{"id":134,"date":"2024-11-06T22:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T22:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/igoogledvietnam.com\/?p=134"},"modified":"2025-01-16T13:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T13:29:08","slug":"what-hcmc-is-really-like-on-the-back-of-a-motorbike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/what-hcmc-is-really-like-on-the-back-of-a-motorbike\/","title":{"rendered":"What Saigon is really like on the back of a motorbike&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You&#8217;ve probably already seen the photos of the motorbike-packed streets of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/the-best-10-things-to-see-do-in-saigon\/\">Saigon<\/a> <\/strong>(<strong>Ho Chi Minh City<\/strong>) or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/the-10-best-things-to-see-do-in-hanoi\/\">Hanoi<\/a><\/strong>, and probably already asked yourself <em>just how the f*ck do they survive out there on those roads???<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s an excellent observation, of course, and even more pertinent when you&#8217;re trying to navigate through the chaos of rush-hour traffic, whether as a pedestrian <em>or <\/em>driver.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"cb-button cb-red cb-normal cb-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/how-to-cross-the-road-in-vietnam\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\"><strong>MUST-READ:<\/strong> How to cross the road in Vietnam!<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<p>So, yes, I got on the back of a motorbike (driven by a beautiful Vietnamese lady &#8211;  the misses  (that&#8217;s her amazing hair in the third video!)), and went for a spin, just to give you a taste of what to expect. And yep, with sweaty palms and clenched teeth, I sometimes hung on for dear life &#8211; but still managed to grab some GoPro\/phone footage! Check out the videos below &#8211; and watch out for the extra special moment we merge into oncoming traffic as take a left turn!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GX011689_1668771223841.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GX011700_1668770984698.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20221117_125721.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And here&#8217;s another slice of Saigon traffic for you&#8230;just don&#8217;t forget to breathe&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Crazy rush hour traffic in Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V8paX22Sgzg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve probably already seen the photos of the motorbike-packed streets of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) or Hanoi, and probably already asked yourself just how the f*ck do they survive out there on those roads??? It&#8217;s an excellent observation, of course, and even more pertinent when you&#8217;re trying to navigate through the chaos of rush-hour traffic, whether as a pedestrian or driver. So, yes, I got on the back of a motorbike (driven by a beautiful Vietnamese lady &#8211; the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2],"tags":[25,20,71,24],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-getting-around","category-getting-started","tag-hcmc","tag-motorbikes","tag-reasons-not-to-visit","tag-saigon"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1965,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions\/1965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}