And now, a little look in to driving in Hermosillo! I was fortunate enough to drive my own car down, a 1994 Isuzu Trooper, and only experienced the air conditioning stop working for about one hour on the five hour long drive down.

The streets of Hermosillo were not built to provide for the large number of people now living in the city, and this is seen by almost all roads covered in large potholes or cracks. There is a saying here that at night, police don't pay any attention to drivers swerving on the road but instead choose to pull over people who drive straight down the road, not avoiding any of the many obstacles. In addition, people constantly drive with their emergency lights on--no idea why. There are painted lanes on a few of the largest roads of the city, but they really don't mean anything. It's important to be a very defensive driver because it is common that in order to avoid a car that may be making a turn or driving too slow, a driver will run into you and drive off like nothing happened. Furthermore, the speed limits mean nothing. Some of the largest boulevards in the city randomly change from 60 km/h to 20 km/h without any warning; the good news is my car doesn't have the slightly smaller speedometer in km/h so I can ignore the signs with good conscience.

Without fail, at every intersection there is a stop sign. You are allowed to ignore the stop sign if the light is green unless there is a cop who is having a bad day, then he can pull you over for running the stop sign. Additionally, you can spend time in jail for small traffic infringements; I'm thinking if I'm pulled over here I will only speak English and try to play the naive foreigner card.

For now, I'm delighted to say that I have not been involved in any accidents, pulled over, or had my car stolen. Hopefully none of that will change!

On my way to work. Also, buses do not give a damn about anyone.