Comments on: It’s Distance Time http://www.matthewwegner.com/its-distance-time/ Technology, unicycles, and the occasional rant. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:18:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Vietnam Unicycle Trip Index | Matthew Wegner http://www.matthewwegner.com/its-distance-time/#comment-40 Vietnam Unicycle Trip Index | Matthew Wegner Thu, 01 May 2008 03:49:58 +0000 http://www.matthewwegner.com/its-distance-time/#comment-40 [...] It’s Distance Time (We start the tour proper) [...] [...] It’s Distance Time (We start the tour proper) [...]

]]> By: Dad http://www.matthewwegner.com/its-distance-time/#comment-13 Dad Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:13:19 +0000 http://www.matthewwegner.com/its-distance-time/#comment-13 The honking sounds exactly like our experience in India. EVERYBODY honks on the highway, especially when overtaking other vehicles of all kinds. In fact, some vehicles have signs on the back saying "Please honk". As long as you keep a steady path in your riding -- i.e., no sudden turns left or right or sudden stops -- you should be OK. Don't know if hand signals would mean anything to the locals, anyway. Too bad you didn't take French in high school -- you'd be able to communicate better with many of the older citizens. I suppose many of the teenagers and young aduits know a little bit of English, from watching TV. Walk or take the sag wagon for awhile, if those climbs get too tough -- you want to be sure to finnish the trip, even if you have to slow your pace a bit. Love, Dad The honking sounds exactly like our experience in India. EVERYBODY honks on the highway, especially when overtaking other vehicles of all kinds. In fact, some vehicles have signs on the back saying “Please honk”. As long as you keep a steady path in your riding — i.e., no sudden turns left or right or sudden stops — you should be OK. Don’t know if hand signals would mean anything to the locals, anyway.

Too bad you didn’t take French in high school — you’d be able to communicate better with many of the older citizens. I suppose many of the teenagers and young aduits know a little bit of English, from watching TV.

Walk or take the sag wagon for awhile, if those climbs get too tough — you want to be sure to finnish the trip, even if you have to slow your pace a bit.

Love,

Dad

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