Look Both Ways Before You Cross The Street - Pt 2

I posted a video a while back of the traffic in Hanoi. It really must be seen to be believed.
Shops set out little stools where you can sit on the side walk and drink your morning tea or coffee and have a smoke. In fact the sidewalks are little used for actual walking, but rather are used as large motorbike parking lot/cafe.
I filmed this video over my morning coffee (the thick black Vietnamese Style drip coffee) and last Kratak (Indonesian clove cigarette...the two btw are a match made in heaven...if you discount the 10x tar level)

Look Both Ways Before You Cross The Street

Crossing the street in Hanoi is an act of faith and test of nerve. If you try to wait for a break or for traffic to stop you'll never make it off the block. The only way to cross the street is to step off the curb and stride confidently towards the other side, allowing the traffic to flow around you like water in a river.