Southern Vietnam, land of motorbikes
May 11th 2011 Well, now into the fourth day in Vietnam and so much has happened. The dominant impression: it's the land of motorbikes.
Got off the plane Saturday afternoon (May 7th) in Ho Chi Min City (or Saigon, as it's still known by locals) and taking the taxi to downtown, I was just overwhelmed by the number of motorbikes--I estimated between 10 and 20 motorbikes to every car/van/truck on the str
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