Mr K rides again!

Every comment I’ve made about crazy drivers on this trip were erased from my mind after we caught a minibus from Chau Doc to Can ThoCity.  This man did not attend Eval Kenival’s school for mini bus drivers.  This man was Mr K himself re-incarnate!

The vehicle itself was new and in good condition and designed to seat 15 including the driver.  We piled in with the driver and 18 other people plus a little baby that one lady was holding.  Several people shared seats without backs and 2 guys stood up for most of the way – 4 hours..

Paul has had a few problemswith minibuses so far, as he suffers from claustrophobia and being locked in the back of one of these, stuffed full of people and a lot of the time the windows are sealed shut – he can’t do it, so he normally sits in the front with the driver.  In this case, it turned out to be a mistake because he was right there for all the action when Mr K got into gear!  I could hear him (I was in the very back row with the girls) telling the driver to slow down and that he was being crazy.  The rest of the passengers were Vietnamese and they were laughing- the lady in front of me turned around and said “I think your husband scared!”

We were all scared!  Mr K was attempting to drive the usual minimum speed of  100km + an hour, but in quite heavy traffic.  He would counteract that by braking hard and swerving wildly around motorbikes and slower trucks, with naturally one hand on the horn and the other to his ear on his mobile phone. 

I tried to take some video so I could share this thrill ride with you but it was pretty hard because we were lurching around so much.  Hopefully you’ll get the idea.