Program 520: Saigon's Bui Vien Street; Spain 2018

An expat living in Saigon describes the bustle of Ho Chi Minh City’s famous Bui Vien Street, and explains why this backpacker district has recently become a weekend destination for local families. Then tour guides from Spain share updates and travel tips for the land of tapas and toreadors.

• Saigon-based tour guide Dave Fox, author of "Globejotting" (Inkwater Press)
• Amanda Buttinger and Federico García Barroso, tour guides based in Madrid
• Francisco Glária, tour guide based in Pamplona

• Dave Fox's Globejotting.com website includes travel writing tips.
• Bui Vien Street gets mixed reviews from Trip Advisor travelers.
• Tour guide Federico García Barroso is based in Madrid, and Francisco Glária specializes in the Navarra region of Spain from his home base in Pamplona.
• Francisco notes that the Baztan Valley in the Pyrenees is culturally important to the Basque people.