VIETNAMESE PARENTS
Do you recognize the discrepancy between the Eastern women and Western one in general?
As you see, only a few Vietnamese girls here, other bars and pubs are similar this bar. Do you want to know the reason?
Vietnamese parents in general dont encourage their daughters to come some places like this. maybe they are belong to the last generation, they dont understand clearly about the bars and pubs's activities, they think that places are full of bad things and bad guys, not good for girls at all. so we grew up with the thought that bars and pubs are not suit places for us to come. it's normal when you asked a vietnamese girl to go to the bars for some drinks and talks simply then she was like "omg I'm not allowed to come there" then she refuses your offer immediately.
Traveling is the same problem to us. our parents always afraid that there are a million dangerous things will happen on the way we go. and in their opinion, Vietnamese parents in general, girls should be at home, take care family, be a good wife and a good mom, even dont need to have a good career, so also dont need to experience new things in somewhere. as you know, the eastern people always respect their family. so almost girls dont want to make their parents unhappy so they choose to live a life as their parents want , grow up then get marriage and be a wife and a mom and take care the family till the end of the life even they are not happy about that. you will be a good daughter if you know how to take care the family, if you marry a good guy who has a good career, dont go anywhere or do anything that not allowed by parents etc
I always admire girls who can live an independent life, of course I always still respect my family but I also want to live my own life, I want to build a good career, I want to go and see the world outside, to experience all the new things, to meet up people from all over the world. I really really admire girls who can travel everywhere with a giant packback and a huge spirit of adventures. I changed the way my mother think about a girl's life. I told her about how the world big and beautiful, how the people nice and interesting, I told her everyday till she said to me "Ok, just do what you want, but you promise that you're always safe and sound". I'm the only child in my family, that why my mother was worried too much about me. I feel lucky because my mother set me free, she lets me go and experience, she support me to live my own life. I've read and watched a billion things about traveling since I was a little girl. I like meeting people like you, who come from different countries with a lots of interesting stories. You are my third friend on Courchsufing. The first one who comes from Saudi Arabia. I was worried a bit before I decided to meet him. But he's really a good guy, he told me a lot of stories about his journey. The second one comes from Taiwan, a handsome guy, he touch me some Chinese.
MY ADVENTURES
I and my friend, only 2 girls, ride a scooter from Hanoi to Hoi An last summer for 2 weeks. It was really an amzing experience, and dangerous also. We started at 6 am in Hanoi and our first destination was Ninh Binh. then we continued going to Nghe An, Quang Binh, Hue, Da Nang and Hoi An. it took us 10 days to reached Hoi An from Hanoi because each destination we stayed one or two days to went around and saw the landscapes there. we had some problems with our scooter on the path but my partner is really a clever girl, she fixed it immediately without no help from others. I didnt tell my mother about that journey. I didnt want to make her worried, I only told her that I flight from Hanoi to Hoi An. If she knew that I ride a scooter go there, she would never allowed me go anywhere.
Hi everyone, I would just like to share my wonderful experience in my Hanoi Trip last February 22-25. :)
Sharing with you some tips I personally learned during my three-day backpacking Hanoi tour last February 22-25, 2014:
