3 right turns make a left

Driving! We take it for granted in the states. I think when Taiwan was creating streets and organizing road rules they tried to come up with the most difficult and confusing method possible. For example: left turns are not allowed usually. So let's say you are going North on ABC Road and you want to turn left to begin heading West on Road TUV you must either continue past Road TUV and hope for a U-turn up ahead where you can continue back South on ABC Road thereby allowing you to turn Right onto Road TUV so that you can then go West. Or you must make three right turns onto side streets to end in the desired direction. Three right turns seems to be easier on paper than is actually done. Most roads do not go in a straight East-West or North-South direction conveniently intersecting with the next North-South or East-West road thereby allowing three easy right turns. No, no- the side roads are congested, crowded alleyways that appear to go in no particular direction and intersect with other smaller even more crowded alleys that just came from no direction in particular. A road map might as well be a bowl of rice noodles. We actually know Taiwanese people who get lost in their own city and our language tutor does not even drive here.

And in other news- Chloe thinks the security guard in our building is named "Ni Hao." We told her to say "Ni Hao" to him when she sees him. Ni Hao is the typical Chinese greeting for "Hello." So the other night we were walking and she did not see the security guard and she said "Mommy, I want Ni Hao." Then he appeared and she said "Oh, there he is."