So I am a proud owner of a new (Ok used!) car. The guys at the showroom were super nice, they even forced me to take pictures of me with the car, in it, outside, receiving my certificate!
Finally I feel like I have more freedom and I am slowly feeling like I'm living in this place. No more dealing with clueless cabbies, no more phone calls trying to direct cabbies from one nameless road to another, no more wondering how I'm going to get a trolley load of Ikea stuff back home!
Driving has been good so far. It takes me 15minutes door to door to work, and Abu Dhabi is so small that it really only takes 1/2 hour to get from one end of town to another (without the jam). I also drove down to Dubai and I know now for sure that I would not be able to do the daily drive that 1/2 my colleagues do. It's so stressful, 5 lane highways, so many cars, all driving way too fast, tail gating, flashing lights you name it, you'll find it on Dubai Road.
As I was driving I came across these 2 road signs.
Beware of Road Surprises
And then even better...
Beware of Others' Faults
Need I say more?
Fab car! :)
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