Subaqua Sternal Rubs

Well, after yesterday's Diving Update, I figured I would follow it up today with a Driving Update. Yup, even after a month of driving on the wrong side of the road (despite what you occasional visitors from across the pond think), I am (amazingly) still alive Despite seemingly the highest per capita amount of learners, the people of Grenada still don't know how to drive. The learners are out on normal roads going all of about 10 mph, and when they come to a roundabout, they will not enter it until there is no object visibly moving for 30 miles. (The island is only 22 miles long.) However, once the scarlet letter "L" has been removed from their vehicles, all previous trepidation is gone, and Grenadian drivers speed towards roundabouts at high rates of speed, looking as though stopping for traffic already in the roundabout is merely optional. This happened to me yesterday, and I stopped in the roundabout fearing that the driver approaching the roundabout would not stop. He managed to stop, but not without an angry expression on his face. Excuse me for attempting to follow the rules of the road. Upon turning onto the highway, I met another driver that had not yet progressed past the neophyte state, travelling only 20mph on the Maurice Bishop highway. Granted, this "highway" is only about a mile long, and driving faster will not make that much difference, but I at least I wanted to travel the speed limit. (40mph). Later that night, drove home and encountered two more drivers who exhibited behaviours which were extreme pet peeves of mine. The first driver suddenly stopped in the middle of the road without warning to drop off a passenger. This is perfectly acceptable here, stop whereever you feel like, and traffic will have to move around you. It didn't help that he stopped right around the area where the draninage grate is and he forced me to drive through a 1foot deep pothole (no kidding), which I could have otherwise avoided. Then I was almost blinded by another driver who had left his high beams on. This is also accepted here. I mean, I understand that dark-skinned people randomly walking on the side of the road can be hard to see, but blinding me to the point where I can no longer see, causing me to collide with you head on really doesn't help matters now either, does it?

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