I don’t know if I’ve mentioned, but in the Dominican Republic, the car horn is used like a sixth gear. Only they mostly drive automatic, so that reference didn’t work.

(off the subject – I drove an automatic for the first time recently – so strange! I don’t think I’m sold on the idea though, not enough vrrm factor)

Anyway, I saw a man on a scooter today who’s horn obviously didn’t work and he was weaving through the traffic actually saying “Parp Parp, Parp Parp”. The other drivers reacted accordingly and didn’t even bat an eyelid. I was chuckling all the way down the road…

Then, as I was walking home I noticed a lot of walkers and joggers going in circles around and around the monument. It struck me as bizarre that people around here never walk anywhere – they take cars, bikes, public cars, taxis, conchos, buses etc. and think it’s crazy to actually walk anywhere. They even laugh at me going everywhere on foot! Then, when 5/6 o’clock comes they don their ‘gear’ and they do their ‘exercise’. In boring circles. I guess it’s the same in most countries, but why, people? Why?