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After just a couple of months in Thailand, Lloyd and Mandy explain why they had to leave—and head to Vietnam for a look at Vinhomes Ocean Park, a new smart city south of Hanoi.
Join them for a travel update and a first look at this Vietnamese urban development as they explore what brought them from Thailand to Vietnam. This travel vlog is for viewers interested in life abroad, Southeast Asia travel, Hanoi-area destinations, and discovering new places in Vietnam.
Join them for a travel update and a first look at this Vietnamese urban development as they explore what brought them from Thailand to Vietnam. This travel vlog is for viewers interested in life abroad, Southeast Asia travel, Hanoi-area destinations, and discovering new places in Vietnam.
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00:00When times are getting crazy
00:02And everything seems hazy
00:05Is there some place for safety I could go?
00:11Run away, run away, run away
00:13Into your escape
00:16Run away, run away, run away
00:19You're never too far to run
00:21Run away, run away, run away
00:24Into your escape
00:26Run away, run away, run away
00:30Run away, run away, run away
00:33Ah, ah, ah
00:42Ah, ah, ah
00:45Ah, ah, ah
00:50Ah, ah, ah
00:55Run away, run away, run away into your escape
01:01Run away, run away, run away never too far
01:42Alright, I know what you're probably thinking, we just put out a video saying that we moved
01:46to Thailand and now we're leaving, but we're only leaving for about six nights and we just
01:53got invited to go check out this brand new smart city just south of Hanoi, to be honest
01:59this is kind of why we moved to Thailand in the first place because we can just jump on
02:03a quick flight to places like Vietnam and go on a quick content trip so we're just about
02:09to jump in our private car, which is another reason we moved to Hua Hin because we can
02:17get a private car to the airport to pick us right up from our house for about $60 Aussie
02:23or Canadian and if you're American it's about $40 and it's like a nice SUV too
02:29It's a three hour drive so that's a pretty good deal if you ask me
02:37Yeah this definitely beats sitting on a bus, it stops every 10 or 15 minutes
02:43The smart city that we're going to it's actually called Vinhomes Ocean Park and we're going to spend a couple
02:48of nights there and check it out
02:50They've got like this man-made saltwater lake and an amusement park and a big mall
02:55So we're going to spend a few days there and then we're going to head to Ninh Binh for I
03:01think three nights
03:02because we did a whole month in Vietnam and it's the only place we didn't go to and we really
03:08regretted it
03:08So we're taking this as an opportunity to go and check it out
03:13Forgot breakfast
03:15I'll go grab it
03:19Alright got our breakfast
03:20We also left Bear at this really cool pet resort here
03:26It's almost, it looks like it's like a palm tree farm or something
03:31I took him there yesterday and spent a couple of hours there just making sure he was all good and
03:35there's so many nice dogs there
03:36And the lady who owns it is really nice
03:39It's called Dog Smile 48 Hwa Hinn
03:42So if you have a pet in Hwa Hinn and you want to leave it somewhere safe
03:46Definitely check them out
04:15I'll be love it
04:16No one else
04:36And we're going to be able to pick up a pet
05:02I like it, it's a good break from the Thai heat.
05:05I like it, it's a good break.
05:38Okay, so last time that Lloyd and I were in Hanoi, we only stayed in Old Quarter, which
05:43is like the main tourist area, so it's getting quite busy in that area because no one's really
05:48venturing out anywhere else.
05:50So the city definitely has way more to offer than what we showed last time, so we're really
05:53excited to get a different perspective than what we normally would get as a tourist here
05:57in Hanoi.
06:01To get from Hanoi Airport to Ocean Park, there's a direct shuttle bus that takes roughly one
06:06hour and only costs around 50 cents.
06:09However, if you want to get there a little faster or you're travelling with a lot of
06:13luggage or family, then a grab taxi is a little quicker and will cost you around $10 to $15.
06:21Okay, we're just about to pull into Ocean Park, we're talking quiet because we've been told
06:25off for talking a couple of times.
06:27We're getting in trouble again.
06:29Us of all people, we need to play out.
06:33But it feels like we're pulling into a Las Vegas Strip, honestly.
06:37There's neon lights everywhere.
06:39It's so beautiful.
06:40It's basically like a city inside Hanoi.
06:43They've built a new city inside Hanoi.
06:46So you've got Hanoi Old Quarter, then you've got Hanoi City, and then Ocean Park is like the
06:52city inside of it, which is pretty cool.
06:55I'm excited to see during the day.
06:57I think we're going to just go put our bags down and have a quick shower and then go grab
07:01something to eat.
07:03Starving.
07:16Oh, I forgot my suitcase.
07:19I forgot I had it.
07:21Look how you were here.
07:27Okay, we just arrived in Ocean Park.
07:29We got in trouble a few times for talking on the bus.
07:32So when you take the bus here, make sure you're quiet because we got nervous we were actually
07:36going to get kicked off.
07:38And that never happens to us.
07:40Lloyd and I are always so quiet but we were just excited talking to the guide that we have.
07:46But we just arrived.
