Thursday, August 25, 2011

Thursday, August 25 (South Africa)


     Today...I sat around and played with pictures.  We didn't have anything specific planned, so we just kind of hung out.  So I will take this opportunity to post about the roads.  Here, it is a white line that divides oncoming traffic from you instead of a yellow line.  Motorcycles are the fastest way to get around - their lanes are in between the cars.  Taxis are exempt from all street rules, or so they think; they drive on the wrong side of the road to bypass traffic, they drive across fields for the same reason.  Stoplights - or robots, as they call them here - are nonexistent to the taxis.  And the shoulder?  That's just an extra lane.
     The traffic is normal big city traffic, taking 15 minutes to get through two stoplights.  Just things that we're not used to. :)

3 comments:

  1. What is your current "home"like.

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  2. Taxis are the same the world over! Actually you appreciate their racing along when you are paying by the minute!
    Grampa Jerry

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  3. Our guest house is clean, comfortable, and secure, and although we can feel the slight smallness of it, a wonderful place to stay

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