I’ve cracked the code……maybe
Well I think I’ve done it, I think I’ve cracked the driving code. As far as I can tell the rules go something like this:
2 short horn blasts means I’m coming up fast on your left, if its followed by another short blast it means ‘hey didn’t you hear me, I said up coming up fast’. 1 short blast means I’m coming up on your right, although it also means I’m going to cut you off. 1 long hardblast means your about to hit me to another vehicle or to warn pedestrians that they are about to be run over. Signal lights are a personal preferance and are used accordingly. Local taxi’s play a game called beat the bus. The object of this game is when in the far left lane, next to the guard rail, and a bus is coming into that lane you must of course speed up and make it past the bus before it hits you or you hit the rail. Or maybe I’m just full of nonesense and they just like the sound of the horns.
We went to a Japanese restaurant last night and it was fantastic. There was about 12 of us, 5 in wheelchairs. Everyone was staring at us, they had never seen anything like it. Some stranger was taking pictures of us, it was most amusing. In the restaurant we all sat around a grill and watched the chef prepare and serve our food. It was one of the best meals I’ve ever had, cheese was the only thing missing:) Ken were going again when you get here.
We attempted to go shopping today in another district and booked the Beike van instead of a taxi. He was an excellent driver and the ride over was quite pleasent. I may not have mentioned it but it is a holiday here. The roads were absolutly packed near the shopping center, we couldn’t get anywhere near it and so we decided to head back to the hospital. Round trip it took us around 2 hours but we got to see some of the city, its absolutly huge and crazy beautiful.
Hope all is well with you
4 comments May 2nd, 2007
