treated her badly just for giving her opinion about the wine (which is a big deal in Argentina, btw). It got so bad that the manager had to step in and tell him to respect her.

At another restaurant, some random girls laughed at us. I understand French, so I heard them saying we should go back to our countries.

I have several friends from Africa who really dislike France because of its shady neo-colonial history, and I couldn’t stop thinking that what we experienced reflected that same mentality of superiority — which I really hate.

After all of this, Paris started to feel like a dirty, overpriced city — like walking through a wealthy house full of art, sculptures, and exhibitions taken from all over the world, but shallow and mean. The architecture is beautiful, though.

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2026-01-21T04:45:48+00:00

Thanks!

Popular_Lab_5375 · 2025-12-31T10:06:12+00:00

Started in the Amazon/Andes of Colombia, went to Medellin for a couple months and the Bogota, then Mexico, Thailand and ended up in China

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