Barefoot Friends
It's downhill!
What's this sound?
Why are we blindfolded?
We must be at a good place to see the sunrise.
I'm anxious.
Take it off!
That's amazing!
Where on earth are we?
Director!
Why are we in the desert this early in the morning?
Let me hand out your backpacks first.
They've got backpacks for us!
Now I see.
'Barefoot Friends, Kim Bum Soo.'
Each one has a notebook.
'Barefoot Friends.'
'Live like ordinary Vietnamese people for 24 hours.'
You have to be self-sufficient.
Basically it's writing a survival diary.
Live like ordinary Vietnamese people?
For 24 hours?
[Barefoot Spirit 1]
They don't know their destination.
They don't know who they will meet.
Find the hidden bare face of Asia!
Enjoy on barefoot!
[Barefoot Spirit 2]
Become one with Asia.
Communicate on barefoot!
We are Barefoot Friends!
[Barefoot Friends]
The first encounter with other friends! March 30, 2013, at 10am.
[A laptop delivered to Kim Hyun Joong.]
What is this?
Please open it.
'Welcome.'
'Welcome'?
Did you say you welcome me?
Welcome.
'See the members joining you.'
'Enter.'
A nice selection!
I like them all.
A nice selection of members!
Click the photos to watch their promo videos.
Yoon Si Yoon doesn't usually do variety shows.
This is his first.
Hello. I am Yoon Si Yoon.
You probably you didn't expect to see me on a variety show.
Because I've never been on a variety show...
you will see a new side of me.
I admit the other cast members are talented and funny.
But they've used it up. The broth is getting watery.
Did you hear what he said?
The truth is...
they can't come up with anything new.
But for me, it's like fresh made broth.
Please trust me and support me.
I will do my best!
He seems trustworthy.
He's going to work hard as a rookie.
He's going to do great if Ho Dong takes him.
Kim Hyun Joong!
Oh, he's handsome!
I'm Kim Hyun Joong, who will be on this new show on SBS.
He's so handsome.
He is so handsome.
He is handsome.
Okay, you are great.
A new face will make a new show more interesting.
Your Sunday evening will be full of fun.
I think I can be the core of the show.
I won't disappoint you.
Keep your eye on me.
I will watch you!
Let's see Kim Bum Soo's video.
He looks like a hodgepodge.
Hello, I am Kim Bum Soo.
I am the new icon in the variety show genre.
A fresh face! Like a fish that was just caught!
The audience wants a face like mine.
Please choose me.
I'm the one!
People don't want a familiar face.
Many of the cast members on the show...
are too familiar to the audience.
He talks too much as a singer.
Who should I watch now?
Should I watch mine?
Let's see how it turned out.
Hello, I'm Lee Soo Hyun.
What am I good at?
I'm good at being sarcastic.
Is that a warning?
I think you shouldn't laugh if it's not funny.
Kang Ho Dong laughs too much.
I don't laugh if it's not funny.
Please make me laugh!
He's trouble.
Let's see Jong Shin.
Jong Shin! Look at that hat he's wearing!
Look at that hat!
His hat!
Hello, I am Yoon Jong Shin.
I am simply Yoon Jong Shin.
That's my pride.
Yoon Jong Shin in 2013.
What else would I say?
I'm not sure what kind of audience will watch this show.
If you've seen enough of Kang Ho Dong, just watch me now.
I want to see him like that.
He's wearing the hat from Baker King Kim Tak Goo.
Let's watch Kang Ho Dong's.
Hello! I am Kang Ho Dong!
It's been six years since I was on my last show, X-Men.
This variety show gave me a chance to see you again.
Well...
It was good up to this point.
My brain went blank!
We have eight members!
I don't even know who they are!
If you want to keep watching this show...
then choose me!
Why? Because Kang Ho Dong is a pro!
That was powerful!
Kang Hong Dong is worn out.
- Hello. - Hello.
Oh! UEE!
Oh, how fresh! Fresh!
I want to help out.
I will do my best to be helpful to the team.
Please support me!
Thank you!
The screen suddenly brightened up!
She is the only girl on the team!
[Born in 1986, Eun Hyuk is the same age as Hyun Joong.]
I am telling you the truth...
I am really popular!
So there's one thing I am really worried about.
When we shoot abroad...
I am concerned whether the shooting is even possible.
What if it's possible?
What would you do?
Please!
Choose me! I will be thankful!
Let's go!
Next...
[They've seen all the members.]
'Choose two members and ask them a question by email.'
'You only have 30 minutes.'
I will do anything you ask me to do.
The members are meeting online together.
Everyone is writing an email to someone.
Where is 'S'?
It was here.
Oh, here it is.
How much time is left?
I need to come up with something funny.
What should I ask?
Do I have enough time? Can I go back?
No time?
Who is this?
Kang Ho Dong sent me an email!
