Traffic @ Saigon

Of all the offices for my previous company, Saigon is the only place i have not visited when i was with them. Simply because i left before the Office in Saigon established.

So, this time, with the new company, i am here for the first time. One thing that amazed me, not that i didnt know of, is the traffic! I saw clips on Youtube about how heavy, messy and noisy the traffics here, but it is nothing compare to see it live with my own eyes... AMAZING!

Motocycles are all over the place, it seems that there is a common understanding among motorcyclist that they rules are to keep going the direction that you wanna go and give way if you think you cant make that turn at the junction. Space between motorbikes are as close as shoulder to shoulder and bumper to bumper.
Every space that one could find on the road, it is accesible by motorbike.

The traffic light here takes me a moment to understand on how the orientation works. Say its a Cross Junction, when the light turns green, both side can go straight and turn left at the same time, so just imagine, it will be a swarm of motorbike moving straight and from right to left in both directions... can you imagine? hahaha, try harder...

Crossing the road is not as tough as what i saw on Youtube, one thing to keep in mind is that, don't avoid the bikes, let them avoid you. But mind you this only applies to bikes, not car as what my colleague reminds me. I was crossing the road and a car was coming from my right, i just keep walking but was stopped by my colleague, i asked him why? You told me let them avoid me rather than me avoiding them, he simply replied " True, but only for bikes, you don't do this when you see cars" :)

And everyone seems to like to sound their honk! Honk... Honk Honk... all the time you can hear this sound. Its very annoying but i guess this is one thing that locals used to do while on the jam packed road.

Really, seeing it with my own eyes... its really opened up my eyes when crossing the road here... :)