Saigon

Jumping feet first into Saigon.
A Vietnamese cyclo is a chair not unlike a wheel chair in shape and design that is attached to a bike type structure. The people who pedal the cyclos are men and a good number of them are professionals and academicians who fought against the north or sided with the americans. We learned this from our guide book which also stated that after lengthy "re-education" of many years duration these men were allowed to return to Saigon but not allowed to work in anything but the lowliest of jobs.
To take a ride in a cyclo is to put your life entirely in the hands of the driver. As you can see, the traffic is legend but the men pedal about as if dancing a part in a highly choreographed ballet. After a while, because of their skill and calm, your spine begins to relax and you begin to consider that you may, in fact, live to do it again.