Kang Ho Dong's experience...
Bum Soo's freshness...
Let's 'rotten' them together.
It's 'combine', not 'rotten'.
Who are you?
It's shocking.
[Five Days Later]
[Incheon International Airport April 4, 2013 at 7 pm.]
[Who is the first one to show up?]
[Kim Hyun Joong] Hello.
[His good looks brighten up the entire airport!]
[Even the way he breathes is art!]
- Here's your ticket. - Okay.
[He doesn't know what it is.]
The title is 'Barefoot Friends.'
Vietnam?
[He didn't know the title of the show nor the destination.]
Hello. How are you?
- Hello. - Hyun Joong!
Nice to see you again.
Yes.
My ticket!
So the title is 'Barefoot Friends'?
Yes.
- Going on a hike? - No.
Looks like you're going to the Himalayas.
I prepared lots of necessities for survival.
Do you know what this show is about?
Well...
I don't know.
Who's here?
Hello.
Thank you.
- This is Kim Hyun Joong. - Nice to meet you.
I wanted to meet you.
You are here!
Hello.
Hello, Mister.
You didn't make any noise walking over here.
- Si Yoon! - Hello.
Hello, Si Yoon!
Welcome!
Still awkward, huh?
Hello.
UEE!
The only girl on the team.
She's the only one I like here.
Good morning!
[Is he going to Africa?]
[He doesn't know where he's going, but...]
Good morning, everyone!
Good morning!
I am jealous!
He's got a cane too.
The darkhorse of Barefoot Friends!
Hi, UEE.
Kim Bum Soo! He knows the concept of the show.
What the heck is this?
You never know what will happen!
You are all prepared!
Is this my place?
He wants to stand next to UEE.
He just smiles.
I didn't see because I came a little late. What's wrong with you?
- That's his outfit. - I just got here.
You need to be equipped for an adventure.
Obviously he has no idea about the destination.
If you had told me, I wouldn't have dressed like this for Vietnam.
You must be warm.
Why don't you climb up there since you're here?
We don't know if we will go through a lot of hardship.
We gave you only your plane tickets and the books.
The title, 'Barefoot' gives a genuine feel.
Maybe we get to wash the others' feet.
Foot massage? Healing?
This is a place for foot massage!
I want to interpret the word, barefoot, positively.
What should we do now?
You've exchanged emails.
The results that came out are like a popularity vote.
There's ranking.
They exchanged emails?
He seems to be out of the loop.
Who is the second from the bottom?
He got none.
Zero!
Zero! None!
Why are you looking at me?
That's life!
Who is the one that received none?
Yoon Jong Shin.
I'm sorry.
I guess I am too much for you guys.
Because my popularity is going up.
His remarks are cliche.
Si Yoon's good at retorting.
He's not shy to say anything.
And there's the editing process.
That's why he's not afraid.
Who received the most emails?
He received four emails.
Four emails!
Kim Hyun Joong.
Thank you.
I sent you an email, too.
Why did you choose him?
- Huh? - Why did you choose him?
I always liked him.
You always liked him?
Ho Dong likes handsome guys.
He tends to choose who is popular based on their good looks.
That's not true!
The people I choose just happen to be handsome.
Let's see who is in the second place.
Second place?
Two people received three emails each.
One is Yoon Si Yoon.
Yoon Si Yoon!
The other one is Kang Ho Dong.
I tried hard not to show how excited I was.
It's not nice to laugh too much.
This is good news for Kang Ho Dong, which is rare these days.
What?
There hasn't been good news about Kang Ho Dong.
Do you see the light at the end of the tunnel?
Ho Dong is riding wind.
I found a new life!
Seventh place!
Two people share the sixth place.
Eun Hyuk.
And Kim Bum Soo.
[He's supposed to be an idol!]
This can't happen.
You got one more than I.
You have so many fans, but you got only one email.
This makes me bitter.
What do you feel when you see him so sad because he got only one?
The fact that I got any email...
I feel thankful for that.
And...
But I'm sad I can't help him out.
Are you at an award ceremony?
He's so serious.
He's serious.
This is the Academy Awards.
I feel bad I could choose only two.
I wish I could have emailed everyone.
But I had to choose only two.
He's good at making comments.
What?
You make decent comments.
Huh?
Yes, I do.
Who sent you emails, UEE?
Bum Soo and Hyun Joong did.
Why did you choose her, Hyun Joong?
Me?
Why did you choose her?
Well, just because...
He didn't expect the question.
I thought everyone would email her.
I didn't know this would become an issue.
What?
What are you talking about?
We need an interpreter for him.
He means that he didn't know it would become an issue...
The fact he sent her an email.
He's good at interpreting.
That's right.
You didn't expect that.
He's a translating machine.
So what happens now?
You need to make up teams.
Are we divided into teams?
Yes, you will be.
You will be divided into the most popular and the least popular.
