Monday, August 16, 2010

{Saigon Snaps} Roadworks chaos

Which way do we go?

This photo demonstrates the chaos that greeted us this morning as we turned out of our street onto the highway! The morning peak hour drama was caused by the many locals who had no idea that the road routes had changed literally overnight (and yes, for the record, we were also surprised by the changes!).

I have previously commented on this blog that the highway crossing to our street in An Phu makes it highly likely we'll get t-boned by a fast moving truck in the near future. "The powers that be" have apparently tried to resolve this problem with an overpass off the highway so An Phu residents heading to the Vista, Villa Riviera and Riverside developments can avoid the dangerous crossing.

We thought that was fabulous news until we discovered on our return journey this evening that there isn't an exit ramp leading off the highway to our overpass...no, we now have to turn right, go down the road for 1km and do a u-turn back for (the same) 1km to get onto the overpass! WHAT THE?

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