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I had a flippin great time! The Jordanian people are about the warmest and most friendly in the world.
To keep in the "driving" theme, certain truths have become apparent the world over.
1) Taxi drivers are the worst drivers and have a basic psycotic need to scare passengers and those around them more than the basic job requirement to move fare paying passengers.
2)Mercedes drivers are the worst. More money than sence.
3)The louder the music eminating from the car the worse the car and the driver.
4) ALL ARAB DRIVERS are mad and the mere fact they hold an arabic licence means they should not be allowed to drive.
The place is so crazy I love it!
We went from 1500m (above sea level) to minus 300m down an un protected mountain road with shear drops in the space of about 40 mins. It was like driving off the face of the earth. Unfortunatly we didnt get any photos because Mrs Gooby was too busy grabbing on to her seat!
Overall the roads are great and there are some I would desperatly love to drive the lotus on. This is outweighed by the fact the local driving skill level is zero (at best).
We had a policeman in the car (Long story) and we are driving down our side of a 3 lane hiway. There is a car in the middle of the 3 lanes driving straight at me!!! The police man laughs and says "they are all crazy here!"
The local tradition of the bedouin seems to be to take the goats to watch the trafffic. This involves falling asleep under a tree and letting the goats run around the road.
Camels love whatever is growing in the central reservation or in the middle of the road.
Overtaking is not something that is planned - it happens. Generally when the crazy english bloke is slowing for a blind bend or to crest a hill with no view of the road ahead there would be some mad arab on the wrong side of the road in a toyota hilux over loaded with some sort of load never seen before.
I met some english plod who was training Iraqi police and he showed me a great photo of a camel lashed down in the back of a toyota hilux doing 120kmh on the hiway, overtaking them! The look on the camels face is brilliant - he looks chuffed and pissed off at the same time.
To keep in the "driving" theme, certain truths have become apparent the world over.
1) Taxi drivers are the worst drivers and have a basic psycotic need to scare passengers and those around them more than the basic job requirement to move fare paying passengers.
2)Mercedes drivers are the worst. More money than sence.
3)The louder the music eminating from the car the worse the car and the driver.
4) ALL ARAB DRIVERS are mad and the mere fact they hold an arabic licence means they should not be allowed to drive.
The place is so crazy I love it!
We went from 1500m (above sea level) to minus 300m down an un protected mountain road with shear drops in the space of about 40 mins. It was like driving off the face of the earth. Unfortunatly we didnt get any photos because Mrs Gooby was too busy grabbing on to her seat!
Overall the roads are great and there are some I would desperatly love to drive the lotus on. This is outweighed by the fact the local driving skill level is zero (at best).
We had a policeman in the car (Long story) and we are driving down our side of a 3 lane hiway. There is a car in the middle of the 3 lanes driving straight at me!!! The police man laughs and says "they are all crazy here!"
The local tradition of the bedouin seems to be to take the goats to watch the trafffic. This involves falling asleep under a tree and letting the goats run around the road.
Camels love whatever is growing in the central reservation or in the middle of the road.
Overtaking is not something that is planned - it happens. Generally when the crazy english bloke is slowing for a blind bend or to crest a hill with no view of the road ahead there would be some mad arab on the wrong side of the road in a toyota hilux over loaded with some sort of load never seen before.
I met some english plod who was training Iraqi police and he showed me a great photo of a camel lashed down in the back of a toyota hilux doing 120kmh on the hiway, overtaking them! The look on the camels face is brilliant - he looks chuffed and pissed off at the same time.
great story! seems like a mad but relaxt place to life
Cheers Guys!
I am the local nutter- It is the grockles who are doing my head in.. Why do you tow a caravan through bournemouth town centre?
Now it has got interesting...
I accepted thier formal offer of the job and deferred start for a couple of weeks to get the hols in. While on holiday they went to confirm funding with the head office in the states. The guys in the states went nuts and complained that they had hired someone without consulting them. I had a phone interview while on holiday which went well and met another guy this morning which also went well. I am expecting good (and final) news tomorrow. Please keep your fingers crossed.
philygumbo said:
Now get ready to face the local nutters.
Phil.
Phil.
I am the local nutter- It is the grockles who are doing my head in.. Why do you tow a caravan through bournemouth town centre?
TIPPER said:
When does the new job start?
Now it has got interesting...
I accepted thier formal offer of the job and deferred start for a couple of weeks to get the hols in. While on holiday they went to confirm funding with the head office in the states. The guys in the states went nuts and complained that they had hired someone without consulting them. I had a phone interview while on holiday which went well and met another guy this morning which also went well. I am expecting good (and final) news tomorrow. Please keep your fingers crossed.
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