As we have been a month next week we will soon lose our drivers. They ferry us around during the day and are generally pretty reliable. Sometimes things are lost in translation and it is easier for the men in our group to make things happen than the women. Traffic moves quickly here and I sit in the front seat with my guy learning Arabic numbers by practicing on car number plates. (they have them in both English and Arabic so it’s a good activity to and from work). I can do this without glasses and the plates are usually very close in front of our car as we travel between 80 and 140 kph. I feel very safe although I would not be able to drive this way. Other little strategies I have noticed is the approaching and moving away from roundabouts. Many of the drivers approach the roundabout with the lane line directly in the middle of the driving path and exit the same way. This I have decided gives you the option to get into the lane with the least traffic to get in and out of the roundabouts quickly. Problem is when lots of people are doing it and both decide on the same lane at the same time it makes for interesting viewing. Horns and lights are used a lot. It’ll be us next week as we head out in our own cars. We went and got drivers licences this week after passing our examinations and paying over our money. We also got a small taste of summer as came out of the transport police compound. It was like walking into a blast furnace. Someone who knew said it was probably round the 40 degree mark. Roll on June, July I say. Kim and the kids will get to experience first hand the summer heat.
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