Besides the visit to the orphanage and the schools, we had a chance to experience life in HCMC.
On the second day, we had to walk to a nearby restaurant for lunch. This was when I had my first taste of crossing Vietnam roads. There were no traffic lights nor zebra-crossings or whatsoever. There were very few cars but many motorcycles. The roads were very dusty too. In order to cross the road, you had to be brave and just walk across to the other side of the road’. What you need to do was to raise your hand, look in all directions for oncoming vehicles, and the motorists would execute their marvelous driving skills, turning and twisting their vehicles to avoid you. It was really crazy! (I soon found out that traffic lights did exist in Vietnam, but only in very big and important and busy districts.)
The only drinks offered in most restaurants (or at least the two I have been to) were Coke and 7-UP. They did not use the ice cubes like in Singapore, but they just drop one whole block into your glass!
On another occasion, we had to cross 5 roads. It was around 20 metres from one side to the other. We kept close to each other and bravely made our way across. We certainly looked like a flock of frightened sheep trying to make our way through, swarmed by all the vehicles. It was scary but trilling! Our only regret was that we could not capture it on film.
On the second day, we had to walk to a nearby restaurant for lunch. This was when I had my first taste of crossing Vietnam roads. There were no traffic lights nor zebra-crossings or whatsoever. There were very few cars but many motorcycles. The roads were very dusty too. In order to cross the road, you had to be brave and just walk across to the other side of the road’. What you need to do was to raise your hand, look in all directions for oncoming vehicles, and the motorists would execute their marvelous driving skills, turning and twisting their vehicles to avoid you. It was really crazy! (I soon found out that traffic lights did exist in Vietnam, but only in very big and important and busy districts.)
The only drinks offered in most restaurants (or at least the two I have been to) were Coke and 7-UP. They did not use the ice cubes like in Singapore, but they just drop one whole block into your glass!
On another occasion, we had to cross 5 roads. It was around 20 metres from one side to the other. We kept close to each other and bravely made our way across. We certainly looked like a flock of frightened sheep trying to make our way through, swarmed by all the vehicles. It was scary but trilling! Our only regret was that we could not capture it on film.
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