EVERYONE here drives a scooter or bicycle. There are millions of them on the street at all times. Crossing the street is easy - you just start walking and don't stop. They go around you if you keep going forward. I've been assured that stopping or going backwards will get you killed and I believe it. But notice the child on the front of the scooter. Makes me crazy but the scooter is the family car so you see it everywhere. Also, at least 1/2 the people wear face masks. You hear different reasons why - they are sick and being polite or they hate the pollution. I vote for pollution. We're in Saigon now and went to the War Remembrance Museum yesterday. So many memories....so hard to revisit. I didn't want to shoot anything there - it's not something I can express in photos. I'll have to think about it before writing. The saddest thing is that there wasn't anything shown there that didn't happen. It's all true - the atrocities, the napalm, Mi Lai....it makes me know even more that war is stupid. Today we visit the ChuChi tunnels. I want to...I don't want to.
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God, it sounds like Saigon is the exact opposite of Hanoi. Crazy, chaotic, sad ... vs. peaceful and beautiful. Hope you're staying dry and got to eat one of that guy's bananas!
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