I don’t fear IEDs… I fear traffic
Ξ October 16th, 2006 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Middle East |
India driving (video, don’t bother on dialup) Ok, granted that video is from India, but add in a couple donky pulled carts and some people crossing the street and it could be from here. Another one, it’s also pretty similar from a different point of view.
Lets just say I’m glad we get chaufered around by a crazy russian employed by ITT. I’m not sure I’d trust any sane person to drive around here. Every contractor vehicle is an 4×4 SUV of some kind. Most of the contractors seem to use something pretty similar to our Toyota Land Cruisers or Lexus, with some Suburbans thrown in for good measure by others. Yes, that means I get chaufered around in a luxery vehicle with an entertainment system in the back of the headrests. 
We don’t get outside the heavily secured area much, but occasionally have to head to one of the other bases in Kabul.
Most every vehicle over here is diesel, even the little toyota econoboxes. I’d love to be able to import a new Toyota Heliux diesel from here, but unfortunately wouldn’t be able to get it registered once I got it to the states. Some of the toyota mini-vans are even 4×4, wich as funny as it sounds make a lot of sense. Many logging roads I’ve seen are better than the paved main roads here.
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