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Steeroid · 24th July 2006, 13:05

PPPS: When fuel is in short supply you will find a lot of people selling fuel out of large jerry cans by the roadside. NEVER buy from them - its usually a bit of petrol mixed with a lot of insecticide (or anything that can pass off for fuel). If you do, you can say bye bye to your car - unless its one of the older carbed versions because the Fuel Injected cars die within 1 km.

Here's an interesting dictionary containing all the terms that you will need to be familiar with - the language spoken is pidgin english which is quite similar to what passes off for music (RAP) these days:

http://www.ngex.com/personalities/babawilly/dictionary/

Himanshu - I lived there for one eventful year and we had a pretty good time despite everything primarily because we were extremely well taken care of by our company. I had an Accord (which was a new model then and very flashy, so my driver promptly took the car to a wall and "grazed" the bumpers before splashing mud all over it) and my wife had a Civic.

The Petroleum Companies have such a hold over the Government there that they are even listed in the dictionary (see "A") - the term for the Government in power is "Agip". Rather derogatory term too, for it means that the Government is in the pay of the petroleum co.

PS: You will recognize one bit of machinery on the roads there - the Bajaj Auto, popularly known as the 'Keke'.

24th July 2006, 13:05	#11 (permalink)
Steeroid Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: DXB Posts: 5,640	PPPS: When fuel is in short supply you will find a lot of people selling fuel out of large jerry cans by the roadside. NEVER buy from them - its usually a bit of petrol mixed with a lot of insecticide (or anything that can pass off for fuel). If you do, you can say bye bye to your car - unless its one of the older carbed versions because the Fuel Injected cars die within 1 km. Here's an interesting dictionary containing all the terms that you will need to be familiar with - the language spoken is pidgin english which is quite similar to what passes off for music (RAP) these days: http://www.ngex.com/personalities/babawilly/dictionary/ Himanshu - I lived there for one eventful year and we had a pretty good time despite everything primarily because we were extremely well taken care of by our company. I had an Accord (which was a new model then and very flashy, so my driver promptly took the car to a wall and "grazed" the bumpers before splashing mud all over it) and my wife had a Civic. The Petroleum Companies have such a hold over the Government there that they are even listed in the dictionary (see "A") - the term for the Government in power is "Agip". Rather derogatory term too, for it means that the Government is in the pay of the petroleum co. PS: You will recognize one bit of machinery on the roads there - the Bajaj Auto, popularly known as the 'Keke'. __________________ Cheers Steer Petrols Suck. Diesels Torque. Q.E.D Last edited by Steeroid : 24th July 2006 at 13:10.