Talk about vehicle envy. I took an old fashioned bicycle out yesterday and gave her a work out. I made it to places that I would have never ventured to on foot -- or at least not on my 3rd day in the city. I got lost in the backwaters of District 7 trying to make my way to downtown Saigon. It's pretty funny being a semi-western looking guy on a bike trying to read a map. (I wonder if I'll ever fit in?)
Cruising the streets here is a little hairy. I'd rather eat a hot dog lying down at the intersection of 42nd and Broadway, but what I noticed is that the traffic moves like schools of fish. The thousands upon thousands of vehicles have a natural order to their ebb and flow. I only almost got ran over once. More on traffic, smog and the like later...
The Jockey stood up to the roads pretty well, but I must be gaining weight. On my way back, one of the pedals broke off. And despite the handiness of the people who offered their help and toolbox, she was a total goner. So, for the next 3 km, I biked with one foot on the remaining peddle and the other on the peddle stem in a seesaw motion, kinda like pumping water from a ground well.
1 comments:
Hawk - good call on the schools of fish comment. Couldn't have said it better myself. Watch out crossing the street.
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