07:47Kind of feels like we just pulled into Las Vegas Strip.
07:51There's so many lights around.
07:52Obviously not as busy and crazy as Las Vegas.
07:55But it's super modern, really pretty.
07:57Lots of cool restaurants around.
07:58We're just waiting for a bus transfer and then we're going to head out for dinner.
08:02Just going to drop our bags, have a quick shower and head straight out for dinner.
08:04We're both starving and so excited to have Vietnamese food again.
08:08I can't believe it.
08:12It's freezing.
08:13It's freezing.
08:13It's fun, it's fun.
08:15Gong, gong, gong, gong.
08:18Did you see the back?
08:20Yeah.
08:21Yeah.
09:06Thank you, we'll be down soon.
09:10Alright, we'll do a proper tour of this place tomorrow.
09:13We're going to be heading out to dinner with our tour guide and another YouTuber which
09:18is cool.
09:18We're going to have a quick shower before we head out.
09:31Okay, so we're actually in Ocean Park 1.
09:35There's actually three.
09:36There's Ocean Park 1, Ocean Park 2 and Ocean Park 3.
09:39So Ocean Park 1 is more like residential where families live.
09:44There's a few shops and like grocery stores and cafes and stuff but there's not really
09:48any nightlife.
09:49So we're going to go over, we're going to jump in a cab now and head over to Ocean Park
09:533 which is like the entertainment district and we're going to see how that is.
09:58I'm honestly pretty tired but I'm so hungry that I think we just want to go out and grab
10:03something to eat and maybe a cheeky beer.
10:08In order to get from Ocean Park 1 to Ocean Parks 2 and 3 you will need to jump in
10:13a taxi.
10:14However, it only takes about five minutes and costs just a couple of dollars.
10:21We've just come to Ocean Park 3 so where we're staying in Ocean Park 1 is like the family friendly,
10:28sort of like more suburbs where everyone sort of settles.
10:30Where we've come now is like where the nightlife and everything happens and where the restaurants
10:35are.
10:35So we're going to check out dinner here.
10:37So far the buildings are really cool.
10:39Like I kind of get a little bit of like Banff vibes, I'm not sure why.
10:43Banff, Canada if you've been there before.
10:45But these buildings and stuff are stunning and there's so many lights around it's really
10:50cool.
10:51It's a different sort of vibe to Hanoi than what we saw last time for sure.
10:55Okay, so our guide Lily told us that Ocean Park 1 has been around for around six years
11:01and Ocean Park 2 and 3 are really new so there's not really many people living here yet.
11:07Looks like we're heading in for a Banh Mi.
11:09I haven't had one in like two years.
11:10I'm so excited.
11:15It smells so good.
11:31It still feels so weird being really cold in Vietnam.
11:36What the heck, we had no idea.
11:39No idea.
11:41This is literally all Lloyd and I ate last time we were here.
11:44You can get one of these for under a dollar.
11:47And they're all over the place and they're so good.
11:49But the bread is always so delicious.
12:20Okay, so we're just on this like huge walking street here.
12:24And it's just a lot of restaurants so far.
12:28Most of the walking streets in Vietnam are like really heavy nightclub music and stuff
12:33here.
12:33It seems like small tailored to families I think.
12:38And we're just coming up to this massive pirate ship here and there's like a light show
12:43going on.
12:44Apparently it gets a lot busier on the weekends.
12:47It's not that busy today, but still there's a few people here.
12:50Yeah.
13:46All right, well that show was honestly insane.
13:49We just have come to this restaurant to get some hot pot because it's really cold out
13:54so I'm going to warm ourselves up.
13:56So I think we'll just have something to eat and then we'll head home to bed because I'm
13:59pretty knackered.
14:00What about you?
14:01I'm so tired, but we're doing a barbecue in the morning, which sounds pretty epic.
14:08Barbecue at the beach, I think, at the man-made beach, which I'm really excited to see.
14:13Apparently it has like no animals or fish or anything in this man-made beach.
14:17It's just made for like kids to play in and like a peaceful place to swim.
14:22So it'll be pretty good to check it out tomorrow.
14:25Yeah, I'm keen to see what it looks like and I think it'll be warmer during the day too,
14:29so we might even be able to swim.
14:32I don't know.
14:33Chicken hot pot.
14:35Yeah.
14:36I'm going to let you lay the way.
14:37Yeah.
14:39Lovely Lily is going to show us how to do a hot pot correctly.
14:43Yeah.
14:44So we're supposed to squeeze this on the salt?
14:47Yeah.
14:49It's good.
14:54It's good.
15:04It just keeps coming.
15:07Look at this mountain.
15:11Look at this mountain
15:17The first time we did hot pot in Sapa, they brought everything out and me and Mandy just sat there
15:22staring at it like what do we do now and we had to go and get the
15:25No, we put all the meat in and came and gave us trouble because we overcooked everything
15:31We had no idea what we were doing
15:32It was still tasty, we just did it wrong
15:39Music
16:07Which is like the main
16:12We're just waiting for...
16:15Also on that note, I know this sounds...
16:40...