How To Cross a Hanoi Street
There are millions (I am not exaggerating) of motor scooters -20 or 30 lanes wide, a few cars and buses, and bicycle rickshaws called “cyclos” whizzing up and down the small streets of Hanoi. There are traffic lights but only the cars and buses stop for them. The motor scooters keep on going and when you try to cross the street with the light the strategy, believe it or not, is to ignore the motor scooters coming at you- look straight ahead and walk at a steady slow, predictable pace. If you do this the motor scooters should successfully wend their way around you. With any luck, you'll make it to the other side in one piece. Just don’t try this if a bus is coming -they don’t have to stop for you. Above you’ll see Jim taking a ride with a friend he met.
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