Cars with bendy bits!

Snapped this photo on the way home from school yesterday out the front of our compound… don’t worry, that isn’t our car! The entrance/exit roads for Aziziyah come out onto this slip road where the black and yellow concrete barriers are. Now what I think is the barriers are there to stop people driving out of the compound and then straight out on to Sports City Rd, rather than heading down the slip road a bit. I know that might sound strange but that is what many do… Added to that are the metal barriers that run down the middle of the main road to sperate the oncoming traffic, which at various places have been driven through (presumably by large 4WD) so someone can do a U-Turn! Yep, they knock them down with their cars so they can turn around.

Anyway not sure what happened to this car, but by the look of the front of it, it was either heading down the road the wrong way (yes, it does happen) or has done a U-Turn through one of the gaps where the barriers have been knocked over. But then again it may have just run up the back of a truck.

It is not uncommon to see cars in various states of bendiness sitting around on the sides of the road though… you think that would be enough of a reminder to take it a little easier… maybe it is… maybe it isn’t! We have only been here for 6 weeks and I can’t even remember what it is like to drive slow… you have to laugh… seriously, you HAVE to laugh. If you don’t, you would get stuck in your compound and if you are just going to stay home you can do that anywhere in the world.

By the way… I have a bit of a head cold! That’s right… it is 40 degrees outside and I have a head cold! Apparently this happens to most people while they are getting used to the weather (and all the dust).

By the way (x2)… I am slowly catching up on the posts and still adding a few more photos here and there. Kerry still hasn’t had a chance to post anything (work is work anywhere in the world) but promises she will soon!