Who are the most popular?
Eun Hyuk, go over that side.
You belong over on that side.
The popular ones are over here.
There are five of us.
UEE should be in the middle.
She got two emails.
So she will be the dividing point.
Just in case, you go over there.
Just in case.
This looks natural.
Bum Soo is annoyed.
Even with his sunglasses on, he looks annoyed.
He looks annoyed!
Don't annoy me!
The mood was nice until now.
How should we divide into teams?
Since Yoon Jong Shin didn't get any emails...
We will console him by letting him select his team members.
Are you giving me the right to choose?
Do I get to choose the other three members?
First...
I will pick Yoon Si Yoon.
Yoon Si Yoon!
I knew it.
Are you alright?
Congratulations!
I'm okay.
He doesn't look happy.
He's an actor, but he can't act!
Yoon Si Yoon! Come over here.
He is a serous guy.
He isn't too used up in the entertainment industry.
[Not so pleased.]
Look at his face.
What's this?
I am just happy.
This actor can't act now.
I want to get to know him.
And I think he can help me.
There are two more members to pick.
Next one is...
I won't pick Bum Soo, but Eun Hyuk.
Would you think again, please?
Eun Hyuk.
I advised you not to show unwillingness on a show.
Don't do that.
Isn't it hard?
I can't smile wholeheartedly.
Who will you pick last?
My last pick is...
Yoo Se Yoon!
The genuine look on his face?
Come on over here.
You guys are members in your band, too.
Do you have to be together here, too?
What should we do now?
Let's shout hooray together.
We need to get on our airplane.
Hyun Joong, you won the popularity vote.
Why don't you say some encouraging words?
Hyun Joong, can you do that for us?
Raise up your hands when I say, 'Barefoot Friends.'
You should say something to the viewers first.
Something...
Why don't you just do it then?
Dear everyone...
The eight of us will become a family...
And we're going to make good memories and stories.
Barefoot Friends!
Hooray!
[Ho Chi Minh]
[Barefoot Friends arrived in Vietnam.]
Ho Dong, Hyun Joong, Bum Soo, and UEE are headed for Mui Ne, Vietnam.
They are on their way to 'Mui Ne,' one of Vietnam's hidden jewels.
Jong Shin, Se Yoon, Si Yoon, and Eun Hyuk are headed for Hue, Vietnam.
Hue was the capital of the last Vietnamese dynasty.
[Hue]
Team Hue arrives at the destination in an hour.
Our flight was an hour long.
We've arrived.
I wonder if Ho Dong got there, too.
I am sure they are on a bumpy road now, too.
I think we are passing the Mekong River.
That's the only thing he knows about Vietnam.
What?
He says whatever river he sees is the Mekong.
Everything is the Mekong to him.
There's a river right there.
I think it's the Mekong River.
The water is deep, wide and beautiful.
Is this the sea on the left?
Is this the sea?
How would I know?
I am here for the first time, too.
How can it be the sea?
They are factories!
You drive me nuts!
Just stop saying anything if you have nothing to say.
What's wrong with you?
That's a Bahn Mi street vendor!
Why don't you get some Bahn Mi for us? We're hungry.
Let's eat Bahn Mi!
Bahn Mi was mentioned in the book.
It has lots of cilantro in it.
Bahn Mi and iced Americano please!
Leave the cilantro out for me, UEE and Hyun Joong.
Bahn Mi has cilantro?
It has lots of it.
Leave it out for me, too.
It's Ngo in Vietnamese.
I see Bahn Mi right there.
Do you have Bahn Mi?
[Speaking in Korean!]
There's Bahn Mi.
Bahn Mi!
Is this Bahn Mi?
Bahn Mi?
Is this Bahn Mi?
Bahn Mi?
Ngo? Ngo?
Without!
[It's so hard to buy food!]
Ma'am!
Excuse me?
Is this Bahn Mi? [Trying in English]
Bahn Mi! Bahn Mi!
Four Bahn Mi Give Me!
Ngo? Out!
Please!
Ho Dong is trying hard!
Excuse me, Ma'am.
Teacher!
This... out!
This!
Okay.
Thank you! [In Vietnamese]
Bahn Mi! Bahn Mi!
Look, It's got cucumber, carrot, and pork.
This is delicious.
It's not expensive at all.
Not at all.
This makes a decent meal.
This is good enough for a meal!
It's easy on the stomach.
I am hungry! Hungry!
[Team Hue]
This must be where we are staying.
I feel like we magically found this place. No one told us about it.
[Guest house: inexpensive lodging for tourists]
[1:30am: 15 hours since In Cheon Airport]
This really is just a place to sleep.
Only for sleeping.
This is my pajamas.
Did you already eat that?
No.
If you take it apart...
You can pack more.
Burnt rice?
You are very prepared.
Look! My face is on the slippers.
Swiss knife?
