Vietnam?

[GoktimusPrime]

South Korea is fun but it isn't as tech and fast paced as Japan or Hong Kong. It is also one of the most regimented and consumer patriotic countries I've been to... try being the only people in an area with an iPhone because everyone has a Samsung, or only seeing Korean brand cars in one of 3 colours - white, grey or black.

To play devil's advocate, the flipside of this is what we have in Australia where there is arguably a lack of consumer patriotism which has caused a lot of Australian business to either go belly up or become foreign owned. This is something which has frustrated the likes of people like Dick Smith who's campaigned for a long time to try and keep more jobs in Australia. So I can see the rationale behind having consumer patriotism, but yeah, the downside to that is a lack of visible brand diversity.

[DELTAprime]

To play devil's advocate, the flipside of this is what we have in Australia where there is arguably a lack of consumer patriotism which has caused a lot of Australian business to either go belly up or become foreign owned. This is something which has frustrated the likes of people like Dick Smith who's campaigned for a long time to try and keep more jobs in Australia. So I can see the rationale behind having consumer patriotism, but yeah, the downside to that is a lack of visible brand diversity.

I know what you're saying. I expect even tho I'm regarded as one of the best workers at the Big W I work at I'll be out of a job when Amazon commences full retail operations in Australia in Q3 this year. Jeff Bezos the CEO of Amazon has said he is trying to make it financially irresponsible to shop anywhere else.

[canofwhoopass_87]

If you're looking for tf's in Saigon you'll find some really bad knock offs in some small street stores.

Official stuff can be found at retail stores in the big shopping malls, but expect to pay at least $40AU for a deluxe, $60AU for a voyager and so forth.

Also, be careful of pick pockets and communist propaganda. The latter is excessive in tourist hot spots such as the Cu Chi tunnels.

Have fun and don't be afraid to try different cuisines! Oh and don't drink anything that has ice cubes in it. Ice cubes = one ticket to the toilet

[Ploughmans Lunch]

Communist propaganda makes me whole. Thx!