Hanoi Shocked Us — Here’s What You Should Know Before Visiting!

🇻🇳 Planning a trip to Vietnam? We created a FREE Vietnam Travel Planner focused on one thing: 👉 WHEN to visit each part of Vietnam for the best experience Based on our real travels across the country (plus additional research), this planner helps you: ✔️ Know the best months to visit each region ✔️ Avoid bad weather, heavy rain, and poor air quality ✔️ Plan your trip with confidence (no guesswork) 👉 Download it here (FREE): https://mitchandjan.com/vietnam-trave... Just pop in your email and we’ll send it straight to you instantly. If you’re spending the time and money to come to Vietnam...... this helps you do it right. Hanoi was our first stop in Vietnam 🇻🇳 and wow… it hit us fast. In this video, we spend a full day exploring Hanoi’s Old Quarter, wandering the streets with no real plan — just taking it all in and sharing our honest first impressions along the way. From the nonstop scooter traffic and narrow alleys, to street food sizzling on every corner and daily life unfolding right on the sidewalks, Hanoi is intense, fascinating, and completely different from anything we’ve experienced before. But there was one thing that genuinely surprised us — and it’s something we think travellers should know before planning their trip. We talk openly about it in this video and also share how you can avoid it by choosing the right time of year to visit. This isn’t a museum tour or a checklist video — it’s a real, on-the-ground look at what it actually feels like to experience Hanoi for the first time. 🎥 In this video, we cover: ✅ First impressions of Hanoi’s Old Quarter ✅ Street life, traffic & organized chaos ✅ Walking the Old Quarter with no itinerary ✅ Street food sights, sounds & smells ✅ What surprised us most about Hanoi ✅ An important travel consideration (and how to avoid it) ✅ Is Hanoi overwhelming or exciting? ✅ Would we visit again — and when? 🤔 Thinking about visiting Hanoi? Timing matters more than you might think. Hanoi can feel very different depending on season, weather, and air quality, and we share what we learned firsthand so you can make a more informed decision. If you’re planning a trip to Vietnam — especially Hanoi — we hope this video helps you know what to expect. 💬 Let us know in the comments: Have you been to Hanoi before? Did you love it, struggle with it, or feel both at the same time? If you haven’t been yet — does this city excite you or overwhelm you? If you’re enjoying our videos and want to support the channel, you can buy us a coffee ☕️ (or a glass of wine 🍷😉) here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?even... 📍 Filmed in: Hanoi Old Quarter, Vietnam 📱 Stay Connected While Traveling with Saily eSIM (Save 15%) One of the most common travel questions we get is: “How do you stay connected when traveling internationally?” For many of our trips, we use Saily eSIM, a simple and reliable way to get mobile data without swapping physical SIM cards or standing in airport lines. 👉 Save 15% on Saily eSIM using our link: 🔗 https://saily.com/mitchandjan *Please enter mitchandjan under the "Got a Coupon" button on the order summary page*