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Published On: Oct 30, 2006 02:27 PM
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Published On: Oct 30, 2006 02:27 PM
Cyclo drivers after lunch
See how there appears to be a red team and a
blue team of cyclo drivers? They work for companies and the companies hire them
all out to hotels and travel agencies for group cyclo tours around town. So what
happens is that you get these convoys of cyclos going through the streets of
Hanoi. These guys are all lined up very close to the Sofitel Metropole Hotel and
I'm pretty sure the blue team belongs to the
Sofitel.
Then you have the different type of cyclo driver who is just kind of freelance. They tend to hang around the Old Quarter (or Old Streets, as Vietnamese people say) and some of the other touristy spots, hoping to pick up a fare. Walking along, you will often hear them call out, in a kind of sing-song voice, "Hello, cyclo".
Funnily enough, Russell and I haven't taken a cyclo in Hanoi. We once caught one in Hue, but never here. It seems that older people or tourists only take cyclos now.
They do look pretty comfortable to sleep in, though.
Then you have the different type of cyclo driver who is just kind of freelance. They tend to hang around the Old Quarter (or Old Streets, as Vietnamese people say) and some of the other touristy spots, hoping to pick up a fare. Walking along, you will often hear them call out, in a kind of sing-song voice, "Hello, cyclo".
Funnily enough, Russell and I haven't taken a cyclo in Hanoi. We once caught one in Hue, but never here. It seems that older people or tourists only take cyclos now.
They do look pretty comfortable to sleep in, though.
Posted: Sun - May 7, 2006 at 11:18 AM