First Time in VIETNAM 🇻🇳 Solo Travel Hanoi: Old Quarter, Train Street, Beer Street, Vietnamese Food

It's my first day in Vietnam!!! In this Vietnam Travel Vlog, I spend a weekend exploring Hanoi: the capital of Vietnam. I start by walking from my hostel in Hanoi's Old Quarter to the famous Note Cafe for a quick breakfast and my first coconut coffee! The coffee was amazing and it's one of the cutest cafes in Hanoi! After the cafe, I crossed the street to Hoan Kiem Lake. The lake borders both the Old Quarter and the French Quarter of Hanoi. It's also famous for the Ngoc Son Temple in the middle of the lake. The lake has a really cute path around it and it was so busy every time I went! I bought a ticket and crossed the bridge to the island temple in the middle of the lake. It was a really nice place to see, however you're not allowed to take pictures/videos inside the actual temple. After exploring the island temple, I crossed back over the bridge and continued walking around the lake to the French Quarter of Hanoi. The French Quarter is so nice with big sidewalk and colonial architecture. From there I wrapped back around to the lake again and stumbled upon the Hanoi Book Street before arriving at the Hoa Lo Prison. While the prison museum was sad, it was a great place to learn about some of the history of Hanoi. After exploring the museum, I continued walking through Hanoi to the St. Joseph Cathedral. The cathedral is huge and surrounded by cute cafes and bars! Instead of checking out the cafes, I walking a few minutes away to get some Pho. While I wanted to eat at the famous Pho 10 Ly Quoc Su, the line was too long. I ended up eating at the nearby Pho Bo which had a great vegetarian Pho option! Although I was shocked to see motorbikes driving through the middle of the restaurant! On the way to the train street, I stopped to buy a new backpacking backpack in Hanoi. I then arrived at the train street to see the daytime train go by. It was a really cool experience! From the train street I walked over to the Temple of Literature - the first university in Vietnam! I was able to explore all around the temple before jumping on my first Grab motorbike taxi in Vietnam. The ride was definitely crazier than my motorbike taxis in Bangkok! After relaxing for a little while, I headed back to Train Street to see the train at night. A couple people told me they were scammed on Hanoi's train street? But I didn't have any issues! The train was delayed from 7:30pm to almost 9:30pm - but after one train went by, a second train went by less than 5 minutes later! After the trains, I walked through Hanoi to the Beer Street where I met up with another solo traveler I met at the train street to have some Banh Mi for dinner and a beer on Beer Street. I met some Vietnamese rappers on the way, had an amazing Banh Mi, then headed back to my hostel. The following day I was able to see the weekend Walking Street in the middle of Hanoi before trying some more Vietnamese food (bun bo nam chai). Hanoi is an amazing city and a great place to start my Vietnam trip!
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00:01 Intro
00:33 Hanoi Old Quarter
00:55 The Note Cafe Hanoi
01:21 Trying Coconut Coffee
01:29 Hoan Kiem Lake Hanoi
02:41 Ngoc Son Temple (Island Temple Hanoi)
03:07 Crossing the Bridge
03:58 Hoan Kiem Lake
04:32 Crossing the Street in Hanoi
04:55 Ly Thai To Statue
05:13 Walking in Hanoi's French Quarter
06:05 South Side of Hoan Kiem Lake
06:54 Sidewalk Motorbikes in Hanoi
07:06 Book Street Hanoi
07:44 Hoa Lo Prison
08:33 Walking in Hanoi Vietnam
09:00 St. Joseph Cathedral Hanoi
09:27 Famous Pho in Hanoi
10:00 Pho Bo
10:30 Motorbikes in the Restaurant
10:58 Buying a Backpack in Hanoi
12:14 Hanoi Train Street
13:16 Train Street Daytime Train
13:56 Walking Along the Train Tracks
14:16 Temple of Literature
14:52 Inside the Temple of Literature
15:46 First Motorbike Taxi in Vietnam
16:39 Train Street Scams in Hanoi
17:06 Nighttime Train Street Hanoi
17:49 Nighttime Train on Train Street
18:39 Back to Back Train Street Trains
19:04 Safety Solo Traveling in Hanoi
19:17 Beer Street Hanoi
20:01 Welcome to Vietnam
20:28 Banh Mi on Beer Street
21:11 Hanoi Saturday Walking Street
21:39 Trying Vietnamese Food
22:30 Hoan Kiem Lake at Night
#hanoi #vietnam #solotravel #oldquarter #frenchquarter #trainstreet

[cosmicstarslug]

My boyfriend has just got so excited because he ate pho at exactly the same restaurant in exactly the same seat you ate in where the bike went by back in November 😊 great video Natalie hope you are enjoying Vietnam! 💖

[RamisesRayla]

Travel in hanoi, Vietnam it's very interisting. City. You can discover the historical and amazing place and you know his country.. I like your vlog.
Stay safe your journey.. 👍
And you look so good and pretty♥️♥️

[alanevans]

Natalie Great place to visit. Very vibrant, colourful and super busy I went with an old friend of ours whose from there who now lives in the uk. Great culture, places of interest to see and do. Plenty of great food options and something for everyone's tastes. Yes those motorbikes are everywhere. Beautiful friendly people indeed. Glad you had a wonderful time. 💚✨️💚✨️🙏😍

[tompham]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful video. Thank you for visiting my country, Vietnam 🇻🇳.
Enjoy and stay safe.

[chayapatchaya]

Hi! Natalie. I still enjoyed to watching ur vid silently.❤❤❤

[vs]

You professitional youtube per, I like it

[Shane_Timothy]

My favorite way to experience Train Street is from inside the train haha

A little over two years ago a tourist got injured on Train Street so they shut it down. You could still experience it if you went into one of the cafes with an entrance on the other side and you sat on their balcony. Shortly after they opened the street with rules, gates, police, etc. and tourists could only get in if they were escorted by a cafe worker. That meant you had to meet a cafe worker on another nearby street and agree to go with them to their cafe. I went there when it was like that in early 2023 and it wasn't as festive because it wasn't crowded.

I think that's still technically the rule but they just kinda stopped enforcing it (probably because it was bad for business) so now you can just walk down the street on your own and pick your own seat. So yeah, in the last couple of years different people have definitely had different kinds of experiences with Train Steet depending on when they were there.

There's a similar thing that happens with the sidewalks in Hanoi. Technically shops are breaking the rules by spilling across the sidewalks and into streets like they do. Every couple of years the rule against blocking the sidewalk gets strictly enforced for a short time and then gradually those little tables and chairs get farther and farther out into the street

[tringo]

You got it shield yourself from traffic behind another person when crossing 😊

[FunkyChild]

There are motorbikes everywhere in Vietnam, even INSIDE restaurants. 😆

[bw]

Do you have a hostel you would recommend?

[zpuebpc]

Dommage que la voix soit artificielle.

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[bw]

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