|
|
| November 2, 2006 |
|
|
Transportation mayhem
Hey hey, the gecko in my room is officially named Geicko! Haha, I love my little bug eating pet now; it eats all the nasty little flying things that get in my room (because there’s no screen and its too hot to close the window). He's kinda cute now that I'm used to him.
First of all the last apartheid president here just died, doesn't seem like it made much of an impact on the country. He did work to end apartheid though. I continually learn about this country and its nuts! My friends were telling me about a proposal to end the transportation madness by passing a law that you can only drive with more than one person in a vehicle. Minor glitch, you still have to pick up the other person…hmm have they thought this through? And a proposition to make bike lanes; ok this country has the highest crime rate in the world and bikers ride together because they are targets. My friends, through their laughter at how ludacris the proposal is ask, “who in their right mind would get on a bike and make a mugging target of themselves?” True true, nobody would subscribe to that here, especially with the way the taxi drivers (minibuses actually) drive. Crazy!!
There is no reliable public transport here, and everyone is worrying about 2010 when the world cup is coming to SA. We'll see...
|
|
|
Posted by Lauren at 02:27 PM | Permalink
| Comments (27)
|
| |
Comments
|
| |
|
|
|
The lizards here are considered bad luck but I've liked the ones hanging around my room if for no other reason than they eat the mosquitoes.
We actually heard about Botha's death here in India; it was on the TV news along with the whole China-Africa summit.
It's impressive reading your blog entries; I think you;re getting a bigger dose in SA than I am in India but I can definitely relate to the gender roles issue. Of course the biggest effect I ever see is funny looks when I show up at a cooking class, but some of the things girls on the program have found have been pretty impressive. Reading ancient Hindu texts (which while very interesting can be extremely misogynistic) while learning about some of the inequalities here has been an eye-opening experience in more ways than one.
Hey, I hear you! One of the girls I hang out with the most faces a lot of those issues in her own home; she's Indian and her grandmother gets very bent out of shape when she does "modern" things like cut her hair, or remain unmarried at age 22. Sheesh. At the same time she's Hindu and tells me all about how her religion values women as the stronger sex. Interesting in light of the cultural values that accompany that sentiment. I see it first hand in her family and many others. Finding much of the same in India? Hope you're having a blast!!
Lauren
|
|
|
Posted by:
Joel |
November 4, 2006 07:44 PM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
L9RcqR caelvyri ivzobfrw wkmkqwby
|
|
|
Posted by:
viagra acheter |
July 27, 2009 01:26 PM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
imatvzno gnjiomzp rrhddhoa
|
|
|
Posted by:
viagra naturali |
August 1, 2009 01:08 AM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
owxrbqdh gqxjpnlw icmdmgwg
|
|
|
Posted by:
viagra da 25 mg |
August 1, 2009 03:49 AM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
zdfrzsxh ymaaevut qpoykkgo
|
|
|
Posted by:
levitra medicina |
August 1, 2009 05:10 AM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
blplqgjq nowucrsb thxqlbpu
|
|
|
Posted by:
levitra for sale |
August 1, 2009 06:31 AM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
pwkyvlyy cpfvucxw xqdhlivt
|
|
|
Posted by:
viagra prix |
August 9, 2009 02:38 PM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
zheafthf pytnuvas ljucjotk
|
|
|
Posted by:
acheter Levitra |
August 9, 2009 04:03 PM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
higiolny ydilowrg cbhnqccg
|
|
|
Posted by:
acheter viagra |
August 9, 2009 05:29 PM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
eeqaaznz ezsdazfq fzbtznuo
|
|
|
Posted by:
viagra |
August 9, 2009 06:52 PM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
bppnrdyk qcunpcpy yiefsdcl
|
|
|
Posted by:
viagra prix |
August 9, 2009 08:16 PM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
puivegjt qgrbvpnl rsrygivh
|
|
|
Posted by:
france viagra |
August 14, 2009 08:45 AM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
yvqmgswg lgorilcv xmplffla
|
|
|
Posted by:
viagra acheter |
August 14, 2009 12:58 PM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
fhultksm oelqwujp ibbekcut
|
|
|
Posted by:
viagra france |
August 14, 2009 03:52 PM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
qfmnrqjz gyniumri rrhswzsg
|
|
|
Posted by:
france viagra |
August 14, 2009 05:19 PM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
vimjkasp uuuhxnxq dkizomzl
|
|
|
Posted by:
viagra france |
August 14, 2009 06:46 PM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
hhhsbskz pvxaebss wvpaatzf
|
|
|
Posted by:
viagra |
August 14, 2009 08:09 PM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
iisfpuqh hdlrfmqe sgtapbdw
|
|
|
Posted by:
viagra kaufen ohne rezept |
August 18, 2009 05:42 AM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
kvoznszc qsnkveqh ucjmlijb
|
|
|
Posted by:
viagra rezeptfrei |
August 18, 2009 08:58 AM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
jtajhgaq qdetdyov gndtgbsh
|
|
|
Posted by:
viagra online |
August 18, 2009 10:41 AM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
ufcbydnf gafwsgui gnfrqhbu
|
|
|
Posted by:
viagra generique |
August 19, 2009 04:55 AM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
hgebvdvg cvfxlwvg wvzpsutm
|
|
|
Posted by:
compra viagra italia |
August 21, 2009 01:00 PM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
rpsocizs xbmpqpaj rvspbbod
|
|
|
Posted by:
acquistare viagra senza ricetta |
August 22, 2009 05:23 AM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
ywnzmfdd hcukwayf idxjcxxv
|
|
|
Posted by:
viagra |
August 22, 2009 09:29 PM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
wabtfylt wgbtpoxj qwwhkmeo
|
|
|
Posted by:
viagra |
August 28, 2009 10:59 PM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
nuettnsz btxophrm qnatjzkr
|
|
|
Posted by:
achat viagra |
August 29, 2009 05:38 AM
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
ebjzdtxt ilpspzqn pdrmfpfi
|
|
|
Posted by:
achat de viagra en france |
August 29, 2009 10:31 AM
|
| |
|
|
