s nothing like i've seen before. imagine broadway and 42nd street during rush hour with tons of tourists - then multiply that by 10. it is insane. motorcycles, buses, cars, pedestrians, bicycles, cows, trucks, motorized rickshaws are all trying to fit on the street together. to make it worse, it seems that most of the vehicles do not drive in lanes at all and kind of share the middle lane for passing...then, the horn is used all the time - and not in an angry or annoyed way, like we tend to do. it is used to ask if you can pass, answer yes or no, say thank you, or simply just to let the other vehicles know that you are coming. hand signals for turning are used in the cars out the driver's window. there are signs on couple of fancy cars that read "a/c, no signal" to indicate that the drivers behind them should look for their blinker instead of their hand out because the window is closed because of the a/c! i am starting to understand more what people warned me about with sensory overload.here motorcycles are vehicles for whole families. the child sits in front of the dad, the mom sits side saddle with a baby or
toddler in her arms. its amazing. i don't understand how the women can sit so beautifully and gracefully while barely holding on plus with a child on their lap! five people so far is the most people that i have seen on one motorcycle - a man driving with what i assumed were his 4 sons arranged by height in tow on the back.thankfully, i will have a driver for my field team and myself :)
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