“The hustle and bustle of the old quarter is, by some margin, bustlier than even the most bustliest hustles and hustly bustles I’ve known.” What a description!
I was, many years back, taken aback by the chaos of traffic (and the death defying feat of crossing through it) in La Paz, Bolivia. I wonder if it’s a similar feel.
And you’re so right, about safety being a privilege.
Thanks Holly! I'm glad you liked that sentence. It took me bloody hours. I got lost if it was hustlier or bustlier, and if hustles could even be bustly. at the end of it all I wasn't sure it made any ruddy sniff off sense!
I wonder, too! I guess there's no way to know but to take a trip there and compare
Funny article, I was just musing on the change in my town in this direction. Im live in a small town adjacent to NYC, and we have an Indian mayor. Since his arrival , the town is morphing into a little India. Its a combination of many flocking here with the mayor, with little work, things crazy expensive and so an uptick of motorbike delivery peeps for the fast food makers. It started out with these motor bike people, following the rules, proper direction, helmets and traffic guidelines and since has bloomed into pending chaos. Now they go every which way, wrong direction, thru stop signs, pass on the right of your car and carry new attitude that they are in the right rather than the respectful, hey we are new here and appreciate you having us. What happened to law? Helmets?, correct direction?, stop signs? speed?and so on? Doesn't seem to apply anymore.
Well ,what happened to law i ask? Look from from the top down for the answer.
" slaloming through the streets ... " Oh, how many can fit then. In India, for example, in extreme cases it can be upto six members of the family, on a single two wheeler. While that appears preposterous to most western folks, the individual CO2 emissions of each of the six piled on one vehicle is so tiny. slaloming through the streets
sometimes with less people, and one or two animals, if they are rural. Now don’t get me started on the manage part. Let us just call it human ingenuity for now 👶🏾👵🏾
“The hustle and bustle of the old quarter is, by some margin, bustlier than even the most bustliest hustles and hustly bustles I’ve known.” What a description!
I was, many years back, taken aback by the chaos of traffic (and the death defying feat of crossing through it) in La Paz, Bolivia. I wonder if it’s a similar feel.
And you’re so right, about safety being a privilege.
Glad I stopped by to read this piece . :)
Thanks Holly! I'm glad you liked that sentence. It took me bloody hours. I got lost if it was hustlier or bustlier, and if hustles could even be bustly. at the end of it all I wasn't sure it made any ruddy sniff off sense!
I wonder, too! I guess there's no way to know but to take a trip there and compare
Thanks for dropping by!
Oh, man. Sentence wrangling. It’s not for the faint of heart.
It surely isnt'! It's like wrangling hope with a spatula
It was the hustly bustles that got me chuckling. 🤭 I fear I may use this on the fam, ad nauseam, of course. 🧡
I'm chuffed you chuckled at my bustles! haha adding nauseam is always the goal. What a lovely thought. I had no idea you hustled bustles on the farm?
Well, I meant family, but I also happen to live on a farm, so now I’ve got two audiences to annoy. Now I’m chuffed! 🧡🧡
I call, double bustle! God dam do i love annoying people, I am the greatest export of wind up merchantry this side of Country Durham
Brilliant! 🧡🤣
Brilliant! They’re in for a treat. ;)
Funny article, I was just musing on the change in my town in this direction. Im live in a small town adjacent to NYC, and we have an Indian mayor. Since his arrival , the town is morphing into a little India. Its a combination of many flocking here with the mayor, with little work, things crazy expensive and so an uptick of motorbike delivery peeps for the fast food makers. It started out with these motor bike people, following the rules, proper direction, helmets and traffic guidelines and since has bloomed into pending chaos. Now they go every which way, wrong direction, thru stop signs, pass on the right of your car and carry new attitude that they are in the right rather than the respectful, hey we are new here and appreciate you having us. What happened to law? Helmets?, correct direction?, stop signs? speed?and so on? Doesn't seem to apply anymore.
Well ,what happened to law i ask? Look from from the top down for the answer.
Thanks man! I guess you just gotta go with the flow?
yes indeed i do. until someone looses and eye and it isn't fun and games any longer : )
an eye for an eye, will leave us with one eye each
sending hugs and kisses xoxo
I take em where I can get em
Ha ha ha...I found Hanoi equally exhilaratingly mad. This despite me being used to the chaos of Indian streets.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tyagarajan/p/vietnam-trip-part-1?r=24wbd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
If I ever visit Viet Nam. I am definitely NOT going to drive on their streets. A delightful piece.
Thanks Sandy! As close as I got, was cruising at pedal-speed on a human tuk tuk thing and even that was pretty intense
" slaloming through the streets ... " Oh, how many can fit then. In India, for example, in extreme cases it can be upto six members of the family, on a single two wheeler. While that appears preposterous to most western folks, the individual CO2 emissions of each of the six piled on one vehicle is so tiny. slaloming through the streets
I think the max I saw was 4. 6, shit, that's impressive, how do they arrange themselves? That's a very good point, I didn't think about it that way
sometimes with less people, and one or two animals, if they are rural. Now don’t get me started on the manage part. Let us just call it human ingenuity for now 👶🏾👵🏾
I've just googled some photos, that's pretty awesome