Driving in Perth vs Surviving Jakarta’s Streets
I had my first driver’s license in Perth, Australia, when I was 16.
Traffic there was and is still relatively orderly.
(Read: Most drivers follow the road rules! And even when there’s quite a bit of traffic during peak hours, it’s still an orderly traffic jam =)
Now.
I left Perth some 15 years ago, stopped driving altogether after that, and TWO years ago, I started driving again, … on the streets of Jakarta!
Which is a total OPPOSITE to anything called ‘orderly’.
(I’ll share more about our daily adventures on the streets of Jakarta one of these days! =)
Anyway.
I just want to say, I so so sooo appreciate the oh-so-smooth, AND spacious, AND orderly streets of Perth!
I was like, WOW … the streets are NOT bumpy!
And hey, NO HOLES on the streets! *WOOT*
[My daily traffic view]
In Perth, all the cars are so distant from each other!
(read: I don’t have to drive slowly to make sure the cars / motorbikes on my left and right won’t TOUCH my car!)
NO motorbikes squeezing in between my car and all the other vehicles that happen to be nearby too! Hehe.
It was such a blissful driving experience!
Really.
…
Ah well, funny how we appreciate things MORE, only after we have experienced WORSE conditions.
