Cyclo Tour

Cyclo tour has brought me to another side of Ho Chi Minh City from the earlier visit to the Unicorn Island. In certain part of the city, there are many beautifully lighted up buildings and 5 stars hotels. It looked like a vibrant city, just like Singapore; where the night is always brighten up by beautiful lights from the buildings.


This has also showed a drastic difference between Hanoi and HCMC where the night in Hanoi is not as lively as the night in HCMC partly because of the lightings from the buildings and also the people. There are much more foreigners in HCMC than in Hanoi where their nightlife are always very happening.


During this cyclo tour, I had a real close experience with the heavy traffic in Vietnam as we are on the trishaw which traveled on the road together with the traffic. The traffic is really heavy and vehicles are horning their way through the traffic. Whenever the trishaw rider is changing lanes to make a turn, I’ll always hold my breath for a moment as it is really scary when you are so close to the traffic and you are unprotected with anything; no safety belts, nothing! Scary! However, it was an unique experience for me and I have enjoyed the ride!