Saigon, Vietnam is a massive massive city with something like 8m+ people living there. When I was living there and couldn't sleep at night, I'd hop on my motorb

Saigon, Vietnam is a massive massive city with something like 8m+ people living there. When I was living there and couldn't sleep at night, I'd hop on my motorbike and just go explore all the little back streets and alleyways that cut through the whole city. As a foreigner, it is relatively safe to do this. Most people are just busy living their lives (or sleeping!), but seems super sketchy if you think too deeply about it. I never really saw anything too crazy (beyond the absolute poverty a lot of people live in), but the occasional illegal cockfight or overhearing screaming and yelling was always entertaining. One time, I had a gang of hookers on bikes chase me around for a bit, but eventually they realized that I wasn't interested in being a customer and left me alone. I'm sure in a few instances, I could have stopped and had drinks with the more than friendly locals. From what I understand, I probably wouldn't have been allowed to leave until properly lubricated. I never worked up the courage for that one though, mostly because of the language barriers.