Who needs sidewalks
We have been staying in Chinatown in Malaka, and there are very few sidewalks to speak of. Most of the time, people just walk on the line painted on the side of the road. Crossing the street is a serious hazard, but we are learning (thanks to Jeff & Lavi for the lessons).
I took a snapshot of one of the streets in the popular Jonker St area. You can see that the shoppers are spilling out into the street as they try to navigate past the shopping and food stalls. The cars just weave their way through the crowd and we are constantly surprised that no one gets their toes run over.
posted by Joey and Erin @ 9:34 PM
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This reminds me of traffic verses humans in Honduras. There are no sidewalks (barely any roads) and people just seem to move out of the way...even the littlest kids. Mom
I think Joey is going to have a heart-attack one of these days due to little kids being in the road. Everyone seems to watch out for them but I have seen his face blanche numerous times.
In our "when we have kids" conversation, we have discussed waiting until they are roadworthy to bring them to a place with these kind of streets. Of course, given how old Ben was when he got hit by that car, our kids may never get to see Asia.
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