November 15, 2004

Driving in Lebanon


Bcharré Car
Originally uploaded by Jane Rubio.


Lebanese people are really into cars. Somehow there are millions of Mercedes here. At the same time, about 70% of the cars on the road are older than 20 years. Someone is actually driving this around Bcharrè.

People drive really crazy here. I´ve been in many countries, and all over Latin America, and this has to be some of the worst. They say the traffic is the worst in Taipei and Cairo. Here, traffic isn´t the issue. It´s the constant near collisions. India is somewhat like that. But here there are lots of mountains, which makes the whole thing even more harrowing. But I developed a strategy a long time ago for dealing with such things--don´t look.

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