A sea of motorbikes

HO CHI MINH CITY –It was hard to miss the sea of motorbikes negotiating the roads of Ho Chi Minh. Just like in Taipei, Vietnamese love motorbikes. Young and old, men and women, were riding motorbikes. It was an amazing sight. People on motorbikes were coming from all directions. I could not stop thinking that motorbikes were like extensions of their feet. They moved around like there was an invisible route that they had to follow. They never bumped into each other despite the absence of traffic lights in some tight crossroads. I watched them with delight. There were two guys side by side talking while on their bikes — yes not on the same bike. Then I saw another guy talking with someone on his mobile phone while he negotiated the Ho Chi Minh’s traffic. My eyes followed him. But apparently, he knew how to do multi-tasking. Cars were outnumbered. Motorbikes were everywhere.