Changing Directions

New and unfamiliar experiences can often be scary or startling to say the least. When we arrived In Hanoi, Vietnam I immediately knew it was different from Canada. The smells of the city were different, the noise was different, and even the architecture was different, and by the time we arrived at our hotel I was already very familiarized with the city. One of the first things that became clear was that this largely populated city has such a huge contrast of smells, some delightful some revolting, some of which include exhaust, rotting jackfruit  and delicious noodle soup known as Pho. When we were in Russia I thought that the crazy roller coaster like taxi rides were exciting. But crossing the street in Hanoi was much more exciting, and scary. The comparison feels like comparing a chihuahua dog to a pack of bloodthirsty wolves. Part of the reason that it was so hard to cross the street is because there is like a bazillion motorcycles honking and zooming around everywhere. -Kalle