Travel Blog 🚢✈️🧳

 The stunning Vietnam you must visit

 

On the map of the world, some countries are known for the correct reasons. Like Egypt for Pyramids, the USA for NASA and Statue of Liberty, London for Big Ben and India for its cultures. But some countries are known for the wrong reasons. Take Vietnam for example. Most people know Vietnam for the Vietnam War that ended 45 years ago.

Once I went to Vietnam, with my family to explore that country. I was surprised. What we saw there was the exact opposite of war.

We saw coffee. No one ever told me this but Vietnam is the second-largest exporter of coffee in the world. Yes, in the world. That means more than Columbia or Ethiopia. In addition to that, their coffee is unlike any other coffee, really different from the one my mother drinks. They drink coffee with condensed milk, coconut milk or sometimes even with eggs.

But this wasn’t the end. We were even more shocked by their prices. Vietnam turns out to be one of the world’s most affordable places in the world for tourists. Expensive hotels can cost only ₹912.80 a night and delicious food will only cost ₹304.24 only. These prices I have never seen in India.

After that, we went to do different things like we went to the world's largest cave in Phong Nha National Park and we spotted some rare primates like the Orange-necked partridge, the Golden-cheeked gibbons and the silvered langurs, in the Cat Tien National Park. We also tried making lanterns and I made a cute one. 

The next day we went to another city named Hoi An in Vietnam. There, we saw shops after shops after shops, all selling custom clothes. It turns out that this little village is the tailoring capital of the world. We only had to choose the fabric and the style and they would measure our size and in 10 hours or less, we became a whole new person. All for less than 50 bucks. As we walked down the streets of Hoi An, dressed up like a million dollars, enjoying the peace and the culture of Vietnam, we realized that this is an awesome place with a hundred million people and most of them having a smile on their faces and ready to welcome us to their country. 

                       

- By Navya