On our trip down I was one of the drivers, for starters, only until the pavement started. I have been observing the driving patterns here but have not come to any conclusions, except you have to be crazy and calm to survive! Offensive driving, with some arrogance and skill mixed in!
Lets just say it will be quite some time before I attempt to drive near any town or city!
Police check/stop. They don't have police cars here, so these stops are scattered about the roads to keep traffic laws. They do random checks and signal you to stop with a wave (or at night with a flashing flashlight). I wondered what would happen if you didn't stop... no one 'doesn't stop' - they have spikes and guns.
On every road, big or small, there are animals either beside the road grazing, crossing over in herds, darting out for fun or some sheep and goats even pick nice busy streets to take their naps in... they know they are important and that trucks will drive around them.
I wonder if there really are such things as 'lanes', no one follows them. If you are big, you may drive where you like! Passing is crazy, avoiding pot holes is important and on the whole you never really know where people will be driving.
This was the ferry scene - people, cars, bikes mixed in with some chaos.
Normal. Even in lanes of busy roads these are common obstacles to maneuver around.
Now this is more like it... I think I could handle this type of driving!
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