Si Yoon brought all sorts of stuff.
Jong Shin is looking to buy something.
Do you have anything like bread?
How much are those?
I'll buy this. Is this incense?
Incense.
Give me the dumplings and incense.
Who is it?
It's Jong Shin.
Ta-da!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, dear Eun Hyuk!
Happy birthday to you!
Oh, my god!
I'm sorry for burning incense on your birthday.
Finally they were dropped off somewhere.
This is very exotic.
Let's check it out.
[Arriving at a guest house in Mui Ne at 1:30am]
Is this for holding?
What is this?
How exotic!
Wow!
This is to keep mosquitoes out.
Essential Vietnamese expressions.
'Dep'... beautiful.
Why do we need to know 'welcome'?
Here it is...
Quiz me.
What is 'cheap' in Vietnamese?
Re.
Expensive is dat.
You have amazing memory.
But it doesn't last long, right?
It doesn't last long.
I think it's better to rest.
It's useless to memorize them now.
We won't remember anything tomorrow.
As for learning the language...
The other team has the upper hand.
They have Si Yoon.
Si Yoon memorizes everything.
He must be memorizing this all night.
He's scary.
As expected!
Si Yoon is studying Vietnamese very hard!
He doesn't even know what it's for, but he studies hard!
He's the king of preparation!
Team Mui Ne is still studying.
It's 2am!
Hyun Joong and I share the same mosquito net!
This is historical! Our first night in Vietnam!
Let's dream the same thing tonight.
Okay!
Let's meet at the Mekong River.
Here he goes again.
[At the guest house in Mui Ne at 4:30am]
Did they meet at the Mekong River?
Ho Dong. Kang Ho Dong!
Yes.
They slept only four hours.
Kim Hyun Joong.
Where am I?
His beauty awakens the day.
What are we supposed to do?
Why did they wake us this early?
The sun rises really early in Vietnam!
The sun is about to rise.
Where are we going this early?
You will see.
Huh?
You will see.
He always says that.
They started construction at 2am!
That was awful!
I was about to fall asleep.
Where are we going this early?
Good morning.
Hello.
I will have you blindfolded before we depart.
What?
No way!
They can't see where they are going.
They wake us up, just to put us back to sleep...
I guess we have to wear this.
This will make me want to sleep.
Let's sleep.
Where are we going at this hour?
You even blindfolded us.
Why do we have to be blindfolded?
Where are we going?
Cheap. Expensive.
They must be trying to sell us.
'Cheap. Expensive. They came from Korea.'
Made in Korea?
[Sun rising at 6am in Mui Ne]
The team arrives at the destination.
Where can this be?
We are still blindfolded!
Please walk slowly.
Is this the ground?
It's the ground.
We got off.
Come slowly this way.
What is this place?
It's not dangerous.
What is this?
The wind is blowing.
We are going uphill.
Is this uphill?
That's why it's hard.
[Hand in hand.]
[Without knowing where they are.]
[They are silent.]
[What will they encounter in Vietnam?]
Watch out for those sinking spots.
I know about the producers.
They may be cruel, but they never put you in danger.
Oh, it's downhill!
What is this?
They didn't warn us about it!
It was coming up!
It's too late to say 'be careful' now!
They are so heartless!
Can we sit here a little?
No.
Keep going down.
Keep holding hands.
I think I am in trouble now.
I think something's wrong, but I don't know what it is.
That's not it.
Be careful!
What is this place? I'm sweating.
They finally arrived at the destination.
Stand right there, please.
Where on earth are we?
Did they bring us all the way here...
To see the majestic sunrise?
Can we take off our blindfolds?
Yes. Please take them off.
One, two...
Take it off!
Red Sand in Mui Ne, Vietnam.
Wow!
What is this place?
What kind of place is this?
Where on earth are we?
Are we in the desert?
Yes, it's Red Sand in Mui Ne, Vietnam.
Red Sand?
Yes, it's red.
Oh, the sand is red!
You can't shake the sand off.
Wait a minute, Director!
We are professionals.
But we can't think clearly because we came here blindfolded.
We lost our sense of direction.
Which way is north?
We left when it was dark. But the sun already up!
- It's amazing. - It's great!
I never knew about this place!
We can't even tell which is the sky and which is the ground.
Director, the camera should spin around us in 360 degrees.
Spin like this!
Where are we?
Who are we?
What is our identity?
Where is the ground? Where is the sky?
Where is the ground?
I fainted.
Look! What's up with this staff?
I asked you to spin around us!
I've never been to a desert before!
This is my first time in the desert, too!
Desert looks like this!
I never expected the desert sand to be red like this.
Okay, let's see.
We came here without knowing anything.
We left our place even before the dawn broke.
We left there and...
We never expected this.
A flying camera, which is used for shooting movies!
They put in lots of effort.
It's amazing!
It's really noisy!
