Saturday, September 24, 2011

Lesson 1: Driving in Vietnam

It's a Top Gear inspired trip, let's start with the road rules that first initiate us in this fine country!

1 - it's a two lane road (if there's any markings at all!) but feel free to make a third lane on top the broken line down the middle.
2 - motorbikes rule!! Cars.....WHY??
3 - motorbikes are best carrying two or more passengers. Squish additional children in between. I saw a baby riding on the front of the handle bars last night.
4 - helmets optional
5 - shoes optional
6 - honking horn at nothing essential
7 - the rules are... There are no rules....

Side note: to my delight, rickshaws still exist... But the sort of ones where someone pedal powers the cart from behind, so they probably have a different name I don't know about. However the only people I saw facilitating these rickshaws were fat old white people :/


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