269 / 366 {walk}
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 7:41PM 
So. We're expats, and *gasp* we don't have a driver *shock* *horror* *brain aneurism* *incomprehensible vom don't understand brain fluid leaking can not compute*.
Granted, life would be slightly easier if I didn't have to spend 15 minutes standing on the curb trying to hail a cab. But then my toddler wouldn't learn to mimic my hand gestures and raise her arm at random intervals, when she sees a blue car. And I wouldn't be flooded with cuteness.
I might glide through life just a little easier if I didn't have to endure the lude gestures of some rando dude on a motercycle as I walked down to a busy intersection to find a taxi, but then I wouldn't get to flip the bird at sex starved douchebags. And I really like flipping the bid. Also saying mother trucker. With less t and more f.
But I do draw the line at concerned (Caucasian) citizens pulling up beside me in their gigantic SUVs asking if I needed help or a ride or where in god's green earth I was off to alone, curb side, arm raised in mid taxi-summons motion. Come ON people. Get outta your gilded castles. Take a cab. Or possibly the city bus. You'll continue to live and breathe and exist and be alive and the planet will still turn on it's axis, and no one will cut your throat and steal your louis vuitton fancy pants social climbing status indicating hand bag.
Chill.
Also, the advantages of walking down the street to the intersection to hail a cab? Noticing pretty things like this.
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Reader Comments (3)
Hehehe, so glad to read this! When we visited Jakarta I couldn't believe I was the only westerner on the streets. We were right in the center, a 5 minute walk from 3 big shopping malls but everyone else was getting dropped off in cars from door to door. Might take me a while to brave the Jakarta buses though :p
I know, RIGHT, Rachel? It's really quite silly. Actually it sometimes takes LONGER to go by car than to just walk. And it's no big deal. Also, the city bus was totally no big deal. I'd use them again in a heart beat and would have no problem going on with my kid. We're talking trans jakarta busses, not the dodgy jump on mid road while vehicle is still moving variety. It'll take me a while to work up to those.
Seriously someone wld offer you a ride if ur seen stranded on the side of the street looking for a cab? That never happened to me ... haha