Ok so one thing I have learned very quickly around here is that pedestrians do NOT have the right of way. The only right we have is the right to be run over if we don’t get the hell out of the way fast enough! I the past few weeks I have been honked at and glared at more times than is necessary! Sometimes, they even speed up to either scare you or hit you to make an example of you.
And regular traffic laws don’t always apply. There are lanes, but they are mostly just for show. The speed limit is pretty much just for show, too. Sometimes, being in a cab is just as scary as being on the street. They speed, cut in and out of traffic like it’s their job and cause more “almost accidents” than I have ever seen in my life! I once had a cab driver who didnt want to wait in the turn lane which had about 7 cars waiting. So he pulled up in front of them into the middle of the intersection. Just cut in line and sit in the middle of the intersection!
But my favorite “traffic sign” are the arrows on the major streets dicating the flow of traffic. Normally that would be nothing to note, but aside from the basic arrows such as this,
they also have one that looks a little something like this.
No joke. Some streets have traffic that goes in different directions. But I am not sure when it changes. It’s a little crazy!
It all reminds me of this driving video I once saw. I watch it now and have flashes to running across crazy Buenos Aires streets!
Other random stuff I thought I would end the post with:
Yes! The toilet does flush spinning the other way! Most of the toilets don’t actually spin like they do in the states, but when they do, it is a little weird!
The universe is upside down! Right now in Buenos Aires I can see my favorite constellation, Orion, The Hunter. It is my favorite because it is easy to find him and his belt, and because one of his shoulders is a red star called Betelgeuse (Beetlejuice). Also, his foot is blue, but I don’t see that as much as my favorite star, Betelgeuse. Well here, he is UPSIDE DOWN!!! Betelgeuse is his foot here! I thought I was crazy when I saw it to think the sky was upside down, but it is upside down!
Off to Cordoba for the weekend! Look out 10 hour bus ride, here I come!
