Motorbike Diaries make good reading
I just discovered a set of entertaining blog posts from an American who is riding a motorbike in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (a k a Saigon):
The Motorbike Diaries - Vol. 1 In the first episode, Sherry (a 30-something American woman who fled the corporate world and a life in New York City) describes what it's like to trust your life to a speed-crazed Vietnamese guy who shuttles you around Saigon on the back of his 125cc motorbike.
The Motorbike Diaries - Vol. 4 The story of the first day that Sherry rode solo in the city!
The Motorbike Diaries - Vol. 8 In which Sherry demonstrates she has become a real scooterist (in less than two months!).
The Motorbike Diaries - Vol. 9 Sherry shares photos of how Vietnamese scooterists use rain gear very cleverly while they are riding.
P.S. For my own first-hand view of scooter traffic in Saigon, see this video.
posted by Mindy McAdams @ 6/30/2009
3 Comments:
Hi Mindy! I have been watching your blog, hoping that you would write a report on the Greek Scooter Rally. This is interesting about Viet Nam, but would like to hear your story. I'm living in Gainesville too!
Bob
Hi, Mose. We had a lot of fun -- I haven't finished posting all my photos yet, but some of them are here
Thanks for finding me and highlighting my journey into Vietnamese motorbike culture! Oh, if I could only mount a video cam to my bike that wouldn't get stolen...then you could really see it! Cheers!
Sherry
PS - I love being called 30'something'!
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