solo in vietnam 🇻🇳 | exploring HCMC cafes, food & shopping pt.3

hiii & welcome back to the FINAL vlog of my solo shenanigans in vietnam!! 🇻🇳 in this vlog, we’re doing everything fun in Ho Chi Minh City — taking a cyclo ride around the city, meeting new friends, trying local foods, exploring, shopping, trying pottery for the first time, and drinking WAY TOO MANY coconut coffees 🥥☕️ this ended up being one of my favorite travel vlogs, right up there with my switzerland vlog 🥹 u also get to see firsthand how spontaneous my solo trips actually are because half the time, i’m making up my itinerary as i go bahahaha :p thanks for coming along with me on another adventure :’) i hope this inspires u to take the trip, even if no one else can join u🫶🏽 i included the latter part of my Ho Chi Minh City itinerary below in case you’re planning a vietnam trip and want to visit any of the places i tried! 🇻🇳📍 🇻🇳 VIETNAM ITINERARY — DAYS 6–10 DAY 6 — POTTERY + FOOD + WORK 🏺 ☕ Brunch: The Running Bean 🏺 Pottery: Gom Sai Gon — 500,000 VND 🍺 Drinks: Hoa Vien Craft Brewery 🍜 Dinner: Quan Nem Restaurant → Order: Bún Chả Quán Nem — 96,000 VND 💻 Head home + get some work done DAY 7 — COFFEE + SHOPPING 🛍️ ☕ Coffee: WIMI Specialty Coffee 👗 Shop: Compound Garment 🛍️ Shopping: 42 Đ. Tôn Thất Thiệp — SO much shopping here 👗 Shop: La Vierge 🍜 Food: Ben Nghe Food Stalls DAY 8 — WORK DAY + A LITTLE SHOPPING 💻 💻 Stay home: Work + laundry 👠 Shoes: Catwalk 🛍️ Vincom: Shoe shopping + purse hunting at the vintage shop next to New Playground 🍽️ Dinner: Man Moi — wouldn’t personally recommend going again DAY 9 — EXPLORE HCMC 🇻🇳 🥖 Breakfast: Banh Mi Run ☕ Coffee: LeeLai Cafe 🛺 Explore: Cyclo ride around Ho Chi Minh City 👗 Shop: Rue Miche 🛍️ Explore + shop: District 3 🥥 Break: Buko Break 🧴 Beauty shopping: Hasaki + Guardian — Korean skincare 🍜 Dinner: Bún Riêu Cô Hương Béo 🌙 Head home + wind down DAY 10 — SLOW DAY IN SAIGON 📚🌇 🥐 Lunch: La Fontaine French Bistrot — District 2 📚 Explore: Saigon Book Street 🍮 Dessert: Soufflé stop 🚤 Evening: Saigon WaterGo river ride ⭐️if u read this far, pls comment what your favorite part of the vlog was⭐️ 🔗 to my socials: kharllaofficial.com  🎬 edited by Liyah @lyhbndc on insta 🎵music brought to u by  ⁨@epidemicsound⁩  Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com