Well this will be a short first post. I just wanted to let get a feel for the driving here. If I described the driving here in one word it would be chaotic! People go for no reason, drive in the opposite lanes, drive in two lanes and don't stop at places where you would expect them to! But the big thing you notice here his the honking. Back at home people honk for usually one reason, they are mad at you (I know, sometimes you honk to let the person in front of you at a green left turn signal know that he can go). But here in Arequipa (and in Lima and I'm sure the rest of Peru) you honk for various reasons:
-To let everyone in the intersection know that you aren't stopping and are barreling right through
-To tell pedestrians that they better move or die
-To tell the 20 people in front of you that they should go even though the light just turned.
-To tell the cars in front of you that you are going around them.
-Just for fun
So I hope that gives you a little idea of what driving in Arequipa is like. Hopefully I will post frequently, so please comment and let me know what you like hearing about and what is dumb.
Seth
Kong
Alley Oop
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