Traffic revisited

Think I may have been a little bit ranty the other day. Prolonged exposure to stop-go traffic will do that to me! But, sitting in another jam, one thing that strikes me is how unaggressive the drivers are to each other. The horn is occasionally used but more in amused exasperation than aggression. Less 'cut me up and I will punch you' and more 'did you really think that 10' car would fit in that 4' gap?'. And surprisingly few accidents too, presumably because the level of craziness is expected by all. It reminds me of one of those 'ultimate fighting' bouts, where after 20 mins of trying to gouge each others eyes out or snap each others spines the bell goes and the two combatants slap each other on the back and walk away smiling.

I was also whining about the crush of crowds but generally the people are really friendly. Not just those working the tourist trail but the young lads at the station in KL who saw me trying to get my card to swipe and stopped to help, the three separate people who told me i'd dropped 20 sens or the old Chinese bloke on the bus who saw me use my tourist card and pulled out his travel card to show me, pointed, smiled, nodded and then fell asleep.