Greetings from the concrete jungle! Been hanging out on Heat Island for the past week or so and it's been heartwarming. Everything-else-warming too. Saw that the heat index was supposed to hit the century mark today and had to go see what the mad dogs and Englishmen were up to.
Crucifixion and closed circuit television, one of my favorite motifs. Headed for the gentrification districts east of downtown, where the shade trees seem to have imitated the old inhabitants.
Had totally forgot, it's tourist season! They were all over the place, eating, drinking, and carrying on like they'd never heard of a bag limit.
Don't look at me in that tone of voice. As far as heat waves goes, this one is nowhere near the worst, but it is the year's first. Not cool.
These days there's only two kinds of people around here: Those that have central air and those that are sweating like a sex worker in a pentecostal pew. Now get off your high horse and go inside and cool off.
This is the season in which people can put on their skimpy dresses cos they don’t want their skin to get burnt by the heat😁😁
Feels like summer is going well over there
It is obvious
That seems counterintuitive but it definitely appears to be what's happening :D
It's warming right up!
I once parked up one of my bikes (Yamaha R1) in a busy city street in the early evening and was walking down the street with my girl and saw a better place to park it about 50 metres on. I went back to move it but didn't bitter to put my helmet on, it was hooked on my arm (hope that makes sense). I pulled out and immediately blue and red lights. I'd pulled out directly in front of a cop.
He cut sick at me, I mean he really laid in on me. The good thing is he didn't write me up, just embarrassed me.
Helmets are mandatory here and from that day on I've worn mine no matter what.
It's odd to see a fellow riding without a helmet.
Good snaps.
Gave you something to remember your helmet with, did he? I've never been on a motorcycle, which is probably the only reason I don't have a story like that myself. Curiously, helmets are only mandatory here if you're under 21 or haven't had your license for a year yet.
I was so accustomed to seeing people riding without helmets that it didn't register with me until I'd posted a few photos and people kept commenting on the lack of helmets. Ever since I've been paying attention and trying to snap photos of them, seems most people here (at least 75%) don't wear helmets, which is wild to me. Also regularly see news stories about folks dying in motorcycle accidents, which tracks.
Thank you!
The cop said something like, "I'll be scraping your head up off the ground with a shovel and mopping up afterwards!."
I was pretty embarrassed as there were several packed cafes on the sidewalk and he was loud. Taught me a lesson I shouldn't have had to be taught. He actually softened after and told me he was partly putting on a show for the female trainee he had, but only partly. He was just doing his job and just maybe he'd had to scrape someone's head up off the road at some stage you know? PTS may have been playing a role in his reaction.
It's bonkers that people don't wear helmets up there, here it's the law of the land. Weirdly, when I go to Thailand I hire a motorbike to get around and my girl gets on the back. Only the driver needs a helmet though, and the helmets they issue are little more than an ice cream tub with a string to hold it on. Few wear them though, so I chose not to and...got caught. Tried to bribe the cop and he almost went for it then got more angry so I decided to go pay the expiation fee, the equivalent of about $12 AUD, rather than end up in a Thai prison. Lol. It was a fun experience.
Seeing the bike has reminded me I need to sort out my UK motorcycle license now that my Philippines one has expired. I realised while I was in India a few months back I wasn’t covered insurance wise with my travel insurance while I was riding because of this.
The woman in the shop clocked you taking the shot didn’t she 😄? I see that look on her face hehe
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