I didn't expect that.
It's leaving.
Go away!
It's flying away.
Go away!
- Director! - Yes?
Why did you bring us to the desert this early in the morning?
Let me hand out your backpacks first.
First, check the items inside your bag.
Inside the bag?
Is everyone's different?
What is this?
'Barefoot Friends, Kim Bum Soo.'
We all have a notebook.
'Live like ordinary Vietnamese for 24 hours.'
'You have to be self-sufficient.'
Basically it's writing a survival diary.
What?
24 hours isn't a little amount of time.
No, it's not.
And we can't speak Vietnamese. But how can we live like one?
So you want us to be like a native in Mui Ne?
Basically it means...
Make meals.
Eat and sleep.
What about money?
We need money to buy food.
Should we find a place to sleep, too?
The average daily income of people in Mui Ne is...
200,000 Dong in Vietnamese currency.
200,000 Dong ($10)
How much is that in Won?
How can we earn 10,000 won a day?
[A perfect combination of desert and see in Mui Ne.]
[People in Mui Ne work mostly in...]
[Fishing and selling goods in the market.]
[Team Mui Ne will have to live for 24 hours...]
[Just like people in Mui Ne, by earning 200,000 dong a day.]
[Will they be able to live like ordinary Mui Ne people?]
It's a fishing town.
Yes.
A lot of people fish for a living.
Fishing is the main industry.
The flying camera showed up again.
I think you should sit down.
The sand!
It just blew over a sand storm.
In the middle of a serious talk.
[The flying camera persistently flies around them.]
Ho Dong is getting annoyed.
You are annoying!
We haven't eaten yet!
Head is hurting from the thought of making a living in Vietnam.
Director, tell us again.
Money for lodging tonight.
Money for snacks.
Money for three meals a day.
All of that...
You want us to make money for all of that?
We can't even speak Vietnamese.
Would it be possible for us...
To live like people in Mui Ne for 24 hours?
I think it's going to be great.
Since we came all the way here...
It'd be a great experience to live like that.
Yes, the idea is pretty good.
'Live like Vietnamese natives'.
That sounds like fun.
A change of identity.
We will take you to an ordinary house in Vietnam.
So, now...
In order for us to be like people in Mui Ne...
We will get going.
What kind of hardship is waiting for us?
We won't avoid that hardship.
Whatever it is, bring it on!
Let's shout together!
Barefoot Friends!
I really like what I said.
Hardship, bring it on!
Do we have to climb up again?
[Hue Team's guest house at 6:30am]
Their first morning in Vietnam.
Wake up.
What will the rookie say?
So this is what it's like.
Please get up.
We will leave soon.
Of course, we should.
We don't even know what we will do.
I'm afraid.
You have 10 minutes to get ready.
Okay.
[Everyone is up by 6am]
I heard the sun rises at 6am.
That is true. Time is...
We will leave now.
It's six in the morning. 6:04 am.
This is what it's really like.
I only washed my face.
Where are we going?
Put the blindfold on please.
Blindfold?
Where are you taking us?
This is like kidnapping.
It gives me a sense of fear.
I wonder why they don't let us see.
I don't hear motorcycles anymore.
It feels like we are getting kidnapped.
I finally figured out what this show is about.
Please get off.
Get off?
When I saw something like this on a show...
I thought they were just acting.
Being blindfolded is scary.
[They arrived somewhere at 6:30am]
Are they kidnapping us?
What's this?
Someone is dragging us.
Are you the director?
Nope!
What have we done wrong to be taken away?
I'm not sure who I'm holding.
It's stairs.
It's scary to walk blindfolded.
What's this sound?
Stop.
What's this?
Where are we?
Take it off?
I'm so anxious to see.
They are 1000 km away from where Ho Dong is.
Where on earth are they?
The last Vietnamese dynasty.
This is where the 12th King of Nguyen is buried.
Khai Dinh Royal Tomb
Backpacks!
They got backpacks! I knew it.
Check out the stuff inside.
'Barefoot Friends!'
'Live like ordinary Vietnamese for 24 hours.'
'You have to be self-sufficient.'
For 24 hours?
Live like Vietnamese?
The average daily income of ordinary Vietnamese is...
250,000 dong.
How much is that?
It's 13,000 won.
You should earn 250,000 dong a day.
With that money, you should take care of lodging and meals.
So you are not giving us money?
- We should earn it? - Yes.
I see.
This is what the show is about?
[Live like ordinary Vietnamese for 24 hours.]
[UNESCO world cultural heritage.]
[Vietnam's historical site.]
[Hue!]
[A common job for ordinary Vietnamese is...]
[Driving the cyclo, a Vietnam trademark.]
[And selling goods in the markets.]
[Average daily income: 250,000 dong.]
[Earn money like ordinary Vietnamese!]
Is it even possible?
We will take you to a village where you will live.
Wait a minute.
