July 11, 2008

Wild, wild West

The road around Quezon Memorial Circle: eight lanes of trucks, buses, cars, jeepneys and motorcycles weaving in and out of their lanes; coming from the innermost lane to turn right at any of the six avenues radiating from it; coming in from those six avenues and promptly driving onto the innermost lane. It's a good thing I don't drive. When we're caught on that road during rush hour, I always close my eyes.

Quezon Memorial Circle road

10 comments:

Debbie Courson Smith said...

We call those "suicide exits" - since sometimes, taking the lane risks your life.

Layrayski said...

Hehe we don't have that in Butuan. Hehe. Oh and Hilda I'm posting the photos I took when I went to Manila at my Sunset Mindanao blog. My mom and I went riding the calesa. You bet I got a ton of photos during my trip there. hehe

Raquel Sabino Pereira said...

Thanks for your visit! and YES she is HUGE!! Come to Lisbon and you will find many alike! Love, from Lisbon!

Clueless in Boston said...

Traffic is probably like that in most large urban cities around the world. I sometimes close my eyes too when driving in Boston:)

Louis la Vache said...

hehehe
Similar to the traffic around L'arc de Triomphe in Paris - where the hub has 12 spokes!

Today, "Louis et Mme. la Vache celebrate their first anniversary

Louis la Vache said...

Hilda, "Louis" noticed your comment at Sailor Girl's Atlantico Azul. Here's another ship, bigger than the one Sailor Girl showed!

Penyamun Riau said...

close ur eyes so, who is the driver?? (hak..3x)

Neva said...

I am so not a fan of circles while driving but you got a great shot of this!

Josy said...

Before I read that second-to-last sentence, I was gonna say: "And you took a picture while driving?!" :)

Traffic is one of my big fears, too. It's pretty bad here in the northeast USA, and if I thought I could get away without driving, I would!

Baruch said...

I think I would close my eyes too :)