To be honest... yes, the traffic is really bad and than I am not only talking about traffic jams. It is more the way people are driving. Mixed attitudes from all different countries means a chaos on the road. Some drive fast, some slow, some polite, most arrogant, lots of by-passing on the hard shoulder and squeezing in at the front of a que. But like all in the world, how you feel depends what you are used to at home.... and at the end you will get used to it driving around here.

Getting everywhere with public transport.... no, not really. Getting everywhere with a taxi; most of the time. Only some times you will not be able to get a taxi or they refuse to drive into jammed rush hour area's.
This is because a taxi driver will not get paid if he is waiting in traffic, only when the meter is running, the rate is per km.

Astrid