Things on Bikes...

Alright, so this post will be updated throughout my journeys here. Motorbikes are a huge part of the culture here in Vietnam, and they are absolutely everywhere. There is probably a motorbike for every Vietnamese person over the age of 16... seriously, there are thousands. The use of a motorbike in North America is basically to transport 1-2 people, in a normal traffic setting. The use of a motorbike here is to do absolutely anything, carry any amount of people, and to transport all goods.
The following is a list of things that I have seen on Motorbikes:
-Women sitting side saddle carrying large wedding picture while someone else drives through very busy traffic
- Man driving with one hand while cradling a baby in the other
- Sleeping toddler on drivers lap, half on half off
- A full bouquet of balloons
- A popcorn machine with small bags of popcorn
- 30+ boxes
- Corrugated steel
- Rebar + metal pipes
- Four grown men
- An 8ft across dresser, going uphill, with two men (one on either side) running with it to balance it
- Women in high heels and tight dresses riding side saddle
- Compressed air cylinder on the flat part of a scooter in front of the drivers legs
- Me, a driver, karens large backpack, and my large backpack
- Bags of live fish! Like 30 bags... crazy.
- A child sitting behind the driver, with an I.V in, with a person behind the child, holding the I.V pole (seen this more than once)

SUBSECTION - Bicycles:
- Hundreds of flowers
- Two people and another bike
- Steam buns and a working steamer
- 1 very large pig strapped horizontally