For You All, From Me: Driving... Riding

Hey Family and Friends,

When we left the base Daniel was driving. Not even 3 minutes later I was driving because he hates me. No he doesn't hate me he just needed to be able navigate by looking at Google maps on his phone which he couldn't do safely while driving.

Another couple that we have met here stated that they don't typically get into fights but whenever they get in the car they do. Reason being that if you don't know where you are going here you need help. Well, I love Daniel and he is great at reading maps but he is not great at giving directions. He says, "turn this way up here," being that I am looking at the road I am not looking at his hands to see where I am being directed. I have asked that he be better at saying "left" or "right" so that I don't have to look over at him. Another frustrating point is that he isn't direct. So if he seems unsure and I ask him maybe, "So I turn now?" his response will be something like, "yea, you can." I'm looking for a "yes" or "no." I don't want options I want a direct answer, that is why I like GPS which of course doesn't work here so we'll have to get a new one.

Anyway we went driving and so I didn't have any pictures until Daniel took the wheel and drove us back to base. These aren't the best and I apologize for that. You get an idea of what we saw on our hour and a half long drive to a national park that we'll make our way back to another day when it's warmer.

So there wasn't parking how we typically think of it. This is a "two way" street.

You can see here how the street signs show the Korean but also put English recognized letters to spell it out. Short lesson, each cluster of symbols is a syllable.

One of the more confusing things about driving here. This is indicating that you can turn left but not go any other direction. If the light is a solid green you are not allowed to turn left.