Healthy Asians!
I have been super impressed on our travels with the outstanding commitment (usually in the very early hours) the SE Asians have to exercise.
In Hanoi, there were always hundreds of people cycling, running and powerwalking around the lake, and doing a Vietnamese version of Tai Chii. In Nha Trang, we turned up at 6 in the morning after an overnight bus, and again, there were hundreds of people down by the beach: swimming, jogging, walking (and we're talking women in their 70's and 80's here), playing badminton, and games with shuttlecocks. Totally excellent.
But my favourite has to be the sight we saw in Vientiane. Again, we got in from an overnight bus at about 6am and were wandering the streets checking out a few guest houses. As we walked along the street next to the Mekong, we heard some banging pop/house music and looked along: there was an outdoors aerobics class taking place in a skeletal rusty big shelter. And we saw them going at it again at 6pm when we were sitting down to dinner. Rad!
In Hanoi, there were always hundreds of people cycling, running and powerwalking around the lake, and doing a Vietnamese version of Tai Chii. In Nha Trang, we turned up at 6 in the morning after an overnight bus, and again, there were hundreds of people down by the beach: swimming, jogging, walking (and we're talking women in their 70's and 80's here), playing badminton, and games with shuttlecocks. Totally excellent.
But my favourite has to be the sight we saw in Vientiane. Again, we got in from an overnight bus at about 6am and were wandering the streets checking out a few guest houses. As we walked along the street next to the Mekong, we heard some banging pop/house music and looked along: there was an outdoors aerobics class taking place in a skeletal rusty big shelter. And we saw them going at it again at 6pm when we were sitting down to dinner. Rad!
posted by Nic at 12:19 pm
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