Tuesday, September 30, 2008

hanoi traffic jam



it was a tuesday night. and it was only past 6. i got to meet some new faces for dinner and it seemed that i was running late. i couldn't get any taxi near my place so i walked to the nearby lake and park, and kept walking until i got one. however, my cab barely moved within the next 10 minutes or so. ahead of us was a major intersection which was undergoing construction. it was rush hour and so all the xe oms were out on the road.

xe om literally means bike hug. maybe because the passenger sort of hugs the driver while riding.

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