When you first arrive in Saigon and cab it over to your accommodation you quickly discover a few things.

The first thing you will notice - the traffic rules (lane dividers in particular) are merely suggestions.

And an extremely low number of vehicles - cars and motorbikes) pay any attention to them and the rules of the road are pretty much ignored - tourists seem to be the only ones who come near to obeying them. And then it’s off to the hospital - for their first week.

Once the “breaking in” period is over after the first week or so - you’ll find yourself driving Saigon via Saigon rules (i.e. there are no rules).

Anything goes. Even the few sidewalks are fair game.

Nick learned the hard way his first week of his first visit.

He got run over by a very pretty young lady and he was out cold laying on the road for a little while.

The pretty young lady that ran him over was so very apologetic and insisted that she take him to a hospital. She was a nurse or maybe a doctor.

She was in the wrong lane looking at the all the ladies’ stores windows when she hit Nick. Or maybe she was just looking for a foreign boyfriend/spouse.

I told Nick the trip to to a hospital was just a cash grab. But it turned out she was sincere. Nevertheless, Nick could still use his legs and felt he did not need medical help. He was just extremely grateful he hadn’t been carrying his brand new laptop.

Vietnamese cure to anything - eat a large meal of things you can’t pronounce. But damn it’s tasty.

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