tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948677340500742474.post1061829226570911796..comments2023-08-22T09:56:18.941-05:00Comments on Eric and Emily's Adventures: A Few Days in BHEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04624952545651275644noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948677340500742474.post-64452425865208611122008-09-25T16:45:00.000-05:002008-09-25T16:45:00.000-05:00Hi!Never been to Brazil, but Bangkok's traffic was...Hi!<BR/>Never been to Brazil, but Bangkok's traffic was enough to convince me not to ride in a tuk-tuk for a taxi. We had no car seat for baby Sam, so Rodney just held him tightly and we tried not to watch out the window. While we were there, we heard that a pedestrian was killed everyday! I never tried to confirm that statistic, but I'd believe it!Jill Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04137302122286312558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948677340500742474.post-17383930985954484312008-09-25T09:02:00.000-05:002008-09-25T09:02:00.000-05:00As a pedestrian in Brazil, I always feel safer cro...As a pedestrian in Brazil, I always feel safer crossing AGAINST the light because at least then I KNOW the cars won´t stop. What bugs me about pedestrians in BH is how they really DO wait for my (the driver´s) light to turn green and then dart madly across the street, right in my way!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948677340500742474.post-80662400297989187222008-09-24T21:15:00.000-05:002008-09-24T21:15:00.000-05:00Having only ever been a passneger and never the dr...Having only ever been a passneger and never the driver in Brazil, I can't say how I'd do. My wife warned me in advance as to how driving and traffic would be, but the ride from Confins was a real surprise, especially since I'm not from a big city. I will say that now after three different trips to Brazil, I'm not anxious or nervous anymore, I guess it seems normal while I'm there. <BR/> My biggest difficulty was being more cautious in crossing the street, even at a crosswalk. I'm used to having somewhat of the right of way, and that doesn't matter there, not even the slightest slowing down to ensure that you're completely out of the way. More than once I've been scolded by my wife while out on a walk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948677340500742474.post-19500149930049119742008-09-24T20:01:00.000-05:002008-09-24T20:01:00.000-05:00Emily, No seriously, I drive into New York o...Emily,<BR/> <BR/> No seriously, I drive into New York once a week, some taxi drivers will literaly touch your car with their yellow cabs and push you out of the way!<BR/> To our defense, they are mostly foreigners who were probably riding a donkey six months ago :)<BR/> Miami is really, really agressive as well, but again I think it is a hot latino blooded thing...<BR/> I have noticed the same traffic absurdities in Budapest, Hungary.<BR/> But on the opposite side of the Crazy agressive Brazilian, Miami Latino and New York drivers you have the British, my parents were in England on a vacation during the eighties and a car ahead of them just stopped on a round about and never moved, for about 20 minutes my parents waited and watched at awe as no one honked any horns, until they saw an ambulance and everyone understood that the gentleman in the car ahead of them blocking the intersection had had a heart attack, but the british just patiently waited until they understood what was going on...<BR/> Can you picture this in Brazil? or even Atlanta? somebody would just not honk a horn but most likely pull out a gun!<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>RayRay Adkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00956436835497979546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948677340500742474.post-53725472295108099542008-09-23T14:30:00.000-05:002008-09-23T14:30:00.000-05:00Having traveled (and personally driven) in big cit...Having traveled (and personally driven) in big cities all over the USA, I still contend that it is much crazier here! (Especially considering the metropolitan BH area has only 5 million inhabitants - much smaller than either LA or NY!)Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04624952545651275644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948677340500742474.post-82559164238318426762008-09-23T14:14:00.000-05:002008-09-23T14:14:00.000-05:00Oh, well... How would your dad react to the traffi...Oh, well... How would your dad react to the traffic in Los Angeles or New York?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com