Friday, July 4, 2008

First Day Driving in Kuala Lumpur

Driving is an adventure all on its own. Judy really wanted to take Brian out on a driving lesson before she left, but that didn't happen as we were so tired.

What's different about driving here... the driver is on the right side of the car, you drive on the opposite side of the road than the US, and no one obeys street signs which there are very few of, and the signs are in Malaysian. We decided that a GPS is in order.

Brian really did well. I was to afraid to try it. Remember that the driver is on the right and that has some connotations. Shifting a manual car on the left is weird, looking through the rear view mirror on the left is weird, backing up and looking through to the left is weird, and every time you change lanes the windshield wipers come on because that lever is opposite what we are used to. Crazy. My job was to navigate ~ HA! ~ and to remind Brian constantly to "stay to the left". It was very comical.

This was our second day house hunting or is it the third? We have found interesting choices... but are still looking. We stopped at the stalls by the schools to pick up dinner. It is called Nan Corner and is in Taman Tar. The boys ate their first satay from the stalls. They were hungry and liked it. No house yet.

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  1. Remind me to take a sedative and bring blinders when I come! Grammie

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