MIDNIGHT ON OUR STREET by Laurene

We are all aware of how noisy Ho Chi Minh City is at any time of the day: horns, street vendors, Christmas songs, people shouting at you to give you a motorcycle or a cyclo ride… Turns out, it’s also very noisy at night. Sometimes extremely noisy…

MINUIT DANS NOTRE RUE

Nous sommes tous conscients du bruit qui règne partout dans Ho Chi Minh Ville à n’importe quelle heure de la journée: klaxons, vendeurs de rues, chants de Noël, habitants qui crient à votre attention pour vous emmener faire une balade à moto ou en cyclo. Il se trouve que c’est aussi très bruyant pendant la nuit. Parfois extrêmement bruyant…

Send an email to Laurene, the author of this post, at laurene@jetsetzero.tv or read more of their posts here.

more stories: # # # # # # #
Comments

There is one comment for this post.

  1. Jesse on November 28, 2009 3:29 am

    In Japan (at least Tokyo anyways) Political parties drive the streets of residential areas with loud speakers yelling slogans as early as 5:00 AM, which is incredibly annoying, but I must say you have my pity for your own experience. What were those guys doing in the lawn chairs? Just enjoying the scenery?

Write a Comment