You have to see this city to believe it.
The traffic is like nothing I´ve ever seen. Crossing the road is a heart pumping experience and you even require to learn how to do it since it´s not like we are used to back in Europe. You don´t let the cars and motorbikes pass and then you cross... nope...you walk and close your eyes while you pray and the motorbikes go around you, this is because there are no cars (except for taxis) people can´t afford them so everyone owns a bike and the traffic it´s a continuous flow. We took some pictures (because it was shocking) but you can´t really appreciate from a few pictures but I´ve found a nice youtube video where you can see what I am talking about.
Seeing is believing so here it is a youtube video showing the traffic in hanoi:
My first picture in Vietnam:
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And now, one of Hanoi´s specialities. 4 people on one motorbike and the driver talking on her mobile...Nobody would believe me without the picture to prove it!
Despite of the noise, the polution and the maddening traffic, Hanoi has at its very centre a very nice lake with a little bit of green all around it where people go to exercise in the mornings, and just chill during the day.
You are SO forgetting how lovely Hanoi is at 5 am, with people exercising in their PJs to the music of a casette player, playing badmington or doing tai chi in the area surrounding the lake!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm saving that for another post, after Sapa, with the pictures from the temple... it´s just that I´m a slow blogger and my only follower is cracking the whip to make me be a more productive blogger, thank you dear follower, can you pass me the salt now?. :-)
ReplyDeleteVery good, very good, pero en español pleaseee.:)
ReplyDeleteSi al final te estoy haciendo un favor (me lo puedes agradecer más tarde), tu inglés va a mejorar mogollón si sigues el blog. :-)
ReplyDeletesi, eso, es un blog la mar de didactico!!!
ReplyDeleteOye, yo puedo hacer de Epi y tu de Blas. :-)
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