The Varga's traveled to Viet Nam for the Christmas holidays this year and our first stop was Ho Chi Min City. HCMC (formerly Saigon) is a city of approximately 7 million people and about 4 million of them own motorbikes. The city is known for its busy streets filled with cars, bicycles, and motorbikes. Add in that most intersections and traffic circles do not have any type of traffic control and you can imagine the controlled chaos that ensues. There is non-stop honking of horns as the various modes of transport weave amongst one another; most Canadian drivers would be shocked at the scene.
Pedestrians add another element to this scenario and it takes some guts to cross the street as motorbikes zip in front and behind you. Thankfully, this scene is commonplace in HCMC and everyone seems to get where they are going in one piece.
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