Horrible Morning Saigon Traffic Jam

Wow, it is really amazing at how bad the traffic in Saigon has become just in a couple of months.  I was going from my house, in the Phu Nhuan District, to the Omni Hotel.  Normally the trip on my motorbike would take a little more than 5 minutes.  Today, it took me nearly 20 minutes. I hit a traffic jam on Pham Van Hai street which tends to be a free flowing street.  Since I could not move anywhere, I started to honk my horn and turned right going against the flow of traffic.  I then hit a second traffic jam near the Novotel Hotel.  Eventually I made it to the Omni Hotel...

(In front of me)

(Left of Me)

(Second traffic jam)