Let's go.
This doesn't make any sense. Is this possible?
I never expected the show would be like this.
What are we supposed to do?
I feel helpless.
I feel helpless!
[The four enter a Mui Ne village at 6:30am.]
We need to rent a motorcycle.
After we make money!
Chao! (Hello)
I told you about this. The basket boat!
It's a basket!
This is famous in Vietnam.
Is this the hand made Bamboo basket?
It's all made by hand.
It's woven with bamboo.
They put something sticky.
It's interesting.
That's why there are no holes in it.
They catch fish with it and carry them in it.
Excuse me!
Hello!
How are you?
Chao, Chao!
Hi! Thank you.
We are from Korea.
Chao.
How are you? Nice to meet you.
Chao! Hi!
Can we come in?
We will come in then. Excuse me.
Excuse me.
The layout of the house makes it very breezy.
Go outside.
- Over here... - It looks hot.
It's warm.
It's warm!
The layout of the house keeps the inside cool.
Is it because of the tile floor?
Here's a hema. Do you sleep here?
Feels like we're in Vietnam.
- Hyun Joong! - Yes!
Lie down here.
Where?
It looks good if Hyun Joong does it. Here's a hema.
Oh, it's a hammock, not hema!
I wondered what a hema was.
I don't know anything. I just listen to him.
Since Ho Dong told me to do, I will lie down here.
Is it comfortable?
I am jealous.
Wow.
I'm jealous, too.
Bed is science.
It's scientifically comfortable.
It's science.
Oh?
Hyun Joong! Come over here!
- What's this? - It's sea horses!
It's sea horse alcohol.
Can I taste this?
Wow!
It's sea horses.
This...
Did you catch them yourself?
She bought them.
Oh, did you buy them?
What is this good for?
Good for your back.
Good for your back!
Backaches?
He made the sea horse drink for his back pain.
Where will we sleep when we make money?
Where do we sleep?
On the floor.
This is the room.
Lodging: 50,000 dong ($3)
This is the room.
The cars and motorcycles are running just outside.
And this is a room?
It's interesting.
Do they sleep here, too?
It becomes a room with the door shut!
The living room turns into a bedroom.
You will go to the sea...
To go fishing for a living just like the people here.
Are we going to ride a boat?
Are we going to ride a basket boat?
You will see.
He won't tell us anything!
I will go to work, daddy!
Hooray!
Let's shout hooray!
[Team arrives at the sea at 7:30am]
Hello!
Chao, Chao!
[Barefoot friends are about to experience life in Mui Ne.]
[A fishing village in Mui Ne.]
We will go catch crabs.
Crabs?
Do we need to sell them ourselves?
At the market?
Yes.
So we need to catch crabs to make money.
That's right.
You will start working to earn 200,000 dong now!
We need to get on a boat and catch lots of crabs!
The captain will pay us for the day's work with the crabs.
Of course!
And then we will sell them at the market.
That's how we can make money.
That's right.
With that money, let's buy Vietnamese rice noodles!
Rice noodles!
I can sleep outside for that.
That sounds great!
Rice noodles!
I don't know what it's called in Vietnamese.
Anyway we will ride a basket boat to the fishing boat.
Yes, the basket boat!
Let's go then.
- What's the name? - Let's go!
Are you really a native here?
You should know.
Do it like a native, Ho Dong!
Do it like a native! Like you would do it everyday.
This is...
Are we splitting up?
They said all of us can ride on it.
Yay!
I've seen the boat in a documentary.
Big boats can't come to the land.
This is a transportation method.
Did they use this to go fishing in the old days?
They use it as a net and a carrier.
It looks shaky but it really is stable.
Yes.
How interesting.
He's rowing in the front of the boat.
It's moving!
He's moving the boat with the oar only.
Why is he wearing a helmet?
I wondered about that, too.
Maybe he was wearing it while riding a motorcycle.
I want to try that.
Chao!
[Team arrives at the Hue Village at 7:30am]
Chao. Hello.
Hello.
Thank you for letting us stay.
[Lodging fees: 50,000 dong ($3)]
Are there a lot of mosquitoes?
There are mosquitoes and spiders.
Thank you for letting us stay.
Thank you! Thank you!
How are we going to afford the lodging?
The villagers here...
Go to downtown Hue for work.
Go downtown?
So we will go downtown for work, too.
Are we going now after we unpack?
Downtown Hue!
No time for preparation.
Will there be work for us to do?
Yes.
Good!
I was feeling helpless.
Let's go!
You will ride this to get there.
Motorcycle!
[The motorcycle is the most common transportation method in Hue.]
[It's not just a transportation method. It's their life.]
Fare: 50,000 dong ($3)
Thank you.
Vietnam is famous for motorcycles.
[They will ride a motorcycle to work just like Vietnamese.]
We're going to experience how they commute to work!
He must not like a male passenger.
