SO, I have lived here a long time now and I wonder just how holistic a picture I paint of life here. I think about how last night we almost hit and killed a man, his wife, and his little baby, (none of which had helmets on) because he decided that turning left from the furthest right hand side of a line of traffic, that was all turning right mind you, (we were the car next to him) at a light, as it turned green, was OK. I think it wouldn't bother me if it was a single occurrence but it happens every day, all the time. Then as we drove, later on, we almost hit another man on his motor cycle because the rule is here 'if you can get the traffic to stop, pulling out perpendicularly into it to get where you want is OK.' The look on the mans face ticked me off. He had a haughty look on his face as we drove past, he was amused, that the white lady did not bow to his recklessness and slam on her brakes in order to allow him to drive in a ridiculous manner.

Don't get me wrong. I don't hate this culture, nor does it frustrate me that much any more. It just doesn't make sense to me a lot of the times. People think this land is mystical. I am still searching for the word I want to use to describe it.