Plane landed 15 mins early but had to wait for 2 other aircraft to leave before the stand was vacant! Plane jams! If you've heard rumours about how they drive here, you'd have to witness it to believe it! When traffic lights are red, but there's nothing much around, everybody ignores them - this has a certain logic to it until it goes further and they just tend to ignore the lights even if there is a little traffic! This results in some rather interesting situations reminiscent of a bumper car track at Goose Fair on a friday night. Added to this, it's the start of 5 days of Diwali yesterday, so fire crackers going off all the time. Crazy! Very few crash helmets on bikes, and alot of crazy overtaking & bobbing & weaving on both sides of cars, and the cars do it too, using their horns to encourage others to get out of the way, or just insinuate their presence from behind in case they weren't paying any particular attention and were about to make a sudden right turn with little or no warning! It's mental!
I was met at the airport, which was just as well as it's a fair way out of town. They've upgraded me to a very posh room at The Taj President on Cuffe Parade. It's pretty warm outside & I've been chilling & prepping for tomorrow's 1st day of work. I figure I've got plenty of time to venture out once I get some advice etc. Pretty tired after yesterday anyway.
I'll keep you posted.
Thats an interesting area, slums on your doorstep. Once had to make a dash to catch a plane and the only available transport had 2 wheels. Keeping my eyes closed was the most effective approach.
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed - and it gets more mind-boggling as the days pass! I experience 3 wheels on a daily basis, but not 2 [yet]
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