Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My driver collided wtih a camel that way near jebel Ali. Down there they call it faith.You go when it's your time. And you arrive inshallah. best,simon p.s. will let you know when my next Afghan trip starts for the lagavullin desert project. On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 7:24 AM, Wendy Thurman <thurmanphoto op gmail.com>wrote: > Sounds much like Afghanistan. Of course, here the Pakistani lorry in all > it's decorated finery is a deadly piece of machinery when over-loaded as > normal and driven on mountain roads with poor brakes. > > I've spent a little time in Kuwait (a place best avoided) and heard that a > very large percentage of traffic accidents there are fatal due to extreme > high speed desert driving- often with the lights off! > > Wendy > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Hugh Thompson <hewthompson op mac.com> > wrote: > > > Spencer - as I noted to Wendy, Pindy is crazy, but it is the same in most > > other towns and cities, Islamabad is the exception. > > > > > > On 5-Nov-09, at 7:32 AM, Spencer Cheng wrote: > > > > My guide drove the wrong way down a one way street in 'Pindi because > there > >> was a traffic jam. Another guide went whipping around blind corners on > tiny > >> dirt roads. They are good people in general. > >> > > > > Yes, this tends to be normal practice from my observations. Then there > are > > the motor bikes, and pedal bikes > > > > > > > >> Basic rule was "might is right" on the KKH. It works. > >> > >> We were cycling up/down the KKH. Once one figures out the aforementioned > >> basic rule, it's not bad. Just have to watch out for the leftover stone > on > >> the road they use to mark traffic accidents in lieu of flares or safety > >> triangles. Hitting one of those on a bicycle at speed would ruin one's > day. > >> > > > > Yes, you are right, that is what they do for holes in the road, and then > > take for ever to do the repair. One day I am going to do a little study > on > > that. > > > > Hugh > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >