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Message: Re: Driving in Egypt & Jordan *NBC*
Changed By: jwdbox
Change Date: October 15, 2012 04:49PM
Re: Driving in Egypt & Jordan *NBC*
Change Date: October 15, 2012 04:49PM
Re: Driving in Egypt & Jordan *NBC*
[quote=db997S]
While I didn't drive in Egypt when there in Jan. 2011, it was rather crazy. A highway with four lanes in each direction was really six or seven lanes in each. Peds would cross the highway on foot. They have "private" buses that are basically mini vans that top along the highway and pick people up. They are so crowded, we saw one where a "passanger" actually was hanging out of the driver's door that was ajar. He was sortof half in and half out of the mini van. In Cairo, I think the entire city has about four traffic lights. All you hear is a constant tapping of car horns. It is crazy, but it seems to work. I'd imagine once you drive you get into the flow of it, but I certainly had no desire to give it a try. I didn't even want to cross the street on foot. We went from there to prestine, snowy, orderly and quiet Salzburg, Austria, where there was a constant, light snow for the four-day trip. DC would have been cripled under such conditions.[/quote]
Your 're right about that, here is a sample of what we saw:
[img]http://i49.tinypic.com/2uz6iwj.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i50.tinypic.com/168xwer.jpg[/img]
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While I didn't drive in Egypt when there in Jan. 2011, it was rather crazy. A highway with four lanes in each direction was really six or seven lanes in each. Peds would cross the highway on foot. They have "private" buses that are basically mini vans that top along the highway and pick people up. They are so crowded, we saw one where a "passanger" actually was hanging out of the driver's door that was ajar. He was sortof half in and half out of the mini van. In Cairo, I think the entire city has about four traffic lights. All you hear is a constant tapping of car horns. It is crazy, but it seems to work. I'd imagine once you drive you get into the flow of it, but I certainly had no desire to give it a try. I didn't even want to cross the street on foot. We went from there to prestine, snowy, orderly and quiet Salzburg, Austria, where there was a constant, light snow for the four-day trip. DC would have been cripled under such conditions.[/quote]
Your 're right about that, here is a sample of what we saw:
[img]http://i49.tinypic.com/2uz6iwj.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i50.tinypic.com/168xwer.jpg[/img]
B)
Original Message
Author: jwdboxDate: October 15, 2012 04:49PM
Re: Driving in Egypt & Jordan *NBC*
[quote=db997S]
While I didn't drive in Egypt when there in Jan. 2011, it was rather crazy. A highway with four lanes in each direction was really six or seven lanes in each. Peds would cross the highway on foot. They have "private" buses that are basically mini vans that top along the highway and pick people up. They are so crowded, we saw one where a "passanger" actually was hanging out of the driver's door that was ajar. He was sortof half in and half out of the mini van. In Cairo, I think the entire city has about four traffic lights. All you hear is a constant tapping of car horns. It is crazy, but it seems to work. I'd imagine once you drive you get into the flow of it, but I certainly had no desire to give it a try. I didn't even want to cross the street on foot. We went from there to prestine, snowy, orderly and quiet Salzburg, Austria, where there was a constant, light snow for the four-day trip. DC would have been cripled under such conditions.[/quote]
Your right about that, here is a sample of what we saw:
[img]http://i49.tinypic.com/2uz6iwj.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i50.tinypic.com/168xwer.jpg[/img]
B)
While I didn't drive in Egypt when there in Jan. 2011, it was rather crazy. A highway with four lanes in each direction was really six or seven lanes in each. Peds would cross the highway on foot. They have "private" buses that are basically mini vans that top along the highway and pick people up. They are so crowded, we saw one where a "passanger" actually was hanging out of the driver's door that was ajar. He was sortof half in and half out of the mini van. In Cairo, I think the entire city has about four traffic lights. All you hear is a constant tapping of car horns. It is crazy, but it seems to work. I'd imagine once you drive you get into the flow of it, but I certainly had no desire to give it a try. I didn't even want to cross the street on foot. We went from there to prestine, snowy, orderly and quiet Salzburg, Austria, where there was a constant, light snow for the four-day trip. DC would have been cripled under such conditions.[/quote]
Your right about that, here is a sample of what we saw:
[img]http://i49.tinypic.com/2uz6iwj.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i50.tinypic.com/168xwer.jpg[/img]
B)