Yen Lin and I found a whole new meaning to the abovementioned chinese idom. The traffic in Kathmandu is nothing short of amazing, since people and machines just weave in and out of one another effortlessly. We went to the Royal Palace and Thamel yesterday, a tourist spot with loads of shops. Within 10 mins of walking inside, we were lost. So we decided to hire a trishaw. The experience was really disconcerting, but pretty exhilarating. The young guy who rode us to Thamel wove in and out of the human plus machines traffic. There was a point where we got stuck, and there was no way to either go forward or back. So he went by the side. This is how it was like:
Riding on a trishaw along the streets of Thamel in Kathmandu
Stupa near the Royal Palace
YL trying to unlock the very-high lock of the door to our house, with varying success...
The gas heater that saved our life at night
I'm still very amazed by the lack of accidents here with the chaotic traffic. The Nepali drivers are a patient yet experienced lot, and I think hot-tempered Singaporean drivers should take a big leaf from these people. We have one of the best roads in the world, but what do we do with them? We hit each other on the streets everyday. World-class indeed.
1 comment:
Haha, obviously you haven't been to Indonesia. I learned how to drive here and I was traumatized for life. It's very common to have to weave through a very very narrow gap between cars, kind of like having to navigate through the buttcrack of the traffic. Sounds crude but you get what I mean.
And oh, do Yenlin a favour and buy her ten-inch heels. Haha.
Glad that you girls have started exploring. Find me a llama and take a picture of it leh.
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