Mar 23, 2006
Just Another Day in Saigon
This the first post for SaigonNezumi.com. Previous posts were added on November 4, 2008, from my LiveJournal account.
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I for one fervently support the traffic police in Saigon. Well, as long as they do not pull me over for, say, not having a valid motorbike license, or, hmm, speeding…
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When I see Co^ng An, I think of……………bribery. That is the major source of income for the profession.
They do not stop Westerners much anymore…
Thank God. I’ve never been pulled over by a cop
hic, poor you, man.
I was just pulled over once. Paid a 40,000 VND fine for riding in the left lane.
Oh. Normally, they’ll charge Vietnamese around 100,000 VND. You got a bargain honey
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They accidentally pulled me over. They thought I was Viet Kieu. When they saw me they were embarrassed, laughed at me, gave me a paper to sign and I left. I was told by a friend that I could have just left without paying.
Oddly enough, they were not the normal police for that area. The normal guys recognize me