Driving a Left Hand Drive Car

This morning I drove the car back to the office which is just round the block.

I forgot that the instrument for a left hand drive car and a right hand drive car are opposite of each other. I switch on the signal indicator and it turn out to be windscreen wiper. So any one of you who are not familiar with a left hand drive car, check out where all the instrument are before you go onto the road.

Good luck with a left hand drive car for those who are so used to driving a right hand drive car.

Driving in Phnom Penh

I am going to church today.. To rent a motor tutu for USD3.00 or not.. The CRV is outside the apartment building... I have the car key.. No Cambodian driving license.. I am on my own.. The temptation is there..

What the hack? Unlock the car. Got into the driver seat which is on the left hand side of the car. In Cambodia, you drive on the left side. Can you imagine driving a left handed car on your own for the first time. It is not as easy as in Malaysia.

Foremost, in Cambodia, it is defensive driving. You got to watch out for motorbikes that can come onto your lane from all directions especially at crossroad without or with traffic lights. It is an experience. To avoid driving through the numerous traffic lights on Monivong Blvd, I chose to drive a longer route through Norodom Blvd where I will come aross the Independent Monument which serves as a roundabout. I really could not decide which is the right way to give way at roundabout where traffic move anti-clockwise since this is a left hand drive traffic. Watching the traffic in Paris at the Arc (a roundabout too) last December, drivers are to give way to traffic coming from the right just like in Malaysia. But this place, drivers and motorists do not bother much about obeying traffic rules, you just have to force your way through the traffic.

What an experience! Needless to say since I am writing this in my blog. I have arrived safely back to my apartment.

Time flies

Time flies.. and two months have gone since I landed in Phnom Penh.

Like is not much different between here and back home. The only different is that you can't meet up with your friends. Here in Phnom Penh, I still got to watch cable TV.. You can choose to watch from 65 channels in different languages and the stations are from all over the world... China, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, France, India, Hong Kong (English and Mandarin channels), Malaysia, Germany, USA, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam and Russia. And if I am bore, I still can surf Internet and chat online with my friends through Gmail or Yahoo chat and also to chat using a mic and head set on Skype. The wonders of Internet is here in Cambodia. It is not as backward as some people think...

You can also buy DVD of the latest movies and TV series. Looks like I got to buy a DVD player too as watching them on my notebook is tedious.