Asian Karaoke

Once again do not assume when traveling!! Karaoke, Asia Style is not what you think it is!!

On our last night on the motorcycle adventure we were asked if we wanted to go to karaoke!  “Heck Yeah,” we said!! We ran back to our rooms to get so fresh and so clean to hit the karaoke bar!!

Now when we think of a karaoke bar we imagine of a bar full of people getting crunk with an American Idol reject at the front serenading the crowd.

This is Not the case in Asia.

We walked out of our hotel waiting for a tuk tuk to take us to the bar.  However, all we were doing was crossing the courtyard of the guesthouse we were staying at… and it was Not a bar.

It was a room that you rented by the hour.  Fresh fruit, snacks and beer abound!  Pretty much, you sit on couches with your friends and sing your heart out together.  No audience.

So here we were, sitting in this room with our two Vietnamese tour guides while they belted out love song after love song.

Finally, we broke down and busted out rhymes to “Gansta’s Paradise” by Coolio and flexed our pipes in “Always Be My Baby” by Mariah Carey.  Needless to say, we will be hitting up record companies pretty soon with our newly discovered talent!! 

The next morning we drove into Saigon…

Hanoi ain’t got nothing on Saigon when it comes to motos!!  They decimate the streets!  There are over 4 million motorbikes on the streets of Saigon, and we were in the middle of it.

Near death crashes; Chelsea: 6 Kinsey: 4 Total: 10

These on the verge accidents all occurred within a 20 minute period!!  Insanity!!!

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