Sasha is everywhere. The all purpose scooter, the indomitable moped. Americans have their Cadillac Escalades with pimped out rims and Vietnamese have their Vespas. It is the status symbol of their culture. You have a scooter and you have everything you need. People sleep on their scooters, work on their scooters, transport goods on the scooters, cook on their scooters, text on their scooters and I am sure that they even manage to pray on their scooters. At least I would as I crossed every intersection. In the world of traffic back home, we have rules and regulations. Here in Ho Chi Minh City, the government decided that the rules weren't important. Instead they just mandated that everyone wear a helmet (a 4 dollar helmet). Even this rule was created recently and probably done so in
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