In the quite chaotic Ghanaian traffic there are a number of things that brighten my day. These days we tend to mostly complain about the many car crashes, the traffic jams, people failing to adhere to traffic rules and regulations or the regulators of the traffic flows being outright silly. As a counter balancing act I here will list my favorite elements of the Ghanaian traffic, you are welcome to add to it!
1. People are friendly and will let you in to any queue, no matter how slowly it moves, if you give a sign like twitching your headlights or raising your eyebrows.
2. Funny vehicles like the pearly white Mercedes with the Registration "JESUS 1" (Oh Lord, won't you buy me...), the itsy-bitsy small truck that is loaded with chocolate (Think Ompa-Lompas) or the hot pink pick-up (Barbie's car!).
3. If you make a mistake, there is room for it, because mistakes happen all the time...
4. When reversing out from a tight spot there is always someone there to direct you.
3. FAVORITE The random messages displayed in the back windows of the public transport Tro-tro's, like the one in the picture above, "THEY ACT AS LOVERS".
What do you make of that?
Im clueless. Is it an accusation? A biblical message? A warning to the public? A general statement being true in different situations?
Thinking about this I have a happier and even a bit thankful drive to work.
3 comments:
You think Ghanaian traffic is choatic? Try Nigeria ;-)
They act as lovers... one of my favorites. Must mean something though, since several cars has it... I also like You again?? and simply ?. :)
The one that perplexes me the most is Stevoo! Used to be seen more a few years ago, but it's still around on a few trotros. Why? What does it meant???
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