o many mixed reviews on vietnam for me. I completely understand why some people fall in love with this country and others never want to return. Sometimes when I ask for something people will just grunt, look pissed off, and point for me to go the other direction. Ask for a metered taxi and within 10 minutes it says $35+ (rigged meter obv). Other times people randomly invite me to sit with them at dinner and pay for my meal, or walk up to me and just ask if they can chat and learn about where I come from and they want nothing in return. Very intriguing place.
Also internet seems to be reliable after a lot of grunt work and hours upon hours spent figuring things out, but still sometimes I'll buy 'unlimited 1 month 3g' and 2 days later after only playing poker and checking email it just stops working and I have to reload.
Seems like a great country to settle down, get all the little things figured out, and get a solid group of locals that helps you out and looks after you.
...just my thoughts after 3 weeks here. ~3 more to go for me