Mornings

One of those f* mornings, where nothing f* drives you to do any f* work...who on earth likes mornings? I absolutely do not. Especially, when the morning starts with a traffic jam, right in front of your house and drags along 25km until the office. Traffic in Cairo is hell, and gets worse by the day. The influx of people in this city is a two digit percentage per year. Recent estimates suggest between 15 to 20 million inhabitants, depending on the definition of the city. Annually, around 3 million new cars are registered. A number which is growing with increasing wealth of the population. Infrastructure design is one main concern of course. They started building bridges on top of roads, and in certain areas, one can even find 3-level roads....all clogged with cars. Nevertheless, I do not think this is the only bottleneck. A big part is driving behaviour. Due to missing rules and regulations, everybody is selfishly trying to take advantage of every situation. Examples would be to cross a 4-lane road from the right side to the left in the last minute, in order to be the first at the U-turn and sneak in front of everybody. Naturally, stopping all the passing traffic. Or another example would be to speedily overtake you on the left, break in front of you and just make it to the right turn...causing you to use an emergency break manouver. Well, and then not to speak of the buses and taxis trying to pick up people on the left and right, or sometimes in the middle of the road.

Hmmm, but then. There is absolutely no use in getting frustrated and angry about this. Better use the time in the car for a good conversation, listen to relaxing music (I am very grateful to Nile FM) or even watch a video. Unfortunately, I do not have a DVD player installed in this car....but sooon....Now enjoy this hilarious tape, to get back into a good mood. And....HAPPY MORNING TO ALL OF YOU!