(Me wanting a photo with the beautiful beach background)
Vietnam’s known for its crazy streets, well, I know we have crazy ones in the Philippines too and thought nothing should surprise me when it comes to streets that are named after CRAZY! But I was wrong, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, 2 of the biggest cities of Vietnam stunned me.
(Returning favor to Trang)
My crossing crazy skills acquired from Philippines were suddenly out of the window, because when you say crazy in Vietnam that means millions of motorbikes on the streets. Not just on the streets but also at the sidewalks, so do not be confident you’re safe walking there because motorbikes can run you over on sidewalks.
I hated Hanoi for that(Isn’t it obvious, I haven’t wrote about Hanoi yet), my leg was burned by motorbike’s mufffler one afternoon walking slowly trying to avoid motorbikes to look for food, but inspite of avoiding them it didn’t appear to be successful yeah? efff! It was freakin’ painful and left a huge round scar on my leg for a long time. No apology or whatsoever from the driver, as if nothing happened.
As time passed by living a long time in Vietnam, i just realized they are the same to their own, like accidents are just a normal thing for them. At one point in Nha Trang, I saw 2 motorbikes collided, the other driver flew his bike and saw his face down on the ground being scraped by the road. The other was badly hurt on his left leg, no matter how severe the situation was, they just got up frisk off the dusts on their jackets and rode their bikes like nothing happened! Unbelievable!
That didn’t stop me to enjoy motorides in Vietnam though, in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) I asked Trang to teach me ride the Vietnamese way (crazy way, is the only term I can describe it). She did once in a while let me drive her motorbike.
In Mui Ne, the streets were quiet and easy and of course its easier to take on the road that way so we started riding as soon as we arrived 9pm in Mui Ne. Not to mention how we rode the next day going for Banh Xeo hunting on our breakfast, to Sand Dunes, to the Fishing Village, to the beach, and back to the guesthouse. It was a ride of a lifetime for both me and Trang, breaking the rules taking photos while riding!
Lyndsay is the person behind this blog. Yep, the Discount Travel Blogger who loves traveling the cheapest way possible, her goal is to explore life and the world breaking the stereotype, 'travelling needs lot of money'. Traveled, lived, worked, and visited different countries with and without job, she survived 16 countries and still counting.
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Traffic is always a problem for me, because I love walking. I’ve just had to accept that some countries really aren’t designed with pedestrians in mind – maybe a reason to avoid vietnam…
Don’t avoid Vietnam, that’s men’s paradise (when it comes to girls asking you out w a price), just avoid the cities if you want to walk a lot!