[Going to work just like how the villagers do.]
I never dreamed of riding in the Vietnamese countryside.
I never dreamed of this!
[Experiencing the Vietnamese life they never dreamed of.]
The camera is right in my face!
He's going too fast. I'm scared!
[Team arrives at Downtown Hue at 8:20am]
Thank you.
Where is this?
[The Hue Royal Palace of the Nguyen Dynasty.]
[1000 daily tourists on average.]
[The cyclo is popular among tourists.]
[2800 cyclo drivers.]
[Become one of them to make 250,000 dong!]
This is a cyclo.
There is a movie about it.
He is a cyclo driver.
You will start working to make 250,000 dong now!
- With a cyclo? - Yes.
Wait a minute.
So we are going to be drivers?
Yes.
- We've never driven one. - We should learn.
The cyclo drivers will teach you how to drive it.
We need to learn it?
We have to learn it on this hot day?
One round trip to and from the Hue Palace...
You will earn 100,000 dong.
100,000 dong!
But all of it isn't yours since you're borrowing the cyclos.
You give 40,000 dong to the owner.
And you keep 60,000 dong.
6 to 4!
That's not too bad.
6 to 4.
Is that right?
How long is a round trip?
30 minutes.
30 minutes?
30 minutes for a pro driver.
[But going around this huge palace...]
[Will take the Barefoot Friends 1 hour 30 minutes.]
[The cyclo route and things to do for the driver.]
Oh, camera!
[Sell photo-taking at a popular spot.]
Right here! It's uphill. It's going to be hard.
You're not just a cyclo driver...
You should also be a tour guide for your customer.
You should be able to answer questions from international tourists.
The Garment Street: don't get lost!
I don't know the way.
[Is it possible to make 250,000 dong by driving a cyclo?]
Let's check our notes.
One round trip takes 30 minutes.
You should control your speed.
I see!
Not too fast, not too slow.
You should maintain the average speed.
You should be extremely friendly.
Be extremely friendly.
As soon as you meet your customer...
Don't forget to say, 'you are my friend!'
You need to do that.
What else?
The drivers use a one-word name. Very easy!
We should use a one-word name, too.
One word name!
I am Ssin!
You should be Sse!
Sse? Sse?
Tak? From Kim Tak Gu?
Hey, Sse!
Hyuk!
Ssin.
Sse
Hyuk
Tak
[Team starts work at 9am.]
Let's go.
[Hot-tempered Sse starts first.]
Ten thousand dong! [It should be one hundred thousand dong]
Ten thousand dong cyclo!
Ride a cyclo for ten thousand dong!
Cyclo!
It's cheap!
[Se Yoon is offering 90% off.]
Come on!
Okay.
It's hard to get a customer.
He got a customer!
But I haven't!
Eun Hyuk!
Over there.
International tourists!
Customer target!
Okay, let's go.
Hello! Hello!
[Si Yoon's ever growing popularity in Asia!]
Be friendly!
Where are you from?
Australia!
Australia! Wow!
I love Australia! Friend!
Cyclo?
The first customer!
[Being friendly is global marketing!]
You are so beautiful!
How long have you been in Vietnam?
What?
How long have you been in Vietnam?
Name?
Are you famous?
Tak! Tak!
My name is Tak.
I'm Andrew.
This isn't easy.
Si Yoon!
Wouldn't they like it if we go side by side?
- That's right. - Right?
How nice!
How did you get your customer?
No one would ride mine.
Did you lower the price?
Photo?
You should take a photo of that.
One, two, three, okay?
Okay, Okay.
One, two, three!
[It's been 30 minutes.]
Are you tired yet?
Oh, no, no, no!
I am fine!
You're fine?
Yeah!
Eun Hyuk must be happy.
She was really pretty!
Turn right?
[Accident!]
Sorry.
This is too complicated.
I'm really sorry to my customer. I will go!
'As if nothing happened!'
I am sorry.
Is it okay?
I'm good.
Do you know 'Gangnam Style'?
Yes!
Gangnam Style?
Gangnam Style!
That's okay.
It's like riding a horse!
How old are you?
25!
25?
I'm 28.
28?
Yes.
You are not!
He's younger than me!
You are 28?
Yeah.
Foreigners count age differently.
21?
We may be similar in age.
1986?
1986, too!
We are the same age!
- Yes! - Friend!
Friend!
He was awesome for some reason!
Tiger? Oh, he won't know that.
He was born in the year of the tiger.
Nice, nice!
Cyclo! [He hasn't left yet.]
There is a group of tourists.
Should I go over to them?
The people who are taking photos over there look like tourists.
Excuse me. Do you want a cyclo?
They are cold. I get hurt by that.
It's not going well today.
No one wants a ride.
I can't find any customers.
Cyclo!
Is mine the only empty cyclo?
Cyclo!
Are you married to him?
