They won't hit a kid.

They offered to escort us via water taxi to District 1, downtown HCMC, Vietnam to assure our safety in crossing the street.  Eric and I appreciated their generosity but didn't see the necessity of them holding our hands while we crossed the street.  After all, we have been taught as kids to stop at the curb and look both ways prior to crossing the street.  We have been doing this since kindergarten.  How hard can it be?

We got off the boat around 4 PM on a Saturday afternoon without a map and proceeded to the nearest cross walk to make our way across the roundabout toward the heart of downtown.  Eric looked at me as we approached the street and said, “follow this guy, he looks like he knows what he is doing plus he is carrying a kid.”  We banked on the concept that the scooters would not hit a kid and started our execution to the other side of the road.  Once you commit don’t look back and keep moving regardless of the massive moving pods of people on motor scooters!  We made it to the other side with all of our moving pieces and parts still intact.  Next time, we will try in rush hour traffic, thankfully we had our wills updated prior to leaving the states.