Buckle up and pour yourself a drink for this fun one! In this week’s episode, Mary Grace unpacks the details of her entire very first crazy, culture shock filled night in Hanoi, Vietnam from the Westerner’s perspective, plus shares a handful of valuable, tried-and-true tips that she wishes she would have known before diving head first into the Southeast Asia experience as a solo traveler.

Listen for local transportation tips, language barrier struggles, Vietnamese money conversion tips, electronics packing tips, and one specific, unexpected culture shock point that never remotely crosses the Westerner’s mind when it comes to food shopping in Vietnam.

(00:00) Intro and episode overview

(03:02) Transportation mishaps at the Hanoi Airport

(06:46) The biggest culture shock of all

(09:56) Additional culture shocks ...