Hanoi is the capital city of Vietnam (City of the Rising Dragon) but I would call it the City of the Raging Bikes!

Motorbikes are the cheapest and most efficient form of private transportation there so majority of the people owns a bike. Since quite a number of people come from farms and rural areas, their traffic rule is simple: horn your way through! no traffic lights in most streets, lanes can change direction when needed, pathways can turned into a motorbike track when there is a jam, you need to cross the streets with the mentality that you can die anytime cos no one will stop for you, they will only avoid you while avoiding others! I'm impressed by the way they maneuver their bikes through the traffic with so much stuff on their back! I will freak out if you ask me to drive there!





see how this lady cross the street...



See how much stuff he carries!? there are some who carries a few live pigs on their bikes!



The best place I stayed: Fraser Suites Service Apartment. It's a lovely place to stay with sumptuous breakfast each morning.





The best thing I ate there: grilled fish @ cha ca la vong (the oldest restaurant in the world!? more than a hundred years old!)





The weirdest knife I ever seen: do you notice the toe of an animal?



The most interesting encounter of history: Seeing John McCain as POW in Vietnam





The most interesting site I saw: the wreckage of American's B52 bomber



The best drinking experience: Vietnamese coffee by the street side



The best riding experience: buffalo cart ride



The most enjoyable thing the kids played:

Interesting! I found the streets to be very hard to cross in Ho Chi Minh City as well. It was like playing a game of Frogger. Very weird that picture of John McCain, especially since they didn't really tend to his wound until he was practically dead and they found out his dad was an Admiral.
» Zanzibar on 2008-12-26 11:39:08

The pottery looks like so much fun!
» Mockiller on 2008-12-26 08:43:24

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