While in Pham Ngu Lao the backpacker district of Saigon I sometimes have breakfast, op plat (oeufs au plat), two eggs, a small baguette and a Vietnamese coffee on the sidewalk outside the La Vang Cafe, here the owner is having an early morning smoke, on Bui Vien street and watch the international tourist street life go by.
Some of the photos I missed while seated there.
The dog flying past me down Bui Vien street right to left at about 30 plus miles an hour, nose well forward and hair flying back in the wind, seated on the Vespa drivers knees with its paws in the middle of the handlebars, a not unusual sight in Saigon. The dogs here must be have developed a keen sense of balance, or the ones that didn’t fell by the evolutionary wayside.
This one was not quite so impressive. The wife hopped on behind and they drove off with the dog leaning out looking round the fairing.
The one I really regret missing, twice. The guy heading down the street straight towards me and the restaurant steering the motorbike with his right hand and a tray full of bowls of food, breakfast pho ? balanced on his his left. On both occasions I was so engrossed watching him make the right turn onto Bui Vien that I sat there with my fork in my hand and my mouth open.
Vietnam has a motorbike taxi service called Grab, you schedule a ride on your phone or flag one down, no insurance required. They are very visible, the driver wears a Green jacket or tee shirt and a green helmet with Grab logo on them, the passenger is provided a loaner helmet also with the Grab logo. Today I saw a Grab motorbike go by and the driver was wearing an Uber tee shirt.
It is an odd thing that the adults wear helmets, its the law but not the kids and they sit on the gas tank on motorbikes and stand upright in front of the driver on Vespas
OK we found the limes but did you bring the vodka.
Finally are there Venezuelan anti Maduro tourists in Saigon.
