Its Raining Its Pouring

So apparently theres a typhoon or something coming through Korea, so there is a lot of rain these days. I saw pictures on the news of people walking through waist deep water... hopefully that won't happen here.

Some observations about Korea:

Drivers in Korea are crazy. Like even though there are red lights, people don't always follow it. Especially motorcycles and taxis. So when you cross the street, even though the little green man lights up you better look both ways. Also when you get off the bus sometimes because the bus driver is in a hurry, he doesn't pull all the way over to the side of the road. So in order to beat traffic, sometimes a motorcycle will be driving on the side of the road between the bus and the sidewalk, so you also have to look both ways when getting off the bus. And there are a lot of narrow streets and two way streets/alleys that only have enough room for one car. And parking seems to be something you can do anywhere, rather than in assigned areas. I'm not really sure. Along with the narrow streets, there are a lot of small cars in Korea. They look kind of like toys. Like pickup trucks the size of a four door car and minivans the size of a four door car.

Also, every car (that I've been in) has this little gadget on top of the dashboard. It tells you what the speed limit is where you are, if you are passing the speed limit, and if there are any police nearby. I don't know why you wouldn't already know the speed limit, but maybe there aren't always signs? And isn't bad to know when the cops are around? But its a common thing.

Going back to the craziness, korean drivers have no patience. There was a broken traffic signal and it was crazy. The traffic from one street wouldn't stop, so a bus was trying to edge its way through. But people wouldn't stop for the bus, they would just go around it. Eventually the bus got through and the flow of traffic changed. And forget about people making left turns. I thought there was going to be an accident or that everyone would get stuck, it almost happened to. In spite of all that, I haven't seen any traffic accidents though. But I would be scared driving around here.