Impressions about Vietnam (Hanoi)

1.
Well, similar to Korea, the road and driver seat are on a different side from Malaysia, but unlike Korea, the traffic here is simply hopeless. The moment the taxi entered Old Quarter, bikes and bicycles were swamping in from all possible directions, really i didn't bluff!! Nothing you can do about it, but just have to be extra careful and lay an extra eye before you decide to cross the road - look left, look right, look left again seems really helpful here. and my driver honked o so often, and even more often, honked by others. seems like honking is Vietnamese's favorite passtime.

2.
Everything is so SLIM here, men, women, streets, shops, doors, alleys, staircase... all so narrow and long... ok, even the country itself is long and slim on the map, so no wonder lah!

3.
Weather, arghhhh, the weather is awful here - raining, drizzling nonstop. The damped road and water splased from bikes and from my own slippers didn't help at all. the back of my pants are now full of black dots and marks from mud, and ok, the mud from the roadside is black in color one.... gross...

4.
Vietnamese just throw their rubbish on the side of the road, simply like that... there's no dustbin, except in your room. and i think there should be ppl cleaning up the rubbish from the street very often, coz i don't see rubbish piling up anywhere....

5.
Men are goodlooking, women are pretty... surprisingly they are very good looking bunch of ppl. women are generally more friendly than men, men seems to be a bit cold to outsiders. they are extremely curious about foreigner, especially Angmohs... hahaha... and all other Asian looking ppl are either from Japan or China. hahahahaha.... and they never say thank you... not very polite.

6.
there are more bikes than human here. and there are more bikes for hire than tourists... every corner you turn, they will be ppl on the bike asking you whether you want a lift (for a fee of coz) or not... sienz... but you just have to smile at them, waves your hand, reject politely, you should be alright, they won't bug you.