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What a day, and what a learning experience. I've previously commented about the driving here and use of horns, but today from the back of the bike I finally got it.
People here have absolutely no road rage at all, it's all about giving, bending and flowing, huge amount of awareness of others and not putting yourself first, not being selfish, could this work so well due to 80% of the population being Buddhist? It really is amazing to see and never would work in Aus - everyone at home has to go first and the is no giving or forgiving at all when it comes to cars, bikes and traffic. It certainly has been a highlight so far.
Today our drivers were a group of 4 young Vietnamese women, very good drivers and great guides to the city. Will publish photos to go with this, we went to a lot of tourist spots, saw where the last chopper left Saigon in 1975, where the poor Buddhist monk set himself on fire in protest of the war (a really amazing sculpture). It really is sad to think it was all not that long ago and
Map of Saigon from the post office
Post office designed by Mr Eiffle! before he did the Eiffle Tower sits uneasy in me to see the city today. Also saw the tank and the fence it crashed through in 1975 at thee reunification palace - another classic shot from the war. So many historic sights in one day. the highlight for the kids was the bikes and zooming around town. To get an idea have a look at this tiny bit of footage, and remember we did this for 3 hours, such fun!