Guide to Avoiding Pitfalls on a One-Day Tour of Dongxing, a Border Town

Before going, I thought I had read enough guides, but I still fell into a few traps... (Summarized some points that other bloggers rarely mention 😭) - Dongxing is located in Fangchenggang City, Guangxi, right across from Mong Cai, Vietnam, so there are many things with a 🇻🇳 flavor~ There are also Vietnamese people doing small businesses here. ⭐Main Check-in Points: 1. Dongxing National Gate Scenic Area 2. Beilun River, the border river between China and Vietnam 3. The No. 5 Boundary Marker of the Qing Dynasty 4. China-Vietnam Beilun River Bridge 5. China-Vietnam People's Friendship Park, Ho Chi Minh Pavilion, China-Vietnam People's Revolutionary Martyrs Monument 6. Vietnam Style Street 7. Saigon Coffee - ⚠️Food & Pitfall Points: 1. Vietnamese Chicken Noodles (Hua Jie and San Jie seem to be good), but note that most noodle shops may close at 5 PM. Not sure if it's better during holidays, but it's recommended to eat early 😭😭😭 2. Street-side balut (I personally can't accept it) 3. Street-side coconuts 🥥 cost about five or six yuan each, sweet and recommended 4. Street-side French bread, about ten yuan for five or six pieces, not expensive, you can try some (the coconut-flavored ones are better than the plain ones) 6. Vietnamese snacks: instant noodles, yogurt, all around one or two yuan, worth a try. 8. Street-side spring rolls/fried bananas/fried shrimp cakes are recommended to buy from Vietnamese vendors, their prices are cheaper than local vendors (but they also leave around five or six PM) 9. Saigon Coffee, we didn't have time to drink it, just took a few photos and left in a hurry. - 🔷Dongxing is not big, the attractions are connected, walking + sharing is completely OK for a one-day tour, with a per capita cost of one or two hundred yuan. 🔷Recommended to combine with Fangchenggang Jintan Beach or Mong Cai, Vietnam for a trip. 🍎iPhones will automatically adjust the time difference, one hour behind ❗Although Vietnamese snacks are cheap, it is recommended not to buy their 🚬, they may be fake.