travelgrove Travel Tips
 

Drink stalls on the road side, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

 
00
    
Legend
  • General travel tip
  • City center
Distance from city center: 3.1mi
alvingb's pictureby alvingb General travel tip
added on the 17th of April, 2011
While travelling around Ho Chi Minh city you are bound to meet many drink stall owners who will be carrying coconuts and other drinks on a pole with two baskets on each end.  Many of these vendors will persuade you to buy the drinks from them especially the coconuts. If you are really tired and feeling like having a chill drink, this fresh coconut drinks are really tasty and refreshing.  The coconut drink cost about 50,000 dongs.
However one important tip is to be firm with the owners if you do not intend to buy the drinks from them. Often when you stop to enquire about the drinks and the price of these drinks, they will force you into buying one. Thus if you are interested do stop by and buy a refreshing coconut drink. If you are not just be firm and tell them you don’t not want to buy them.

Address:
Along Ho Chi Minh City

Price:
Coconut drink = 50,000 dongs

Opening Hours:
Any tim of the day. Usually more in the afternoons

How to get there:
Walk along the streets and you will definitely be spotted by the drink stall vendors

 
Q Bar in Ho Chi Minh CityPost office in Ho Chi Minh City
 
 
 
General
tips

Recent travel tips for Ho Chi Minh City

  • Ho Chi Minh City Museum
    This museum is great place for tourist to know more about the history of Vietnam. There are many exhibits here that talk about the history of Vietnam. This certainly gives great insights to people to understand this beautiful country. There [...]
    D: 3.5mi10
  • Ho Chi Minh – Cat Tien National Park ( L/D)
    Ho Chi Minh – Cat Tien National Park ( L/D) AM: Our driver will pick you up at your hotel then transfer for a 4 hours driving trip to Nam Cat Tien National Park. AM: Our driver will pick you up at your hotel then transfer for a 4 [...]
    D: 4.4mi10
  • Halal food in the City of Saigon (Halal @ Saigon)
    Being the avid traveller that I am, I love to discover different places, its culture, language, attraction and the sorts. I believe that is no barrier for any of my travels – except for one – food. Being a Muslim , Halal food is [...]
    D: 0.7mi00
  • Reunification Palace
    The Reunification palace is a presidential palace. This palace consists of about 100 rooms where each room is beautiful crafted with nice Vietnamese furniture, displays and design. If you go to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam this is place is [...]
    D: 2.8mi00
  • Crossing the roads of Ho Chi Minh City
    To many of how not experience heavy traffic situations, the roads and streets of Ho Chi Minh city can be a great surprise. The roads of Ho Chi Minh city is congested with many motorbikes. This can be very intimidating  to cross the [...]
    D: 0.7mi00

Things about Ho Chi Minh City you may be interested in

 
 
 
guides

Recommended

Ho Chi Minh City Nightlife

Almost 30 years after, the city is trying to bring back its glorious days with the appearance of new clubs, pubs, bars, and discotheques. A number of them can be found along the tight corners and dimly lit streets of the city, while the others are housed in posh hotels, fitting for the upper-class market.Where to look for bars Bars are basically everywhere in Ho Chi Minh. One of the most popular [...]
 
 
 

More travel tips you might be interested in

Alkersum, Germany
The Museum der Westküste is a fantastic little museum that you would have never expected on a little island like Föhr. The relatively new...
History & Culture: Museum der Westüste

Henley On Thames, United Kingdom
Make sure you have a whole day for the amazing River and Rowing Museum if you are in Henley on Themes or in the area. It is very large and has many...
Outdoors Activities: For the Whole Family

 

Kiskunmajsa, Hungary
You can get a discount at the entertainment park entrance if you keep your parking ticket :)
General: Save your money

Labuanbajo, Indonesia
Florescharm Tours and Travel_ Local travel agent based in labuan bajo flores island
General: Labuan bajo

 

Marrakesh, Morocco
'Never been here before? We'll help you to organise your travel, but it is your trip in Morocco, you decide what to see where to go and when to...
Sightseeing: Morocco Desert Tour

Kabani, Myanmar
Kabini is one of the best wildlife zones in this part of the world in Karnataka in India. Wildlife enthusiasts and tourists come here and enjoy the...
Outdoors Activities: Kabini Wildlife Sanctuary Pleasures

 

Auschwitz, Poland
The Auschwitz-Birkenau camps are not far from Krakow and it's easy to get there with the minibus service, takes only one or maximum two hours. ...
History & Culture: Auschwitz-Birkenau

Navodari, Romania
I was here as a kid but I remember that very close to this city (or maybe it was in the city...) is a place where you can see dolphin shows.
Family & Fun: Dolphin shows in Navodari

 

Bangkok, Thailand
# 5 Koh Samui Thi is where one should be, the place is one of Thailand’s largest islands in the Gulf of Thailand, is known for its palm-fringed...
General: Top destination for a luxury soa holiday in Thailand

Baltimore, Maryland
Established during the 1700s by a Quaker carpenter named William Fell, Fell's Point has grown into a major tourist attraction, drawing people...
Sightseeing: Fell's Point

 
 
 
 
   Welcome to Travelgrove  register tell a friend bookmark it 
 
 
*