Kung fragment IV. tricycles-Fu

IV. tricycles-Fu

I am very fond of tricycles, its simple, its speed, its flexible, it's not closed, it's Asian style.

In Saigon, again Street is the kind of driver high sitting at the back of the single wheel passenger armchairs in front of CYCLO pedicabs. The first day of arrival, a man in the street stroll into the night. Walk to the Notre Dame Cathedral square in front of the hotel, I know that has not so far, but because of the non-downtown area, or don't want to be alone through the night to go back, so they decided to play a tricycle. Offer two dollars, I said that I paid more shield, finally he put the price pressure is up to 8, the driver has repeatedly stressed that "at least two kilometres. "I insist on 7 a counter-offer, deadlock for a long time, I do not give in. Finally he agreed, fine after boarding, discovered our bargaining focus just cents RMB on a stalemate. I began to laugh at themselves, a covered in thousands just nervous.

Travel, and locals mingle has always been my favorite.

How many times I ask myself why I like travel around to answer your own is to experience and feel the life different content and forms, in different places in life itself, but as the experience of slowly increase, experience accumulation, he began to slowly become careful, people will gradually grow more sophisticated, more and more the prevention of heart and on people's trust.

Sometimes think ever travel patterns, then in addition to the curious, there is no other thing to equip themselves in today's on me, never or do not dare to make the same behavior.

But then my happiness and freedom, is today all these precautions to.

From the coastal city to fly back to Saigon NHA, there are half a day, I and a friend decided to go to the book describes the half a million Chinese in CHINA TOWN embankment.

The map shows the city's Southwest side of the fifth and the sixth section, walking past too far, as also is called tricycle in the streets. I said to CHOLON, CHINA TOWN. They offer yiwanwu one, I am cruel counteroffer yiwanwu two people (less than RMB octets), their own. Two driver was agreed. I have this big, very black, there is a scar on his face, ruled out a nervous, not looking at him and he felt that he was chatting with a MasterCard nonchalant. He likes to chat, and slowly push, and proactively introduces the scenery along the way. I picked up a camera he stopped the car to let me shoot. I managed to have mutual and his companions took a jerk. Ask the driver for that spoke English so well, he said are studied with tourists, "they are all my friends. You are also in China and Viet Nam. "Listening to him very often there are tourists in hours packages in his car. "Very cheap, as long as. .."

"But I prefer walking tours of the city.

"I interrupted him to sell.

He has 18 years of age to participate in the Vietnam war and United States soldiers who fought against the Government of the North.

"What did you kill the exceptional?" is a silly question.

"Of course.

Many in Hanoi. ”

"Then later, you lose.

What? "

He probably would not say that the word "prison".

"To work, very bitter, very tired. Every morning at nine o'clock in the evening, two years, every day. ”

"There is no reward?"

"There is no money.

”

Passing through a slightly raised my attention, he asked, "do you want to get into it and see?" and I said no.

I don't think he therefore charge. Car after a lot of busy streets, the crossroads of many, half an hour passed, and forty minutes later, almost an hour, he is still happy talk, slowly push. I started wondering, turn around to ask, "when is that?"

He looked at me, eyes of a question mark.

"CHOLON, CHOLON Ah.

It is not possible to have so far. You base know where are we going? "and I took out a map to show him.

He stopped the study on the map.

"Oh! CHOLON. "Suddenly realized what had happened. He is another driver Wow Wow yells, "QUO LONG" tone. But I have been to French pronunciation manner "XUO LONG" tone. Turned on me, "I know, I know. Why didn't you say? "

"Oh my God.

You will not? I said well before boarding. ”

"I don't know, we just after, I ask you not to get off, you say ' to continue ' to continue.

”

I can just do not see a lot of Chinese signs of the street.

"I know, I know, the CHINA MARKET, is not it? you didn't make it clear in the morning.

”

I do not understand this and I just say "CHINA TOWN" what's the difference.

"But I say CHOLON, before you said you know. If you do not say so, I can get on your own without ever understand why full promise? "this person must be tried to charge by the hour, it is no wonder that just now intends to push so slow. Just I didn't listen to his charge. Is to deceive us astronomical?

Unfortunately, the car thief.

I never had a chat with him. "I don't care that much. I want to go to the CHOLON, now you'll put us in the past. You see, the days are dark. Waste so much time! ", try to make me growing up, although victims that time on I in fact is not important.

They both speak a dialect, u-turn, full speed ahead.

I'm in the car, while nervously control maps and street names to prevent further fraud, and to peer toying and how to deal with them.

The driver no longer speak.

Twenty minutes later, and finally to the bin too (CHO BINH TAY) market entry. That's in addition to the series Kung soup (CHO BEN THANH) than the second-largest market in the center of the Chinese area.

To prevent further conflict, I and my friends took out 15 000 guilders in change,

In his driver's hands, a pair of very unhappy. A car.

He received the money, not read.

Ask, "here we are waiting for you out?"

"No, no.

I do not know when to come out. But we also do not necessarily take tricycle. ”

Walk a few steps, my driver to catch up.

I impatiently looking at him. "Do you think?"

"...

I am sorry. Still hope you have fun in Saigon. ”

……

Back to Guangzhou, and soon, several rolls of film.

One look, you see the few I proudly sits on the tricycle looks full of tourists, the photo is the dark behind the tall fortitude face full years of weathered remains simply smile and boisterous. Remember what he said, "are friends. "I have no direct regretted wrote down his address so that I can not send photos to disappear in the vast sea of humanity; he also could not tell him, in fact, in Sai Kung, I really had a good time.

I hate myself.