News Trend When In Danang: Part Ten|Actual

When in Danang, dare to drive a motorbike.

Now the traffic here in cute little Danang is not so heart-stopping as the huge cities of Saigon or Hanoi, but in order to survive, you need to wrap your head around these Vietnamese rules of the road:

1. Throw the Western rules of driving right out the window.. Oh sure, traffic lights, lane lines, turn signals and other such conventions exist in some fashion, but you can't count on other drivers to respect or necessarily use them. And if you insist on sticking to the old rules yourself, silly American, you are going to cause a lot of drama and confusion on the streets of Vietnam.

2. Understand that Vietnamese drivers operate like a school of fish. Flowing along in close quarters, they speed up when they see openings and slow down as congestion builds. When one stream of traffic intersects with another, each driver enters into a silent dance with the others, nonverbally negotiating who will gently accelerate and who will ease off, in order to safely pass each other by.

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Trust me. It's fun.

When in Danang, dare to drive a motorbike.

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Here are my other top ten tips for getting to know the sweet little city of Danang, Vietnam:

One | Ride across the bridges

Two | Hang out in coffee shops

Three | Play at the beach

Four | Stroll along the river after dark

Five | Fuel your creativity

Six | Go see the sunrise

Seven | Spend an afternoon wandering in Hoian

Eight | Play with babies

Nine | Get your nails done