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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe Vietnam? I had the opposite experience of a pp… loved the landscape but the people are the absolute worst. My friend speaks Vietnamese fluently so we understood everything being said about us and the other tourists (nasty nasty stuff). They also have a culture of scamming that’s way worse than anywhere I’ve ever been (and I’m very well traveled). We traveled the entire country for 2 weeks from south to north.

All that said I went in 2010 so maybe it’s changed - Nomadic Matt changed his tune recently too after his article from the late 2000s: https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/why-ill-never-return-to-vietnam/[/quote]

I spent a month there in 2003 and had an amazing experience. Almost all the locals were kind, and a shop owner in Hanoi even made me dinner one night (we would hang out in front of her shop and play cards. I think the only thing I ever bought from her was a beer for $0.50). I never paid more than $10/night for accommodation, and went everywhere by motorbike. I doubt I would have the same experience if I went back, since that was 20+ years ago. 
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I had a similar experience in 2000. It was amazing and such a breath of fresh air after the scams and overwhelm of Bangkok. [/quote]

I spent time in Vietnam around 2007. I loved the people - it has a real hustle culture that I admire. You don’t get a truly vibrant urban culture like in Saigon without hustle. Outside of Saigon things were more relaxed. Yes we got scammed by a taxi driver but I just think back to Vietnam’s legacy of Western and Chinese intervention and swallow my pride.

That said, I don’t really see it as a tropical or relaxing vacation. But if you are curious about history and culture and enjoy cities, yes. [/quote]

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