A month ago I came back from Vietnam. I love travels. For several years I had explored Asia. It is very cheap and very exotic. My first post will be about prices in Vietnam. It may be useful to plan your trip to those areas. Vietnam is a very diverse country. The cemetery is 332 thousand km 2. Country borders with China, Lao, Cambodia. The country is moving from the north to the south 1800km, so the weather in its various parts is very different. I visited this country at the turn of August and September. On month before the rainy season began. Everyone in Vietnam will find something wonderful for themselves. The country surprises with vegetation, climate, cuisine and above all the street traffic. I will make a separate post about it.
Vietnamese cuisine is delicious and very cheap. We can taste a variety of soups(read in vietnamese Pho), as well as various noodles or popular spring rolls.
Example prices:
crab in total 150 000 VND=6,50 USD
Spring rolls 40 000VND=1,70 USD
Pho 60 000VND=2,60 USD
Noodles 40 000VND=1,70 USD
Water 10 000VND=0,40 USD
Below I attach photos of several dishes:
Clothes are also very cheap. But you have to bargain. It will go down half of the original price, but guaranteed to be 2/3 of the initial price.
Hoian is the city of tailors. At every corner you can sew tailor-made clothes at the price of clothes from popular stores like Zara or H&M.
For example:
vietnamese hat 40 000VND=1,70 USD
T-shirt 50 000VND=2,20 USD
pants 25 000VND=1,10 USD
truly silk scarf for only 20USD
As for alcoholic beverages, beer is the most popular. Bottled is not so cheap, eg 330ml costs 15 000VND=0,65 USD. However, the so-called fresh beer can costs up to 4 000VND=0,17 USD. In addition, it is delicious! It is refreshing with a small amount of alcohol, ideal for those climate condicions.
Cigarettes are incredibly cheap and I don't see any difference between those from Europe. The most expensive cigarettes I smoked in Saigon cost 30 000 VND for a package. The cheapest cigarettes in Vietnam were in HoiAn.
I paid 100 000VND=4,30 USD for 10 packs which gives us 10 000VND=0,40USD per package!
As it's known in Vietam, drug use is forbidden. However, you don't need to look for them in the street. They will find the tourists by themselves :) I am opposed to drugs, so I don't have detailed information on the prices, but they assured me that it's very cheap. At one bar in Saigon where I had a good party, the smell of marijuana was everywhere in the whole room. However, tourists use the drugs intensively without looking at the consequences. :)
Cheers!
And what prices are in your countries? Please comment :)