The city's motorbikes move with an effortless grace governed by rules reserved for groups of fish.
In the latest Saigon Postcard, we recognize how the city's traffic scoffs at formal laws and lights but still operates smoothly thanks to the same physics that keep schools of fish from colliding. Check it out below (click image to flip for text).
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When dark clouds rumble in a frequency akin to that of an empty stomach, the city transforms into a bowl of soup.
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Who hasn't skilled moods that shift quick as clouds dashing throughout Saigon's skyline?
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Before bombs and boobie traps, guerilla offenses and ambushes, Vietnam had another means of driving invaders out.
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Navigating traffic with absurdly overburdened motorbikes comes as second nature to Saigoneers.
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