The view of Vietnam – cone hats all over.
Was what I thought whenever we stepped outside. 7 mio. people are living in Hanoi and 4 Mio. of them own a motorbike. What ever I said about eloctro scooter in China, it’s nothing compared. As far as I could see there are only two rules: 1. Everyone on a motorbike has to wear a helmet and 2. anything can hit you from any direction at any time.
Tried to capture the craziness, but you know a picture can never tell the whole story.
Traffic lights for pedestrians were generally switched off. When you want to cross the street hope for the motorbikes to drive around you or use a car as shield. Pedestrian lanes do exist, but are usually occupied by parking motorbikes or little plastic chairs leaving no option but to walk on the road. However, we saw not one single accident, even though loneyplanet states traffic is the most dangerous part if Vietnam.
There are even some that obey traffic rules. And one or two that jump over the queue.
Stundents in the temple of literature (or the first University of Vietnam) released from the photo shooting.