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September 30, 2008
We have frogs and toads. (I think the photo Chinua took of one of the toads last night is the funniest thing ever. Just look at his face!) All over. I just saw a few hop past.
Also bats. The jungle is so alive. YaYa plays with the insects for hours, holding caterpillars up to her face to feel their fuzziness. This horrifies Jaya beyond description.
Today I heard Leafy say, as he let a teeny tiny black ant crawl onto his hand, “Come on little ant, I’ll give you a ride on my finger!”
Still fighting back the fear here, folks! But as Jesus says, "Each day has troubles enough of its own."
I drove the van this morning! And there were no casualties. It messes me up, worse than I thought it would, to have the gear shift in my left hand. I feel like I’m trying to learn how to drive shift, or “standard” as we would say in Canada, all over again.
People laughed at me many times. Because I’m funny looking! And foreign! And driving a van! Not to mention stalling.
I take it all in stride. But I was sweating by the end of our marketing episode.
There really aren’t many road rules. Use your horn a lot, pass when you feel you can, get where you need to go. If say, you’re at a traffic circle, feel free to exit from the inside lane or the outside lane. Actually, what am I talking about? There are no lanes!
Thankfully we are all driving fairly slowly.
Also bats. The jungle is so alive. YaYa plays with the insects for hours, holding caterpillars up to her face to feel their fuzziness. This horrifies Jaya beyond description.
Today I heard Leafy say, as he let a teeny tiny black ant crawl onto his hand, “Come on little ant, I’ll give you a ride on my finger!”
Still fighting back the fear here, folks! But as Jesus says, "Each day has troubles enough of its own."
I drove the van this morning! And there were no casualties. It messes me up, worse than I thought it would, to have the gear shift in my left hand. I feel like I’m trying to learn how to drive shift, or “standard” as we would say in Canada, all over again.
People laughed at me many times. Because I’m funny looking! And foreign! And driving a van! Not to mention stalling.
I take it all in stride. But I was sweating by the end of our marketing episode.
There really aren’t many road rules. Use your horn a lot, pass when you feel you can, get where you need to go. If say, you’re at a traffic circle, feel free to exit from the inside lane or the outside lane. Actually, what am I talking about? There are no lanes!
Thankfully we are all driving fairly slowly.
Reader Comments (4)
hi from a canadian trying to learn standard, or manual as they say here in the uk, and also learn to drive on the left and also learn to drive in miles instead of kilometres. messes with my brain.
so. hard.
i wish i at least knew how to drive standard before i got here, one less thing to get used to.
love your blog.
You don't have to look far for adventure, huh?
I'm picturing this, by the way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dVq1NTI82o
I'm sweating... jungle, creatures everywhere, crazy driving. blessings.
Switching is hard but once you get it you've got it. We travelled all over australia each with our own little mini when we lived there and got quite used to driving on the "wrong" side of the road - then you come back and that is crazy again.