People operating motor vehicles poorly.

There is lots of traffic. In downtown SF, the 405 and the 238/580/880 interchange.

In the states, you have to follow rules- no running red lights, no weaving, no excessive speeding on the street, or else you get ticketed or fined. But here in china, the lights are there just for decoration, and there's pedestrians trottin in the middle of a 6 lane intersection. And bicycles too. They(we) are everywhere, zipping between traffic and in armies on the road.

And on the little pond in zhongshan park, there is tons of traffic. We rented a little electric powered boat on the pond and cruised thru the weeping willows listening to some cover band, and avoiding fishing lines. And there's little bridges to go under and such, and mind you its a complete loop. And people just CAN't get anywhere!!! They are all head to head inside a tunnel shaped for one boat, but 4 just keep on charging in. sigh. The little kids about 7 or 8 yrs old were the smart ones backing out and maneuvering backwards. props. after that it started to down pour and so we went swimming. We got our swim caps, required at the pool here, and hopped in only to find a bunch of lap swimmers!! The last time we came, it was chock full of kids, and unable to swim straight anywhere. Some people swim cross wise to the lanes and so there was a bunch of crashing going on there, but still a cool way to pass the time on autumn festival.

Visa update: I don't have to leave the country!