Meet Betty

This is my car Betty, she is an immigrant to Zambia just like me. Hailing from Japan she is handling the heat, dust and potholes just fine. She has a solid sound system and a spacious rear end. She is good on gas, which is helpful because gas here is about twice as expensive as it is back home in the states (and I am working with half the paycheck on top of that). Driving on the other side of the road isn't that bad and in a month and a half I only messed up once - thankfully it was at night and there was no oncoming traffic.

During the day though, Lusaka traffic is pretty rough. You might not travel very far but you can bet it will take you a while to get there. If the traffic isn't slowing you down the speed bumps will. No need to pay for police officers to monitor the speed of drivers when you can just build numerous speed bumps and ensure that at all times all cars are slowing down. A far more effective way of slowing down traffic, although highly annoying as a driver. Between the speed bumps and the pot holes driving in Lusaka is almost like a Super Mario Brothers game.