Moaning and Laughter. I like to have a moan now and again. Everyone does sometimes. Admittedly there are degrees of moans from the Oh. Its too hot and That beer was warm to F#cking banks I hate them and everyone that works in them. Capitalist bastards. They should all be shot . Today I had a moan. I had to do a delivery of business cards to someone today and as normal set off on my bike. Obviously at certain points on the journey my life is in the hands of fate. Truck drivers with bits of steel hanging out the back, Tuk Tuk drivers randomly stopping or turning without notice, pedestrians, particularly South Koreans, just jay walking in front of you. Of course they all get a moan from me in my normal response W@nker But hey. I live in Cambodia. I know that. Things on the road are different here. Im from England where if you let someone out and they dont give you a hand recognition then utter contempt follows. Try tooting your horn at someone and a personal WW3 follows. However. There I am on the main road into town heading towards the supermarket at about 3 pm and then Im in a traffic jam. And even on my bicycle there is no way through. The pavement and every part of the road both sides is taken up with drivers trying to inch forward and get ahead. Its like a sperm race to the egg. And it is hot. Very hot. And I am moaning swearing away to myself and the bastard who had just clipped my ankle with his mudguard. And what was the cause of this congestion? It was roadworks of course. Not any old roadworks though. Not roadworks that may improve the road. Oh no. A number of workers were making a pedestrian crossing by painting white stripes across the road. In England we call it a Zebra crossing. Once I see what is causing the obstruction I stop moaning and just have to laugh. And laugh out loud. Not because its humorous but so ridiculas. In a country where driving laws are not to be observed but circumvented in any way possible then what is the point of a Zebra crossing? No one will stop when they see a couple waiting patiently on the sidewalk. No one will stop if they see someone on the crossing. The pedestrians will still be targets there to be missed. I know every journey starts with one step and maybe a pedestrian crossing will be the start of a whole new driving revolution in Cambodia. But when the journey is to circle the world then that one step is extremely small. And worth moaning or laughing about!
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 10:28:48 +0000
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