THINGS TO REMEMBER

THINGS NOT TO MISS

• It's in your best interests not to drink the tap water, especially after flooding!
• Avoid cyclo ride after dark.
• Dress modestly and appropriately when visiting local dwellings and religious sites, etc.  
• Leave your valuables behind before a night out on the town, or going to the beach.
• When crossing the road, especially in Ho Chi Minh City , always keep looking to the left and right and walk slowly!
• Do not offer money directly to minority people - instead donate to a local charity or offer a small gift, such as pens.
• Try at least once the delicious, local street food.

•  Always ask permission first before taking photographs, especially in minority areas. 

• Ordering custom-made clothes from the local tailor shop
• Taking a slow cyclo ride through the French Quarter of old Saigon  
• Eating Pho ga or Pho Bo (chicken/beef noodle soup) at a street side noodle stalls.
• Bartering for a bargain at Saigon 's largest market, Ben Thanh Market 
• Have a glimpse over the 200km of Cu Chi Tunnels and practice target shooting with a Kalashnikov
• Meeting some of the less privileged denizens if the city: visit an orphanage, lunch at Sesame vocational school of street children
• Take a cooking class with a Vietnamese chief in Vietnam Cookery Center