It takes on a whole new meaning here in Hanoi. My mom and I tried to venture out to Craft Link and Koto for dinner last night. I think our first indication we shouldn't have gone was when we attempted to get on the sidewalk in front of our hotel. Here is what we saw:
Not only were the scooters 6-8 deep on the street, they were 2-3 deep on the sidewalks. Yikes! But we ventured foward, with just a bit (okay, a lot) of trepidation.
We made it to our destination....at least to craft link. Koto was closed so we had to do the whole walk back...with our backs to the sidewalk traffic. Yikes! I am pretty sure rush hour anywhere in the US doesn't compare to this kind of rush hour.
At least we met some great people on the way...
We also saw a rather disgusting sight...a man, uh, pooping on the sidewalk. Yeah, classy. And it was the story of the week until another family in our travel group saw a woman doing tai chi in the median of the road....completely naked. You always have to be on your toes here in Hano!
7 comments:
Oh My!! Those are things that I was not expecting to see!
WOW! I'm sure that was a sight you could have lived a lifetime without seeing. LOL! :) Glad to hear that things are going well! :)
Mark
wow! That tops the little boy peeing in the street that we saw any day!
MAN, i love that city!
I guess he just had to go with all that rush hour traffic! LOL! My oh my, I bet that was a sight.
did you not LOVE koto? they have the best cocktails. which is good when you are a new momma.
i hope yall are having so much fun!
Now those are a couple of sights I'm glad I missed while in Hanoi. I really, really did like Hanoi, though. I hope you're enjoying it, too.
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