Yeah so hrmmm

Ridiculous video

Isn’t it? It has a Bluetooth radio with backup camera and LED interior lighting and extra USB charging ports for the back seat which also has a console, and a dash cam so I can record the epic driving adventures if I can remember to get a memory card lol

And other upgrades to drivetrain etc

Also it’s generally low speed driving so that means it’s psychological warfare to merge and turn and go where you want.

And there’s no parking.

Also you’d better be good at hill stats in a stick shift

Yeah no contest. In Latin America you need to be fearless and daring and yet wary and understand the KIND of crazy

2. Peru is rated as the second worst and most dangerous place in the world to drive. It’s not a joke. The other drivers are a major factor.

BUT

They’re SCARED of a beetle because it’s made of metal

…streets change direction of travel with no warning and you have to just know.

Also it’s hilly and poor visibility and some of the streets like I say are thousands of years old and cobblestone and potholes.

So that’s 1.

But most of the intersections don’t have stop signs or lights or anything so when there’s traffic it’s like that exercise in the motorcycle safety foundation classes where you’re riding in figure 8s crossing each other and of course there are also not many signs and…

1. I’ve driven in Cusco before and Cusco is a challenge due to narrow colonial streets, every kind of vehicle imaginable, dubious surfaces, foot traffic, bad road conditions, weird road layouts, and balls to the walls insane drivers.

I’m a former Silicon Valley commuter so I’m not a wimp

Exactly.

If it mattered in some material way then it would have mattered on “grab them by the pussy” day.

There may be places in the world where being a sexual predator is actually considered a problem but let’s face it, that is not the USA.

There will be no consequences.

I also have to do actual work today and I don’t super feel like it

Now I just have to not dirty any clothes and not actually go to bed and it will stay that way