Monday, February 27, 2012

Would You Rather? -Vietnam Edition

You know the game. Now it’s time to do it up Vietnamese-style. Some of these situations may or may not have been based on real life experiences.

Situation 1:
Would you rather ride on a bus that is so crowded you’re basically spooning with the people in front of/behind you and then have a woman start puking (but you know where you’re  going, still, and can get to your destination
     OR         
Catch a xe om (motorbike taxi) and start riding, only to find out that the driver doesn’t actually know where he’s going (you have your final address, but don’t know how to get there either), doesn’t speak English (and you don’t speak Vietnamese), and is shouting in Vietnamese the entire ride?
 
Situation 2: Would you rather be in the afore-mentioned xe om situation,
     OR
Be lost on a bicycle with no map (and no knowledge of Vietnamese)?

Situation 3: Would you rather take an overnight train with 5 other Vietnamese sharing the same cabin who decide to talk and sing loudly all night,
     OR
Take an overnight bus and be sitting next to a couple who’s making out for most of the trip?
 
Situation 4: Would you rather listen to Vietnamese music 24/7 for a week,
     OR
Boy bands from the 90’s?

Situation 5: Would you rather eat pig ear,
     OR
Eat dog meat?

Situation 6: Would you rather use a western toilet with a slightly shaded/blurred glass window in the door (common, even in restaurants),
     OR
Use a squatty-potty?

The choice is yours. So. What’ll it be?