Boyfriend.
Boyfriend!
You are a nice couple.
I am a Korean singer.
What song?
Do you know 'Sorry, Sorry'?
'Sorry, Sorry'?
Super Junior.
Yes?
Sing to me!
Is this the right way?
[He has a nickname for getting lost.]
[He keeps looking, but...]
Wait.
Am I the only one who took this route?
Where am I?
What should I do?
I can't find my way.
[He is lost.]
We lost your boyfriend.
Don't worry.
I will find your boyfriend.
I promise you.
Thank you.
Good luck!
I'm not sure if I will make any money today.
I wonder how the others are doing.
Do you want a cyclo?
Cyclo?
It's so hard to find a customer.
When will I make money?
Oh, no. What should I do?
Okay?
I'm hungry.
[10am]
This is uphill.
[He's been driving for an hour.]
Sit down! Don't worry, my friend!
No, no!
Sit down. Don't worry, friend!
Hey, you!
I'm okay. Sit down. I'm okay.
I'm okay. Sit down.
Sit down.
Oh, my friend.
Yeah?
Oh, friend!
[Si Yoon's finishing speed!]
Why is it hard to get in?
[Si Yoon arrives at 10:20am]
Thank you very much, friend.
Have a good time.
Hey!
How much is it?
One hundred thousand dong.
Yeah?
My girlfriend has my wallet. We have to wait until she gets here.
Okay.
His girlfriend has the money.
She's got all the money.
Okay.
[They were such close friends until now.]
[Then they became awkward over money.]
Why isn't Eun Hyuk here yet?
[Eun Hyuk is still lost.]
Where am I?
Cyclo?
I haven't found a customer.
It's driving me nuts.
[They've been on the road for over an hour.]
My head hurts because of the exhaust fumes.
We haven't eaten anything. I'm hungry.
[10:30 am]
We will finally get there soon.
Is he coming?
Is Eun Hyuk coming?
[Eun Hyuk arrives at 10:45 am]
Good work.
Now we need to...
One hundred thousand dong.
Okay?
It's free for you.
Free? Really?
Because I feel really bad...
Free for you.
He should pay.
Me free?
For both of you...
One hundred thousand dong.
Okay.
Fifty thousand dong each.
[Living like people in Hue.]
[Finally the first time to make money!]
I used a hat earlier.
100,000 dong!
Thank you!
We made money!
This is not a matter of money.
This is the money you earned.
This is 10,000 dong.
[Later]
The world's most charming couple.
Are you embarrassed of me?
- There you go! - Worse than me!
Just run once!
We will now begin the fated couple's journey.
It's 10,000 dong!
Wait. Oh, my god!
One hundred thousand dong!
You are right.
[Both are unfamiliar with the foreign currency.]
We could have become enemies!
Thank you!
Bye bye!
That scared me!
I've never seen the bill before.
- Did you get it right? - Yes, I did.
- Is this right? - Yes, 100,000 dong.
Nothing is easy.
They are here!
[Jong Shin and Se Yoon arrive at 10:50 am]
100,000 dong? Who made it?
Wow!
- How about you? - I didn't make any.
- Why not? - No one rode it.
I had a customer, but I got lost.
I felt bad so I didn't make her pay.
You should still get paid!
But I really felt bad.
It's really hard to make 5,000 won.
Yes, it is.
We have only 60,000 after paying the owner 40,000 dong.
Let me pay you 40,000 first.
Si Yoon's income, 60,000 dong.
Thank you!
Wait, wait.
What should I do?
I don't think I can make any money today.
I am in trouble!
Should we eat now?
Most cyclo drivers...
Bring their lunch and eat it here.
And they accept customers during lunch, too.
Can we eat?
A meal is 30,000 dong at a drivers' restaurant.
30,000 dong for a meal?
It's about 1500 won.
Let's get one and share it.
Let's spend the money for food.
Get two?
Get two.
Vietnamese would eat too in a situation like this.
[They decided to spend all the money on food.]
Choose three?
We can choose three things.
Let us choose.
Ma'am.
Ribs? This one.
Meat and...
That's too little.
Give us more.
A chicken leg for bonus!
Give us that, please.
Give me one more.
Nothing is free.
No one gets a special treat here.
[Lunch cost 60,000 dong]
Should we try it?
We should discuss strategies while eating.
At this rate...
We will only suffer for nothing.
And the money we made...
We spent it all on food.
So we are back to zero.
It's 12:15 pm.
This is crazy.
Next week.
The cyclo driver's new crisis!
We can't just sit around here.
Let's sell stuff.
Okay. Let's sell it!
We should catch some.
Touch fishing in the middle of the ocean!
Where should we sell this?
Get to the heart of Vietnamese!
We just caught them!
How much would you buy?
Weigh them. It's 250 grams.
They are fresh!
We got money!
It's so hard to make 5,000 won.