Surviving India

Do they drive on the left or right in India?

That’s a very good question.

There are rough roads between villages.  In some places, such as Churu near Alsisar, you’ll find lots of mud and materials for road-building.  But still the tuk-tuks are highly decorated, as if they’ve escaped from some fairground ride.

Sometimes, time and space plays tricks on your understanding of certainties.  You might see a sign saying that it’s 190 km to Bikaner, travel 20 km only to come across another sign that suggests that it’s now 200km to Bikaner.

The smaller roads, as well as some of the bigger roads, have deep pot holes.  You’d think that would be enough to slow down drivers, but no.  Let’s have a few traffic calming measures, road bumps – in the UK, they are called sleeping policemen.

Weaving is not only a cottage industry.  It's also a style of driving.