Hair Raising Motorbiking in Hanoi

The daily drive into downtown Hanoi is an experience beyond belief.At the crack of dawn the chickens start bellowing, walkers are going through their paces, and the motorbiker's are lining up in the starting gate. Once the flag is dropped all hell breaks loose(usually about 6am).Since there are no dotted lines anywhere in Vietnam the crossing from one side of the road to the other is a given.In order to get anywhere in Hanoi there is a constant jockying for position. You've got the Mach 3 teenager who has no fear and drives with one hand or no hands on the handlebars. The business man who's only purpose is getting to work without damaging his pleated pants. And the average Joe moving along with the flow.If someone goes down there usually will be a pile-up of 3-4 bikes tangled in a heap. Road rash and broken bones are common. There is one saving grace, come September 20th everyone will have to wear a helmet.I've been biking in Hanoi for two years and have had many close calls but no fatalities yet.So if you want to get your blood flowing in the morning come on over to Hanoi and step up to the starting gate.

Loss of props analysis

Anyone seen my stuff?
Wallet, phone , bank cards, etc???
NOT I. All R lost :((((((

A tip to my readers: do not place your stuff in back of a rickety old pickup.

It might just disappear.

-kojak

I've got a headache and its this big

OUCH> MY head hurts because of aching. WHY All I had was 3 beers last night and now its head ache time(?) I need alleviation, relief. I need to ease the pain in my aching head. And how am I going to do it. The only think I now how to do is drinking water. Oh its making my headache even worse trying to write this. Oh man I can't keep on writing this! the computer screen its hurting my eyes. its as if every single type stroke I do is pounding something sharp and pointy into my head. I can't endure this endeavor for any greater length of time than I am presently devoting to it. I simply to not have the physical stamina to withstand this torturous act of typing out my thoughts. I must stop and I must do it as soon as possible before I do serious and irreversible damage to my person. In other news today is a new day filled with new chances
Rocky

Fraw

Let's talk about the weather. It got cold. So I am wearing a grey sweater. So I AM the weather. When I will wear purple it will rain purple. Wether you like it or not. Get it? Got It? Gethoy gethoy
rocky

hair Talk (Cont.)

Today I awoke with what were dubbed: "Perfect Curls" by a well-wisher. But now the day has gone on and its 246. Now, WHERE ARE MY PERFECT CURLS. They've gone the way of the dodo bird=IN the trash. NOt to mean that I chopped my curls, just what I mean is that MY HAIR HAS FLATTENED OUT and lets just say that it could only pass for wavy at this point. Lets keep it our little secret though. Another things about hair is this: My cat sheds like a hair factory. Here's yet another fact. I stopped combing my hair in colledge and then didn't never do combing no more even after theys learned me to be edumctinged
ro

2 bottles of sHampOO

TOTAL (Maybe 3...).

I think is all I ever bought in my adult life (before that my mom bought ,NO TEARS').

When rocky and I lived in a 2BR apt we had one bottle of shampoo that last ed the whole time and I think I may have taken out to SEattle with me. Nowadays my lady friend buys new shampoo like every month but I have one big bottle from DAY 1 and its still heavy and full of much more life. Too much shampoo is bad for hair so conservation = a + for everyone involved

kojak